Myweathercenter.co Redirect

What is myweathercenter.co?

myweathercenter.co (also known as feed.hmyweathercenter.co) is a fake search engine that is presented as legitimate. Developers promote the site as useful, offering various features, enhancing the browsing experience, and so on. Unfortunately, it is promoted using two browser hijackers: My Weather Center and Weather Tracker.

Typically, people install these apps unintentionally and they are categorized as potentially unwanted applications (PUAs). Note that My Weather Center and Weather Tracker modify browser settings and collect information relating to users' browsing habits.

Generally, PUAs can be can be installed on browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer. When My Weather Center or Weather Tracker is installed, the default search engine, homepage, and new tab URL are assigned to myweathercenter.co and this prevents users from reverting the changes (they are reassigned when attempts are made to change them).

Therefore, people with these PUAs installed on their systems are forced to visit this website when they open a browser, new tab, or enter a search query into the URL bar. Additionally, browser hijackers and fake search engines continually collect user-information such as IP addresses, geo-locations, URLs of visited websites, entered search queries, and other similar (browsing-related) details.

Developers share the data with third parties (potentially, cyber criminals) who misuse it to generate revenue. Some of the collected/shared data might also contain personal details. Therefore, uninstall all PUAs and avoid using dubious, fake search engines.

Threat Summary:

Name	Weather Tracker browser hijacker
Threat Type	Browser Hijacker, Redirect, Search Hijacker, Toolbar, Unwanted New Tab
Symptoms	Manipulated Internet browser(s) settings (homepage, default Internet search engine, new tab settings). User's are forced to visit hijacker's website and search the Internet using their search engines.
Distribution methods	Deceptive pop-up ads, free software installers (bundling), fake flash player installers.
Damage	Internet browsing tracking (potential privacy issues), displaying of unwanted ads, redirects to shady websites.
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There are many other fake search engines that are similar to myweathercenter.co/feed.hmyweathercenter.co. Just some examples include search.searchipdf.com, search.htheweathercenter.org, and search.htodayonlinenews.org.

Typically, developers promote them as 'legitimate' and offer potential users various features, tools, faster searches, more accurate search results, and so on. Unfortunately, most fake search engines do not operate as promised and only their developers and various other parties benefit. By using them, people risk problems relating to browsing safety, privacy, and so on.

How did My Weather Center install on my computer?

My Weather Center and Weather Tracker are available to download on websites that developers use to promote them, however, people usually download and install PUAs unintentionally through intrusive advertisements or when developers use the "bundling" method.

In summary, "bundling" is used to trick people into downloading/installing unwanted apps with software that they with to download or install intentionally.

To achieve this, developers hide these apps in "Custom", "Advanced" (and other similar) settings of software download/installation set-ups, however, they succeed only when people install or download software without deselecting/dismissing them. This happens when they download or install software and fail to pay enough attention to the setup details.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

Do not to use dubious software download sources such as third party downloaders/installers, Peer-to-Peer networks (torrent clients, eMule, and other such tools), unofficial websites, etc. The safest way to download software is using official and trustworthy sources. Check "Custom"/"Advanced" settings first and dismiss offers to download or install any unwanted apps.

Only then finish the procedure. Furthermore, avoid clicking untrustworthy (intrusive) ads, especially on dubious websites. Many of these redirect to dubious websites (gambling, pornography, adult dating, etc).

If you experience ads or redirects to untrustworthy websites, check your browser for unknown/unwanted extensions, plug-ins, and add-ons and remove all unknown or suspicious entries. The same applies to programs installed on the operating system. If your computer is already infected with My Weather Center, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate this browser hijacker.

Website promoting My Weather Center browser hijacker:

Website promoting Weather Tracker browser hijacker:

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Quick menu:

• What is myweathercenter.co?
• STEP 1. Uninstall My Weather Center application using Control Panel.
• STEP 2. Remove myweathercenter.co redirect from Internet Explorer.
• STEP 3. Remove My Weather Center browser hijacker from Google Chrome.
• STEP 4. Remove myweathercenter.co homepage and default search engine from Mozilla Firefox.
• STEP 5. Remove myweathercenter.co redirect from Safari.
• STEP 6. Remove rogue plug-ins from Microsoft Edge.

