I'm dealing with a problem where I accidentally downloaded and opened a .exe file (i still have it saved) that installed something that keeps adding a google docs extension to my chrome browser.
The docs extension prevents me from doing google searches, and who knows what else in the background, until i delete it. Malwarebytes didn't detect anything out of the ordinary, even after a 5 hour deep search on all drives.
Now, I've been through many forums and I've tried many possible solutions, but none fixed it. Here's a list of what I remember:
Chrome account: Deactivated "sync" as suggested on one of your forums -> deleted all files from google cloud including all extensions -> Clean install of chrome -> opening chrome = Without logging in, the extension appeared again
Checked for unwanted apps -> couldn't find anything suspicious to delete
Tried Revo Uninstaller Pro and looked at Browser Extensions = Nothing is listed for chrome
Tried Zemana Antimalware as suggested in one of your forums -> Found 2 possible threats -> See log attached
I checked "%localappdata%" for any unwanted folders
I checked "C:\Users\me\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\Extensions" -> found two unwanted folder with extensions right after the clean install of chrome
I checked the task scheduler on windows and didn't find anything that might cause a reinstall of the chrome file
I don't know what else to do besides a clean install of Windows, any suggestions? It has to be a local file that causes this problem, it keeps reappearing even with chrome sync off.
Many thanks,
Om