Recently while searching for a book on Bookshop.org, I was interrupted by a popup apparently generated by Microsoft Edge advising me of an alternative:
  • xenith
    24•3 years ago

    The author is upset that Edge is suggesting an alternative solely based on price.

    Does it seem crazy to anyone else that they wrote a paragraph about that but completely ignored that the browser is watching, recording, and disseminating everything they do?

  • @Zerush@lemmy.ml
    5•3 years ago

    Seems to me a scam, not from MS. Anyway look in the Windows settings in Notification, if they are activated and for what. But in all case do a scan with AdwCleanerhttps://www.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner, maybe you have caught an hijacker in your browser anywhere… MS don’t use pop up advertisings, ocasional notifications are only from the task bar. Use an adblocker in your browser to avoid this, best combination is uBlock Origin and Trace., both are the best in their protection (uBO ad/tracking/malware blocking and Trace header and fingerprint spoofing, phising protect) and both OpenSource.

  • @Zerush@lemmy.ml
    -9•3 years ago

    Windows is an excellent and safe OS, but it requires, before using it, to throw a lot of garbage that it brings by default (trials and demos of MS programs, services that nobody uses, etc.) and to deactivate many of the telemetries it uses, some necessary for security but others are spyware (WPD can help with this). Naturally use another browser and search engine other than Edge and Bing. That done, what remains is a compliant and fast OS. To facilitate other configurations, it is convenient to activate the so-called God Mode, it is a Windows function, which gives us access to configurations that are not accessible from the normal Control Panel or very hidden that require navigating through several submenus.