- May 28, 2013
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On March 3rd I started noticing problems using google chrome. Whenever I open a new tab, it loads and then redirects to a page advertising some kind of "anti-malware program" called PCKeeper. From what I've seen online, this program itself is a bad thing to have on your computer. Here's a picture what I get redirected to when I open a new tab:
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Also, occasionally while I'm using chrome, a tab will duplicate and one of the tabs will redirect to either a page that tells me my McAfee subscription has expired today (I've never used McAfee) or some other ad (anti-malware programs, something called reimageplus, etc.). Here are some examples:
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This is extremely annoying when I am trying to use the internet. I only encounter these problems when using chrome on this specific computer. I tried using chrome on my laptop and didn't experience any problems even though it is logged into my google chrome account with all the same settings/extensions. It also doesn't seem to have affected internet explorer.
Some things I have already tried:
Finally, I tried restoring my computer to a previous automatic system restore point to no avail. No matter which date I chose to restore to, for some reason the process would stop during the middle and tell me it was interrupted. This happened every time through multiple attempts.
I have not personally downloaded anything in the past week and have no idea why this has started happening. I have never had problems with malware until now. Any help you can give would be appreciated.
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/Also, occasionally while I'm using chrome, a tab will duplicate and one of the tabs will redirect to either a page that tells me my McAfee subscription has expired today (I've never used McAfee) or some other ad (anti-malware programs, something called reimageplus, etc.). Here are some examples:
http
/http
/This is extremely annoying when I am trying to use the internet. I only encounter these problems when using chrome on this specific computer. I tried using chrome on my laptop and didn't experience any problems even though it is logged into my google chrome account with all the same settings/extensions. It also doesn't seem to have affected internet explorer.
Some things I have already tried:
Made sure there aren't any new extensions installed to my chrome
Reset my chrome settings to default
Used google's chrome malware/ads removal tool (nothing found)
Uninstalled chrome through control panel and reinstalled
Looked for anything fishy in my control panel programs list that I should uninstall
Looked for anything fishy in the registry editor under chrome
Downloaded Malwarebytes and ran a scan of my system (0 threats found)
Finally, I tried restoring my computer to a previous automatic system restore point to no avail. No matter which date I chose to restore to, for some reason the process would stop during the middle and tell me it was interrupted. This happened every time through multiple attempts.
I have not personally downloaded anything in the past week and have no idea why this has started happening. I have never had problems with malware until now. Any help you can give would be appreciated.
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