'Get the Chrome Cleanup Tool' Pop-Ups

The Chrome Cleanup Tool is a legitimate tool offered by Google to help users clean up their Google Chrome installation from the presence of questionable browser extensions such as adware and browser hijackers. This tool is safe, and it can be downloaded from the official Chrome page, but apparently, someone is using sketchy strategies to distribute questionable content disguised as a Chrome Cleanup Tool. The distribution of the questionable software happens via the 'Get the Chrome Cleanup Tool' pop-ups, which users might end up seeing while browsing websites associated with unreliable content. These pop-ups look legitimate, but the thing about them is that they do not lead to an official Google page to provide download instructions for the Chrome Cleanup Tool. Instead, they may lead users to fraudulent pages that may be used to host not just adware or browser hijackers, but also more harmful applications.

The presence of the 'Get the Chrome Cleanup Tool' pop-ups in your Web browser should not be taken as a sure sign that there's something wrong with your Web browser. In fact, Google would not use aggressive marketing techniques to inform users that they need to use the Chrome Cleanup Tool, and that's one of the main things hinting that the 'Get the Chrome Cleanup Tool' pop-ups are the creation of someone who is not affiliated with Google.

If you came across the 'Get the Chrome Cleanup Tool' pop-ups recently and you agreed to install the software they offered, then it is mandatory that you run an anti-malware scanner immediately to make sure that no harmful software was brought to your computer because of this sketchy pop-up.