Why was I banned from Q&A?

I asked a question about malicious code that got injected into Edge. I was in a panic at the time. Also, my post, was in April of 2026. I got banned for that post in July of 2026 - two months later.

This is the post I made (that apparently got me banned):

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5876130/fake-virus-messages-popping-up-after-using-edge-to

I'd like to add that when I posted (above link) my computer was getting bombarded with these fake virus popups - dozens and dozens. In that moment, as mentioned above, I was in a panic - and extremely worried that my work computer had been compromised.

I'd also like to point out that my post helped another user who had a similar issue.

More importantly - my experience which I documented in the link above should help prevent something like this from happening to other users. So banning me is absolutely preposterous. But, if you really feel I need to be banned from your site then I should stop paying for Microsoft products. I'm a normal, regular, paying customer.

I pay for Teams, I pay for a phone number (provided by Microsoft), I pay for Visio, I pay the business version of Microsoft Office 365 - and likely other Microsoft products.

I'm left with the impression that asking any question on Microsoft Q&A will potentially get you banned months later - with no explanation over what was misconstrued to be a violation. And I assure you, nothing I said or posted was in violation of the code. All I've ever posted were questions on how to use Microsoft products or technical problems.

I've contacted Microsoft to inform that I will stop using Microsoft products if this issue is not resolved. I'm a paying customer, for many years, and stonewalling me will not make me want to buy more products from Microsoft or make me want to continue using Microsoft.

There are other competitive office solutions out there.