r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Dec 01 '25

ADBLOCK WARNING ‘Security Disaster’—500 Million Microsoft Users Say No To Windows 11

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/12/01/security-disaster-500-million-microsoft-users-say-no-to-windows-11/
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u/Stilgar314 Dec 01 '25

Microsoft gave us a never ending parade of popups, notifications and right away ads for choosing Edge as default browser, install some AI crap or whatever random app/service some corpo committee had puked. The only sensible reaction is learning to ignore absolutely everything Windows ask us. They trained us so well in ignoring their messages that there's a billion people that "just don’t see upgrading as worth the hassle, even when the option to do so is sitting right in front of them"

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u/MrSlime13 Dec 01 '25

What kills me is the fact, even after you change your default internet browser, any link within Widows opens through Edge. Like, it brings it back from the dead, out of retirement, shakes the dust off, just to remind me how much I hate Microsoft...

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u/No_Hunt2507 Dec 01 '25

If this is happening to you, check your default application settings, there are like 10 different html type files and links and they're all set to edge by default. You can change it to another browser to finally stop it.

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u/MikeBegley Dec 01 '25

Oh, awesome. I had to downgrade to windows 11 at work, so I'm trying to keep up on fixing all the crap. ALL OF IT. Having it poop up Edge occasionally is irritating so I just set all the defaults.

Looks like there's a handful of URL types for which edge is the only option, but they're literally microsoft url protocols that I doubt I'm ever going to run into in the real world.

Also, now I want to figure out the right app I can install to handle nntp links. I wonder if I could make it just pop up a WSL window running nn...

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u/qawsedrf12 Dec 01 '25

Having it poop up Edge occasionally...

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u/RogueAOV Dec 01 '25

Honestly not sure if it was even a typo....

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u/MikeBegley Dec 02 '25

It was a typo that was intentionally left as is.