Google Chrome Canary
by Google Inc
What is Google Chrome Canary?
Google Chrome Canary is software application developed by Google Inc. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 55.91% of installations running this operating system. Google Chrome Canary's installer is typically 356.00 MB in size and installs around 4 files. The most common release is 68.0.3430.0 with 0.79% of all installations currently using this version.
Google Chrome Canary is most popular in the United States with 40.25% of installations residing in this country.
Google Chrome Canary adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Google Chrome Canary is known to create 2 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.
Software Behaviors
- Firewall:
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- chrome.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Google\Chrome SxS\Application\chrome.exe'.
- old_chrome.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe'.
- Scheduled tasks:
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- chrome.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F5F9ED2F-4559-4398-BE3B-6F8C7BE9FB56}' (runs on registration).
- old_chrome.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{575051A1-7C6E-42B7-9F0C-94A94721542F}' (runs on registration).
Startup Entries
- Registry entries:
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- chrome.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'GoogleChromeAutoLaunch_43C028D00EE8A04D3A7EFB7D2AB7E030' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Google\Chrome SxS\Application\chrome.exe" --no-startup-window /prefetcC:5.
- new_chrome.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'GoogleChromeAutoLaunch_39A50D47EE5CD22BDC7848CC6C689359' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Google\Chrome SxS\Application\chrome.exe" --no-startup-window /prefetcC:5.
- old_chrome.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'GoogleChromeAutoLaunch_EABD77C175610BE4C068A4ED7E8A81EC' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Google\Chrome SxS\Application\chrome.exe" --no-startup-window.
- Registry entries (User):
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- chrome.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'Application Restart #7' which loads as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Google\Chrome SxS\Application\chrome.exe --flag-switches-begin --flag-switches-end --flag-switches-begin --flag-switches-end --restore-last-session --flag-switches-begin -.
- old_chrome.exe is loaded once in the current user (HKCU) registry as a startup file name 'Application Restart #0' which loads as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Google\Chrome SxS\Application\chrome.exe --no-startup-window --flag-switches-begin --enable-encrypted-media --enable-experimental-canvas-features --enable-experimental-web.
Software Details
- URL:
- https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/canary.html
- Support:
- –
- Installation path:
- C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Google\Chrome SxS\Application
- Uninstaller:
- "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Google\Chrome SxS\Application\37.0.2038.0\Installer\setup.exe" --uninstall --chrome-sxs
- Size:
- 356.00 MB
- Language:
- English
Google Chrome Canary Executable Details
- Primary executable:
- chrome.exe
- Name:
- Google Chrome Canary
- Path:
- C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Google\Chrome SxS\Application\chrome.exe
- MD5:
- –
- SHA-1:
- –
- SHA-256:
- –