Technology media The Verge reported that Microsoft used malware-like pop-up windows in Windows 11 to ask users to switch the default search engine in Chrome from Google to Bing .
The author mentioned in the article that he was originally using Chrome to handle things, then switched to the game, and suddenly a pop-up window appeared at this time, asking him to switch the default search engine in Chrome from Google to Microsoft Bing.
He was shocked by Microsoft's operation - just because he was using Chrome instead of Edge, Microsoft reminded himself to switch tools in a pop-up window at the top of the system interface.
The author also found that the pop-up window is not a normal notification window. Because it does not appear in the notification center of Windows 11, nor is it associated with Windows 11's "Recommend new features to you". It is a malicious executable that somehow ends up in c:\windows\temp\mubstemp and is digitally signed by Microsoft.
Caitlin Roulston, director of communications at Microsoft, said in a statement that the notice has been suspended while an investigation is launched to take appropriate action to resolve the unexpected behavior.