Windows 10: Was I hacked? spotlight/log in screen magnifying icons?

Hi, yesterday I turned off wifi connection on my pc and went to bed, I had Wifi router on. Today I woke up and went to log in my pc only to find out that I had magnifying glass icons on my spotlight/log in screen. There was a picture of mountain in the backgriund with those icons on it, 2-3, they were mentioning treking and stuff and one icon with name "Do you like what you see?" I clicked on zoom icon mentioning treking and pc froze.I had to restart it. I have never seen any icons whatsoever on my Wimdows 10 PC log in screen and have been using it for 8 months. I googled why they are over there and found out they have something to do with Mobile Hot-Spot. I have turned off hot spot and bluetooth the moment I installed Windows 10. BUT I had Turn On Remotely Hot Spot on. I have questions:

1. In order for these icons to show up is it required for actual Hot Spot to be turned on (recently) or would they appear for other reasons? If so,what would trigger them?

2. In order to turn on hot spot on pc remotely, I need to pair my PC and a closeby device, right? It cannot be turned on by any other means or device somewhere on other side od world?

3. Can anyone turn on pc hot spot through other device that is connected to wifi, lets say remotely gets to my phone that is connected to internet and pair it with pc?

4. Does windows update ( i updated yesterday) turn on bluetooth or Wifi Hot Spot automatically?

5. Is Turn on Remotely option turned on by default or does it have to be turned on manually?

6. If not by default, could it be that update turned it on?

7. Has log in screen bugged that it showed me these icons and Like What You See on Spotlight/log in screen?

8. When I clicked on icon and my pc froze, am I safe? Is icon legit and no virus/hack? Seems legit.

9. Was this any form of hack at all or is it absolutely nothing? Thanks a lot, have a nice day.

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Windows Spotlight on the lock screen

Hi,

There are multiple causes on why you're encountering this issue. To further troubleshoot the issue, we suggest that you disable and re-enable Spotlight. Simply follow the steps below:

• Right-click on the desktop and open Personalize.
• Open Lock Screen tab.
• Under Background, switch from Windows Spotlight to a Picture or the Slideshow.
• Click OK and close the Window.
• Now Log off and log in.
• Navigate to Lock screen and enable Windows Spotlight again.

Let us know how it works.

 

Spotlight

Hi,

Windows spotlight is an option for the lock screen background that displays different background images and occasionally offers suggestions on the lock screen. For us to better isolate your concern, we'd like to gather more information:

• Is there a way for you to provide us a screenshot?
• Have you made any recent changes before this issue occur?
• Are you able to use spotlight before?

Meanwhile, we suggest that you follow these steps to modify Lock screen background to spotlight:

• Open Settings.
• Click Personalization and select Lock screen.
• Under Background, choose Windows spotlight.

Keep us posted if you need additional help.

 

welcome screen is not asking if i like the spotlight choice

Hi,

One of the possible reasons why your laptop is not asking if you like the spotlight choice might be because the Windows spotlight is not set as your lock screen background. To address this concern, we suggest enabling Windows spotlight as your lock screen
background. To do so, follow these steps:

• Go to Settings.
• Click on Personalization and then select Lock screen.
• Under Background, click on the drop down menu and make sure to click on Windows spotlight.

If further assistance is needed, don't hesitate to reply on this thread.