Browser Pop-up "search With An Ai-powered Boost"

Greetings and welcome to the Major Geeks Malware Forum.

While I review what you have posted please do this.

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Farbar Recovery Scan Tool (FRST)

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• Right click on Farbar Recover Scan Tool for 64 bit systems select Save Link As..., and save the file onto your Desktop
• Right click on the icon and select Run as administrator
• Note: If you receive any warning about the download it is a false positive and you can ignore it. Click on More info to get the Run anyway option
• Click Yes to the disclaimer
• Click Scan and allow the program to run
• Click OK on the Scan complete screen, then OK on the Addition.txt pop up screen
• 2 Notepad documents should now be open on your desktop.
• Please attach both reports to your reply

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Things I would like to see in your next reply. Please be sure to copy and paste any requested log information unless you are asked to attach it. :thumbsup2:

• FRST.txt
• Addition.txt

 

Greetings.

When you are on a Google search page let me know if you see anything related to Search Labs. It may be an icon looking like the attached.

 

By color scheme are you referring to the picture in the file I attached?

 

OK, thank you.

Your computer is not compromised, this is a new experimental feature.

Copy and paste the below web address into the address bar then hit Enter. Let me know if there is any option to turn it off.

Code:

 https://labs.google.com/search/experiments

 

What is odd is that you apparently have to proactively request the ability to experiment with Google Labs. Not sure how it happened on your system but you should be able to disable it from this point forward. Having said that, there have been complaints about not being able to disable it but that seems to be isolated to Google on cellphones.

How are things other than that? Any other problems or questions before I post some cleanup instructions and other information for your review?

 

Great.

Here is our final step and some additional information to consider.

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KpRm by Kernel-panik

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• Download KpRm and save it to your Desktop (see here if you must use Chrome)
• Note: If the file is detected as malware it is not and it is safe to download. The detection is a false positive.
• Right click on the icon and select Run as administrator
• Click Yes on the Disclaimer
• Place a check mark in Delete Tools, Create Restore Point, and Delete in 7 days
• Click Run
• Click OK on All operations are completed
• KpRm will delete itself from you Desktop and you can either save or remove the report that is generated
• You are free to remove any other tools/reports still remaining

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All Clean!

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Your computer is now clean. Please consider this going forward.

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Please take the time to read below on how to secure the machine and take the necessary steps to keep it clean.

• Have you Been Hacked? 10 Indicators That Say Yes
• So How did I get infected?
• Pirated Software is All Fun and Games Until Your Data is Stolen
• Do You Need Anti-Ransomware Software for Your PC?
• Why You Should Update All Your Software
• How Safe Are Password Managers?
• Whats the Best Way to Back Up My Computer?

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My pleasure.