Nilla Weather Adware

What is Nilla Weather?

Identical to Weather For Chrome, Check Weather, Search My Tabs, and many others, Nilla Weather is a deceptive application that supposedly allows users to check weather forecasts directly from the web browser, without visiting any external websites. This functionality may appear legitimate and useful, however, Nilla Weather infiltrates systems without permission.

Furthermore, it continually gathers various sensitive information and feeds users with numerous 'malvertising' ads. For these reasons, Nilla Weather is categorized as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) and adware.

Immediately after infiltration, Nilla Weather delivers coupon, pop-up, banner, and other intrusive ads. To achieve this, Nilla Weather's developers employ various tools that enable placement of third party graphical content on any site. Therefore, displayed ads often conceal underlying website content, thereby significantly diminishing the browsing experience.

In addition, these rogue ads typically lead to malicious websites and, in some cases, even run scripts designed to download/install malware or other PUPs. Therefore, even accidental clicks might result in high-risk computer infections. Essentially, Nilla Weather is used to generate fraudulent advertising revenue.

Be aware that this application gathers various information that often includes personal details. Collected data (IP addresses, keystrokes, website URLs visited, pages viewed, etc.) is later sold to third parties (potentially, cyber criminals). Therefore, the presence of a data-tracking app might lead to serious privacy issues or even identity theft.

Furthermore, although Nilla Weather is not confirmed to misuse system resources, there are many PUPs that do so.

These rogue programs mine cryptocurrency or run other unwanted processes in the background. In doing so, potentially unwanted programs significantly reduce entire system performance. For these reasons, potentially unwanted programs such as Nilla Weather should be uninstalled without delay.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by Nilla Weather
Threat Type	Adware, Unwanted ads, Pop-up Virus
Symptoms	Seeing advertisements not originating from the sites you are browsing. Intrusive pop-up ads. Decreased Internet browsing speed.
Distribution methods	Deceptive pop-up ads, free software installers (bundling), fake flash player installers.
Damage	Decreased computer performance, browser tracking - privacy issues, possible additional malware infections.
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There are hundreds of adware-type applications virtually identical to Nilla Weather. By offering various "useful features", apps such as Nilla Weather often trick users into believing that they are legitimate and useful, however, the only purpose of potentially unwanted programs is to generate revenue for the developers.

Only a small percentage provide the features promised - most deliver no real value for regular users. Rather than (or, in some cases, together with) enabling the functionality promised, PUPs gather information and deliver malicious ads, thereby posing a threat to your privacy and Internet browsing safety.

How did Nilla Weather install on my computer?

Although Nilla Weather is free for anyone to download on its official website, this application often infiltrates systems without permission. This is commonly due to users' lack of caution and careless behavior. Apps such as Nilla Weather are distributed using a deceptive marketing method called "bundling", together with 'malvertising' ads.

"Bundling" is stealth installation of third party applications together with regular (mostly free) software.

Developers do not disclose this installation properly - "bundled" apps are hidden within the "Custom/Advanced" settings (or other sections) of the download/installation processes. If you skip download/installation steps and click various advertisements, you will expose your system to risk of various infections.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

The key to computer safety is caution. To prevent system infiltration by adware, be very careful during the download/installation processes, and when browsing the Internet in general. Closely observe each step (especially the "Custom/Advanced" settings) of the download/installation processes, decline offers to download/install additional apps, and cancel those already included.

Furthermore, bear in mind that malicious ads appear genuine, since criminals invest a great deal of time and effort into their design, however, they redirect to various dubious sites (e.g., survey, gambling, adult dating, etc.) If you encounter redirects to such websites, immediately eliminate all suspicious applications and browser plug-ins.

IMPORTANT NOTE! Nilla Weather installs its Google Chrome extension as Administrator (read more here), thereby preventing removal. Therefore, before taking any further removal steps, perform these actions:

1) Open the Command Prompt by clicking the start menu button and typing "command prompt". Right click the "Command Prompt" result and select "Run as Administrator":

2) Execute the following commands:

• rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers"
• rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicy"
• gpupdate /force

After performing these actions, you can proceed with further removal steps for this adware.

