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Solved! google chrome is acting wierd

moking01

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Sep 27, 2014
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hey guys,

so my google chrome is having something that brings ads to my face uncontrollably, im sure ive installed some software that came with additional setup wizard that i didn't notice that brings ads everywhere in my chrome. for example when i go to google.com it force me to search in this little box up there in this pic and i have to manually exit it (X) to be able to search in the google's search area
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and if by mistake i typed whatever and hit enter it takes me to Yahoo or Bing for the same search.
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and sometimes when i click on any clickable object like a "video on youtube" it pops up a different tab thats not even related to it at all. like a shopping website.
I tried reinstalling chrome and didnt work. Any ideas ?