Should I remove DesktopWeatherAlerts?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.0.29.0	76.66%
1.0.13.0	23.34%

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• StormWatch
• StormWarnings
• Weather Alerts Pro Version

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from Local Weather LLC

The Weather Alerts app is a bundler that is installed with potentially unwanted software. It integrates with the user's web browser and displays advertisements.

From the Terms of Service:
"The Software recognizes keywords from your Internet browser to display relevant contextual advertisements. These advertisements may be displayed on your computer screen at any time while you are searching and shopping online (and not necessarily while you are using any product or service related to or downloaded with the Software). The Software neither stores any personally identifiable information nor records your browsing behavior."

The installer software bundles various potentially unwanted software such as toolbar and web browser extensions using the Tuguu DomalQ download manager. Once installed the software will display popup adds that are designed to look like the browser window but will display malvertising type adds warning you that certain software (such as Internet Explorer) is out of date and requires an update. If the user attempts to download the update it will install numerous adware toolbars as well as other potentially unwanted utilities.

URL: www.desktopweatheralerts.com

Help link: desktopweatheralerts.com/terms-of-use

License: View the full license agreement (EULA) for DesktopWeatherAlerts

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\weatheralerts

Uninstaller: C:\users\user\desktopWeatherAlertsuninstall.exe

Estimated size: 50.25 MB

WeatherAlerts.exe
Memory:	29.39 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0005287338%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.00023652%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.00029222%	0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:	236,578	8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:	1.01 KB	435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:	11 Bytes	105.02 KB average

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 DesktopWeatherAlerts, 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 DesktopWeatherAlerts.
4. If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 46% Win 10 0%

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 85% Keep it 15%

GLOBAL RANK #3,106

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	80.09%
United Kingdom	6.62%
Australia	3.11%
Canada	2.60%
Netherlands	1.47%
Germany	0.98%
India	0.69%
France	0.47%
Sweden	0.45%
Italy	0.35%
New Zealand	0.33%
Israel	0.27%
Spain	0.22%
DK	0.22%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

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