Microsoft tries again in Windows 11: A new advertisement will appear on your desktop. This time it is promoting its own cloud storage services.
Microsoft is annoying again with advertising on the desktop. (Source: ryanking999 / depositphotos.com )
In a recently released update KB5023778, Microsoft not only distributed some bug fixes for Windows 11. Some users report new ad screens on the desktop appearing in the taskbar promoting the in-house cloud storage solution.
Some users are currently confronted with this warning screen on Windows 11. (Source: Microsoft)
The perfidious thing about the scam: At first glance, the message appears like a security warning. However, if you then click on the “Start Backup” button, you will be redirected to OneDrive, where you will be offered a subscription. Simply clicking away doesn’t work – you can only be reminded later.
How Bleeping Computer reported, it seems to be a test balloon from Microsoft. Because dem official changelog According to this, the advertisement will only be shown to a smaller group of users for the time being. However, that could change as early as April, when the previously optional update is installed on many other computers in the patch day patch.
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