I've had my Chrome browser infected by a browser hijacker. It would replace my home page with startsear.info. I fixed that, but every time I restart Chrome, it resets the following:
- It redirects all my searches through a startsear.info custom Google search.
- All Chrome extensions are removed
- Skype Click to Call extension is added. (Extension)
- DivX Plus Web Player HTML5 is added. (Extension)
I've followed most of the basic tutorials out there to remove this browser hijacker, but it still resets every time I restart Chrome. As for the registry entries which are often referenced, I've either removed them or been unable to find them. Any suggestions on how to get rid of this? Thanks for the help, and let me know if you need any more information.
Best Answer
This is called a search engine hijack. Chrome 25 is adding two new features to prevent silent extension installs. From the Chrome blog post:
I don't know if this will block all search engine hijacks but it will go a long way to stopping a lot of them.
Steps to remove now that it is there: