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Should I remove The Weather Network?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
1% remove it99% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #9,183
United States Rank #15,191
Reach 0.0411%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 20.66 days
609.42 days >
Average installed length: 320.20 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
6.0.2.5 71.02%
6.0.1.1 22.07%
6.0.0.13 6.41%
5.0.0.25 0.49%

The Weather Network

What is The Weather Network?  (from the publisher)

Hold the power of weather knowledge right in the palm of your hand with The Weather Network App for Android, available on Android phones and tablets. You can access current conditions, short term, long term and hourly forecasts and much more.

Overview

The most used version is 6.0.2.5, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The programs's main executable is weathereye.exe and has been seen to consume an average CPU of less than one percent, and utilizes about 55.5 MB of memory. It also adds an icon to the Windows notifications area in order to provide access to the program. The software installer includes 2 files and is usually about 303.63 KB (310,920 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 78% of users of The Weather Network come from Canada, it is also popular in the United States and France.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.theweathernetwork.com
Installation folder: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application data\the weather network
Uninstaller: "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\The Weather Network\WeatherEye.exe" /uninstall
Estimated size: 303.63 KB

Program filesFiles installed by The Weather Network

Program executable:weathereye.exe
Path:C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application data\the weather network\weathereye.exe
MD5:e8592697d55b515379f781faf199c73a
Taskbar:Displays an icon in the notification area
Additional files:
  • weathereye.dll (by Pelmorex)

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • weathereye.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{098DB94E-04C6-4BDE-B84D-B9336F78C035}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • weathereye.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named WeatherEye_Reg_HKCURun_S-1-5-21-3053843910-2712231533-1530007685-1001.
Startup File (User Run)
  • weathereye.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'WeatherEye' and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\The Weather Network\WeatherEye.exe.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

weathereye.exe
Memory:55.5 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0009658124%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00074032%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00022550%
0.015104% average

How do I remove The Weather Network?

You can uninstall The Weather Network from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program The Weather Network, click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove The Weather Network.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 61%
Win Server 2003 0%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 1%
Keep it 99%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 61.90%
Windows 10 26.51%
Windows XP 5.92%
Windows Vista 5.55%
Windows Server 2003 0.12%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 43.88%
Windows 8.1 9.63%
Windows 7 Professional 9.25%
Windows 10 Home 8.38%
Windows 7 Ultimate 7.13%
Microsoft Windows XP 5.88%

Distribution by countryGeography

78.04% of installs come from Canada
Which countries install it?
  Canada 78.04%
  United States 20.43%
  France 0.35%
  Sweden 0.24%
  BY 0.12%
  Lebanon 0.12%
  Norway 0.12%
  Australia 0.12%
  Mexico 0.12%
  Spain 0.12%
  Netherlands 0.12%
  GD 0.12%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 28.40%
Dell 22.92%
Acer 21.91%
ASUS 9.33%
Toshiba 6.29%
GIGABYTE 4.06%
Lenovo 2.43%
Intel 1.22%
Samsung 1.01%
American Megatrends 0.81%
Alienware 0.81%
NEC 0.81%
Common models
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 5.30%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 2.83%
ASUSTeK K53E 2.47%
Dell XPS 8700 2.47%
Acer Aspire E1-531 2.12%
ASUS All Series 2.12%

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