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Microsoft 'pushing' ads to your desktop? On 22H2 19045.2728
Not sure where to post this one, but I'll try here.
Last time, I posted under the antivirus / security forum because I was unexpectedly presented with Edge's Quick Search bar in the middle of my desktop when I booted up that morning. I don't use Edge, so wondered why that popped up out of nowhere (maybe due to recent windows update?).
Today, whilst going about my business and opening up a Youtube video, I had my back turned, but when I glanced back at the monitor, I was presented with what seems to be an ad of some sort from Microsoft Office / 365. Initial thought was the YT ad, but dawned on me seconds later that it wasn't.
The window with that ad was not in a browser, but seems it was separately pushed by MS. Similar to when you fire up 'Mail' on the taskbar.
Does anyone know if this is normal and is it a recent thing that MS has introduced? Or is it a setting I might have enabled (although I think highly unlikely)?
Has MS become more intrusive recently?