How to Remove Search.weather-genie.com Thoroughly?

Posted by Emily B.
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May 24, 2017
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Search.weather-genie.com , an aggressive redirect virus, is able to affect web browsers by changing the original settings and alter the default homepage, new tab or search engine to its own site without consent. It usually attaches itself to SPAM emails, attachments, online chats, instant messages, pop-up ads, suspicious links, unknown websites, peer to peer programs and other unprotected networks. As this redirect virus offers a search engine as what Google does, most users don't consider whether the new search engine is reliable or not and just use it to search for anything they want as usual, but only to be redirected to some unwanted websites.

The Search.weather-genie.com redirect virus is able to keep users off the webpage they intend to visit and drive the traffic to third party websites which are all advertisements or promotional links. The threat not only hijacks the browsers, but also delivers constant pop-up ads on the target computer screen, especially when users launch some third-party applications, so as to attract users to click on those ads and have a visit. In most cases, those shopping websites may be phishing websites for collecting user's privacy information and then help cyber criminals to steal their money. Most of the time, innocent users get lured in by commodity sales promotion, activity coupons, discounts on goods, and bargains that released by the redirect virus. Some users just could not resist on such lure of price trap.

Search.weather-genie.com is capable of changing your default browser silently but it is difficult to change it back. Once infected, it shows up numerous unwanted pop-up ads, fake alerts and sponsored links on your PC screen to interrupt you when you are online. If be more careful, computer users are able to realize the changes happen on their browsers such as the change of the default program, the search engine, new bookmarks, and new plug-ins on the browsers. Moreover, this redirect virus will display all types of web links which might take users to some malicious websites. If users click and visit those websites, they are likely to get malware downloaded and installed on their computers and suffer from various unpleasant problems.

Effective Steps to Remove Search.weather-genie.com Redirect Virus

1. Stop running processes related to this redirect virus
a: When the Windows Task manager appears, switch to Processes tab.
b: Find out and select the processes related to the virus by name random.exe, and click on the “End process” button.
2. Remove the redirect virus from Internet Explorer:
a: Start IE, go to Tools and select Internet Options.
b: Find General section, remove the unwanted address as a home page.
c: Then go to Search section, find Settings button and choose Manage Add-ons
d: Erase the redirect and after the action, close Manage Add-ons
3. Remove the redirect virus from Mozilla Firefox:
a: Open Mozilla Firefox browser, click on tools and go to Options.
b: Switch to General tab, remove the unwanted address as a startup site.
c: Then, go to: Firefox -> Add-ons -> Add-ons Manager -> Remove.
d: In the Search list, select Manage Search Engines and erase this redirect and choose OK
4. Remove the redirect virus from Google Chrome:
a: Open Google Chrome and navigate to Settings tab and Set pages.
b: EraseSearch.weather-genie.comX which was seta as the startup site and choose OK
c: Find Manage search engines and here, erase this redirect virus.
d: Press on OK, and restart Google Chrome.

Conclusion

One can never be too carefully when he is about to install, download, and open things on the Internet if he wants to keep a healthy computer because any of the actions can cause virus attacks without your attention. Once finding the signs of the infection, users have to take the immediate action to remove it from their computers. The removal tool can help to restore the infected browser settings as well as the syste'¯s settings. Meanwhile, it is necessary for PC users to make a double check on every file downloaded from Internet.

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