User with Browser Search Bar and a dropdown to switch between browsers [closed]
We have a user on a Windows 10 machine with a search bar along the top of his one of his monitors. It looks like a Chrome search bar with shortcuts to Amazon and Facebook (where plugins would go). Besides the back and forward buttons there is a dropdown menu with the Chrome icon and it offers an option to open Internet Explorer as well.
If he creates a new tab it will show up under the search bar (which is locked at the top of the screen), drawn upside down.
If he clicks the Internet Explorer icon it opens internet explorer. If he clicks on the Chrome icon it opens a new Chrome window logged in to a specific user.
We can't see anything in the task manager or startup scripts to find this window.
Any suggestions for tracking this down? Not even our IT person recognizes it.
windows-10 google-chrome browser internet-explorer
asked Dec 20 '18 at 18:50
Josh English
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closed as too broad by Run5k, fixer1234, G-Man, Pimp Juice IT, Twisty Impersonator Dec 24 '18 at 18:37
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We have a user on a Windows 10 machine with a search bar along the top of his one of his monitors. It looks like a Chrome search bar with shortcuts to Amazon and Facebook (where plugins would go). Besides the back and forward buttons there is a dropdown menu with the Chrome icon and it offers an option to open Internet Explorer as well.
If he creates a new tab it will show up under the search bar (which is locked at the top of the screen), drawn upside down.
If he clicks the Internet Explorer icon it opens internet explorer. If he clicks on the Chrome icon it opens a new Chrome window logged in to a specific user.
We can't see anything in the task manager or startup scripts to find this window.
Any suggestions for tracking this down? Not even our IT person recognizes it.
windows-10 google-chrome browser internet-explorer
asked Dec 20 '18 at 18:50
Josh English
1113
closed as too broad by Run5k, fixer1234, G-Man, Pimp Juice IT, Twisty Impersonator Dec 24 '18 at 18:37
Please edit the question to limit it to a specific problem with enough detail to identify an adequate answer. Avoid asking multiple distinct questions at once. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
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It's some sort of "helper" application. These commonly contain malware and used to be VERY common, though I haven't seen one myself in a few years. Use Task Manager or Process Explorer to identify the executable and learn more about it. Check for unrecognized entries in Programs and Features.
– music2myear
Dec 20 '18 at 19:03
Other freeware options to find it are shown at makeuseof.com/tag/5-powerful-alternatives-windows-task-manager , such as Daphne drk.com.ar/daphne.php , TMX mitec.cz/tmx.html , System Explorer softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/System-Explorer.shtml , and the Open Source app Process Hacker processhacker.sourceforge.io
– K7AAY
Dec 20 '18 at 19:54
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We have a user on a Windows 10 machine with a search bar along the top of his one of his monitors. It looks like a Chrome search bar with shortcuts to Amazon and Facebook (where plugins would go). Besides the back and forward buttons there is a dropdown menu with the Chrome icon and it offers an option to open Internet Explorer as well.
If he creates a new tab it will show up under the search bar (which is locked at the top of the screen), drawn upside down.
If he clicks the Internet Explorer icon it opens internet explorer. If he clicks on the Chrome icon it opens a new Chrome window logged in to a specific user.
We can't see anything in the task manager or startup scripts to find this window.
Any suggestions for tracking this down? Not even our IT person recognizes it.
windows-10 google-chrome browser internet-explorer
asked Dec 20 '18 at 18:50
Josh English
1113
We have a user on a Windows 10 machine with a search bar along the top of his one of his monitors. It looks like a Chrome search bar with shortcuts to Amazon and Facebook (where plugins would go). Besides the back and forward buttons there is a dropdown menu with the Chrome icon and it offers an option to open Internet Explorer as well.
If he creates a new tab it will show up under the search bar (which is locked at the top of the screen), drawn upside down.
If he clicks the Internet Explorer icon it opens internet explorer. If he clicks on the Chrome icon it opens a new Chrome window logged in to a specific user.
We can't see anything in the task manager or startup scripts to find this window.
