Different things to consider in trying to get rid of Malware at Google Chrome.

Today I made the mistake of downloading Paint.NET, a free lightweight version of something like Photoshop, from here (bad) instead of here (good) and in dealing with the malware I found I ended up with I learned a little more about Google Chrome itself. Note six places to look for trouble:

1. Go to "Settings" under the hot dog menu, and then click the "Extensions" link at the upperleft to see a list of extensions. Get rid of those which are questionable.
2. Go to chrome://plugins/ in Chrome to see a list of plugins. Get rid of those which are questionable.
3. Under "Settings" under the hot dog menu, check the radio button for "Open a specific page or set of pages." under "On startup" and then click the link for "Set pages" to see what the browser feels default pages should be.
4. Under "Settings" under the hot dog menu, check the checkbox for "Show Home button" under "Appearance" and then click the link for "Change" to see what the browser feels the default page should be at "Open this page:"
5. Under "Settings" under the hot dog menu, click the "Manage search engines..." button under "Search" to see what search engine Chrome will try to use when you type something goofy in at the URL line. This may be something sinister too.
6. Open Google Chrome from the desktop icon, then with Google Chrome open, open Google Chrome again from the desktop icon. The second browser to appear will display the "New Tab" which is a setting there is no way for you to configure yourself. If the "New Tab" advertises malware then something ill needs to be uninstalled from your environment. :(