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HELP REMOVING CHROMIUM MALWARE 2017-03-15 04:06:13 Post No. 59409830
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HELP REMOVING CHROMIUM MALWARE 2017-03-15 04:06:13 Post No. 59409830
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Hey guys, I didn't see an ask/help thread and I figured this would be the best place to ask. if not, please redirect me!
So this guy's experience is identical to mine.
https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/3ffvzl/chromium_appeared_on_my_computer_out_of_nowhere/
Ended up being a tag-along in a torrent. It's not causing any problems NOW, but from what others affected have reported, it goes downhill if left unchecked so I need to get rid of it. Problem is, ending the chromium tasks does nothing, they just pop right back up, and control-panel uninstall does nothing.
I've done my sleuthing but Every removal "how-to" guide ends up being more shady attemps to get me to download a removal tool. That's the kind of shit that caused this. Is there any actual guide to removing chromium that can be trusted?
THANK YOU!
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>>59409830
http://www.digitalcitizen.life/six-ways-removeuninstall-windows-programs-and-apps
whoa that sure was hard
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>>59409830
Firefox and Linux/*BSD don't have these problems
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>>59409849
firefox swallows up more memory than chrome does
that's a fact
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>>59409849
chrome isn't the problem. The problem is that CHROMIUM plus added malware code was added as a ride-along to something else I downloaded. Chromium self-installed, and started self-installing extensions.
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>>59409849
plus this isn't a thread asking everyone to convince me I need to switch, this was a request for how to removed a specific niusance off of my damn computer.
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>>59409830
>tag-along in a torrent
did you run an executable from a torrent?
format and reinstall your OS
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firecucks false flagging lmao wtf lmao like omg
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You could try the below script, just copy it into cmd or powershell.
wmic product where "name like 'Google%%'" call uninstall /nointeractive > c:\temp\log.txt
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>>59410124
I didn't mention, where it says Google, try various combos of what you think the software is called, such as Chromium, nigware, whatever
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open task manager, right click said running instance of chromium and select open file location.
make note of location, reboot in safe mode, delete it. reboot into normal windows.
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Just reinstall
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