Google adds ‘Reset profile settings’ feature to Chromium which will to fix issues and clean up changes made by malware
May 26, 2013
This means that by using the “Reset profile
settings” users can revert any changes that were made to their browser
either by themselves or by malware, The Next Web reports. All settings are reset to their original state, without wasting time to do everything manually.
The feature lets you reset the default search engine, homepage, content settings, cookies and site data, as well as the extensions that were added to the browser.
We can assume that the list will change, with a possible future version allowing users to choose in more detail what they want to reset and what to keep the same.
Google has been ramping up its efforts to fight malware targeting Chrome, apps and extensions.
Chromium is the open source Web browser project that shares much of the same code as Google Chrome. Google often adds new features there first.
ReplyDeleteAlso, this will be light years more important to people using Chrome on Windows than anyone using Chrome on more secure platforms like OS X, Linux or Chrome OS.
Although there have been situations where non-tech-savvy people download an extension from a shady looking website's flashing banner and then get someone spying on them, the main threat to Chrome in regards to malware will be people using it on more unsecured platforms like Windows.
It will come in Chrome 29. Chrome Beta is at 28. Chrome Dev is still in it's early stages of 29.
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