Chromium browser cops reset feature to clean up malware messes

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/05/chrome-reset-05-27-13-01.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/27/chromium-browser-cops-reset-feature/)Mopping up after malicious software can land you in a browser quagmire full of sketchy search engines, toolbars or worse (http://www.engadget.com/tag/phishing/). Google's latest version of its open-sourceChromium (http://www.engadget.com/tag/chromium/) browser now has a remedy for much of that thanks to a 'reset profile' setting discovered by code tinkerer François Beaufort (http://www.engadget.com/tag/francoisbeaufort/). You can revert the defaults for search, homepage, content settings and cookies all in one go, while also disablingextensions (http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/17/google-chrome-security-malware-extensions/). Since Chromium features often pop up later in Chrome, that means your life may soon be easier after your, ahem, friend has a brush with the dark side (http://www.engadget.com/tag/malware/) of the internet.

http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/27/chromium-browser-cops-reset-feature/