On Wed, 02 Aug 2017 12:25:54 -0400, Paul
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wrote:
Neither my MS Edge nor my Google Chrome will start up in my W10 this
AM. Were okay yesterday. They both hang when I open either, and
eventually time out. OTOH my other internet operations seem ok - my
Eudora email, my OEClassic email, this newsgroup app, etc. Task
manager shows nothing that I see.

I tried my other W10 PC on same router connection and all is fine.

I wonder what to do?

Thanks

Sam

That's a good question.

I wouldn't start on trying to repair Edge first, as it's a Metro App.
I don't even know if Windows Defender scans the Edge files or not.
The file manifest is probably designed to prevent modified files
from running. If it was damaged in that way, it should re-download
itself from the Windows App Store.

For conventional browsers, at least some of them have a Reset procedure.
Intended to wipe the equivalent of prefs.js. Make sure you have a backup
of C: before you start hammering stuff.

I can find a page like this for the Chromium project, but I don't
know if this requires a "debug" build, or would work with "release"
software. They show a tool here for manipulating the loglevel,
a program called "Sawbuck", at the bottom of the page.

https://www.chromium.org/for-testers/enable-logging

Since both your Edge and Chrome are acting up, it does sound
like something has carried out a coordinated attack. Are any other
actual *web browsers* also broken ?

The two browsers I have, as I said, do not work. So I can't download
anything.
Sam


You have iexplore to test
if you want, both 32 bit and 64 bit versions. IE11 is still
present on the computer and can be used as another test case.

If you're bored, you can also try Adwcleaner. If has a scan
option, just so you can get some idea what is going on.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/

Paul