Uninvited Google Maps Icon and popup


  1. Posts : 12
    Windows 10
       #1

    Uninvited Google Maps Icon and popup


    HP Computer running latest W10 Home V 20H2
    Wife opened Google Maps and mapped a trip.
    Sometime during that session, some kind of print popup showed up and continues to pop up
    at various times, uninvited. What is this and how do I delete it?
    The popup Image, below, happens when I click on the white "backwards C with dot" inside red circle, also below
    Uninvited Google Maps Icon and popup-image.png Uninvited Google Maps Icon and popup-image.png
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  2. Posts : 149
    windows 10 Pro
       #2

    That doesn't look like anything from Google, which browser are you using?
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  3. Posts : 14,035
    Win10 Pro and Home, Win11 Pro and Home, Win7, Linux Mint
       #3

    I enlarged the image and at the bottom noticed a message about Wake Up Daddy!, suggests a website of some sort.
    Uninvited Google Maps Icon and popup-image.png
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  4. Posts : 12
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #4

    No help


    "Berton says:
    I enlarged the image and at the bottom noticed a message about Wake Up Daddy!, suggests a website of some sort".

    I am using Microsoft Edge browser

    Haven't found anything meaningful when I Google "Wake up Daddy"

    When I click on
    Uninvited Google Maps Icon and popup-image.png

    I get

    Uninvited Google Maps Icon and popup-image.png

    No idea how that icon gets on my screen. It comes up when I navigate to my credit union page. Some kind of a browser hijack? I am also getting unwelcomed ad popups.

    When I use Google Chrome, this unwanted icon does not show up.

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    This unwanted icon shows up whenever I search on MS Edge but not when I search Google Chrome. How do I get rid of it?
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Uninvited Google Maps Icon and popup-2021_05_08_16_37_483.png  
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  5. Posts : 149
    windows 10 Pro
       #5

    rbdaves said:
    "Berton says:
    I enlarged the image and at the bottom noticed a message about Wake Up Daddy!, suggests a website of some sort".

    I am using Microsoft Edge browser

    Haven't found anything meaningful when I Google "Wake up Daddy"

    When I click on
    Uninvited Google Maps Icon and popup-image.png

    I get

    Uninvited Google Maps Icon and popup-image.png

    No idea how that icon gets on my screen. It comes up when I navigate to my credit union page. Some kind of a browser hijack? I am also getting unwelcomed ad popups.

    When I use Google Chrome, this unwanted icon does not show up.

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    This unwanted icon shows up whenever I invoke MS Edge but not Google Chrome. How do I get rid of it?
    I would go to your Edge settings and delete all browsing data and after a restart, install Ublock Origin as an Edge extension.
    I assume you've already scanned for malware/virus/spyware...
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  6. NMI
    Posts : 1,095
    Windows 11 Pro, Version 22H2
       #6

    rbdaves said:
    This unwanted icon shows up whenever I search on MS Edge but not when I search Google Chrome. How do I get rid of it?
    Check Edge Extensions (edge://extensions) for the PrintDirections extension.

    It has a home page at PrintDirections - Home
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  7. Posts : 149
    windows 10 Pro
       #7

    Also it would be worth checking your Google Account, Security, and check your third-party access settings to ensure you know what has access to your Google account.

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    NMI said:
    Check Edge Extensions (edge://extensions) for the PrintDirections extension.

    It has a home page at PrintDirections - Home
    Nice find.
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