![]() But since Defender was installed, there was no third-party antivirus to remove. One recommendation was to uninstall the antivirus software. ![]() None of the usual recommended troubleshooting techniques to get Chrome to install worked. It turns out that Chrome registry keys had been left behind. Since the Revo uninstaller couldn’t find a past Chrome install - even though the registry keys indicated that the operating system once thought Chrome was there - I scanned the registry. I hoped to avoid doing a total reinstall, so I kept trying to clean up this clearly damaged operating system. That’s when I located evidence of a past program whose goal was to disable Microsoft Defender. ![]() Next, I tried Revo uninstaller in a vain attempt to uninstall both Fast Browser and the remnants of Chrome. In reviewing what files were installed on the machine I found something called “Fast Browser” residing in the registry in place of the Chrome browser.
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