Chrome opens this tab every single time i click on a new link

crabman

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Chrome opens this tab everytime i click on a link. It doesn't happen all the time, but every 5 or so minutes.
Every link starts the same but doesn't always display the same ad.
Here is the link

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Johnatan56

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Go to chrome://extensions/ and tell us what addons you have installed please.
 

Beachless

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Looks like it's a eclkspbn (dot) com malware. Run malware bytes as suggested above and see if it helps.
 

Venomous

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In addition to all that I would recommend deleting restore points,
Turn off restore points
Then restart.
And turn on again once you know the PC is clean.

Before restarting if malwarebytes requests a restart.

Also delete all browser(s) histories and such as well as windows temp files.
 

Johnatan56

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I'm not advocating that link for the program/s used, but for the protocol followed. In my experience, getting rid of a browser hijacker can be incredibly trying, as it just comes back over and over and over again. That particular set of instructions has cleared things up for me every time.

Yeah, browser hijackers are annoying.
@OP, any improvement after the scan?
 

Raees123

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I had the same issue when to add and remove programs and removed any name i couldnt recognize it fixed the problem
 

backstreetboy

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Chrome opens this tab everytime i click on a link. It doesn't happen all the time, but every 5 or so minutes.
Every link starts the same but doesn't always display the same ad.
Here is the link

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Please help

https://www.google.com/chrome/cleanup-tool/
 

crabman

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I got tired of downloading and scanning of programs and decided a clean install should work.
i tried all the suggestions, but still these tabs opened. It initially started with chrome only, and when I started using MS Edge these tabs opened there as well.
Thanks for all the suggestions.
Everything is clear now.
 
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