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[Solved] New Chrome Tabs Open Automatically with Spam Sites

Last Updated November 30, 2022 By Subhash D 10 Comments

Recently, I came across an annoying situation with the Google Chrome browser. Whenever I click anywhere on the website opened in chrome, a new tab opens automatically and leads to a spam site. Sometimes it shows an advertisement pop-up randomly on the screen. When I close the tab and use the browser, again a new tab redirects me to an advertisement site. After a bit of troubleshooting, I was able to resolve this issue permanently on my windows 10 system. In this article, I will guide you through all the steps that are required to fix the problem. Starting from the very basic inbuilt windows methods to using some excellent third-party tools, you can also get rid of this irritating problem forever.

How to stop the automatic opening of websites in Chrome

Option-1 Check extensions

First of all, you need to check all the recently installed Chrome extensions. To get rid of chrome malware, you need to check all the recently installed Chrome extensions. Move to three dots on the top right corner of a chrome browser window, click it, and navigate to More Tools->Extensions.

Here, you can either disable or delete the latest extensions installed. There might be a possibility of malware attached to some extensions. So, in some cases, this option will resolve such issues as well.

Option-2 Program files

Similar to the above method, you need to check if this issue of unsolicited websites in chrome started after installing one of the software. Open control panel->Programs and Features.

Uninstall the latest apps one by one and check if the problem is fixed or not. If there are no positive results, go to the next step.

Option-3 Cookies

By default, Cookies are enabled in every browser. They carry information about the client website you open in the browser. These Cookies can contain some harmful scripts that can cause the problem of automatic opening of tabs. If this is the case in your system you should navigate to Settings->More Tools->Clear Browsing Data in Google Chrome. Alternatively, you can press the Ctrl+Shift+Del keys in chrome to open the Browsing Data Window.

Now as shown in the following screenshot, you can see various options that you can delete from the system. Our main concern right now is to clear all the “Cookies and Other Site Data”. So select it and press the Clear Browsing Data button.

image showing chrome cookies

Option-4 Third-Party Tools

The above windows tools can work for some of you but unfortunately, it did not work for me. So, it is time to use some external software to clear the malware from your system. I have tried these free software tools and worked nicely for me to get rid of those annoying popups and advertisements in new chrome tabs.

Malware-bytes Anti-malware

This is one of the most effective software that can detect and remove spyware and malware from the system. Malwarebytes offers anti-malware software for Windows, Mac, and Android. To clean the malware you can download the free trial since it scans, finds, and successfully deletes harmful scripts and files from the system.

anti-malware-dashboard

Hitman Pro

This is another anti-malware software that works effectively to get rid of adware and malware from the computer. The free version is enough to remove potentially unwanted applications and malware. The Hitman Pro works smoothly along with your current anti-virus software.

hitman log

I am glad that I resolved my problem by installing two of this anti-malware software which helped me in detecting and removing the malware and harmful apps from the system. I hope one of these methods will definitely help you to get rid of the automatic opening of new tabs in Google Chrome. If you still face the problem, you can contact me for further help.

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About Subhash D

A tech-enthusiast, Subhash is a Graduate Engineer and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. Founder of it4nextgen, he has spent more than 20 years in the IT industry.

Comments

  1. deal Boy suraj says

    November 12, 2017 at 8:59 pm

    i was finding how to stop auto popup adds from all websites, these are annoying me please if you can update any post on this topic and reply me with the link here please help me

    Reply
    • Subhash D says

      December 30, 2017 at 10:47 am

      You can follow this article ” Guide to stop popups“

      Reply
    • new tab says

      April 16, 2021 at 12:08 am

      Stop the new tab

      Reply
  2. raaj says

    August 30, 2018 at 12:50 pm

    thanks brothers my problum solve

    Reply
  3. Scott says

    September 30, 2019 at 11:29 pm

    Fixed! This was the company that annoyingly hijacked my computer: © TheMediaConverter 2019. All Rights Reserved.

    So removed this from your extensions! They made my life hell

    © TheMediaConverter 2019. All Rights Reserved.

    Reply
  4. SAREM says

    March 9, 2020 at 2:35 pm

    Thx I finally fixed it
    Luv u

    Reply
  5. Yenaunli says

    November 14, 2020 at 6:19 am

    Thanks. I was frustrated with this annoy problem and could not resolved it. Thanks for your help. You makes me so happy.

    Reply
  6. Imad says

    January 23, 2021 at 4:30 pm

    The problem was solved by following the first step. it was an unwanted extension installed on Google Chrome.
    Thank you very much.

    Reply
  7. Igor says

    February 1, 2021 at 2:12 pm

    The Malware-bytes did the work for me!
    Removed (paid!!!) application Solid File Explorer from Android device.

    Reply
  8. Edgar Bueno says

    April 2, 2021 at 8:21 pm

    Just managed to it do though avast for mac

    Reply

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