My Weather Center browser hijacker 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 any recently installed suspicious applications (for example, "My Weather Center" or "Weather Tracker"), select these entries and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".

After uninstalling the potentially unwanted applications that cause browser redirects to the myweathercenter.co website, scan your computer for any remaining unwanted components. To scan your computer, use recommended malware removal software.

My Weather Center browser hijacker removal from Internet browsers:

Video showing how to remove browser redirects:

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 any recently installed suspicious extensions, select these entries and click "Remove".

Change your homepage:

Click the "gear" icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select "Internet Options", in the opened window, remove hxxp://myweathercenter.co (or feed.hmyweathercenter.co) and enter your preferred domain, which will open each time you launch Internet Explorer. You can also enter about: blank to open a blank page when you start Internet Explorer.

Change your default search engine:

Click the "gear" icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select "Manage Add-ons". In the opened window, select "Search Providers", set "Google", "Bing", or any other preferred search engine as your default and then remove "myweathercenter.co" (or "feed.hmyweathercenter.co").

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the weather tracker browser hijacker, 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 "My Weather Center" or "Weather Tracker" and other recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons, and remove them.

Change your homepage:

Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "Settings". In the "On startup" section, look for a "My Weather Center" or "Weather Tracker" browser hijacker's URL (hxxp://www.myweathercenter.co or feed.hmyweathercenter.co" ) below the “Open a specific or set of pages” option. If present, click on the three vertical dots icon and select “Remove”.

Change your default search engine:

To change your default search engine in Google Chrome: Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "Settings", in the "Search engine" section, click "Manage search engines...", in the opened list, look for " myweathercenter.co" (or "feed.hmyweathercenter.co"), and when located, click the three vertical dots near this URL and select "Remove from list".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the weather tracker browser hijacker, 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 on "Extensions" and remove "My Weather Center" or "Weather Tracker", as well as all other recently installed browser plug-ins.

Change your homepage:

To reset your homepage, click the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window), then select "Options", in the opened window, disable "My Weather Center" or "Weather Tracker", remove hxxp://myweathercenter.co (or "feed.hmyweathercenter.co") and enter your preferred domain, which will open each time you start Mozilla Firefox.

Change your default search engine:

In the URL address bar, type about:config and press Enter.
Click "I'll be careful, I promise!".
In the search filter at the top, type: "myweathercenter.co" (or "feed.hmyweathercenter.co")
Right-click on the found preferences and select "Reset" to restore default values.

Optional method:

Computer users who have problems with weather tracker browser hijacker 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 and click Safari menu, then select Preferences...

In the preferences window select the Extensions tab. Look for any recently installed suspicious extensions and uninstall them.

In the preferences window select General tab and make sure that your homepage is set to a preferred URL, if its altered by a browser hijacker - change it.

In the preferences window select Search tab and make sure that your preferred Internet search engine is selected.

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 top right corner of Microsoft Edge), select "Extensions". Locate any recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons, and remove them.

Change your homepage and new tab settings:

Click the Edge menu icon  (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge), select "Settings". In the "On startup" section look for the name of the browser hijacker and click "Disable".

Change your default Internet search engine:

To change your default search engine in Microsoft Edge: Click the Edge menu icon  (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge), select "Privacy and services", scroll to bottom of the page and select "Address bar". In the "Search engines used in address bar" section look for the name of the unwanted Internet search engine, when located click the "Disable" button near it. Alternatively you can click on "Manage search engines", in the opened menu look for unwanted Internet search engine. Click on the puzzle icon near it and select "Disable".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the weather tracker browser hijacker, 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:

A browser hijacker is a type of adware infection that modifies Internet browser settings by assigning the homepage and default Internet search engine settings to some other (unwanted) website URL. Commonly, this type of adware infiltrates operating systems through free software downloads. If your download is managed by a download client, ensure that you decline offers to install advertised toolbars or applications that seek to change your homepage and default Internet search engine settings.

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