Google Chrome comes with Software Reporter Tool and it reports potentially unwanted programs found on your computer to Google. Chrome has this functionality baked and offers the Cleanup tool in Settings to perform an on-demand scan for adware. The Chromium team is now testing an option to notify the user when the harmful software scan with the Cleanup tool is complete.
Chrome with Safety Check, already allows us to scan for harmful software and informs if such software is found.
Considering, the performance and privacy concerns with the Software Reporter Tool, Chrome made the Cleanup tool optional in “Reset and Cleanup” under Advanced Settings.
Chrome to notify on harmful software scan completion
Depending on the number of files it needs to go through, It may take longer than usual for Chrome to scan for harmful software and display the result. With this in mind, Google is readying “Chrome Cleanup Scan completion notification” for users.
To enable this
- Launch Chrome browser
- Visit chrome://flags page
- Search for “Chrome cleanup scan completion notification”
- Click on the dropdown arrow and select “Enabled”
- Restart the browser
Now click on menu > Settings > Advanced > Reset and Cleanup> Cleanup computer
Select ” Notify me when Chrome has finished searching for harmful software”
The feature flag is available in Chrome Canary. According to the Chrome Platform Status site, Chrome 88 is expected to release next year on January 19.
Have you ever run the Chrome Cleanup tool? Or aware of it? What’s your take on the inclusion of this option in the Chrome browser? Do you think it will be useful? Let us know in the comments below.
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