how to rid of annoying malware or adware?

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I think l have malware or adware in my chrome browser so deleted all cookies and history, etc. but same problem happens, every 30 mins or so, two tabs open, can be anything from aliexpress (who l did purchase things from recently) to "www.profitbooserapp.com" which is a loud vocal advert. so l downloaded AdawareMedic, ran it but this annoying thing still happens, which detected a couple of things, well they were deleted, now it detects nothing but obviously something is still there. how can l rid of this, since chrome is my default browser.

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how can l rid of this, since chrome is my default browser.
thanks for help

Have you resolved it? I've got the same issue and it first showed up on my Chrome at work, then shortly thereafter appeared on my Mac. I did the things that @gsahli pointed to in the included link, I solved the Windows one at work, something like the link. But most did nothing, until I uninstalled Chrome and re-installed it. I've done as much as you did, but have not yet done a uninstall - reinstall yet, plan to do this tomorrow. I know you said that Chrome is your default browser, and the uninstall will kill off your history and cookies, but I would consider it worth it to get rid of those two tabs (it doesn't stop at two, it adds two at a time), and you apparently did just that, so try the uninstall and put it back.

Chrome used to be my primary browser, but I've since switched back to Safari. I frequent some sites that require Silverlight, but Silverlight doesn't support 32bit browsers, and Google has not made Chrome 64bit, at least on the Mac. After a while, both Firefox and Safari get what Chrome has, in terms of functionality, sometimes quite a while. I just wish Google would get Chrome to 64bit.
 

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I frequent some sites that require Silverlight, but Silverlight doesn't support 32bit browsers, and Google has not made Chrome 64bit, at least on the Mac.

Where have you been? Too much Hawaiian sunshine maybe.... :Cool: Chrome has had a 64 bit browser available since early last year. I've been using it for the past 9 months (using it right now to reply). You can download the Chrome 64 bit browser from here.
 

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