Windows 10: PUP enrolled me in organisation and redirecting searches to other engines through forced...

Since yesterday Edge has been redirecting me to another search engine. This is due to a forced extension from an organisation i believe i have been enrolled into by a PUP, i unistalled a variety of things i have installed in the past few days and then followed the steps suggested by @_AW_ in the following link. how to stop edge from being managed by an organization - Microsoft CommunityThis removed the policy however i was still being redirected, i then unistalled and reinstalled edge and this problem seemed to be gone however an hour later it was back. A quick scan by Malwarebytes and Windows

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Bing search engine

Building on AddRam suggestion that something got installed, did you update / change AV products, update Flash or any other programs.

You might also go to malwarebytes.com and download and install Malwarebytes. Run a scan, it should detect anything doing a search redirect. (malware)

You might also head back to the page I suggested and click on restore default search engines. The box above it allows you to remove search engines. Just make sure only the search engine you want to remove is checked. Then remove it from Firefox.

 

changing default search engine to google from Bing in IE Edge

To change the default search engine on Windows Edge.

Step One: Open Microsoft Edge

Step Two: type in the search engine into the browser address such as (www.google.com)

Step Three: Click on the three dots top right below the x (close button)

Step Four: Click on settings

Step Five: Scroll and click on Advance Settings

Step Six: Scroll to Search in the address bar with click within the box

Step Seven: Click on Add NEw

Step Eight: Your search engine should be listed Click on it

Final Step: select your choice of:

Add as default

Add

 

Changing search engines . . .

Hi, I am Van. I'll be glad to assist you today.

You will need to add the Yahoo search engine extension before setting it as the default search engine. Kindly follow the steps below.

1. Open the Firefox browser then click the three-line menu at upper right corner of the browser then select "Add-ons and themes.

2. Type "Yahoo search engine" without the quote in the search bar.

3. Select "Search and New Tab by Yahoo" from the list then click the Add to Firefox button.

4. Once done, go to the default search engine option. Yahoo should now be on the list.

Best regards,

Van