But here's another trick, which we found on a Microsoft Community forum: After you force Edge to quit, disconnect from the Internet. The next time you open Edge, it will work just fine, whether you open a normal or an InPrivate window. Right-click the Edge icon in the Taskbar or Start menu and select New InPrivate Window.Įdge opens your home page only, without the tab that generated the virus warning.Press Ctrl+Shift+Escape to open the Windows Task Manager, right-click Microsoft Edge, and select End task.Here's a quick fix, shared with us by AdBlock friend Scubamike: If you have set this to Previous pages, you're stuck in an endless loop of "You've got a virus!" > Task Manager > End task > Restart Edge > "You've got a virus!" because you can't get to Edge's settings to change how Edge starts. Edge follows the Open Microsoft Edge with setting. Other browsers ask you if you want to restore your previous tabs after a crash. So you have just encountered a web page that turned out to be a virus scam or other tech support scam and you immediately forced Microsoft Edge to close as a precaution. For more information about the new and improved AdBlock for the new version of the Edge browser, please see this blog post.
If you’d like, you can also add additional pages that will open every time you launch Chrome using the “Add a new page” button.The below article refers to AdBlock for the legacy Edge browser. You will see the site you just added listed in Settings. In the dialog that appears, type in (or paste) the address of the website you would like to open automatically when you launch Chrome. In the “On Startup” settings, select “Open a specific page or pages” using the radio button, then click “Add a new page.” Here’s how.įirst, open “Chrome.” Click the three vertical dots button in the upper-right corner of the window, then select “Settings.” In “Settings,” navigate to the “On Startup” section. If you’d like to change which page first appears when you open Chrome, you’ll have to change Chrome’s “On Startup” settings. How to Set a Custom Startup Page in Chrome Despite what you might think, this “Home Page” is not the same as the page that appears when you first open your browser. When you click the “Home” icon, Chrome will load the home page website you just defined in Settings.
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