I’m seeing Trojan:JS/Flafisi.D detections and Tech Support Scams on the Edge browser Start page

Anonymous
2018-02-28T16:36:56+00:00

Update: A member of Microsoft's MSN Engineering Team (RodrigoLode(MSFT) has responded to acknowledge the malvertising issues associated with MSN portal. They have also requested ***" If anyone is still experiencing this, please reply here."***For more specifics on information requested please refer to the reply from Rodrigo at the following link:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/forum/protect_defender-protect_scanning-windows_10/im-seeing-trojanjsflafisid-detections-and-tech/8fbe8eaf-1af0-4e76-9ab0-57828f631a5f?page=7&messageId=3661a31c-2019-4808-a88b-283919038cc1

In addition to reporting the fake pop-ups themselves I would advise that you take note if there is a significant loss of performance on computer after encountering, in particular, the fake Adobe Flash Player update. If things seem sluggish you may have been subject to one of the more prevalent malicious activities known as crypto-mining/coin mining.

Invisible resource thieves: The increasing threat of cryptocurrency miners

https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/microsoftsecure/2018/03/13/invisible-resource-thieves-the-increasing-threat-of-cryptocurrency-miners/

Especially important to report these occurrences or any other odd behaviors after using MSN website.

Moderator Edit: Provided update.

Just reading the “Comey trolls Trump” article on the Edge Start page and this pops up:

 This one was easy to handle because it was just the old-fashioned dialog loop based scam:

– but what’s coming next Microsoft?

GreginMich

[Original Title: Surprised again]

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-05-16T22:52:55+00:00

    Thanks for your help Greg!

    I finally said screw it and called 1-800-Microsoft and let them take care of the stuff going on.  As time passes it gets more and more above my abilities.  I can't even understand the instructions MS gives me online!!!  As I said previously; I could probably have an easier time building an F-18.  GOOD LUCK on your end and thanks again.  RICKCOE

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-05-16T18:57:13+00:00

    Different people are having different issues with the Version 1803 Update, depending on lots of different factors. I’m not seeing any issues at all myself, and consequently I haven’t done any research on the topic. So I can only suggest that you might want to review the recent threads in this Answers Forum category, and maybe ask some questions there:

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-windows_install?sort=lastreplydate&dir=desc&tab=All&status=all&mod=&modAge=&advFil=&postedAfter=&postedBefore=&threadType=all&isFilterExpanded=true&tm=1526493315112

    When I’m looking for answers, I usually start by searching the Answers Forum – but the local search engine has been “improved” to the point where it’s almost totally useless now, so it’s usually better to use a web search engine. For general Windows issues, the result pages will usually include lots of Answers Forum links, along with links from other popular forums, which can sometimes be quite useful. Unfortunately this method doesn’t work very well at all for malware-related issues, because the rogue antimalware concerns have somehow managed to fill up the top SERPs with hundreds of their timely and topical booby-trap links.

    GreginMich

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-05-16T16:34:02+00:00

    The topic of this thread is malvertising issues on the MSN web portal. We can’t cover all of the various and sundry issues that people have with Windows 10 version updates, general issues with Edge and Internet Explorer, and malware and scam pages that appear on other websites. In order to stay on-topic, we need to stay focused on specific sightings of the fake Adobe Flash Player update screen, Tech Support Scam pages, rogue advertising pages, and any other indications of malvertising on the MSN web portal.

    That being said, the scariest thing that I’m seeing right now is that once the fake Adobe Flash Player update appears on the Yahoo news portal, the FlashPlayer.hta download tab wants to stick with me and follow my every move:

     

    So I’m really not in a state of denial about all the loose ends that need to be tied up here – and I do understand how frustrating these issues can be.

    GreginMich

    Greg, I certainly understand that you are up to your ass in alligators.  In it's update troubleshooter; MS claims that all updates go through these massive reviews, tests, performance checks...…………….before it is rolled out.  Well, since I have had nothing BUT problems and issues since the latest update; someone is dropping the ball.  And, from what I see; I am NOT alone.  Could you please refer me to an appropriate thread for update problems.  I seem to have the malvertising problem under control; at least for now.  Thank you very much.  RickCoe

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-05-16T07:04:30+00:00

    I'm not sure if this is related to the important issues that GreginMich has raised but yesterday, after I'd signed out of Outlook and the Community, I was taken to the MSN pages. I normally interrupt the process to stop getting to those pages but I was interrupted this time. As a result I was taken to MSN - and I couldn't close/sign out. Nothing worked and I was stuck on those screens.

    I immediately ran Malwarebytes, then SuperAntiSpyware and neither reported any issues but being stuck on MSN was worrying.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-05-16T00:28:17+00:00

    The topic of this thread is malvertising issues on the MSN web portal. We can’t cover all of the various and sundry issues that people have with Windows 10 version updates, general issues with Edge and Internet Explorer, and malware and scam pages that appear on other websites. In order to stay on-topic, we need to stay focused on specific sightings of the fake Adobe Flash Player update screen, Tech Support Scam pages, rogue advertising pages, and any other indications of malvertising on the MSN web portal.

    That being said, the scariest thing that I’m seeing right now is that once the fake Adobe Flash Player update appears on the Yahoo news portal, the FlashPlayer.hta download tab wants to stick with me and follow my every move:

     

    So I’m really not in a state of denial about all the loose ends that need to be tied up here – and I do understand how frustrating these issues can be.

    GreginMich

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