Chrome to warn of possible settings hijack

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Summary: Malicious Windows program sometimes mess with Chrome settings without telling the user. Chrome will now detect this and offer to revert to defaults.

Chrome to warn of possible settings hijack | ZDNet

 

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[h=1]Google Chrome will warn you when it's been hijacked[/h]

Browser hijacking - the stealthy takeover of our browser settings when we get tricked into installing and running malicious software - is the No. 1 Google Chrome user complaint, the company says. This, in spite of Google having added a "reset browser settings" button in October.

Google Chrome will warn you when it?s been hijacked | Naked Security