As in they have incorporated the features that their customers like in other browsers and added user-requested features. No idea of when it is coming out of Beta but it's been out a few months with regular updates with a large Beta population that they are listening to and responding to. Kinda impressive for MS. The classic Edge is a bit painful to use once the Beta spoils you... Sorry a bit OT...

You mean, 25 years later they are attempting to code a decent browser?

Will wonders never cease.

 

Was McAffee ever installed on the system?

I believe it was somewhere in the distant past.

If so, did you remove it? And how was it removed?

Yes.
I just want to the APP page and clicked on remove.

A virus could have infected a valid executable and used the operation of the executable to continue to infect your system.

Could have.
But why does it only seem to appear when Chrome is open?

 

I believe it was somewhere in the distant past.
Yes.
I just want to the APP page and clicked on remove.
Could have.
But why does it only seem to appear when Chrome open?

Because AV is a complex system. As far as browsers go, there are add-ins for each of the major browsers. McAffee has a supervisor that controls the various subsystems of the AV. It also maintains a shadow copy of each component, so that if one is disabled or removed, it gets reinstalled.

That is why the Add/Remove app is supplemented by a removal tool. Each and every component must be removed and the supervisor stopped and removed separately.

 

I believe not.

It's only fun if you like messing with computers and I used to, but don't anymore.

Oh the irony of that statement...

Seriously though. Linux isn't half as bad as you think. I used Windows for years, and I can honestly say that I would NEVER go back. You couldn't pay me to.

Truth is, it's actually HARDER to get things done in Windows. For example, let's say you wanted to install Blender. How quickly do you think you could do that in Windows? Well I just did it, and in less time than it took you to read this paragraph!

CTL-ALT-T
sudo apt install --yes blender

Done.

Windows is also the easiest OS to hack, and doesn't respect your privacy either. Plus it's non-free and closed-source.

 

Linux isn't half as bad as you think.

I don't think it's bad.
I just don't want to go through the hassle of installing it on my machines (and I can't believe it's not), and then having to run my programs on a Windows emulator in Linux (can you guarantee that all windows programs will run without a problem on the emulator?).

CTL-ALT-T
sudo apt install --yes blender
Done.

That just affirms my opinion.
It's a perfect example of the cryptic syntax in Linux (typical of the C language) I have no interest in learning.

But back to my problem--
Still no sign of the popup while using Firefox, so I'll stick with that and consider the problem solved.

 

Windows emulator

At least try not to be ignorant. VirtualBox is not an emulator.

 

At least try not to be ignorant. VirtualBox is not an emulator.

Sorry, but I am completely ignorant about VirtualBox (whatever it is) and intend to stay that way, so please go insult someone else.

 

Sorry I'm so late to the party, but I've been travelling.

Have you tried booting in Safe Mode and renaming the offending executable? But before you do that, look here for some general ideas:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/44690/slow-computer/

 

Oops, glad to see that you pretty much got your issue resolved. Consider uninstalling Chrome, then reinstalling.

 

For example, let's say you wanted to install Blender. How quickly do you think you could do that in Windows?

I just did it, took about a minute, most of that for the download.

Since no one asked, I suggest no one use Linux unless you have to. I do occasionally, for work (e.g. building embedded tools and repos), and it is amazingly fragile. In 1986 I loved Unix and vi but over that time computing has evolved. I'm convinced Linux advocates like to prove how clever they are by doing things the hardest way possible.

 

Hello,

The new versions of linux are quite user friendly.
Many of them use KDE as graphic user interface, that almosts looks as of you are on a windows machine.
I am using the Tumbleweed version of Opensuse.
Opensuse has also a lot of tools to maintain the linux system packed in YaST.
Here is a screenshot of the dutch version of YaST on my computer:



When there are updates available I get a pop-up on my screen:



Bertus

 

Where is the NetBSD guy saying that both Windows and Linux suck? I miss the '90s.

 

Oops, glad to see that you pretty much got your issue resolved. Consider uninstalling Chrome, then reinstalling.

I might do that at some point, but I'm now running Firefox and it seems to work similar to, and as well as Chrome, so I have no immediate desire to go back, especially since Chrome apparently allowed that malware to be installed.
Let sleeping dogs lie, as the saying goes.

 

I don't think it's bad.
I just don't want to go through the hassle of installing it on my machines (and I can't believe it's not), and then having to run my programs on a Windows emulator in Linux (can you guarantee that all windows programs will run without a problem on the emulator?).
That just affirms my opinion.
It's a perfect example of the cryptic syntax in Linux (typical of the C language) I have no interest in learning.

It is nothing like C, that is a shell command, telling operating system's package manager to install Blender without asking yes or no questions. The prefix sudo gives extra permission to install it, which normal users don't have.

But back to my problem--
Still no sign of the popup while using Firefox, so I'll stick with that and consider the problem solved.

Your problem hasn't gone away until that malware is removed or rendered ineffective, for all you know, it could have stolen your passwords, bank details, credit card information and what not, when you used them on Chrome. Uninstall Chrome, restart, then reinstall and see if it comes back. If it comes back, it might compromise Firefox too and might even be stealing valuable information.

Sorry I'm so late to the party, but I've been travelling.

Have you tried booting in Safe Mode and renaming the offending executable? But before you do that, look here for some general ideas:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/44690/slow-computer/

I gave a similar suggestion on an earlier page. Went ignored.

 

It is nothing like C, that is a shell command, telling operating system's package manager to install Blender

Whether it's like C or not, the point is, it's the type of cryptic commands I have no interest in learning.

for all you know, it could have stolen your passwords, bank details, credit card information and what not, when you used them on Chrome.

If it's already done that, than there's nothing further to worry about.

Have you tried booting in Safe Mode and renaming the offending executable?
I gave a similar suggestion on an earlier page. Went ignored.

Yes, I don't know where the executable is.
I also tried bleepingcomputer and, after signing up, it won't let me log on after the first time.

 

If it's already done that, than there's nothing further to worry about.
[...]
Yes, I don't know where the executable is.

Sorry to hear that. Well you may just have to identify the problem yourself then. Start with a good set of utilities. DiskMon for example will show you what processes are opening/reading/writing which files and directories (in real time). RegMon can be useful too, to see what registry keys are being accessed and how (some viruses actually "move around", so to speak, via the registry itself). There are other useful tools there as well.