Windows 11 Edge

Question

My computer is infected by freecapture.top which keeps displaying popups telling me that I am infected by all kinds of things. The popups look like macafee or norton websites, but they all mention Edge. I tey to ignore tham but they comandeer a big chunk of real estate for minutes at a time.

I wanted to delete Edge and reinstall, but the only option is to repair. I have tried that to no avail.

Can I overwrite windows to lose the infection?

Tony

Answer 1

Dear toneV8,in this case I recommend that you try the following;

Open Edge and click (...) in the upper right corner of the screen to access Settings;

Click Cookies and site permissions in the menu on the left of the screen;

Click on Notifications;

Look for Freecaptcha.top in the list under Allow, click on it and select Delete;

Check that notifications still appear on the system;

Hope this helps, see you soon!

Answer 2

Eric

That was easy enough. Thank you

Answer 3

What you are seeing is the site notifications from freecapture.top website. Here are the steps below to remove this website from your site notification settings

1. Click on thethree dots menu button.
2. Click on Settings.
3. Click on Cookies and site permissions.
4. Click on Notifications.
5. Under Allow, click on the three dots next to the freecapture.top and click on Remove or Block.

Eric

Answer 4

Luiz

I have Mcafee LiveSafe, but the program does not acknowledge any viruses or anything else untoward.

Sometimes the popup will show a Norton backdrop.

Answer 5

Hello toneV8, welcome to the Microsoft community, I'll be happy to help you today;

Do you have Norton or McAfee installed as an antivirus?

It would be nice if you could provide a screenshot showing the popups;

See you soon!