01-18-2016 , 08:11 PM
Quote:Microsoft enabled a new protective feature in Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 10 recently that it introduced for its Microsoft Edge web browser back in November 2015.
The security feature has been designed to prevent third-party software from changing the browser's homepage or default search engine.
Search is a lucrative business and it is no coincidence that companies try to push adware or third-party tools to user systems to modify search providers.
It is not only adware that does that, legitimate businesses, some that produce free antivirus solutions for instance, do the same thing but mask it behind a seemingly useful service.
Users who notice these changes have often a hard time undoing them. Not only do they need to know how to undo the changes, they also need to make sure that the software that caused it is not running on the system as it might modify the settings again once it notices that they have changed.
The protection that Microsoft implemented for Microsoft Edge and now also for Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 blocks the injection of DLLS in the browser unless they are signed device drivers or Windows components.
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