What is Weather Waves?
Weather Waves might have useful features, but you should know that it could also have irritating qualities. It is why specialists decided to place this extension in the category of potentially unwanted programs. If you did not know this before, there could be other things that you might not know about this application. Therefore, we encourage you to read our full article. In it, we talk about how this application could be spread, how it may work, and which of its qualities might seem annoying. Also, we explain how users who do not want to keep this potentially unwanted program on their computers could erase it. To make this task even easier, we prepared the removal instructions available at the end of the text that show how to delete Weather Waves from Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers.
Where does Weather Waves come from?
To our knowledge, Weather Waves can be obtained from its official site called weatherwaves.co and, for now, it still seems to be available on the Chrome Web Store page. Since it is a potentially unwanted program, our researchers at Anti-spyware-101.com believe that it could be spread through other channels too, such as, file-sharing web pages or pop-up advertisements. Usually, we advise users who want to keep away from potentially unwanted programs to download applications from legitimate websites only and to always make sure that their chosen tools come from reputable developers. Plus, it is always easier to keep a system clean with a legitimate antimalware tool as it can warn about suspicious content and guard computers against malware.
How does Weather Waves work?
According to Weather Waves description, the applications provides users with weather forecast, pollen allergy reports, radar maps, links to often visited websites, and an access to a custom web search. To provide with all of the mentioned features, the potentially unwanted program might need the following permissions: “Read and change your data on weatherwaves.co,” “Read your browsing history,” “Check frequently visited sites,” “Replace the page you see when opening a new tab,” and “Detect your physical location.”
Some users might not like the idea that the application could view their browsing history or detect their physical location as they might consider such data to be personal. Also, some users might find it odd that the application’s so-called custom search might use Yahoo to both gather and display search results. Our researchers say that it is likely that such results could be modified, which means they might be injected with third-party ads. Such functionality might irritate users who hate ads, especially if the ads appear to be tailored. Naturally, if these qualities seem annoying to you too and you do not find the extension to be that useful, you could erase Weather Waves at any time.
How to erase Weather Waves?
Since Weather Waves is a browser extension, you should be able to get rid of it if you remove it from your browser’s extensions menu. If you have never removed an application from either Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome, you can learn how to do so if you follow our instructions placed below. Also, since the extension was classified as a potentially unwanted program, it should be possible to eliminate Weather Waves with a legitimate antimalware tool. All you would have to do is scan your computer and then click the deletion button presented by your chosen security tool.
Remove Weather Waves from your browser
Mozilla Firefox
- Tap CTRL+SHIFT+A.
- Select Extensions.
- Locate the potentially unwanted program.
- Press Remove.
- Restart your browser.
Google Chrome
- Press ALT+F.
- Pick More tools and select Extensions.
- Find Weather Waves.
- Press Remove and select Remove.
- Relaunch the browser.
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