Chrome extension resistant to being removed

[AfroGufo]

Hello there! No worries, I imagined there was some kind of hold up and the situation is not so dire as to require immediate help ^^ thanks anyways for doing it!

One new symptom has arised, as in sometimes a new tab opens with random advertising.

Yes, I removed BitTorrent shortly after I sent the logs here as I was pretty much sure it had something to do with it (this whole thing likely spurred from me being careless and downloading files I shouldn’t have in search of a rare application, so to speak). So yeah, ready when you are I guess!

[jmarket]

That would explain the mysterious firewall entries I’m going to have you follow some steps, and it’s important you follow each one and post logs as requested

Download attached fixlist.txt file and save it to the Desktop. NOTE. It’s important that both files, FRST/FRST64 and fixlist.txt are in the same location or the fix will not work. NOTICE: This script was written specifically for this user, for use on that particular machine. Running this on another machine may cause damage to your operating system. Run FRST/FRST64 and press the Fix button just once and wait. If for some reason the tool needs a restart, please make sure you let the system restart normally. After that let the tool complete its run. When finished FRST will generate a log on the Desktop (Fixlog.txt). Please post it to your reply.

We will need a log from AdwCleaner for further information.

Please go HERE and download AdwCleaner to your Desktop. Once downloaded right click the new icon and select Run as Administrator from the context menu to open the program. It will open at the Dashboard tab and no further changes to the program are necessary at this stage.

Click the Scan Now button.

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Allow AdwCleaner to start scanning and depending on the amount of data on your PC it may take some time. At the conclusion of the scan any content considered unnecessary will be displayed in the Scan Results box. Ensure all items are selected for removal and click “Clean & Repair”
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After selecting “Clean & Repair” another dialogue box may appear asking to restart now or later. If so choose “Clean & Restart Now”
Once the PC has restarted if AdwCleaner does not restart then open it again and click “Log Files” tab on the left. All log files will be listed. If you have used the program previously you may have several logs to select from so double click the most recent “Clean” log and it will open a notepad file on your Desktop.

Please COPY and PASTE the contents of that file in your next post

Download ResetBrowser to your desktop.

Now close all open browsers. All browsers MUST be closed during this operation!

Right click and Run as Administrator

https://pchelpforum.net/attachments/vwueyaz-png.1017

Click on Reset Chrome– Allow completion.
Click on Reset Firefox– Allow completion.
Click on Reset Internet Explorer– Allow completion.

Now reboot your machine.

[AfroGufo]

Wowee, a personalized script!
I’m attaching the logs below. The extension came back again a few minutes after I restarted the system and having completed all of the above. Sigh.

[AfroGufo]

Once again, the forum doesn’t like the other log. Here it is on Drive.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1r85vsqPQbjfmEQW78mlqtfqLOSGS1-m4?usp=sharing

[jmarket]

Thank you for the fix log.

Can you please re-run FRST and provide me fresh logs?

[AfroGufo]

Sure thing, you can find it in the Drive link above in place of the old one.

[jmarket]

My apologies I just got a new vehicle over the weekend and the holiday on Monday. I will look over your logs

[AfroGufo]

No worries, the Rule of Forums applies: IRL comes first ^^

[AfroGufo]

Just don’t outright forget about this thread plz jmarket ahahah

[AfroGufo]

Also, update on the situation: now every single Google search adds another tab with advertising, and sometimes even new windows pop up. What’s worse, I’ve started gaming again as I’m less busy, and games run substantially slower at all times despite no change in settings, system configurations or anything else. A quick Task Manager analysis of the situation doesn’t even show up any heavy processes running apart from the game itself. This is getting ridicoulous considering I built a pretty beefy PC for gaming specifically. If nothing substantial can be done soon-ish I’m considering resetting the whole thing to factory settings, and eventually wiping the SDD Windows is housed on.

[jmarket]

Good morning @AfroGufo

I have not forgotten your thread. My life has been crazy and I do apologize

Could you please do me a favor and provide fresh logs?

If you do wish to do a Windows 10 Reset, you can do that. I apologize about that wait, but I did not forget you.

[jmarket]

Good morning @AfroGufo,

Please do let me know if you’ve done a clean install of Windows.

[AfroGufo]

Hello there jmarket ! I hope your life is being crazy only in a good way ^^
I haven’t done a clean install of Windows yet, it has become a matter of principle of sorts ^^
Here are the new logs:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1r85vsqPQbjfmEQW78mlqtfqLOSGS1-m4?usp=sharing

[jmarket]

I need fresh FRST logs. Could you please re-run FRST and post the new logs it generates?

[AfroGufo]

That’s with or without the script you wrote for me last time? Because the above logs are with the script from last time.