- Fixed! Search Failed When Chrome Checking for Harmful Software 1 year 40 weeks ago
You can use the Chrome cleanup tool to clean up your computer to find harmful software and remove it. But you may only receive an error message saying Search failed An error occurred while Chrome was searching for harmful software when chrome checking for harmful software.
What is the reason for this issue? We collect three main reasons:
Google Chrome is outdated.
The cookies or browser data is corrupted.
The browser is corrupted.
Focused on these reasons, we will introduce three solutions. If you are not sure the exact reason for this Google Chrome search failed issue, you can try these solutions one by one.
If your computer is affected by viruses or malware, you’d better use professional anti-virus software to scan your device and remove the viruses found. If you lose your important data by mistake during the process, you can use MiniTool Power Data Recovery, dedicated data recovery software, to get it back
How to Solve Search Failed While Chrome Checking for Harmful Software?
Update Google Chrome
Clear Cookies and Caches for Chrome
Reinstall Google Chrome
- How to Remove Malware/Viruses from Your Android Phone/Tablet? 1 year 1 week ago
Like your computer, your Android phone or tablet can be attacked by malware or viruses. If so, you need to take measures to remove malware from Android. In this post, MiniTool Software will show you how to tell if your phone has a virus and how to remove malware from your Android device.
- [Fixed] Your Computer May Be Sending Automated Queries in Chrome 1 year 14 weeks ago
When you use your Google Chrome to search for something or open a website, the process may not be successful and you may receive an error message saying We’re sorry…but your computer or network may be sending automated queries. To protect our users, we can’t process your request right now.
At times, you can see a request to fill in Captcha to continue using Chrome to do the job you want to do. When you move your cursor to the check box, you can also see the same error message of your computer or network may be sending automated queries.
Usually, this issue is Chrome sending automated queries or captcha automated queries. When detecting some unusual activities from your IP address, the activities can trigger the error message about too many automated queries.
This issue can also happen when there are viruses or malware on your computer. To fix sending automated queries in Chrome, we collect some solutions that are proved to be effective. If you are not sure which cause the error, you can try these methods one by one to find the most suitable one.
How to Fix Sending Automated Queries/Captcha Automated Queries in Chrome?
Use another web browser
Scan your computer for viruses and malware
Use another available network connection
Delete cookies and cache in Chrome
- How to Remove Extensions from Chrome and Other Popular Browsers [Partition Magic] 2 years 12 weeks ago
This post from MiniTool will explain how to remove Google Chrome extensions with detailed steps. Besides, if you want to remove extensions from Firefox, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge and Opera, you can also refer to this post.
Nowadays, many people install various extensions in Chrome to add additional features to their browser. When there are too many extensions, they want to remove some plug-ins that are not very helpful. However, many people don't know how to remove Chrome extensions.
How to remove extensions on Chrome? If you are one of them who have the same question in mind, you can follow the steps below to remove Chrome extensions.
- How to Fix Chrome Extensions Not Working or Greyed out? 1 year 22 weeks ago
Chrome extensions can help you deal with some work easily and quickly. After you install an extension in Chrome, it will show up in the toolbar of Chrome (on the upper-right corner). However, some users say that their Chrome extensions are not working or even greyed out.
What is the reason for this issue? These are the main causes:
Chrome process glitch
Extensions conflicts
Outdated Chrome version
Outdated Windows version
Corrupted browser user profile
Settings issues
Browser hijacker infection
Focusing on these possible causes, we collect some solutions that are proved to be effective to fix Chrome extensions stopped working or Chrome extensions greyed out. You can select a suitable one to help you out.
How to Fix Chrome Extensions Not Working?
How to Fix Chrome Extensions Not Working?
End the Chrome Process Using Task Manager
Re-Enable the Installed Chrome Extensions
Upgrade Chrome
Upgrade Windows
Create a New User Profile
Disable Experimental Settings in Google Chrome
Perform a Virus and Malware Scan
- [Solved!] Can I Install Chrome Extensions on Android Devices? 1 year 21 weeks ago
Google Chrome is a very popular web browser. It can be used on both computers and mobile phones & tablets.
When you use Chrome on your computer, you can install extensions on Chrome for convenience. On the other hand, you can also install Chrome extensions on other web browsers like Microsoft Edge for the same purpose.
While, if you are using Chrome on your Android device, is it possible to install Chrome extensions on Android? The fact is that you are not allowed to install extensions in Chrome on Android. But you can install Chrome mobile extensions in other web browsers on your Android device.
Now, we will show you different web browsers that support Chrome mobile extensions on Android. Here, you should know that you can only install limited Chrome add-ons in other web browsers.
- How to Get Rid of Yahoo Search Redirect? [Solved!] 1 year 40 weeks ago
Yahoo Search is a search engine. It is legitimate. But some browser hijackers can redirect your search queries to search.yahoo.com. This is abnormal because it usually means that a malicious program or browser extension is installed on your computer.
This issue can happen on different web browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and more. You will say you don’t download any strange software on your computer. Where the malware comes from?
When you click an advertisement on the browser by mistake or install software that contains bundled a program, this issue can easily happen. So you should not click any advertisement on the web browser. When you install a program, you should check carefully to exclude the bundled software that you don’t want to use.
However, if your browser has already been redirected to Yahoo Search, you need to take measures to get rid of it. How to remove Yahoo Search? In this post, we will show you some guides on how to remove Yahoo Search from Chrome. If you are using another web browser, these methods can also work.
