malware that opens new tabs?

[kryptoniitti]

i've been struggling with this problem for about two days now, and i can't seem to find the cause. at totally random times, chrome opens a tab or two and tries to take me to some address that starts with 'b.yu0123456'. for once it managed to load, and redirect to a site called 'additionalsearch.com'.

i've run scans with programs like malwarebytes, hitmanpro and adwcleaner but they don't detect anything. what can i do? i'm getting hopeless.

 

[kasiourasg]

I'm pretty sure that you're infected with an adware or a browser hijacker. It's weird that your Anti-Malware programs didn't detect anything. Do also give a try with MalwareFox, it might detect something.

Other than that, do try to reboot into safe mode without networking and perform a scan again from there.

If nothing ever works, then you might just need to manually find and remove everything that causes this or maybe even reinstall your OS.

 

[anesvlad]

Use Avast Or Kaspersky But Premium Version. That could work easily because it has real time protection

 

[truejazz]

Problem with uninstalling chrome is the loss of casting, Yes, uninstall chrome but install chrome canary, In addition install a tab limiter extension.

 

[richard.steidl]

Ive had the same problem. Also the adware closed chrome every time i tried to Google "adware opening tabs"
Avast did not find any thing as well.
In AppData (CUsers/**username**/App Data) I have found folder from "Mail.ru". After its deletion it lets me Google again, and probably will stop opening the tabs as well (will have to wait for a while to be sure)

Try check the AppData folder and delete suspicious folders that were created on the day the problem started. (if you are unsure with any folder, you can Google it - for all "good" folders you should be able to find their purpose)

 

[cr.zero.reanimated.net]

Well I have the same problem, but I did not installed spotify. I just clicked on the desktop free spotify installation popup. So what should I do?
I can't find anything new installed.