Google euthanizes Chrome Cleanup Tool because it no longer has a purpose
Google is bidding adieu to an application that enabled Chrome users on Windows systems to get rid of unwanted software.
But newer tools that can protect surfers and a changing threat landscape are making the Chrome Cleanup Tool increasingly irrelevant, so with the"Starting in Chrome 111, users will no longer be able to request a Chrome Cleanup Tool scan through Safety Check or leverage the 'Reset settings and cleanup' option offered in chrome://settings on Windows," Jasika Bawa, product manager with Google's Chrome Security Team, wrote in...
The Chrome Cleanup Tool likely won't be missed by too many users. The number of complaints about unwanted software on Windows has steadily dropped in recent years, averaging about 3 percent of total complaints over the past year, Bawa wrote.
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