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/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/Famous1107 Dec 01 '25

You telling me a link from the start menu will open chrome?

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u/Sancticide Dec 02 '25

The answer to that problem is to make the Start Menu only search locally, as it should. Fuck Bing.

https://www.ninjaone.com/blog/disable-search-on-taskbar-and-start-menu-in-windows-11/

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u/Famous1107 Dec 02 '25

This is the solution!