Chromium is a free web browser which is used as base for Google’s browsers. That’s not all however, because being an open source code browser a lot of malicious developers use it to create unwanted browsers.
Chrome which is also based on Chromium presents no problems whatsoever, even when some people judge it as useless and even troublesome; the rest of browsers based on Chromium however, are used to broadcast great amounts of ads and do represent a real threat for your privacy and security.
You won’t have any issues if you decide for yourself to download and install this web browser, but if you unexpectedly started seeing messages related to Chromium when you never installed it by choice, it means some other program was responsible for installing it, no doubt looking to torture you with ads and/or to track you down online.
We show below a screenshot of a program attempting to install CrossBrowser, a malicious web browser based of course on Chromium‘s source code.
Web browsers based on Chromium usually include their own settings for homepage and search engine, furthermore they take any measure necessary to remove the possibility to manually change those settings. Because browsers based on Chromium look a lot like Chrome, their developers hope you don’t feel tempted to remove it.
To achieve a complete and efficient removal (including all hidden traces) use guide presented below, taking advantage of every program recommended.
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