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Quick menu:

• What is Nilla Weather?
• STEP 1. Uninstall Nilla Weather application using Control Panel.
• STEP 2. Remove Nilla Weather adware from Internet Explorer.
• STEP 3. Remove Nilla Weather ads from Google Chrome.
• STEP 4. Remove 'Ads by Nilla Weather' from Mozilla Firefox.
• STEP 5. Remove Nilla Weather extension from Safari.
• STEP 6. Remove rogue plug-ins from Microsoft Edge.

Nilla Weather adware removal:

Windows 11 users:

Right-click on the Start icon, select Apps and Features. In the opened window search for the application you want to uninstall, after locating it, click on the three vertical dots and select Uninstall.

Windows 10 users:

Right-click in the lower left corner of the screen, in the Quick Access Menu select Control Panel. In the opened window choose Programs and Features.

Windows 7 users:

Click Start (Windows Logo at the bottom left corner of your desktop), choose Control Panel. Locate Programs and click Uninstall a program.

macOS (OSX) users:

Click Finder, in the opened screen select Applications. Drag the app from the Applications folder to the Trash (located in your Dock), then right click the Trash icon and select Empty Trash.

In the uninstall programs window, look for "Nilla Weather", select this entry and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".

After uninstalling the potentially unwanted program that causes Nilla Weather ads, scan your computer for any remaining unwanted components or possible malware infections. To scan your computer, use recommended malware removal software.

Remove Nilla Weather adware from Internet browsers:

Video showing how to remove potentially unwanted browser add-ons:

Remove malicious add-ons from Internet Explorer:

Click the "gear" icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select "Manage Add-ons". Look for "Nilla Weather", select this entry and click "Remove".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by nilla weather, reset your Internet Explorer settings to default.

Windows XP users: Click Start, click Run, in the opened window type inetcpl.cpl In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 users: Click the Windows logo, in the start search box type inetcpl.cpl and click enter. In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows 8 users: Open Internet Explorer and click the gear icon. Select Internet Options.

In the opened window, select the Advanced tab.

Click the Reset button.

Confirm that you wish to reset Internet Explorer settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "More tools" and click "Extensions". Locate "Nilla Weather", select this entry and click the trash can icon.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by nilla weather, reset your Google Chrome browser settings. Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome) and select Settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen. Click the Advanced… link.

After scrolling to the bottom of the screen, click the Reset (Restore settings to their original defaults) button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Google Chrome settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious plug-ins from Mozilla Firefox:

Click the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window), select "Add-ons". Click "Extensions", in the opened window, remove "Nilla Weather".

Optional method:

Computer users who have problems with ads by nilla weather removal can reset their Mozilla Firefox settings.

Open Mozilla Firefox, at the top right corner of the main window, click the Firefox menu, in the opened menu, click Help.

Select Troubleshooting Information.

In the opened window, click the Refresh Firefox button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Mozilla Firefox settings to default by clicking the Refresh Firefox button.

Remove malicious extensions from Safari:

Make sure your Safari browser is active, click Safari menu, and select Preferences....

In the opened window click Extensions, locate any recently installed suspicious extension, select it and click Uninstall.

Optional method:

Make sure your Safari browser is active and click on Safari menu. From the drop down menu select Clear History and Website Data...

In the opened window select all history and click the Clear History button.

Remove malicious extensions from Microsoft Edge:

Click the Edge menu icon  (at the upper-right corner of Microsoft Edge), select "Extensions". Locate all recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons and click "Remove" below their names.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by nilla weather, reset your Microsoft Edge browser settings. Click the Edge menu icon  (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge) and select Settings.

In the opened settings menu select Reset settings.

Select Restore settings to their default values. In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Microsoft Edge settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

• If this did not help, follow these alternative instructions explaining how to reset the Microsoft Edge browser.

Summary:

Commonly, adware or potentially unwanted applications infiltrate Internet browsers through free software downloads. Note that the safest source for downloading free software is via developers' websites only. To avoid installation of adware, be very attentive when downloading and installing free software. When installing previously-downloaded free programs, choose the custom or advanced installation options – this step will reveal any potentially unwanted applications listed for installation together with your chosen free program.

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