What Is Google Chrome Helper, and Why Is It Hogging My CPU Cycles? | WIRED

What Is Google Chrome Helper, and Why Is It Hogging My CPU Cycles? | WIRED

First, shut down all your Chrome windows without quitting the program. In the Chrome menu, go to "Preferences," scroll all the way down in the menu, and click on "Show advanced settings…" The first item in the expanded advanced settings list will be "Privacy," and click on the "Content Settings" button right under that. About halfway down the content settings list is a "Plug-ins" entry, which will likely be set to "Run automatically." Instead, select "Click to play."

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