Programs still opening websites through Google Chrome, despite its removal

Posted by Russsell Feldman on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Russsell Feldman
Published on 2010-04-13T22:31:20Z Indexed on 2010/04/14 9:13 UTC
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Even after I've uninstalled Google Chrome, when other programs want to open a website (e.g.: Yahoo! Messenger getting a profile) they will still attempt to do so through Chrome, and fail looking for it.

I've read all the advice on how to make Firefox or IE for Windows 7 the default browser.

I don't think Google would do this sort of "hijack the default browser" thing and I'm convinced it must be a trojan or virus or even a registry hack.

If so, any ideas on how I would go about fixing this without purchasing every virus/trojan program until it was removed? That method could be an expensive fix.

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