Chrome PUP issue with MalwareBytes resolved
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 6:26 pm
MalwareBytes finds PUP's repeatedly in Chrome's Default folder in AppData
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
(1)First upgrade MalwareBytes to version 3.3 if necessary and quarantine PUP's found: Upgrade download link
Only use the following method when Chrome is also SYNCED on another PC!!!!
Both PC's may have same problem.
(2) Close Chrome browser and close the chrome hidden taskbar icon
Then go to the Default folder in the path above and rename it DefaultBACKUP.
(3) Delete all PUP's found in the Chrome folder path in the MB quarantine. Then reboot!
Chrome should create a new Default folder when run. You need to sign in to Google again to SYNC.
AFTER one PC is synced again, repeat process on other PC's affected.
Turning SYNC off on all PC's may lose important data like passwords!
Google SYNC data does not appear to contain or pass the infections back...
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
(1)First upgrade MalwareBytes to version 3.3 if necessary and quarantine PUP's found: Upgrade download link
Only use the following method when Chrome is also SYNCED on another PC!!!!
Both PC's may have same problem.
(2) Close Chrome browser and close the chrome hidden taskbar icon
Then go to the Default folder in the path above and rename it DefaultBACKUP.
(3) Delete all PUP's found in the Chrome folder path in the MB quarantine. Then reboot!
Chrome should create a new Default folder when run. You need to sign in to Google again to SYNC.
AFTER one PC is synced again, repeat process on other PC's affected.
Turning SYNC off on all PC's may lose important data like passwords!
Google SYNC data does not appear to contain or pass the infections back...