Do you know what Weather Waves is?
If you are searching of a tool that would show you weather forecasts regularly, you might come across a browser extension called Weather Waves. It offers weekly weather forecasts for multiple cities and some other information that could be of use. Even if it seems perfect, we advise not to rush and learn more about this plugin first. Our researchers say that it falls under the classification of potentially unwanted programs, which means it could have undesired functionality and might not be as perfect as you might think. To find out more about it, we invite you to read our full report. For users who already have it on their browsers, but now wish to erase Weather Waves, we can offer our removal guide that is available at the end of the article.
Like other similar potentially unwanted programs Weather Waves has a homepage that is called weatherwaves.co. Also, the extension is currently available on the Chrome Web Store page (chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/weather-waves/jpdlfloakhhhcbkcplblnohkdkflbmki). Besides these two websites, it could be also spread through bundled software installers, redirects, pop-up advertisements, and sources alike. Therefore, for users who want to know how to avoid potentially unwanted programs, we can tell that they might be distributed through various channels, so what they can do is research tools carefully before installing them.
Weather Waves works on Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers. Upon its installation the application should ask for a few permissions. The first one might be to replace your new tab page, which would allow the application to set what website should be loaded when you create a new tab. Our researchers say that the plugin ought to pick its own website that might contain links to other sites and a search box, which could redirect you to a modified Yahoo search engine. Meaning, the results displayed afterward could be altered, for example, injected with third-party ads. Next, the potentially unwanted program might ask you to let it read and change your data on weatherwaves.co as well as read your browsing history. We cannot know this for sure, but it is possible that these permissions could be used to learn your interests and serve you targeted ads.
Weather Waves screenshot
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Moreover, Weather Waves might also ask you to let it identify our physical location and check your frequently visited websites. These permissions and the one asking to view users’ browsing histories could provide the application’s creators with information that some users might consider private. Thus, some users might consider such functionality undesirable. If you do too, you may want to find yourself another tool that could provide you with weather forecast or you could bookmark a website that provides such information online without asking to install anything.
Users who choose to erase Weather Waves should know that there are a couple of ways to get rid of it. Firstly, users could delete it manually from their browsers. The process is not particularly complicated and if you need any help, you could use the removal guide available below. The other way to erase Weather Waves is to employ a reputable antimalware tool, scan your computer with it, and then press its displayed deletion button to get rid of all detections at the same time.
Erase Weather Waves
Mozilla Firefox
- Tap CTRL+SHIFT+A simultaneously.
- Choose Extensions.
- Locate Weather Waves.
- Press Remove.
- Restart your browser.
Google Chrome
- Press ALT+F.
- Pick More tools and select Extensions.
- Search for the potentially unwanted program.
- Press Remove and select Remove.
- Relaunch the browser.
In non-techie terms:
Weather Waves is a browser extension that offers weather forecast, links to a user’s favorite websites, a custom search engine, and more. Also, the application asks to permit it to view your browsing history, change your new tab page, detect your physical location, and a couple of other permissions that some users might not feel like providing. Especially, when it is known that the plugin is a potentially unwanted program. It does not mean that it is malicious, but it might still be a bad idea to trust it blindly. What we mean to say is that the application could ask for information that you may consider to be private and if you do not trust the extension, perhaps you should not provide it. Naturally, if you do not want to use this plugin anymore, you could erase Weather Waves with a reliable antimalware tool or while following our removal guide that is available above.