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Microsoft Edge discussions on WindowsForum.com cover browser security, enterprise compatibility, and user-facing features. Recent threads highlight the planned disablement of full uBlock Origin by end of 2026 due to Manifest V2 changes, confirmed Windows 11 issues with IE mode affecting legacy applications, and security updates addressing Chromium vulnerabilities in Edge 151. Practical guidance includes exporting favorites to HTML before a PC reset, while roadmap news points to a Vertical Tabs rebuild targeting December 2026. Default browser choice frustrations among Windows users are also a recurring theme. These topics reflect Edge's role in Windows environments, from troubleshooting to feature planning and security patching.
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    Chrome and Edge: Remove 19 Extensions Linked to ClickFix

    Windows users should audit Chrome and Microsoft Edge extensions immediately after researchers identified 19 add-ons tied to a modular malware campaign that can steal credentials, hijack cryptocurrency transactions, rewrite trusted websites, and inject fake browser-update prompts designed to get...
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    CVE-2026-55945 Fixed in Edge 150.0.4078.48 AI Hijack Flaw

    A malicious browser extension can turn Microsoft Edge’s built-in AI browsing feature into an attacker-controlled operator after the extension is installed, according to new research from Forever Security. The same proof of concept, called BragJack, was demonstrated against Chrome with Gemini...
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    Chrome and Edge Site Search Shortcuts Filter Microsoft Docs

    ZDNET’s Ed Bott has highlighted a browser feature that deserves more attention from Windows administrators and support professionals: Chrome and Microsoft Edge can turn a carefully scoped Google query into an address-bar shortcut, sending routine technical searches straight to Microsoft’s...
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    Microsoft Edge 153 Policy Lets Admins Force Startup On or Off

    Microsoft Edge is scheduled to give users of managed Windows devices a direct choice over whether the browser opens automatically at Windows sign-in, while administrators will be able to force the behavior on, force it off, or leave the decision to the user. Microsoft’s Microsoft 365 Roadmap...
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    Edge IE Mode Ends With Unsupported Windows, Not in 2029

    Microsoft has reminded Microsoft 365 administrators that Internet Explorer mode in Edge is supported through at least 2029, but the practical message is more urgent than the date suggests: IE mode is a compatibility bridge, not a permanent exemption from browser modernization. Neowin reported...
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    Edge Canary Disables MV2 Extensions, Including uBlock Origin

    Microsoft Edge Canary is now disabling Manifest V2 extensions for at least some users, turning a long-announced retirement into an immediate compatibility problem for anyone still relying on the older extension format. Windows Report observed the change with uBlock Origin 1.75.0: the extension...
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    Edge 154 Ends WIP and MDAG Support on Windows 10

    Microsoft Edge Stable 154 is scheduled to remove support for Windows Information Protection and Microsoft Defender Application Guard around September 24, leaving administrators of the remaining Windows 10 deployments using either feature roughly a week to identify and replace those controls. The...
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    McAfee Browser Warnings in Edge: How to Respond Safely

    A screaming “McAfee warning” that fills an Edge tab, claims malware has been found, and urges an immediate call or remote-support session is designed to short-circuit judgment. The branding is meant to borrow credibility; the urgency is meant to prevent the user from checking what is actually...
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    Chrome Origin Trials: What Windows Users Need to Know

    Origin trials are one of the web platform’s least visible but most consequential testing mechanisms. A Windows user may never see the term, yet a site can use one to give that user’s regular Chrome installation access to an experimental browser capability—without asking them to turn on a flag...
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    Microsoft Edge 153: Security, Policies and Web Changes

    Microsoft Edge 153.0.4234.32 is a Stable-channel release dated September 10, 2026, and its most important confirmed characteristic is not a prominent consumer feature: it incorporates Chromium security updates whose individual CVEs had not yet been published by Microsoft at the time of the...
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    Microsoft Edge Adds Review Automation, 15-Day Badge Refreshes

    Microsoft is changing how Edge Add-ons submissions move through its review process, but the announcement should not be read as a promise of instant approvals. The company says it has automated many repeatable validation checks and streamlined routing inside the review pipeline, while retaining...
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    Interop 2027 Proposals: What Edge Developers Need

    The call for Interop 2027 proposals is now open, creating an early but meaningful opportunity for web developers to influence which browser-compatibility problems receive coordinated attention next year. For Windows users, the eventual impact will be felt less in a dashboard or standards meeting...
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    Opera v Commission: What the Edge DMA Judgment May Test

    The General Court is scheduled to deliver judgment at 09:30 on 2 September 2026 in Opera Norway v Commission (T-357/24), a challenge to the European Commission’s decision not to designate Microsoft Edge under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). As of 1 September, no ruling had been delivered. That...
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    Microsoft Services Fail in Edge: Test DNS Before Resetting

    When Outlook on the web, Teams, OneDrive, Xbox, or another Microsoft service refuses to load in Microsoft Edge, the first job is to determine where the failure begins before resetting anything on the PC. A browser error alone cannot distinguish a Microsoft-side incident from a broken DNS...
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    Copilot Login Reports: What Changes for Windows Users

    Reports that Microsoft is moving consumer Copilot toward mandatory authentication deserve attention from Windows users, but the most important fact is also the easiest to lose in the headline: the change is not yet proven to be universal. Testing has found sign-in prompts across several Copilot...
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    Edge 152.0.4191.53: Why This Security Update Matters

    Microsoft Edge Stable 152.0.4191.53 is a security update Windows users and IT administrators should treat as a clear patching boundary: installations below that version are identified as affected in a late-August 2026 advisory, while version 152.0.4191.53 or later is the recommended remediation...
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    Windows 11 How do I control MS edge update schedule?

    Hi folks. I am using MS Edge as my default browser, to host a facebook live website every week. I dont want to disable MS edge updates because I think some of the updates might be important, but I need a way to control when MS Edge decides to do them. What's been happening on a regular basis I...
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    Edge 152 Auto-Revokes Notifications After SmartScreen Blocks

    Microsoft Edge 152 now revokes website-notification permission automatically when a notification leads a user to a page that Microsoft Defender SmartScreen blocks as a scam, phishing site, or malware destination. The change addresses a familiar Windows support problem: a user clicks “Allow” on...
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    Microsoft Edge 152 Removes Drop, Requires Text Note Downloads

    Microsoft Edge 152, released to the Stable channel on August 27, removes Edge Drop outright while adding Apple-account sign-in for Windows and macOS. The pairing is easy to misread as a routine feature shuffle. For people who used Drop as a lightweight cross-device scratchpad, it is a deadline...
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    Enable Edge Sleeping Tabs to Cut RAM and CPU Use

    Microsoft Edge can reduce the RAM and CPU consumed by its inactive tabs without closing them: turn on Sleeping Tabs in Edge’s Performance settings, then reserve exclusions only for pages that must continue running in the background. For Windows 10 and Windows 11 users who keep research...