I recently got malware installed on my PC that contained software that infected my google chrome, by hijacking my default search engine. I tried:
Removing newly installed programs from PC, using windows utility.
Using Microsoft essentials and hitman pro to fully scan my computer (removed 3 malware of which one was a program and the other adware)
Removing the newly created extension in google chrome.
I tried to change my search engine back to default but I states that the administrator of the program has rights to change the search engine. I then:
Reset my chrome, and restarted my PC. Didn't work.
Then went to registry and deleted all traces of slightsearch and any keys relating to default search engine of chrome.
Restarted PC and nothing has changed at all. My home page is working as normal and I can search google when searching using the URL bar then it redirects to slightsearch.
Lastly, this malware even stared showing me ads on my desktop, when not in Chrome. Scanning and removing the malicious files solved this issue, but the search engine issue still exists.
Please help me solve this issue. And with all due respect, please do not give me the usual tips for removing popups or adware, because as already stated I have done all of these steps. Will appreciate any new solutions.
Regards
Ok so I eventually fixed the problem.
I had to delete files under c:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicyUsers
Checked all the files contained in GroupPolicyUsers and then deleted those that related to chrome and that was messing with my Registry.
Restarted chrome and now all is fixed!
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A couple months ago I noticed that when using my PC instead of phone to access my online banking, the login screen would load but the Username field was greyed out, as was the Continue button. (hsbc.ca)
The register hyperlink works.
I thought it was an issue with their site, used my phone.
About a month ago, I noticed that when attachments were in my gmail, I could no longer click on them to view them. Clicking them had no discernable effect. I had to specifically download them first.
About a week ago I logged into dndbeyond.com for the first time in a while. Noticed that in lists of spells or feats, where I used to be able to click on an entry and it would expand to show more information, clicking on it does nothing. Unless I click on the name of the feature, which is a url to a new page specific to that feature.
I have tried Chrome (my default), Edge, and Firefox, and the issue persists in all of them. I have done a virus scan, cleared cookies/cache, and I just have no idea what is going on. Chrome is the only browser that has plugins for ad-blocking, as I do not use the other browsers.
Two other computers here have no issues, one on a VPN, one not. I have tried with and without my VPN. OS is Windows 10 Home, OS is fully updated. As are the browsers.
I cannot recall any software being installed prior to the issue that might be the culprit.
I would appreciate any help that could be offered.
EDIT 1: I downloaded CCleaner and after scanning, cleaning junk, checking and resolving registry issues, the issue still persists.
I have deleted and created a new user, cleared history, cleared cache even uninstalled and then installed chrome again, but nothing. Any solution for that.
I have seen some software while searching on different websites but em afraid they can also b some sort of malware, what should i do, any Help......
You can change registry in Windows by running regedit.exe, usually you don't need external tools for that. A quick search for "smartsputnik" in regedit reveals that some Chrome-related entry contains a link to it. Changing it back to what it should be, that is e.g. what Chrome uses for its search query, should fix the issue. For my colleague it was
{google:baseURL}search?q=%s&{google:RLZ}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}{google:assistedQueryStats}{google:searchFieldtrialParameter}{google:iOSSearchLanguage}{google:searchClient}{google:sourceId}{google:contextualSearchVersion}ie={inputEncoding}
After the change, you can delete the offender from search engines as well, that seemed to be impossible while it was the default. That helped to restore Chrome itself, but this blog post says it will also append "http://smartsputnik.ru/?ri=1&uid=" as the argument to random shortcuts. That could be devious, but I've not observed that yet, will check and see.
BTW, my colleague did not install any software recently, so it looks like this malware learned a new trick.
When I visit the websites,this adware is showing too many ads, & it covers all the webpage.I tried to uninstall it, and block it by chrome extensions but it doesn't work. I tried different software to remove it, even I uninstalled chrome and installs a new chrome still it is showing bulk of ads. What should I do? Please help.
I'm not sure this will be applicable, as I had to fight different "brand" of adware, but I suppose it's usually all the same around.
First of all I highly recommend doing a complete scan with Malwarebytes Antimalware, as it mostly does recognize adware as malware.
If that is not enough, searching the filesystem and also windows registry and removing any files and keys connected to it usually works. You may have to do that in safe mode, if the adware runs some service or process on the background. That said, do look at the running services aswell.
The rest applies only if the adware changes your homepage, which a quick google search says it doesn't:
(Be of course careful to not remove parts of your browser or system - even the registry contain homepage settings, in that case, rewrite it to a homepage of your choice, instead of completely removing it.)
Also, when reinstalling chrome, did you remove all your configurations etc. as well? Check for homepage and default search engine configurations as well as all the chrome links (icons on your desktop and start menu etc.), which can have a homepage written after the application location.
The key is to find the right keyword to search for - I think in my case it was the "company" that produced the adware, whose name I probably found in the name of the homepage the adware set. But I'm not sure I remember that right.
Please do inquire if you need some more clarification.
it is because your pc has any backdoor services installed so just identify unknown services and delete them and this malware set chrome default search engine with any unknown search engine so delete this search engine from chrome and change your desire search engine for that purpose follow this tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuM1tjncumE
which has step by step guide to Manually remove any google chrome malware virus related to search engine without using any software.
search engine default redirect virus examples are
safefinder.com
safesearch.ch
Hoho Search virus
mystartsearch.com
web search
feed sonic search
etc
So i have the following problem.
Any time i click on a request to view the headers/payload/response
i receive a not responding window.
If i wait ~2 minutes it works.
So what i receive here is a developer tools not responsive status when working on local machine.
I tried to re-install chrome. Nothing changed.
Current Version is: Version 50.0.2661.102 m listed as up to date.
Is there any possibility to get some logs or did anyone faced the same problem?
I think it can be relevant if i show what extensions i have installed.
But i tried to enable/disable them and nothing changed.
And i get the same comportment in incognito mode too.
Later edit: I somehow identified the problem. Idea is that chrome is trying to display the cookie (request headers) which was 18k characters long and it looks like this is slowing a lot developer tools and sometimes make him crash.
I just saw that in Mozilla cookies are limited to a couple of characters (display perspective) and after that they show ...
I can't find any known issues regarding this crash, so here are a couple of steps you could take:
Use the Chrome Cleanup Tool and see if that helps.
Fully clean and re-install Chrome (including deleting user folders). If it works after that, you can slowly add extensions and plugins back and see if any reintroduce the problem.
this morning I noticed my Chrome updated to Chrome 22 and that the search in the top right has been removed and can now be accessed with ctrl-f.
I also noticed that ctrl-shift-f is no longer working as expected... (but this is inconsistent)
The global search has been a huge time saver for me, and now sometimes it doesn't work until I've viewed a script at least once.
For example, I have 5 scripts that I know all contain "fn_init"
I search for fn_init and nothing comes up.
I open one of those scripts and then ctrl-shift-f again, and finally get a matching result for just the one file...
Is this working as intended? Am I missing an option or something? My dev tools config options are:
General
Disabled cached
Sources
Show folders checked
Search in content scripts checked
Also: how can I install an older version of Chrome and stop it from updating automatically?
To get an older version of Chrome your best bet is to find a build of Chromium from https://chromium-build.appspot.com/p/chromium/console however if this if for devtools stability you are missing out on a lot of new features and bug fixes.
As for Search across all files it is still there and CTRL-SHIFT-F on Windows and CMD-OPT-F on Mac. See Addy Osmani's post https://plus.google.com/115133653231679625609/posts/e4W2kdrFJY9
If you find issues as bugs, it is better to raise the issue on http://crbug.com/new as it will get direct attention from the engineering team there.