Google looks different on google chrome

[cresbot]

https://gyazo.com/eb8e322b5238339812463dd4d4f1c1d5
As can be seen in the above image google looks different from usually
It looks as it should on firefox
Could this be a virus? Any help is appreciated

 

[Ralston18]

Take a close look at what may be set as the "home page".

Unlikely to be a virus. Most likely some "click error" that changed your default settings,

 

[cresbot]

Take a close look at what may be set as the "home page".

Unlikely to be a virus. Most likely some "click error" that changed your default settings,

It is indeed google.com, the whole site also seems slower, even after the page loads it takes a moment to actually show

 

[Ralston18]

Backing up a step:

Your link shows "Images" which is a subset of "all".

Makes sense, to me at least, that the implied search criteria would take longer.

Sorting out "all" and reducing the results to "images".

Would take longer as would any similar search.

 

[cresbot]

Backing up a step:

Your link shows "Images" which is a subset of "all".

Makes sense, to me at least, that the implied search criteria would take longer.

Sorting out "all" and reducing the results to "images".

Would take longer as would any similar search.

Well, i believe the problem stems from the fact the website is different, the website never looked like this and never took that long to load.

This is how it appears in firefox
https://gyazo.com/5ac77c564fecf9d0fe8b2f46b5068df1

 

[cresbot]

Backing up a step:

Your link shows "Images" which is a subset of "all".

Makes sense, to me at least, that the implied search criteria would take longer.

Sorting out "all" and reducing the results to "images".

Would take longer as would any similar search.

If its any additional help the top corner looks like this: https://gyazo.com/df62e62027ba02ba066a8656ed729ddc

While in Firefox it looks like: https://gyazo.com/abf13bff567d51afd13b9fe66068605a

 

[Ralston18]

Right click the page and use "View source" and "Inspect element".

Compare to another system or browser where the website appears normal.

 

[cresbot]

Right click the page and use "View source" and "Inspect element".

Compare to another system or browser where the website appears normal.

This looked odd to me https://gyazo.com/af5dbc0577d326e65e4b0aae93d37f12

After seeing that i opened edge and it looks the same, so i inspected element there and the developer console is very similar, perhaps google thinks chrome is edge for whatever reason?

 

[cresbot]

After downloading a windows update it seems to be fixed, back to normal speed too

 

[Ralston18]

Code can do strange things.....

Glad it is fixed.

Not uncommon to fix or create code by cutting and pasting.

Not uncommon to forget or overlook some minor modification that was made for testing purposes, etc..

Will not fault the developers as they are usually working and over-worked to meet some deadline and/or the "powers that be" rush stuff out prematurely.

Probably got discovered/fixed/corrected between your original install and the update.

 

[elastakristya]

(fixed) happened to me as well, google looked weird on both Chrome and Edge
Windows update didn't fix it, Windows Defender found nothing.
Then I did a scan using Malwarebytes, and found some malware called Hijack.AutoconfigURL
after I removed all of them, google seems all normal again.