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jklangen:
I have Chrome as my default browser and Google as my search engine.  When I click on a URL, it goes to Bing.  I just followed the virus removal steps in that forum except for security check which downloads a corrupt file.  Done a bunch of searches and nothing works.  Any ideas?

This is on Windows 11 Pro on a desktop.

Thanks,
Jim

Allan:
https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/464?hl=en

jklangen:
Thanks for the reply but as I mentioned in my post, I have made Google my default search engine and my default browser.  I have done the steps to remove Bing as a search engine in Chrome settings but it came back 

https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/207386406/how-do-you-get-rid-of-bing?hl=en

This post suggests I have a browser Malware.  I have used the steps in the Computer Hope malware post many times for myself and others.  Just did again but Securit y Check download is flagged as unsafe and when downloaded anyway, is corrupt.

I was in IT for 25 years so not a complete rookie even though not active on this site.

Thanks,
Jim

Allan:
Sorry - Just wanted to double check the basics.

Have you tried completely uninstalling chrome and reinstalling it? I don't know if that will help, but no harm in trying. As i'm sure you've already discovered, a Google search will reveal lots of suggestions to remove a browser hijacker. I'm guessing you've tried most of those already?

jklangen:
I uninstalled Chrome and did a repair on MS Edge.  Same result.  It is not a huge problem but more a worry that something has infected my system.

Regards,
Jim

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