Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Computer Help and Support

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

12. Back again. I disabled the extension and reloaded Chrome. The problem has now 100% cleared.

Reply to Egnever (Reply #11)

Sat Nov 11, 2017, 06:27 PM

Nov 2017

Last edited Sat Nov 11, 2017, 07:06 PM - Edit history (1)

Your mentioning of the DNS is interesting. I use a VPN DNS. If this occurs again, I'll switch over to
my ISP's DNS just to see what happens. I'm going to put a warning on my original OP about the extension could disable website protection ... Thanks! Just FYI, I did try enabling the extension again and then tested Google Chrome against a standard Malware Test Site and Google still detected it. So that is good, but I'm leaving the extension off as I don't know how it might affect the new releases of Chrome. I didn't mention the test site here on purpose because I didn't want anyone to get messed up trying it, I'm sure you already know it.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

14 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Endless Google redirects in Google News - Chrome browser, Linux. [View all] RKP5637 Nov 2017 OP

You understand that google is doing that to try to protect you from malicious websites right? Egnever Nov 2017 #1

This is effecting all of Google News, and just Google News, indicating all major RKP5637 Nov 2017 #2

All of those links describe exactly what is happening Egnever Nov 2017 #3

Are you running Windows or Linux? n/t RKP5637 Nov 2017 #4

Win 10 pro x64 Egnever Nov 2017 #5

BTW, thanks for the discussion! I'm running Linux, but also run real time malware and virus RKP5637 Nov 2017 #7

Just tested with edge instead of chrome Egnever Nov 2017 #6

Yep, it's weird, for me it comes and goes. Then, suddenly it clears. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2017 #8

out of curiosity have you cleared the cache recently? Egnever Nov 2017 #9

Yep, also did that. I clear it automatically each time the browser closes. I'm going to RKP5637 Nov 2017 #10

something else you might try Egnever Nov 2017 #11

Back again. I disabled the extension and reloaded Chrome. The problem has now 100% cleared. RKP5637 Nov 2017 #12

Problem Solved!!! Really!!! RKP5637 Nov 2017 #13

Interesting fix Egnever Nov 2017 #14