Ask toolbar keeps showing up in Malwarebytes Scan Result

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biggles

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I do not have the ask toolbar installed in Chrome. Also, the ask toolbar does not show up in the apps listing of Windows 10. After running Malwarebytes I have been quarantining and deleting the PUP.Optional.Ask file. But it comes back every time I startup Chrome again. This has occurred on 2 different computers. Recommend just ignoring this item?
 
Ask toolbar is without a doubt a PUP, which is essentially Malware. In fact, from what I've seen, as a PUP it downloads more Malware to the infected machine.

There's every chance it's reinstalling itself on boot. On it's own, Malwarebytes is not enough. Assuming you've never run Hitman Pro Free before, you need to finish off with a secondary scanner like HMP. Also, check web browser extensions and make sure nothing malicious is in there.
 
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