What is Google Chrome Critical ERROR?
You may see “Google Chrome Critical ERROR” error message while browsing in the presence of potentially unwanted program on your system. Scammers exploit credulity of users to make them pay money literally for nothing. This message says that your sensitive information is under the threat and to prevent identity theft, you are advised to call the “tech support”. In fact, it’s just a trick to impose unnecessary pay services. Therefore we urge you to ignore it and take care of removal of potentially unwanted programs that causes “Google Chrome Critical ERROR” to show up. However, bear in mind, this might be difficult for users who didn’t remove malware previously. In this case, it’s better to use automated removal tools that not only completely remove “Google Chrome Critical ERROR” pop-up but also protect your computer from similar threats in the future.
How to remove Google Chrome Critical ERROR?
To make sure that this pop-up won’t appear again, you need to delete Google Chrome Critical ERROR completely. For this, you need to remove the application from the Control Panel and then check the drives for such leftovers as Google Chrome Critical ERROR files and registry entries.
We should warn you that performing some of the steps may require above-average skills, so if you don’t feel experienced enough, you may apply to the automatic removal tool.
Performing an antimalware scan with Norton would automatically search out and delete all elements related to Google Chrome Critical ERROR. It is not only the easiest way to eliminate Google Chrome Critical ERROR, but also the safest and most assuring one.
Steps of Google Chrome Critical ERROR manual removal
Uninstall Google Chrome Critical ERROR from Control Panel
As it was stated before, more likely that the hijacker appeared on your system brought by other software. So, to get rid of Google Chrome Critical ERROR you need to call to memory what you have installed recently.
How to remove Google Chrome Critical ERROR from Windows XP
- Click the Start button and open Control Panel
- Go to Add or Remove Programs
- Find the application related to Google Chrome Critical ERROR and click Uninstall
How to remove Google Chrome Critical ERROR from Windows 7/Vista
- Click the Start button and open Control Panel
- Go to Uninstall Program
- Find the application related to Google Chrome Critical ERROR and click Uninstall
How to remove Google Chrome Critical ERROR from Windows 8/8.1
- Right-click the menu icon in left bottom corner
- Choose Control Panel
- Select the Uninstall Program line
- Uninstall the application related to Google Chrome Critical ERROR
How to remove Google Chrome Critical ERROR from Windows 10
- Press Win+X to open Windows Power menu
- Click Control Panel
- Choose Uninstall a Program
- Select the application related to Google Chrome Critical ERROR and remove it
If you experience problems with removing Google Chrome Critical ERROR from Control Panel: there is no such title on the list, or you receive an error preventing you from deleting the application, see the article dedicated to this issue.
Read what to do if program won’t uninstall from Control Panel
Remove Google Chrome Critical ERROR from browsers
How to unlock Windows Group Policies
Before you will started to remove Google Chrome Critical ERROR from browser you should perform following instructions in Command Prompt
This step is necessary to delete Windows Group Policies created by Google Chrome Critical ERROR
- Start Command Prompt as Administrator
- To do this in Windows 10/8 or Windows 7 click Start and in the search box type cmd. Right-click on the found result and choose Run as Administrator.
- While in command prompt type:
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers" - Press Enter button.
- Then type:
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicy" - Press Enter button.
- Finally, type:
gpupdate /force - Press Enter button.
Since some of hijacker threats use a disguise of a browser add-on, you will need to check the list of extensions/add-ons in your browser.
How to remove Google Chrome Critical ERROR from Google Chrome
- Start Google Chrome
- Click on More tools, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Google Chrome Critical ERROR or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to reset settings in Google Chrome
- Click on the icon in the right-upper corner
- Choose Settings
- Click Advanced settings
- Click the Reset button
- In “reset” window click the Reset button
If the above-mentioned methods didn’t help in eliminating the threat, then it’s better to rely on an automatic way of deleting Google Chrome Critical ERROR.
We also recommend to download and use Norton to scan the system after Google Chrome Critical ERROR removal to make sure that it is completely gone. The antimalware application will detect any vicious components left among system files and registry entries that can recover Google Chrome Critical ERROR.
