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
    2018-04-29T17:41:08+00:00

    I have followed the suggestion and installed uBlock, it is too early to tell if it is working and will block the Flash problem but thus far this morning it has not popped up. I will reply again after a week as the occurrence of the bad popup was sporadic.  The blocking extension is not slowing down my use of edge and is not taking   up a lot of resources. 

    uBlock is making me crazy!!!  #1 - I can't find any type of assistance on how to work the app.  2.  I think it is actually blocking valid websites from my PC.  Sometimes the access to this part of the response section is "whited out" and there is no response to keystrokes.

    It has also apparently synced a "trial version" of it's Android Product-so now I have all sorts of different things going on with that.

    I'll say this-I don't seem to be getting ANY ads or popups (so far).  I do seem to have lost some of the minimal understanding I have for my PC & Android.

    GOOD GRIEF CHARLIE BROWN!!!!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-04-30T16:25:15+00:00

    I have received numerous variations of the messages using Microsoft Edge to browse MSN.com.  I just had another a few minutes ago.  It came up with the orange-red screen background.  It also had a verbal message saying I had a virus on my computer, etc.

    I use Windows Defender Antivirus and manually run the update every time I log on.  I have run scans using WDA and it has found nothing.  I have also downloaded msert.exe and run scans with that as well.  Once again, nothing was found.

    My ISP email system does not run well, sometimes not at all, on Microsoft Edge.  So I use Google's Chrome to get to my email.  If I'm already logged in to Chrome, I will usually look up whatever else I want to using it instead of opening another browser.  I have never had one of these issues crop up with Chrome.

    I hope you get if fixed permanently and soon.  It is more than just annoying.

    Phil Lindner

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-04-30T16:53:57+00:00

    Thanks JSobie. Could you submit a piece of feedback from any page in MSN and write "adobe redirect - virus alert"? To submit feedback, just go to any page, scroll down just a bit until the "feedback" gray button shows up on the bottom right corner and click on it to submit that feedback.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-04-30T16:56:34+00:00

    The "Edge" guys really need to just fix this issue and it would go away :)

    i think many times you cant submit feedback because it is such a long url and they do that on purpose.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-04-30T17:28:51+00:00

    Thanks Phil. I was on the phone with Microsoft for a very long time on Saturday. They ran all yhe diagnostics so I hope that did the trick. Maybe not though since it sounds like its continuing. Appreciate your reply bmakes me really fed up with MSN.

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