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Mr Anonymous “Managed By Your Organization” in Google Chrome after AVG Update
After updating AVG’s application and virus definitions two days ago, I immediately received the annoying message, “Managed By Your Organization” on Chrome Browser’s latest version 80.0.3987.162. I’m currently running AVG Virus Definition version 200403-0I and Application version 20.2.3116 build 20.2.5130.564. I assumed my Windows PC was infected with malware. However, after running a full scan with AVG and Malwarebytes at least three times over, no infections were reported. I tried what other people suggested online. First, I downloaded and ran the Automatic Google Policy Remover. Second, I manually deleted Google Policies in the Windows Registry. Third, I also uninstalled and re-installed Google Chrome twice. None of these methods worked. The annoying message “Managed By Your Organization” finally disappeared after I disabled AVG’s Web Shield and rebooted my PC. Since AVG and Avast share the same engine, it’s no surprise so many people are suddenly experiencing this problem. Within the last day, several complaints have been posted on Google Chrome forum about this problem. I’ve re-enabled AVG’s Web Shield and the problem has reappeared. Hopefully this will be fixed in the next update.
We regret the inconvenience caused.
Management is a feature that lets administrators control Chrome browser settings. If you use the Chrome browser on a workplace computer, your employer can set hundreds of policies that control how Chrome functions.
However, if you are seeing this on your personal computer, please follow the steps below to disable it.
1. Open Google Chrome web browser and type chrome://flags/ in addressbar and press Enter. It'll open the advanced configuration page.
2. Now type managed in the "Search flags" box.
3. To disable/remove the "Managed by your organization" message, select Disabled from the drop-down box.
4. Google Chrome will ask you to restart the browser. Click on "Relaunch now" button to restart Google Chrome.
Please let us know if the issue is resolved or not.
“I am the developer responsible for this side-effect and I am sorry for this experience. Let me explain, what we did in the version 20.2 that causes this message.
Background:
There is a network protocol currently in development called QUIC. As it is in the active development by Google and others, there are some versions of this protocol that we cannot check properly for malicious traffic.
Therefore, we decided to block these protocol versions and the way how we do it is using Chrome Policy setting (which is, according to Google, the preferred way to do it).
You can check the policy by visiting chrome://policy
Kind Regards,
Jindrich”
in the uUpdate 568 we have updated the behavior of the "Quic scanning" checkbox in the WebShield settings (under core shields). If you disable QUIC, we are now removing the blocking policy immediately. You can go to chrome://policy in chrome and click "Reload policies" to update that without a browser restart.
In order for this to work, you need to be on 20.2.5130.568 or higher. (a reboot or two is the safest way to induce the update if you are not already on it)
We are still considering disabling QUIC blocking completely - in order to save you from the hassle of going into the settings and turning it off manually.
Cheers,
Lukas.
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We suggest you to disable QUIC/HTTP3 scanning in the Web shield. However, it isn't recommended.
Further, our senior team has sent you an email. Please send your queries to the same email.
Keep us posted.
Hi team,
I'd like to report a similar issue, I've also tried the chrome policy removed as well as the methods you have suggested here excluding the web shield options, I've run full scans and tried re-installing chrome and have had no success.
Is this still an issue? I'm currently on software version 20.3.3120 (build 20.3.5200.573)
Looking forward to your reply.
Therefore, we decided to block these protocol versions and the way how we do it is using Chrome Policy setting (which is, according to Google, the preferred way to do it).
You can check the policy by visiting chrome://policy
We plan to change the behavior of the QUIC scanning. For the period of time until a full blown scanning is released in AVG, we will continue to provide security of the connections by blocking QUIC in google by the policy (the most transparent way, as opposed to other mechanisms that are available, like simply blocking QUIC traffic and let the browser handle it).
However, once you, the user, disable QUIC scanning - we will ignore such connections completely and won't block QUIC inside browsers. (and remove the policy from the registry).
Hi, I have the same problem with Chrome with the latest AVG updates. I have Managed by Organization problem, plus I can no longer type anything in the Chrome URL section at all. That scction seems to be protected. I also can l only use 1 window in Chrome, if I open any other windows and access them. they automatically close. In addition on Chrome, the Bookmarks toolbar will open up on a new tab but when you click on the tab it close. Also, in Chrome If you hit Other Bookmarks a msg will come up saying do you want to open 22 tabs. In the past, you could open just the one you want.
None of the above Chrome error were there until the last 2 AVG updates.
All of these errors occured in the AVG update before the current Software 20.4.3125 build 20.4.5312.577 Virus def 200312-2 UI Version 1.0.533
I tried using an older Chrome Portable versiom 75.0.3770 and the latest version 83.0.4103.97. Still have the same errors.
I did remove the check by Enable QUIC/HTTP3 Scanning and restarted the machine. It removed the msg Managed by Organization but all the errors listed above still remain. I cannot enter the Chrome:://policy in the URL section since it won't let me enter anything.
Please help, thanks
We're glad to look into this & help you.
From your message, it seems to be an issue with the browser. Reason being, the update included the HTTPS scanning alone, It doesn't impact the accessibility of Chrome features. In this regard, you can try resetting the browser once to check if it helps.
To check the product details in your account & suggest you the appropriate support channel, we request you to write back to us in your own post, which will reveal the email address registered with AVG to us.