Search.htheweathercenter.org Hijacker - How to remove

Search.htheweathercenter.org is occupying your web browser? Well, that means one thing – your computer is infected with a virus. Don’t be too scared, it’s just a browser hijacker. Nevertheless, you should take it seriously, otherwise, some severe cybersecurity problems will wait ahead.

You will surely notice one of the main symptoms caused by this infection – your new tab page and the default search engine will be changed. However, there are plenty of other symptoms that can be difficult to notice but cause more damage than this one. For instance, your private information might be leaked to third parties, or other viruses might be secretly installed on your computer.

To avoid this, we highly recommend eliminating Search.htheweathercenter.org from your computer right now. It is operating as a browser add-on, but that doesn’t mean it will be as easy to remove as a regular extension. Some malicious files might be uploaded directly to your computer, so you will need to remove them as well. In this article, we will guide you through the removal process of Search.htheweathercenter.org, so please continue reading.

How Search.htheweathercenter.org Can Cause Harm

We have already covered some of the areas that can be damaged by the presence of Search.htheweathercenter.org. So once installed on your computer, this virus will change the new tab page and default search engine page to www.search.htheweathercenter.org. The problem is that the website itself looks pretty OK, so some users tend to ignore the fact that their browser was hijacked and just continue to use it without making any changes. Currently, this website receives around 500K monthly visits, mostly from the US, and the number is constantly growing. You can get a picture of how many users are infected because almost all visits to this website are direct, i.e. from infected browsers.

Search.htheweathercenter.org website is described as a weather forecast center that will provide you with the access to latest weather forecasts right on your new tab every time you open it, and also display interactive radar that should display weather steams and similar things. Unfortunately, this tool can’t live up to the expectations. All you are going to get in reward for installing it is a small indicator of current temperature at the top of the page. The main function of this website is obviously the web search. It should deliver more accurate results, but that is not true as well. We highly suggest staying away from this search because this is where you can lose your personal information. You see, all search queries submitted to this search engine might be collected and leaked to third parties, so if you enter some of your personal information, this might be dangerous.

Plus, that search delivered by Search.htheweathercenter.org is really unreliable. You can get a lot of sponsored results even though they are not related to what you are searching for at all. That’s because Search.htheweathercenter.org gets paid for promoting other websites, and they might turn out to be unreliable as well.

In addition to this, Search.htheweathercenter.org might generate some junk files, thus making your machine slower. Also, various potentially unwanted programs might be infiltrated into your system behind your back, so it would be better to eliminate this virus as soon as possible.

How Search.htheweathercenter.org Can Infect Your Computer

Most of the time browser hijackers developed by Polarity Technologies LTD are distributed bundled with other free software, but Search.htheweathercenter.org might also be installed while you are visiting some suspicious websites with illegal content, such as adult or gambling websites. As you can see in the picture below, users tend to get infected after visiting some pornography-related websites:

The best way to protect your computer from any infections of this type is to use professional anti-malware tools.

How To Eliminate Search.htheweathercenter.org Virus

There are two ways to do that – you can remove Search.htheweathercenter.org  manually or automatically, so it’s completely up to you which one to choose. Removing it automatically will be much faster and easier, so obviously, we recommend to select this method. All you have to do is to download and scan your computer with Spyhunter. Either one of those tools should immediately detect and eliminate the virus and all components related to it.

If you want to do it manually, please scroll down below and take a look at our step-by-step Search.htheweathercenter.org  manual removal guide. Also, if you have any questions, feel free to ask them in the comments section.

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Erase Search.htheweathercenter.org Manually

How to remove htheweathercenter Hijacker using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Search.htheweathercenter.org Hijacker install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to htheweathercenter Hijacker . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Search.htheweathercenter.org Hijacker easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove htheweathercenter Hijacker from macOS

Delete Search.htheweathercenter.org Hijacker from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the htheweathercenter Hijacker app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopHow To remove Search.htheweathercenter.org Hijacker from Google Chrome:

• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select More Tools→Extensions
  
• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
  
• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select Settings
  
• Select Manage Search engines
  
• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list
  
• Go back to settings. On Startup choose Open blank page (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).
• If your homepage was changed, click on Chrome menu on the top right corner, select Settings. Select Open a specific page or set of pages and click on Set pages.
  
• Delete malicious search websites at a new Startup pages window by clicking “X” next to them.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Search.htheweathercenter.org Hijacker, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on a Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on theReset browser settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How To remove Search.htheweathercenter.org Hijacker from Firefox:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (Or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Search.htheweathercenter.org Hijacker related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on the Firefox menu in the top right corner, select Options → General. Enter a preferable URL to the homepage field and click Restore to Default.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to htheweathercenter Hijacker, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• ChooseTroubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on theReset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.

How to remove Search.htheweathercenter.org Hijacker from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.

• Click on the three-dot menu on the browser toolbar and Select Settings

• Select Privacy and Services and scroll down. Press on Address bar.

• Choose Manage search engines.

• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list: open the three-dot menu and choose Remove.

• Go back to Settings. Open On start-up.
• Delete malicious search websites at Open specific page or pages by opening the three-dot menu and clicking Delete.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Search.htheweathercenter.org Hijacker, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings

• Click on Edge's menu button and select Settings. Click on the Reset Settings button on the left.
• Press the Restore settings to their default values option.

• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove Search.htheweathercenter.org Hijacker from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall htheweathercenter Hijacker and other suspicious extensions.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences and choose General tab. Enter preferable URL to the homepage field.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings(older versions) If you are still experiencing any issues related to Search.htheweathercenter.org Hijacker, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari…
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.