Unwanted Quick Link

Question

On my Bing home page, a quick link has appeared to a web site that i did not visit. (https://takelessons.com) When I click the elipisis adjoining the icon and select 'Remove', the prompt indicates it has been removed, but it has not and continues to show up after refresh.

I find this to be suspicious behavior and fear some kind of compromise. How can I get rid of this intruder?

Answer 1

Hello, I’m Virginia, I have 20 years of expertise in fixing my own & friends’ PC problems.

Sorry to hear you’re experiencing problems.

You should backup your favourites then close Edge/browser, either by clicking on the X, by ctrl, alt del & then open task manager & find Edge/other browser entry & click on this & choose end task.

Then open Edge/other browser & it will offer to start afresh, you can then clean the browser’s cache, cookies & history.

If this isn’t enough you can reset Edge by Right-click on the Start button in the lower-left corner and select “Apps and Features “.

Scroll through the list until you find “Microsoft Edge”, click it, and then click on the “Advanced options” link.

Next, click on the “Reset” button.