Fake Chrome shortcuts on my taskbar keeps appearing after a Malwarebytes scan and restart the pc twice. clicking on one of them opens the real chrome as a new icon separate from the fake shortcut. There is no adware or malware involved. But it's annoying as it seems to have 2 chrome icons on my taskbar and opening the unopened one piles up on the opens ones.
Fake Chrome shortcuts keeps generating
- Thread starter Bluetails
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- Mar 8, 2013
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Hello,
Please download Zemana AntiMalware and save it to your Desktop.
Please download Zemana AntiMalware and save it to your Desktop.
- Install the program and once the installation is complete it will start automatically.
- Without changing any options, press Scan to begin.
- After the short scan is finished, if threats are detected press Next to remove them.
Note: If restart is required to finish the cleaning process, you should click Reboot. If reboot isn't required, please restart your computer manually.
- Open Zemana AntiMalware again.
- Click on
icon and double click the latest report.
- Now click File > Save As and choose your Desktop before pressing Save.
- The only left thing is to attach saved report in your next message.
Here's the report from the software u mentioned:
Zemana AntiMalware 2.70.2.118 (Portable)
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Scan Result : Completed
Scan Date : 2016/12/24
Operating System : Windows 7 64-bit
Processor : 4X Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 380 @ 2.53GHz
BIOS Mode : Legacy
CUID : 12C8E3A267B3808698977D
Scan Type : System Scan
Duration : 34m 50s
Scanned Objects : 110992
Detected Objects : 0
Excluded Objects : 0
Read Level : SCSI
Auto Upload : Enabled
Detect All Extensions : Disabled
Scan Documents : Disabled
Domain Info : WORKGROUP,0,2
Detected Objects
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No threats detected
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Scan Result : Completed
Scan Date : 2016/12/24
Operating System : Windows 7 64-bit
Processor : 4X Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 380 @ 2.53GHz
BIOS Mode : Legacy
CUID : 12C8E3A267B3808698977D
Scan Type : System Scan
Duration : 34m 50s
Scanned Objects : 110992
Detected Objects : 0
Excluded Objects : 0
Read Level : SCSI
Auto Upload : Enabled
Detect All Extensions : Disabled
Scan Documents : Disabled
Domain Info : WORKGROUP,0,2
Detected Objects
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No threats detected
- Mar 8, 2013
- 22,627
Please re-run Farbar Recovery Scan Tool to give me a fresh look at your system.
- Right-click on
icon and select
Run as Administrator to start the tool.
(XP users click run after receipt of Windows Security Warning - Open File). - Make sure that Addition.txt option is checked.
- Press Scan button and wait.
- The tool will produce two logfiles on your desktop: FRST.txt and Addition.txt.
And then, after running Zemana AntiMalware for the 2nd time:
Code:
Zemana AntiMalware 2.70.2.118 (Portable)
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Scan Result : Completed
Scan Date : 2016/12/25
Operating System : Windows 7 64-bit
Processor : 4X Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 380 @ 2.53GHz
BIOS Mode : Legacy
CUID : 12C8E3A267B3808698977D
Scan Type : System Scan
Duration : 26m 46s
Scanned Objects : 111186
Detected Objects : 0
Excluded Objects : 0
Read Level : SCSI
Auto Upload : Enabled
Detect All Extensions : Disabled
Scan Documents : Disabled
Domain Info : WORKGROUP,0,2
Detected Objects
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No threats detected- Mar 8, 2013
- 22,627
Download attached fixlist.txt file and save it to the Desktop:
Both files, FRST and fixlist.txt have to be in the same location or the fix will not work!
- Right-click on
icon and select
Run as Administrator to start the tool.
(XP users click run after receipt of Windows Security Warning - Open File). - Press the Fix button just once and wait.
- If for some reason the tool needs a restart, please make sure you let the system restart normally. After that let the tool complete its run.
- When finishes FRST will generate a log on the Desktop, called Fixlog.txt.
Please attach it to your reply.
- Mar 8, 2013
- 22,627
- Mar 8, 2013
- 22,627
Please re-run Farbar Recovery Scan Tool to give me a fresh look at your system.
- Right-click on
icon and select
Run as Administrator to start the tool.
(XP users click run after receipt of Windows Security Warning - Open File). - Make sure that Addition.txt option is checked.
- Press Scan button and wait.
- The tool will produce two logfiles on your desktop: FRST.txt and Addition.txt.
To assess shortcuts:%AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar
I learned from here Where are the shortcuts for the Windows 7 Taskbar stored on disk?
I learned from here Where are the shortcuts for the Windows 7 Taskbar stored on disk?
- Mar 8, 2013
- 22,627
Download attached fixlist.txt file and save it to the Desktop:
Both files, FRST and fixlist.txt have to be in the same location or the fix will not work!
- Right-click on
icon and select
Run as Administrator to start the tool.
(XP users click run after receipt of Windows Security Warning - Open File). - Press the Fix button just once and wait.
- If for some reason the tool needs a restart, please make sure you let the system restart normally. After that let the tool complete its run.
- When finishes FRST will generate a log on the Desktop, called Fixlog.txt.
Please attach it to your reply.
After this, uninstall Google Chrome and find and delete all Google Chrome folders on your computer.
%programfiles%
%appdata%
%localappdata%
%programdata%
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