Why is google.com_ showing up in my address bar when I am searching
I often use the Chrome feature where you type the name of a domain partially and then hit [tab]. It opens up a search function in the browser's URL bar. Like so:
However recently the the domain "google.com_" has entered this list and I can't get it to go away. I have made sure that this "page" is not in my history. And yet it persists. Additionally when I accidentally use this for a quick search instead of the official google.com quick search, it behaves oddly, and "steals" some characters from what I've typed and they disappear. At the risk of being paranoid, I wonder if this is some kind of malicious code that got into my browser...
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I often use the Chrome feature where you type the name of a domain partially and then hit [tab]. It opens up a search function in the browser's URL bar. Like so:
However recently the the domain "google.com_" has entered this list and I can't get it to go away. I have made sure that this "page" is not in my history. And yet it persists. Additionally when I accidentally use this for a quick search instead of the official google.com quick search, it behaves oddly, and "steals" some characters from what I've typed and they disappear. At the risk of being paranoid, I wonder if this is some kind of malicious code that got into my browser...
google-chrome search
asked Feb 10 at 4:42
pixelearthpixelearth
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I often use the Chrome feature where you type the name of a domain partially and then hit [tab]. It opens up a search function in the browser's URL bar. Like so:
However recently the the domain "google.com_" has entered this list and I can't get it to go away. I have made sure that this "page" is not in my history. And yet it persists. Additionally when I accidentally use this for a quick search instead of the official google.com quick search, it behaves oddly, and "steals" some characters from what I've typed and they disappear. At the risk of being paranoid, I wonder if this is some kind of malicious code that got into my browser...
google-chrome search
asked Feb 10 at 4:42
pixelearthpixelearth
4311414
I often use the Chrome feature where you type the name of a domain partially and then hit [tab]. It opens up a search function in the browser's URL bar. Like so:
However recently the the domain "google.com_" has entered this list and I can't get it to go away. I have made sure that this "page" is not in my history. And yet it persists. Additionally when I accidentally use this for a quick search instead of the official google.com quick search, it behaves oddly, and "steals" some characters from what I've typed and they disappear. At the risk of being paranoid, I wonder if this is some kind of malicious code that got into my browser...
google-chrome search
google-chrome search
asked Feb 10 at 4:42
pixelearthpixelearth
4311414
asked Feb 10 at 4:42
pixelearthpixelearth
4311414
asked Feb 10 at 4:42
pixelearthpixelearth
4311414
asked Feb 10 at 4:42
pixelearthpixelearth
4311414
asked Feb 10 at 4:42
pixelearthpixelearth
4311414
4311414
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