Windows 10: Removing "Cool New Tab Theme" virus & Yahoo! Search Hijacker from Chrome

Anyone else suddenly seeing the yahoo! search engine with an unusual name in front of it?! It's plaguing the best of us, and I had a question about how to remove this low-level hijacker search all week. I have scoured the Interwebs for the answer. The usual answers were not helpful, as it isn't found in the Apps & Features section since it's attached to a bundle of items somewhere in the depths of my computer. After what feels like 427 rabbit holes of useless info later, I stumbled upon and almost "this can't seriously be this easy, right?" answer. But. It. Worked!!! So...I figured I would save people some time and give you the SUPER EASY removal of this stupid coolnewtabtheme virus that has hijacked your normal Chrome search :


Simply open a new tab in Chrome, copy and paste this URL chrome://settings/resetProfileSettings and choose reset. Ta-Da! All set. Just log back in with your Google info, and you're ready to go, minus the pesky tag-along hijacker. Hope this helps someone!

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my default search eng is google but i see yahoo on the tab

Chrome/Settings/Search Engine: Yahoo►'Remove from this List'

 

Need help removing hijack malware from chrome

You have so many more steps than my virus removal. Step one reinstall OS, step two don't get another virus.

 

my default search eng is google but i see yahoo on the tab

Good Day All

while i was putsing around on the net i had down loaded something bad malwarebite cleaned it up but i had searched for the aquarium screen saver and while it was still redirected/using yahoo. anyway i did the clean-up and removed the yahoo eng from the chrome list. aquarium search still has the yahoo tab mark but if i search for other items it has the google G mark.

weird// im cleaning temp internet files hope that fixes this

Many Thanks to both of you