What is WeatherBug?
WeatherBug is a program that comes to your computer in the form of an extension to the browser Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. WeatherBug promises to provide the user with access to a quick overview of weather forecasts anywhere in the world, but, in fact, it can be so annoying. WeatherBug hijacks the browser and delivers a lot of inconvenience. WeatherBug comes without the consent of the user and starts to display a variety of advertisements, banners and coupons. WeatherBug increases traffic and reduces the performance of your computer. Most of the proposals that shows WeatherBug, a pacifier. Most of them are not valid. WeatherBug created in order to allow users to spend money on anything. Also, WeatherBug may result in another malicious programs. WeatherBug is a potentially unwanted program, so if you find it on your PC, then you should remove it immediately.
How WeatherBug gets on your PC?
Similar programs belong to potentially unwanted programs. These programs come on a computer without the user consent, so you may have overlooked the penetration of this program. PUP is installed on PC bundled with freeware program such as archivers, download managers, players and so on. The user must be considerate during the installation process to prevent the penetration of unwanted programs. To do this, you need to read the user agreement. Do not agree to install unknown or suspicious programs. Not need to trust programs from unknown publishers. Always follow the installation process and do not rush to click “Next”. If your computer is already infected, you can use our instructions listed below to get rid of WeatherBug.
How to remove WeatherBug from your computer?
To uninstall WeatherBug remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.
In our view, there are 3 products that potentially have WeatherBug in their database. You can try to use them for removing WeatherBug.
Recommended Solution:
Norton is a powerful removal tool. It can remove all instances of newest viruses, similar to WeatherBug – files, folders, registry keys.
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Alternative Solution:
Norton Antivirus – detects files, registry values and folders of viruses that show the same behavior as WeatherBug.
You can try both of these products to remove WeatherBug
Or uninstall WeatherBug manually.
Step 1: Remove WeatherBug from Control Panel
Windows XP:
- Click Start.
- Control Panel.
- Then click Add or Remove Programs.
- Find WeatherBug.
- Click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.
Windows 7/Windows Vista:
- Click Start.
- Then Control Panel.
- Click Uninstall a Program.
- Find WeatherBug and click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.
Windows 8/Windows 8.1:
- Open the Menu.
- Click Search.
- After that click Apps.
- Then Control Panel.
- Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
- Find WeatherBug, select it and click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).
Windows 10:
- Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, click on the Settings at the top.
- Click on App & features on the left menu.
- On the right side, locate WeatherBug and click it, then click on the Uninstall button.
- Click on Uninstall to confirm.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 10
Note: If you can’t find required program, sort programs by date in Control panel and search for last installed programs.
After that remove WeatherBug from your browser.
Step 2: Remove WeatherBug from browsers
Google Chrome:
- Open Google Chrome
- Push Alt + F.
- Click Tools.
- Choose Extensions.
- Find WeatherBug.
- Click the trash can icon to remove it.
Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.
Mozilla Firefox:
- Open Firefox.
- Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
- Choose WeatherBug.
- Click Disable or Remove button.
Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.
Internet Explorer:
- Open IE.
- Push Alt + T.
- Click Manage Add-ons.
- Select Toolbars and Extensions.
- Click Disable WeatherBug.
- Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
- Click Remove button.
- If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.
Learn more about removing extensions from IE.
Step 3: Remove following files and folders of WeatherBug:
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Written by Rami Douafi