What is QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar?

QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar is an another annoying hijacker by Mindspark Interactive Network that looks like a useful browser toolbar for Google, Yahoo or Bing. It promises to provide quick access to weather reports, increase the quality of search and more. Also, QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar promises to help the user to find relevant information. In fact, this toolbar is very annoying and useless, because it changes your browser options, and these changes cannot be reset afterward. QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar also changes the homepage and search engine. It can collect and analyze your private data and passes it to third parties. QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar slows down your browser and can cause various problems. This program can bring along other unwanted programs. QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar program is useless, so you should remove it right now.

How QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar gets on your PC?

Malicious software that is often among the potentially unwanted programs penetrates a computer with other free programs such as archivers, players, editors and so on. This happens without the user’s knowledge. The main reason for this – the user carelessness. Few people read the user agreement and other information during the installation. Sometimes ad sites create their download managers and hide therein potentially malicious software. If you want to prevent the infiltration of unwanted software, then you need to follow a few rules. Always read the user agreement. Select the advanced type of installation and make sure that you aren’t offered to install something to supplement. Do not agree to install unfamiliar software. You can also use special programs that will help you to protect your PC. If your PC is already infected, then use our instructions to get rid of QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar.

How to remove QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar from your computer?

To uninstall QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.

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You can try both of these products to remove QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar

Or uninstall QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar manually.

Step 1: Remove QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar from Control Panel

Windows XP:

1. Click Start.
2. Control Panel.
3. Then click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar.
5. Click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.

Windows 7/Windows Vista:

1. Click Start.
2. Then Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.

Windows 8/Windows 8.1:

1. Open the Menu.
2. Click Search.
3. After that click Apps.
4. Then Control Panel.
5. Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
6. Find QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar, select it and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).

Windows 10:

1. Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, click on the Settings at the top.
2. Click on App & features on the left menu.
3. On the right side, locate QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar and click it, then click on the Uninstall button.
4. Click on Uninstall to confirm.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 10

Note: If you can’t find required program, sort programs by date in Control panel and search for last installed programs.

After that remove QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar from your browser.

Step 2: Remove QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar from browsers

Google Chrome:

1. Open Google Chrome
2. Push Alt + F.
3. Click Tools.
4. Choose Extensions.
5. Find QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar.
6. Click the trash can icon to remove it.

Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Open Firefox.
2. Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
3. Choose QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar.
4. Click Disable or Remove button.

Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.

Internet Explorer:

1. Open IE.
2. Push Alt + T.
3. Click Manage Add-ons.
4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
5. Click Disable QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar.
6. Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
7. Click Remove button.
8. If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.

Learn more about removing extensions from IE.

Step 3: Resetting your browser search and homepage settings

Reset browser setting in Google Chrome:

1. Click the Chrome menu (3 bar button) in the top right corner.
2. Choose Settings.
3. Click Show advanced settings.
4. Go to Reset browser settings section.
5. Click Reset browser settings.
6. In the dialog that appears, click Reset.

Learn more about resetting browser settings in Google Chrome.

Reset browser setting in Mozilla Firefox:

1. Open Mozilla Firefox.
2. Go to Help.
3. Go to Troubleshooting information.
4. Click Reset Firefox… button.

Learn more about resetting browser settings in Mozilla Firefox.

Reset browser setting in Internet Explorer:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click on the cogwheel in the right upper corner.
3. Click Internet options.
4. Go to Advanced tab.
5. Click Reset button.
6. Put a tick near Delete personal settings checkbox.
7. Click Reset button.

Learn more about resetting browser settings in Internet Explorer.

Step 4: Remove following files and folders of QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar:

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Written by Rami Douafi