Microsoft-signed “BGAUpsell.exe” pushes Bing on Windows and Chrome users

Discussion in 'other software & services' started by stapp, Aug 31, 2023.

  1. stapp

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    Wow. If they put that effort into making it good instead of trying to force it maybe they would have something.
     
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    Nothing says more: "...that this behavior was unintended" than the filename:BGAUpsell.exe :isay:
     
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    Yeah, did they put it in the same folder as SpyOnYou.exe and StealYourData.dll? :D :eek:
     
  6. Brummelchen

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    someone linked to this reddit thread months ago:
    https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/14u0nd4/bing_in_chrome_popup/

    wtf microsoft? seriously?
    in german, sorry
    https://www.borncity.com/blog/2023/...ei-anmeldung-am-benutzerkonto/#comment-155542

    in short - if someone is using edge with its ms account to sync, several policies wont work.

    in english
    https://hitco.at/blog/apply-edge-policies-for-non-domain-joined-devices/

    i dont use any ms account, but my edge is synced separately, thats possible.
     
  7. Mrkvonic

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    I haven't see this on me boxen, as I tightly control when and what runs (and of course edge is disabled), but this seems to be simply part of the wider lowiqfication of the internet.
    Mrk
     
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    I first spotted it on August 25, and allowed, of course. However, I decided to place it under the blocked apps list in the firewall.

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    P.S. Running Windows 10 Pro
     
  10. NormanF

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    If the Bing AI is so good, Microsoft wouldn't have to upsell it! :p
     
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    Back in the day I had to block Microsoft's repeated attempts to upsell me on Windows 10! I hate being pestered to do a forced upgrade. Didn't need nor want. This seems like a variation on the same.
     
  14. Tarnak

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    File was temporary and is pfft....

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