Google chrome virus
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Find the biggest one, and kill that. It's normally the "master" instance, and the others are web pages and extensions etc. - and the extensions do often get re-opened when they are closed. Cut off the head, and the rest will close as well.
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OriginalGriff wrote:
Cut off the head, and the rest will close as well.
That or two will take its place. Hail Hydra!
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OriginalGriff wrote:
Cut off the head, and the rest will close as well.
That or two will take its place. Hail Hydra!
Baron Wolfgang von Strucker sends his greetings.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Find the biggest one, and kill that. It's normally the "master" instance, and the others are web pages and extensions etc. - and the extensions do often get re-opened when they are closed. Cut off the head, and the rest will close as well.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
I find it's also a matter of timing...if you do it fast enough, you may be able to kill them all before another gets respawned. Failing that, time to fire up PowerShell and write a small script that identifies the processes by name, and kills them all as fast as it can. That might be the better solution in the long run (assuming Google doesn't come to its senses and stop doing that). [Edit] This should do it:
Get-Process -Name chrome | Stop-Process
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I cannot shut down google chrome processes as they keep re spawning, even I do not use any services and notifications. I only give a crap about web browsing. Any ideas?
I could not update Chrome to latest version until I rebooted my machine. If that did not work, I was going to reinstall per Google's recommendation for the error message I was getting. All good now.
It's much easier to enjoy the favor of both friend and foe, and not give a damn who's who. -- Lon Milo DuQuette
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I cannot shut down google chrome processes as they keep re spawning, even I do not use any services and notifications. I only give a crap about web browsing. Any ideas?
steveb wrote:
Any ideas?
Download the new Microsoft Edge based on Chromium[^] All of the Edge Chromium binaries are Microsoft signed. With code integrity guard (CIG) and validate image dependency integrity (VIDI) policies enabled you can ensure that the executable and all dynamic linked libraries are Microsoft signed and trusted. With these policies enabled the browser process will refuse to load anything that is not Microsoft signed. Best Wishes, -David Delaune
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I cannot shut down google chrome processes as they keep re spawning, even I do not use any services and notifications. I only give a crap about web browsing. Any ideas?
Settings ⇒ Advanced ⇒ Continue running background apps when Google Chrome is closed
chrome://settings/?search=continue+running+background+appsMake sure that's turned off.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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I cannot shut down google chrome processes as they keep re spawning, even I do not use any services and notifications. I only give a crap about web browsing. Any ideas?
also check in the Task Scheduler, there's usually 2 - 3 entries for chrome - set to auto restart if it detects they exit. including one that checks for updates every 10 minutes (something stupid like that) as well as at user login and possibly machine start too. (...and when chrome starts guess what's the first thing it does?) - sure "safety" but that's just paranoid, and that's from the people that wrote it!
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steveb wrote:
Any ideas?
Download the new Microsoft Edge based on Chromium[^] All of the Edge Chromium binaries are Microsoft signed. With code integrity guard (CIG) and validate image dependency integrity (VIDI) policies enabled you can ensure that the executable and all dynamic linked libraries are Microsoft signed and trusted. With these policies enabled the browser process will refuse to load anything that is not Microsoft signed. Best Wishes, -David Delaune
Randor wrote:
They've got good documentation for it: Section 1. Brief description The worst of both worlds.
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I cannot shut down google chrome processes as they keep re spawning, even I do not use any services and notifications. I only give a crap about web browsing. Any ideas?
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OriginalGriff wrote:
Cut off the head, and the rest will close as well.
That or two will take its place. Hail Hydra!
MarkTJohnson wrote:
Hail Hydra!
I had to talk my buddy Nick out of posting a furious response to that.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Settings ⇒ Advanced ⇒ Continue running background apps when Google Chrome is closed
chrome://settings/?search=continue+running+background+appsMake sure that's turned off.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
Control Panel ⇒ Programs and Features ⇒ You can guess the rest.
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