What is Doppler Weather Radar?
Are you selective when it comes to extensions and applications you download? If you are not, Doppler Weather Radar is one of those programs that you might acquire. It is a free extension and application that is available to Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer users, and it is meant to present weather reports. If you care about the weather, and you sit at a desktop computer all day long, installing this PUP (potentially unwanted program) might seem like a great option. Anti-Spyware-101.com research team warns that it is not as innocent as it might appear to be at first. As a matter of fact, we do not advise installing this extension at all. If you simply must keep updated with the latest weather report, find a website that offers reliable and up-to-date information, and if you download anything, make sure you research it first, so that you would not need to think about removal later on. Do you need to delete Doppler Weather Radar? You should make that decision on your own, and we suggest that you read this report to get some answers.
How does Doppler Weather Radar work?
Doppler Weather Radar appears to have been created by the same people (Polarity Technologies Ltd.) who created Obtenez Email, Get Daily Bible Verses, My Daily Verse XP, I Need Directions Now, and a bunch of other potentially unwanted programs that are always followed by suspicious search engines. In our case, it is the Search.hdopplerweatherradar.co search engine. It does not seem to add to the functionality of the extension, but the reality is that IT IS the extension. The search engine is also the interface of the extension, and the “toolbar” at the top is integrated. This pseudo toolbar provides links to news.mynewswire.co, weather.com/maps/severealerts, weather.gov, pollen.com, and google.com/maps/, and, of course, you can easily add all of these links to your browser’s bookmark bar. You do not need a separate extension to provide you with them. Due to this, it is believed that the extension is, in fact, just a browser hijacker. Without a doubt, if you do not have use for the tool, you have the perfect reason to delete it, but even if it appears to be useful, there are reasons for removing it.
Users of Doppler Weather Radar are informed that Yahoo Search is the search tool used by the extension via dopplerweatherradar.co, which is the official download page. Nonetheless, trusting the tool is not a good idea. Why? Because the results are modified. The creator can adjust the links shown to introduce users to all kinds of content, and that could mean trouble. To make things worse, the PUP records data using cookies and similar tools, and it can be shared with unknown advertisers to help them show more personalized content. Since these advertisers are unknown, it is hard to say how they could use the shared data, and that is a cause for concern! Of course, you might find the easy-access links (including the ones below the search field) quite useful, but is that enough to make all the suspicious red flags go away? It should not be.
How to delete Doppler Weather Radar
You can uninstall Doppler Weather Radar if it is active on Internet Explorer, but if it was installed on Mozilla Firefox, you need to delete an extension called “Weather.” Once you eliminate the potentially unwanted program, you should think about clearing browsing data too because you want all data-trackers eliminated too. Of course, we recommend removing Doppler Weather Radar manually only if it is the only suspicious program you are dealing with. Although the PUP has an official downloader, it is known that bundled installers could be used to spread it too. If that is the case, you need to make sure that your operating system is not flooded with malware that requires removal. A legitimate malware scanner can help you disclose the threat. Although you might be able to delete Doppler Weather Radar and other threats manually, employing anti-malware software that could clear your system automatically could be the best move. If you want to continue the discussion regarding removal, post a comment below.
Removal Guide
Internet Explorer:
- Click the Start icon and open Control Panel (on Windows 10, enter control panel into the search field on the taskbar and open the utility).
- Go to Uninstall a program and then Uninstall the undesirable application.
- Launch the browser and tap Ctrl+Shift+Delete.
- Mark the desired boxes and click Delete.
Mozilla Firefox:
- Open the browser and tap keys Alt+T to access the Tools menu.
- Click Add-ons and then Remove the undesirable extension (should be called Weather).
- Tap Ctrl+Shift+Delete and, first, choose the time range (we recommend Everything).
- Mark the desired boxes and click Clear Now.
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