Clean Chrome of unwanted ads, pop-ups, & malware

Ifyou'reseeingsomeoftheseproblemswithGoogleChrome,youmighthaveunwantedsoftwareormalware
installedonyourcomputer:
Popupadswon'tgoaway.
YourChromehomepageorsearchenginekeepschangingorisnotsettoGoogleanymore.
UnwantedChromeextensionsortoolbarskeepcomingback.
Youkeepgettingredirectedtounfamiliarwebpages.
Herearesomestepsyoucantaketogetridofunwantedsoftware.Inthefuture,avoidmalwarebyonly
downloadingfilesorvisitingsitesthatyouknowaresecure.

Step1:RemoveunwantedprogramsfromChrome(Windowsonly)
IfyouuseaWindowscomputer,theChromeCleanupToolsearchesyourcomputerforsuspiciousprograms
andofferstoremovethemforyou.Learnmoreaboutwhatprogramsareremoved.
IfyouuseaMacorLinuxcomputer,moveontoStep2.
1.OnyourWindowscomputer,visittheChromeCleanupToolwebsite.
2.ClickDownloadnow.
3.Readthetermsofservice,andclickAcceptandDownload.
4.Whenthefileisdownloaded,you'llseeitatthebottom.Clickthefilename(chrome_cleanup_tool.exe).
5.Windowswillaskifyouwanttorunthefile.ClickRun.
6.TheChromeCleanupToolwillscanyourcomputer.You'llseealistofanymalicioussoftwarefound.
7.ClickRemovesuspiciousprograms.
8.Chromewillopenanewtab,andaskyoutoresetyoursettings.ClickReset.

Step2:Removeunwantedprograms(allcomputers)
Ifyou'veboughtordownloadedantivirussoftware,runtheprogramtofindandremoveharmfulprograms.
YoucanalsotryMalwareBytes,anantimalwareprogramthatcanfindothermalicioussoftwarethattheChrome
CleanupToolmightnotremove.
Manuallyremovemaliciousprograms(Maconly)

Step3:Resetyourbrowsersettings(allcomputers)
1.Onyourcomputer,openChrome.
2.Atthetopright,clickMenu

3.SelectSettings.
4.Atthebottom,clickShowadvancedsettings.
5.Underthe"Resetsettings"section,clickResetsettings.
6.ConfirmbyclickingReset.
Stillnotworking?Ifthetroubleshootingstepsabovedon'twork,visittheChromeHelpForum.Youcan
alsoreportmalicioussoftware.