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EasyWeatherAlert Toolbar

Posted: September 29, 2016

Threat Metric

Ranking: 7,192
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 13,832
First Seen: September 29, 2016
Last Seen: October 17, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows


EasyWeatherAlert is a toolbar developed by Mindspark Interactive Network, the company behind toolbars like WeatherBlink Toolbar, HowToSimplified Toolbar, TrackAPackage Toolbar, and similar software. The EasyWeatherToolbar promises to provide users with information about the local and national weather, weather forecasts, and a real-time weather radar. It is true that the EasyWeatherToolbar provides such information, but its sources are 3rd-party websites and services that aren't affiliated with EasyWeatherAlert. This means that it simply displays information that is available for free on the Web and can be accessed with a quick Google search that doesn't require 3rd-party software like EasyWeatherAlert.

The EasyWeatherAlert software is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Program, and you should be aware that installing this application may result in unexpected Web browser behavior, as well as undesired changes to your favorite Web browser's configuration. The installer of EasyWeatherAlert asks users for permission to change their default new tab page to http://hp.myway.com/easyweatheralert/ttab02chr, a MyWay.com search engine associated with a large number of Mindspark's software products. However, EasyWeatherAlert's offer to change the Web browser's new tab page may be easily overlooked, and users might install this application without wanting to have their new tab page changed.

Apart from using not-so-fair tricks to get people to visit http://hp.myway.com/easyweatheralert/ttab02chr, EasyWeatherAlert is not a suspicious application. Its installation will not put your online safety in danger, nor will it impact your computer's performance in a negative way. However, due to EasyWeatherAlert's bad reputation with anti-malware product vendors, as well as that its features are quite underwhelming, some users might be interested in removing this software from their computers. If you wish to eliminate EasyWeatherAlert, you can do this by uninstalling the 'EasyWeatherAlert' entry from your Web browser's extension settings. It is also possible to use anti-malware software to remove this Potentially Unwanted Program from your computer.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

File name without pathhttp_easyweatheralert.dl.myway.com_0.localstoragehttp_easyweatheralert.dl.myway.com_0.localstorage-journalhttp_easyweatheralert.dl.tb.ask.com_0.localstoragehttp_easyweatheralert.dl.tb.ask.com_0.localstorage-journalHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\EasyWeatherAlertSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage\easyweatheralert.comSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage\easyweatheralert.dl.myway.comHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}EasyWeatherAlertTooltab Uninstall Internet Explorer

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\EasyWeatherAlertTooltab
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