Windows 10: How do I get rid of this popup?

This started 3 days ago. When I go to LOCK my windows session by doing a START, then clicking on Profile Picture, I used to get an immediate menu where I could select LOCK. Now I get this popup instead. The only thing that can be performed is to hit the 3 dots which presents a popup to just "Sign OFF" . There is no way to select LOCK an more and the popup persistently comes up every time. Yes, I selected the two options "Microsoft 365" and "Cloud Storage" and found nothing there to disable this popup. I am on Windows 11 and use a LOCAL ACCOUNT signin, as I have on another identical PC which do

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How to get rid of a popup notification

1) Open a new Google Chrome tab. 2) Copy & Paste: chrome://extensions

3) Press Enter (see if you can find anything suspicious in your list of Extensions. Please report back here on what you think is suspicious.)

4) Delete the Extensions that you do not use / do not want. 5) Copy & Paste: chrome://apps 6) Press Enter 7) Look for anything suspicious 8) Please report back on what you think might be a little sus. (In my picture, I don't use any Chrome apps)

 

Unwanted popup webpage

See if these multi-step removal guides help:

• https://malwaretips.com/blogs/win-an-iphone-virus-removal/
• https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-popup-ads-windows-10/

Suggestion to read:

Best Practices for Safe Computing - Prevention of Malware Infection

 

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I would give the other 3 options mentioned in the first guide:

• STEP 3: Use HitmanPro to scan for malware and unwanted programs
• (Optional) STEP 4: Reset the browser settings to their original defaults
• (Optional) STEP 5: Double-check for malicious programs with Zemana AntiMalware
  

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And I would start with Step 4, resetting your browser