| A "Recommended for You" popup shows up in Chrome. How do I get rid of it? | pubshops | 4/11/12 5:53 AM | A "Recommended for You" popup shows up in Chrome. It is at the lower right corner. It is so annoying that I will have to stop using Chrome, which I love, if I can't get rid of it. How do I get rid of this thing? Better Popup Blocker does not block it |
| Re: A "Recommended for You" popup shows up in Chrome. How do I get rid of it? | Stefan vd | 4/11/12 6:30 AM | Disable one by one the Chrome extension you use. (one of the installed Chrome extension can cause this problem, also please provide here the name of that extension) |
| Re: A "Recommended for You" popup shows up in Chrome. How do I get rid of it? | K Rowden | 4/11/12 8:57 AM | I fond that the extension "New Tab Redirect!" was causing the problem for me: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/icpgjfneehieebagbmdbhnlpiopdcmna |
| Re: A "Recommended for You" popup shows up in Chrome. How do I get rid of it? | Tom Kay24 | 4/13/12 8:06 AM | I have the same problem. Have disabled all extensions and it still persists. In the same boat as you in that I'm on the cusp of switching back to Firefox if I can't figure this out. |
| Re: A "Recommended for You" popup shows up in Chrome. How do I get rid of it? | Stefan vd | 4/13/12 8:15 AM | Try to create a new chrome profile, and move you bookmarks.http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=142059 |
| Re: A "Recommended for You" popup shows up in Chrome. How do I get rid of it? | shuntman | 4/17/12 2:55 PM | I also have this issue and its driving me bonkers. Im very close to switching back to Firefox. Any ideas? A new profile didnt work for me. |
| Re: A "Recommended for You" popup shows up in Chrome. How do I get rid of it? | Stefan vd | 4/18/12 4:34 AM | Check what recent app/program you have installed on you computer. Can be a software that do this (and not inside Google Chrome)Do a spyware/malware scan with example Spybot search and destroy |
| Re: A "Recommended for You" popup shows up in Chrome. How do I get rid of it? | shuntman | 4/18/12 6:13 PM | No new software that I am aware of and I run Spybot 2-3 daily. I am finding tracking cookies but Im unsure how to make them go away...for good. When I remove them with Spybot they come back when I close and re-open Chrome. |
| Re: A "Recommended for You" popup shows up in Chrome. How do I get rid of it? | Stefan vd | 4/19/12 1:31 AM | If you receive that popup, can you right click on it? and click "inspect element". (to know where it load the popup file) |
| Re: A "Recommended for You" popup shows up in Chrome. How do I get rid of it? | shuntman | 4/22/12 11:10 AM | I can but unfortunately I am unsure of what to do with this info. Here is what it shows me though |
| Re: A "Recommended for You" popup shows up in Chrome. How do I get rid of it? | Stefan vd | 4/22/12 11:39 AM | You got malware on you computer. (use official code and files from Google Analytics) Do this: 1. Run a decent Mbam scanhttp://http://www.malwarebytes.org/ 2. Replace Hosts filehttp://http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972034 3. Create again for sure a new Chrome prof |
| Re: A "Recommended for You" popup shows up in Chrome. How do I get rid of it? | shuntman | 4/22/12 11:31 PM | That worked like a charm! Thanks for your help Stefan |