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127.0.0.1 union.baidu2019..com

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127.0.0.1 union.baidu2019..com

Did you try to uninstall Chrome and install it again? If that doesn’t help download SpyHunter from our banners. The scanner is free, you have to remove it manually.

Yes, weird pages like hohosearch and howsrchenas..ru open up if I start up Chrome. And this has started happening since Chrome started opening up in a different window.

Hi there, sorry for the delay.

The new target directory is forcing chrome to load the settings found in ChromeDefaultData directory. Normally these should be the default chrome settings, but if a malware tampered with them this might not be the case. It is also possible that you installed some kind of anti-virus program that enables this protection (because if the defaults are OK this is actually a form of protection).

The simplest way to know is to ask you – have you noticed any suspicious chrome behavior when starting it with the current settings?

The main short cut (the one which I click on and the one whose thumbnail on the taskbar looks like Chrome) points to this:-
“C:Program FilesGoogleChromeApplicationchrome.exe”
But when I click it, a new window opens (whose thumbnail on the taskbar doesn’t look like Chrome) and it points to this:-
“C:Program FilesGoogleChromeApplicationchrome.exe” –profile-directory=ChromeDefaultData
Is my PC hacked?

Drag the shortcut out of the start menu and on to the desktop. Right click on it and chose properties. Look at “Target” line. If it points at Chrome exe with nothing else afterwards.

But it’s not actually dead. Chrome does open with this shortcut. Does this mean that it’s not totally removed?

Hi Anubhav, this looks like a dead shortcut to me, probably pointing to whatever you just removed from your PC.