This website keeps opening itself

[jiminwatford]

Hello,

Yesterday i was looking through Chrome for a video downloader

I already had Video Downloadhelper but i thought i’d try some others

Anyway none of the ones i installed could download the video i wanted so i removed their extensions

But now this page opens by itself seemingly at random intervals Redirecting...

Anyone any idea why or what i could do?

I have deleted the Video Downloadhelper but it still pops up

James

[Bruce]

g’day Jim and welcome to the forums,
with all your searching for, and downloading of, video helpers, you probably got some sort of gremlin.
a Moderator/Administrator will probably move this thread to the appropriate forum and start helping you troubleshoot your issue.

[jiminwatford]

That would be great

[jmarket]

Hi jiminwatford, and welcome to PCHF.

For starters lets clean your chrome. Remember chrome is a very secure browser, but it’s the extensions that can cause Chrome to become a source of all sorts of garbage.

Open Chrome
Click the 3 dots to the right hand end of your url/browser toolbar.
Click on “History” on the drop down menu.
Click “History” again on the new menu.
Then click “Clear browsing data”
Then proceed as per pic below.

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Alternatively you can click the 3 dots, then click “More tools”, then “Clear browsing data” to get to the dialogue box above.

Lets us know if any change?

[jiminwatford]

Thanks for that

I’ve given it a go and will report back tomorrow

[jiminwatford]

So far so good

Before your reply i tried the guides on here https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove...e-from-chrome/

The Malwarebytes AdwCleaner seemed to find a couple of things

Around an hour later i followed your advice

The PC has been on for a few hours now with no sign of the website coming up

Thanks
James

[phillpower2]

Any update for us James?

[jiminwatford]

Yeh it’s gone!

I think the Malwarebytes AdwCleaner did it but i followed Gus’ advice soon after so not sure which one got rid of it

Thanks

[phillpower2]

That`s great news and thanks for letting us know that all is now well with your computer (y)