Any suggestions for tracking this down? Not even our IT person recognizes it.
windows-10 google-chrome browser internet-explorer
windows-10 google-chrome browser internet-explorer
asked Dec 20 '18 at 18:50
Josh English
1113
asked Dec 20 '18 at 18:50
Josh English
1113
asked Dec 20 '18 at 18:50
Josh English
1113
asked Dec 20 '18 at 18:50
Josh English
1113
asked Dec 20 '18 at 18:50
Josh English
1113
1113
closed as too broad by Run5k, fixer1234, G-Man, Pimp Juice IT, Twisty Impersonator Dec 24 '18 at 18:37
Please edit the question to limit it to a specific problem with enough detail to identify an adequate answer. Avoid asking multiple distinct questions at once. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
closed as too broad by Run5k, fixer1234, G-Man, Pimp Juice IT, Twisty Impersonator Dec 24 '18 at 18:37
Please edit the question to limit it to a specific problem with enough detail to identify an adequate answer. Avoid asking multiple distinct questions at once. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
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It's some sort of "helper" application. These commonly contain malware and used to be VERY common, though I haven't seen one myself in a few years. Use Task Manager or Process Explorer to identify the executable and learn more about it. Check for unrecognized entries in Programs and Features.
– music2myear
Dec 20 '18 at 19:03
Other freeware options to find it are shown at makeuseof.com/tag/5-powerful-alternatives-windows-task-manager , such as Daphne drk.com.ar/daphne.php , TMX mitec.cz/tmx.html , System Explorer softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/System-Explorer.shtml , and the Open Source app Process Hacker processhacker.sourceforge.io
– K7AAY
Dec 20 '18 at 19:54
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It's some sort of "helper" application. These commonly contain malware and used to be VERY common, though I haven't seen one myself in a few years. Use Task Manager or Process Explorer to identify the executable and learn more about it. Check for unrecognized entries in Programs and Features.
– music2myear
Dec 20 '18 at 19:03
Other freeware options to find it are shown at makeuseof.com/tag/5-powerful-alternatives-windows-task-manager , such as Daphne drk.com.ar/daphne.php , TMX mitec.cz/tmx.html , System Explorer softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/System-Explorer.shtml , and the Open Source app Process Hacker processhacker.sourceforge.io
– K7AAY
Dec 20 '18 at 19:54
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It's some sort of "helper" application. These commonly contain malware and used to be VERY common, though I haven't seen one myself in a few years. Use Task Manager or Process Explorer to identify the executable and learn more about it. Check for unrecognized entries in Programs and Features.
– music2myear
Dec 20 '18 at 19:03
It's some sort of "helper" application. These commonly contain malware and used to be VERY common, though I haven't seen one myself in a few years. Use Task Manager or Process Explorer to identify the executable and learn more about it. Check for unrecognized entries in Programs and Features.
– music2myear
Dec 20 '18 at 19:03
Other freeware options to find it are shown at makeuseof.com/tag/5-powerful-alternatives-windows-task-manager , such as Daphne drk.com.ar/daphne.php , TMX mitec.cz/tmx.html , System Explorer softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/System-Explorer.shtml , and the Open Source app Process Hacker processhacker.sourceforge.io
– K7AAY
Dec 20 '18 at 19:54
Other freeware options to find it are shown at makeuseof.com/tag/5-powerful-alternatives-windows-task-manager , such as Daphne drk.com.ar/daphne.php , TMX mitec.cz/tmx.html , System Explorer softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/System-Explorer.shtml , and the Open Source app Process Hacker processhacker.sourceforge.io
– K7AAY
Dec 20 '18 at 19:54
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It's some sort of "helper" application. These commonly contain malware and used to be VERY common, though I haven't seen one myself in a few years. Use Task Manager or Process Explorer to identify the executable and learn more about it. Check for unrecognized entries in Programs and Features.
– music2myear
Dec 20 '18 at 19:03
Other freeware options to find it are shown at makeuseof.com/tag/5-powerful-alternatives-windows-task-manager , such as Daphne drk.com.ar/daphne.php , TMX mitec.cz/tmx.html , System Explorer softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/System-Explorer.shtml , and the Open Source app Process Hacker processhacker.sourceforge.io
– K7AAY
Dec 20 '18 at 19:54