Google Chrome Canary

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:
  • 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:
  • 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:
  • 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):
  • 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:
Files installed by Google Chrome Canary
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
9d5706b609b33d3809a1b18e097775e3
EXE
13c30318e7bb26ddb52cd9a5c4a42df9
EXE
f8130c7aa6e824198c00e036314ba22d
DLL
d1f28b148b0f4a0cdb9ecbc24bc6d24a