I'm suddenly getting a windows security popup every time I open Edge

Question

Suddenly I'm getting this very annoying Windows Security pop-up every time I start Edge, and usually when I open a new tab.

I haven't changed a thing on this computer - I try not to log onto Microsoft anything. What did they change to make this thing pop up all the time, and how do I make it stop??

This is extremely annoying!

I do not want to verify it's me; it's none of their business!

Answer 1

I also have the same problem. Info about my machine:

• shared azure virtual desktop
• microsoft edge version: 121.0.2277.112 64 bit
• Windows 10 OS

I tried everything: blocking pop ups, which were blocked anyway, turned off autofill and everything password related but no luck at all.

Edge asks for PIN when I try to connect to IIS web site hosted internally. It asks for credentials, which is correct but shortly after Windows Security pops up with request for PIN!
I do not have Windows Hello option in Passwords settings in Edge:

In fact I don't have it on any of the devices, no matter of a build number.

Answer 2

I know it has been years since this thread was active, but I accidentally caused this issue on my Win 11 (23H2) with Edge (126.0.2592.61), and I know what I did, and what happened as a result and what fix worked for me.

I know not all causes are the same, but maybe this can also help someone.

Late last night, while half asleep I downloaded an application to install and didn't notice the download was a few MB instead of over a GB. True as bob, I downloaded some or other thing that claimed to be a download assistant. I immediately uninstalled it, but it did leave a scar.

This morning, I found this thread while trying to find out why a security window was staring at me. This window was clearly not in error! After opening edge settings to check some of my settings that was mentioned in previous posts, I saw a bar above my settings window, stating that my edge is managed by my organization...

So it seems that group policy was enabled, and a policy to install an extension (with a name that looks like a cat walked over the keyboard) without authorization check was active. (edge://policy/)(https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#extensioninstallforcelist).

I checked and I was lucky, no extensions was installed. I followed some of these steps (https://windowsloop.com/edge-managed-by-your-organization-fix/#:~:text=Do%20the%20following%20to%20fix%20and%20remove%20the,computer%20with%20an%20antivirus%20Reset%20the%20Edge%20browser) to remove the group policy lockout. I removed the 2 directories in the system32 folder (they were empty), and the registry key in HKEY)LOCAL_MACHINE. There was nothing under HKEY_CURRENT_USER.

It all looks peachy now again. Hope this helps someone.

Summary:
Remove directories:

• c:\windows\system32\GroupPolicy
• c:\windows\system32\GroupPolicyUsers

Remove registry folder if it exists:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge