Undetectable malware adware

[Euler98gr]

i'm infected with malware that seems to pop up ad windows at random times and my homepage has on the upper left corner a secure search window which gets me to a playbar.biz search engine.Have tried every malware possible without success also msconfig shows no suspicious services running neither i detect harmful apps on the unistall panel.Thanks in advance for your help

 

[grana92]

Did you check under C:/Program Files/? Or Program Files (x86)/? They can hide there and are easy to notice. Also if you're talking about Chrome, install AdBlock extension

 

[Euler98gr]

i've already installed adblock and it doesn't fix the issue.Also i don't seem to find any folders on program files of suspicious apps

 

[grana92]

That upper left secure search thingy sounds like a toolbar to me, so it must be installed somewhere. If it's not in C:/, what about chrome extensions, did you check there? Also, malware can mimic a name of some other process in the task manager list. Keep the Task Manager list open and try to detect the process that's activated when the pop up appears.

 

[jasonkaler]

Go into task manager and look for the suspicious file.
You will be able to get properties on it and see where it's located.

 

[Euler98gr]

whenever i launch chrome the only thing that pops up in task manager are 5 processes of it.Also i have looked up every non windows process and nothing seems dodgy

 

[rgd1101]

Which antimalware software did you use to scan your system?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

http://www.myantispyware.com/2016/10/27/how-to-manually-remove-playbar-biz-chrome-firefox-ie-edge/
How to manually remove Playbar.biz (Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge)

 

[Euler98gr]

tried everything guys checking extensions reinstalling chrome reseting settings changing application name to default.e.t.c.Also i used scw spyware or something anti malware bytes and hitman pro.A thing i noticed though is that the toolbar doesn't pop when i launch chrome offline so maybe it's not a 3d party app that causes the problem