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Odd Home Page Reset Message in Internet Explorer
I have a Windows 10 machine which has been disconnected from the internet for several weeks while I wait to pull off files and reinstall the OS. Today I was checking out an XML file which Windows opened with Internet Explorer, when I saw a strange message in a yellow ribbon/banner at the bottom of the IE window:
"Your default home page was reset by your security software"
If I recall correctly, a second tab had opened almost at the same time as the one displaying the file, which showed the standard 'no internet' message in the middle, with the home page reset banner at the bottom.
I tried opening Internet Explorer a couple more times, and got the same odd message as above, but after that, I have not seen the message again, no matter how many times I open Internet Explorer.
My first concern when seeing this was that something on the system (malware/adware?) is trying to change the homepage for Internet Explorer, and something else is blocking it. But I have several anti-malware packages on the system, and none of them are reporting any issues. Additionally, I do not see any similar messages on Edge or Chrome, which were the browsers I was actually using day to day.
I googled the text of the message expecting to see lots of other people reporting it, but there seems to be hardly any mention of it on the internet.
Is anyone familiar with this warning, and can they explain what it means?