Strange. For a while, my Chrome browser just showed me an endlessly repeating blue circle if I just opened Chrome, cold. But, it would work if I clicked on a desktop shortcut (actually made by Internet Explorer) for something like TRW. But, trying to then open a new tab got me the circling blue sign of infinite waiting, anyway.
So, I quickly switched to DuckDuckGo, and that worked fine for me while Chrome was out-of-commission. Then Chrome would come back the next time I used the computer, or maybe the time after that.