Chrome is scanning Windows, but it may be a bug

Digital Trends -------- A few days ago, Kelly Shortridge, a product manager at SecurityScorecard, discovered that Chrome was running AV scans of Windows devices. This isn’t normal behavior from a web browser, but it does have a fairly benign explanation. Namely, it appears to be a bug related to some antivirus features that Google added to the Windows version of Chrome last year. The Chrome Cleanup tool is meant to help users restore control of hijacked systems. Justin Schuh, Google’s security lead, initially said that these scans were part of this anti-virus software. To learn more click on the picture below to read the article.