FriggGuðrún 5 Posted May 3 Posted May 3 There's another thread on this, it's the only one that I can find. It's from 2022. I have 110 computers, I think all of them are sending off alerts regarding PUP MSIL/Microsoft.Bing.D. None of the information that thread appear to be relevant to this onslaught of warnings from ESET. I've probably received over a 1000 warnings about this since March 27. Since there's nothing installed on the workstations I've looked at, I'm not sure the best way to move forward. Notification Message: "Potentially unwanted application MSIL/Microsoft.Bing.D was detected on computer" Almost all of the computers are running Windows 10, a few are on 11. What's the best way to move forward here?
itman 1,807 Posted May 3 Posted May 3 (edited) The problem is Microsoft keeps attempting to install the Bing search engine for all installed browsers whenever an Edge update occurs. As a result of a quirk occurrence, I have been able to stop the constant Edge attempted updating on this regard. I inadvertently allowed the Bing search engine update to install. Later, I ran an Eset malware scan. It discovered the Bing update and I removed it; Quote C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Download\{1FAB8CFE-9860-415C-A6CA-AA7D12021940}\2.0.0.34\BGAUpdate.exe - a variant of MSIL/Microsoft.Bing.D potentially unwanted application - action selection postponed until scan completion Since the update removal, I haven't received another Bing search update via attempted download alert. My guess is a registry key was set somewhere indicating the update has been installed and Microsoft won't attempt a further installation as such. Edited May 3 by itman
Alec Mackay 0 Posted May 30 Posted May 30 (edited) I was getting multiple PUA notifications for MSIL/Microsoft.Bing.D on all our machines, most of which requested a restart that didn't resolve the issue and the notification continued to popup. However over the last week I haven't noticed any popups. Has Microsoft backed down on their forced Bing update? Or has ESET found a better way of dealing with these PUA notifications? Edited May 30 by Alec Mackay typo
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