How to Uninstall Chromium Virus

Chromium Virus Uninstall Guide for Windows

This is a more detailed and expansive uninstall guide for Chromium. Follow the steps in the order they are shown and if you come across any difficulties or don’t understand something, be sure to leave us a comment outlying the problem and we will be sure to get back at you at the earliest opportunity.

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1. Go to the Task Manager of your computer – you can open it by pressing together Ctrl + Shift + Esc on your keyboard.
2. Select Processes and try to find the process run by the Chromium virus (it might go under a different name).
   • If you don’t see a process named “Chromium”, seek other processes that have unfamiliar names and that are using up significant amounts of computer resources – RAM memory and processing power (CPU).
   • If you see a resource-intensive process that doesn’t seem to correspond to any of the programs running on your PC at the moment, there’s a high chance that said process is from the virus.
3. Look up the name of the suspected process to make sure that it isn’t a regular system process that you aren’t supposed to quit.
4. If the suspected process is not from your system, right-click on it and select the Open File Location option.
   
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6. If even a single file gets flagged as malware, right0click on the suspected process again and select End Process Tree.
7. Then go back to the file location folder and delete it with all the files that are in it.
8. If you see an error message when deleting the folder because a file(s) in it cannot be deleted, open the folder and delete the other files.
9. After everything else from this guide is completed, try to delete the file location folder again.

Step 3. Remove Chromium Virus From Start-Up Locations

1. Type System Configuration under the Start Menu and click on the first item.
2. Open Startup and remove the ticks from all startup items that are unfamiliar and may be linked to Chromium.
   
3. If there are items with unknown manufacturers, uncheck them too unless you recognize them and know they are trusted.
4. Click on OK once you are finished and proceed to Step 4.

Step 4. Hosts file

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1. Copy this “notepad %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/hosts“, place it in the search field under the Start Menu and open the file that shows in the results.
2. In the notepad file that opens, the last line of text should be LocalHost – if there’s anything written below it, copy it and place it in the comments.
   
3. After we look at the text you’ve sent us, we will tell you if the lines below LocalHost are from the virus. If they are, you must delete them from the Hosts file.
4. After you delete what’s below Localhost, save the file by clicking on File > Save.

Step 5. Check DNS settings

1. Press the Winkey to open your Start Menu and type Network Connections.
2. Press Enter to open the first result.
3. When the folder with your different network connections shows up, right-click on the one that’s currently in use and select Properties.
4. Click on Internet Protocol Version 4 (ICP/IP) from the list of items and then click on Properties.
5. Check the Obtain DNS server addresses automatically if the option isn’t currently enabled.
6. Go to Advanced > the DNS tab and delete all servers listed there by selecting them and clicking on Remove.
7. Click OK on everything to save the changes and exit the DNS settings.

Step 6. Remove Chromium Virus From All Browsers

If any of your browsers have been affected by the Chromium Virus and have had changes made to them without your permission, you must complete this last step to ensure that there is nothing left on the computer related to the unwanted software.

First, go to the affected browser(s) icon, right-click on it, and go to Properties.

From the Properties window, select the Shortcut tab and delete everything that is written in the Target field after “.exe“. Click on Ok to save the changes and then open the browser itself.

This next part of the current step slightly varies for each specific browser so we will show you how to complete it for some of the most commonly-used browsing programs.

How to Delete Chromium?

This final step from the guide will require you to go to the Registry of your computer and make changes to it by deleting items that are connected to the Chromium virus. Since many sensitive and important system and software settings are in the Registry, you should be really careful not to delete the wrong thing. That is why, in case of doubt, you should always first request our assistance through the comments section, telling us about the Registry item(s) you are unsure about. Only once (if) we confirm that the item(s) in question are to be deleted should you proceed to remove them from the Registry.

1. Press the Windows key and the R key from the keyboard to open Run.
2. Type regedit and hit the Enter key to start the Registry Editor.
3. Click on Yes when Windows asks for your Admin permission.
4. Go to the Edit menu in the Registry Editor and select Find.
5. Type Chromium in the search box and click on Find Next (the search may take a while, be patient).
6. Select the item that gets found, press Del, and confirm the command by clicking on Yes.
7. Repeat mini-step 5 and 6 until there aren’t any more entries named Chromium in the Registry.
8. Go to the following directories in the left panel of the Registry Editor:
   • HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/
   • HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run/ 
   • HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/Main/
9. If you find any suspicious-looking folders in them that have unusually long names and/or names that seem to consist of randomized letters and numbers, delete those folders too.
   • It is very important to not delete anything unless you are certain it is from the virus. If you are unsure about whether you should delete a given item, ask us about it in the comments before you proceed with the deletion!