Google Chrome is renowned for being one of the most efficient browsers that any user can get his hands on: fast, simple, stable, minimalistic... Furthermore, its perfect and obvious symbiosis with Google make it an almost perfect tool for browsing.

Chrome also gets dirty

And amidst that near perfection we can find breaches that can be used by intrusive software, such as toolbars, adverts and other junk that end up racking our nerves when they appear on our browser. That's why Google has launched Chrome Cleanup Tool.

It's a simple tool that doesn't require any installations: you download it, run it and it takes care of cleaning up Chrome. If it comes across any program, it tells the user, who can decide whether to remove it.

Once it has completed its function, it disappears from our computer. If you need it again, you just have to repeat the process.

What programs does Chrome Cleanup Tool remove?

These are some examples of malware that Google's tool can clean:

• BrowseFox
• PullUpdate
• Vitruvian
• Clikug
• V-Bates
• SearchProtect
• SupTab
• MySearchDial
• SaveSense
• Price
• MeterMail.ru Sputnik/Guard
• Conduit Toolbars, Community Alerts & ValueApps
• Wajam
• Multiplug
• Shopper
• ProStormwatch
• SmartBar
• ShopperZ
• Dealply

It's definitely the best tool that you can currently use to optimize and make the most of Chrome's performance.