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How do I uninstall weather bug?

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Weatherbug is adware, but not spyware. It can be removed fairly easily from your system.

by , © 2004

How do I uninstall weather bug?

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Weather Bug apparently has a long and somewhat sordid history. Early versions of it were known to install the one of the earliest and most well known spyware packages: gator.

Thankfully, Weather Bug has become better behaved over time.

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Weatherbug is still adware - but not spyware. And uninstalling turns out to be a simple manner these days. Pchell.com has an article: WeatherBug Removal Instructions and Help.

Update: The folks at Weatherbug recently dropped me a line:

"I'd like to suggest that if a customer has a question about WeatherBug (removing it or otherwise) - you can link directly to our FAQ page which answers most of the common questions, including how to uninstall, which of course is done the same way you uninstall any program, via add/remove programs in the control panel."

Here's the Weatherbug FAQ.

Article C2211 - October 31, 2004

Leo Leo A. Notenboom has been playing with computers since he was required to take a programming class in 1976. An 18 year career as a programmer at Microsoft soon followed. After "retiring" in 2001, Leo started Ask Leo! in 2003 as a place for answers to common computer and technical questions. More about Leo.

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What a sick joke. I ve been trying to remove weather bug a long time. Even went so far as to contact Perfect Uninstall.Weather bug is sick sick sick. They give FAQ and instructions that dont work. Ect jump in and out ect.

Posted by: clarence hartley at December 25, 2009 9:26 AM

Weather Watcher Live uses weatherbug. Will I have trouble removing it also? I don't need spyware or adware or viruses or any other problems on this computer.

Posted by: Joan at February 10, 2010 9:05 AM

I hate weatherbug(w/ a passion). Beware of Weatherbug. NEVER INSTALL.

Posted by: Elaina R. at July 13, 2010 11:30 AM

Well I have to take my hat off to Weatherbug's creators, they certainly write a fine virus. This program has it's tentacles wrapped and locked around my computer.

Posted by: Kevin at July 17, 2011 6:49 PM

Damn Weatherbug. Everytime I try to uninstall it, it gets about 10 percent done and then freezes my laptop. Then, because I can't delete it, it makes my PC start up even slower than it already did..

Posted by: Justin at November 14, 2011 10:21 PM
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