Whenever I open google chrome, it starts randomly opening tabs. I'm not sure if this is malware or not. Firefox does not do this, so I'm not sure if a virus has just infected google chrome. It appears to have done nothing to my system (Everything runs fine without problems except for google chrome, my computer is the same speed it has always been) Does anyone know how to solve this?
HWExtreme 0 Newbie Poster
gerbil 216 Industrious Poster
Try downloading AdwCleaner from www.bleepingcomputer.com.
Run it, and delete all that it finds.
AARTI SHRIVAS 2 Posting Pro in Training
or you can uninstall chroem and download fresh chrome from web may be this fix your problem
Sagarika12313 0 Newbie Poster
The best idea would be reinstall Google chrome from it's website :
https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/features.html
but not to forget uninstalling the existing one.
JorgeM 958 Problem Solver Team Colleague Featured Poster
Aside from trying to reisntall Chrome, I'd recommend you download MalwareBytes and run a scan on your computer. Its a free tool and its effective at finding malware that traditional AV programs fail to locate.
annette.p.karnes 0 Newbie Poster
Run CCleaner from Piriform (https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner) It cleans out all the cache files on the computer, broken files, etc. (Read Reviews on product at https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/reviews) Since I ran it, all the problems I had with Chrome opening up tabs on it's own has stopped. I was also having problems with my mouse at the same time. That too also stopped.
silvercats 10 Junior Poster
- It could be an add-on you installed on the Chrome. uninstall the add ons. the ones you do not know.
2.It could be a virus. Scan for the viruses.
3.Your PC is being controlled by a ghost (this is unlikely)
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