Windows 10: Hidden software found in 20H2 update.

I recently upgraded to 20H2, but yesterday reverted back to 1909, because I found a hidden piece of software that showed itself when I sometimes go to various websites, and this software is adguard. I used to be able to go to some legit websites such as facebook, or mewe,, but one in particular was kompoz, but when the 20H2 update was installed, and I went to kompoz, adguard suddenly hijacked the web page with adguard parental control, and a warning, to something like:- "This web site has been noted to contain content that is inappropriate to younger children, and has been blocked, if this site is blocked in error, please add it to the whitelist in the adguard preferences" In fact, kompoz is a music collaboration platform, for musicians. But, there is no preferences, and there is no adguard installed, but when I reverted back to version 1909, adguard vanished, so I tried it again, and adguard came back, so it's safe to assume that MS has added some software to only allow users to visit sites that MS only allow you to visit, and some other sites that are legit, are blocked. I have looked at every aspect of the system, including a registry search for adguard and it's not on the system, so further digging found that adguard can be configured in the IPV4 DNS, but looking in there only my ISP DNS is there, so that means that the adguard DNS is hard coded for all browsers on the system, so when I reverted back to 1909 everything now works, but unfortunately there is a huge major problem. I can't block the 20H2 update and use 1909, because the update service is needed for the MS store, and if I enable updates, 20H2 gets installed whether I like it or not, and only visit sites that MS has allowed.

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All hidden files turned Un-hidden

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community and being part of Windows 10.

I suggest you to re-add them to the hidden items list and check.

Steps:

• Right click on the folders to hide, select Properties.
• Go to General tab, under Attributes check mark the option
  Hidden.
• Click on Apply and on Ok.

I suggest you not to use any third party anti-virus software. Try to use Windows Defender.

Refer: Using Windows Defender

Hope it helps. Feel free to contact us for further assistance on Windows Operating System, we will be happy to help you.

 

Update 20h2

Hi Wicki,

I am Sumit, an Independent Advisor and a 3 year Windows Insider MVP here to help.

20H2 should not be installed right-away on your device - MS said the rollout is only to a fraction of users and would be labeled as an optional update initially. Are you enrolled in WIP?

You may uninstall 20H2 using the steps below:

https://www.yourwindowsguide.com/2020/10/uninst...

Content on the above blog is written by a Microsoft MVP so it is safe. However, do watch out for the ads.

 

Overclocking / Undervolting guide for Vega 56 or 64?

Here's a quick laundry list:

List of software to use for overclocking and testing
Examples:
Wattman (and how to find and use it, like an overview, including profiles)
Unigine Valley or Heaven (use this for quick testing while changing settings in Wattman and checking for stability / artifacts) ...just suggesting this
How to monitor cores / mem speeds and temps during testing (I've seen screen overlays, and others using GPUz)

Step-by step overclocking in Wattman
Fan speeds
Power limit
Temp limit
Voltages
Core speeds
Memory speeds