Google Chrome is undoubtedly the most used browser in the world, with more than 60% of the market share. Ease of use and amazing features are the main reasons for such popularity. However, there are some features of this browser that are more of a downer than a boon. One such feature is Google Chrome’s software reporting tool, which protects users from malicious and harmful extensions. But this hidden tool seems to do more harm than good as it consumes a lot of CPU resources and affects performance.
If you are facing computer performance issues, I suggest you take a look at the CPU performance meter from the taskbar performance and check if the Google Chrome software reporting tool in Windows 7 is disabled or consuming CPU performance. resources of your CPU. The next step would be to use Google Chrome but disable the Software Reporter tool permanently and increase the amount of available CPU resources.
Why was the Google Chrome Software Reporter tool installed in the first place?
Not all of us are tech savvy, which means that while we know how to use the computer for generic purposes (gaming, watching movies, email, and shopping) we can’t distinguish between trustworthy and malicious content (websites, audio, video, and text) .records). This means that there is always a 50-50 chance that every time we access the Internet we will click the wrong link, download malware, or install a spyware extension. And, if this happens, not only do our operating systems get infected, but there is also a strong chance that individual applications will be damaged.
To ensure the safety of Chrome, Google decided to include a kind of antivirus scanner and remover with its browser, known as the Google Chrome Software Reporter Tool. This tool makes sure that the user’s search engine is not automatically changed; it looks for malicious and unwanted tools, and control suspicious ads that appear out of the blue. All the scanning done by the Google Chrome Software Reporter Tool is to ensure that the Chrome browser is running smoothly, which doesn’t appear to be a problem.
However, reports started flowing all over the internet about Google Chrome software reporting tool continuously running as a background process and consuming a lot of CPU resources and thus compromising performance. . The only logical explanation for a small browser scanner consuming a lot of resources would just mean that this tool is performing tasks other than what it was intended for. Other reports indicated that at least 50% of the resources were consumed by this tool, even if there were no applications running and the PC was idle. Additionally, some reports included that Google Chrome Software Reporter Tool reported some files in the Pictures folder to be malicious. This led to the conclusion that the Google Chrome Software Reporter Tool was scanning a Chrome user’s entire hard drive, including the registry and all personal files, which caused an increase in CPU usage.
How to disable Google Chrome Software Reporting Tool?
Notice how Google Chrome Software Reporter Tool consumes CPU resources.
Now that we know what task Google Chrome Software Reporter Tool is performing on our computer, there is nothing to worry about. Scanning through the computer and removing suspected or confirmed malware is a beneficial task, but what exactly is the concern?
The concern is that Google Chrome Software Reporter Tool is consuming our CPU resources which affect the overall performance of the computer. Also, the scan of the computer is already done by Windows Defender or any third party antivirus/antimalware that we may have installed. So there is no reason to duplicate the task as it would seem unnecessary. Thus, to disable Google Chrome Software Reporter Tool, we can use either of the two methods described below.
Note: Before disabling the Google Chrome software reporting tool, check the Task Manager on your computer and determine if this tool is the real reason your computer is running slowly.
To check the performance status, right-click anywhere on the empty part of the taskbar and select task manager from the context menu. Check the list of processes running on your computer and identify the amount of resources this tool consumes.
You can now see that after reducing the number of events from the Google Chrome Software Reporting Tool, the CPU usage has dropped dramatically from 97% to 40%.
