Verticalscope popup virus


Chef Duane

Chef Duane

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Hello All,

All of a sudden I am getting this message when I try to access some discussion forums I visit. It's just started happening today and I've never seen it before. It effects some groups and some it does not. I'm using Edge 135 on Win11 24H2 Build 26100.3775. I've run a Defender scan, SAS, and Malwarebytes scan, but it keeps happening. When I open the forum with Edge it happens but if I enter the URL directly it does not and I get to the appropriate forum.

Any suggestions?

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OK. Just tested that. It only happens when I use an Edge shortcut. But not on ALL Edge shortcuts. Some work fine, on two I get the verticalscope popup.
 

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Chef Duane said:
OK. Just tested that. It only happens when I use an Edge shortcut. But not on ALL Edge shortcuts. Some work fine, on two I get the verticalscope popup.
Click to expand...


Then you need to delete those shortcuts.
 

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Are you running any VPN or ad blocker?
 

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Ghot said:
Then you need to delete those shortcuts.
Click to expand...
I did but when I point another shortcut to those sites, I get the same thing.
 

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Chef Duane said:
I did but when I point another shortcut to those sites, I get the same thing.
Click to expand...
Confusing!! I thought you indicated it didn't happen on other shortcuts? Are you now saying it is happening on those shortcuts on which it didn't happen, now that the previously offending shortcuts have been deleted??

How are you creating shortcuts?

Have you checked the properties of the shortcuts to verify the shortcut path?

EDIT
Are the shortcuts just to open Edge, or shortcuts to web sites (directly)?
 

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When you come across this popup, click on 'task manager' from your task bar. Right click on it to end or suspend, then clear your browser history. Reboot and see if it's gone.
 

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idgat said:
Confusing!! I thought you indicated it didn't happen on other shortcuts? Are you now saying it is happening on those shortcuts on which it didn't happen, now that the previously offending shortcuts have been deleted??

How are you creating shortcuts?

Have you checked the properties of the shortcuts to verify the shortcut path?

EDIT
Are the shortcuts just to open Edge, or shortcuts to web sites (directly)?
Click to expand...

I first deleted the original shortcut and then created a new one to the same site. This is all in Edge BTW. It still happens on the newly created shortcut to the same site. There are other shortcuts (also Edge) to other sites that it does not happen on.

To create a shortcut in first I first go to that site directly by typing in the URL. Once it comes up I then move the URL to my desktop or a folder that has similar sites in it.

The shortcuts are to the site directly.
 

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I went through a couple of process that you all suggested and while I can't exactly determine which one did the trick but it seems that that issue has been resolved. No more verticalscope popup.

Thanks to all!
 

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    Gigbyte B650 Lorus Elite AX ICE AMD AM5 ATX
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    GSkill Flare 5 32G DDR5
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    GE Force RTX 3060 Dual Fas 12Gb GDDR6
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    On Board Realtek High Definition Audio
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    MSI G274PF 27"
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    1920x1080@180KZ
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    1 x 2Tb Samsung 970 2T VNAND, 1 x 2T Samsung 870 EVO SATA on board, 2 x 1TB external SSD's for backups
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    Corsair RM850e
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    Thermaltake VTX 100
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    3 x Front Case, 1 Rear, Hyper212 CPU
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    Logitech Wireless K295
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    Logitech Wireless M190
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    DL 935Mbps, UL 80Mbps
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    Edge 132.0.2957.127, Opera 116.0.5366.51, Firefox 134.02
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    MSE, Clnr, MWBytes, SAS
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Those sites may be non-https websites, which are technically not safe to visit.
 

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Dannydet said:
Those sites may be non-https websites, which are technically not safe to visit.
Click to expand...
I checked each one. All are secure sites.
 

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    Gigbyte B650 Lorus Elite AX ICE AMD AM5 ATX
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    GSkill Flare 5 32G DDR5
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    GE Force RTX 3060 Dual Fas 12Gb GDDR6
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    On Board Realtek High Definition Audio
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    MSI G274PF 27"
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    1920x1080@180KZ
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    1 x 2Tb Samsung 970 2T VNAND, 1 x 2T Samsung 870 EVO SATA on board, 2 x 1TB external SSD's for backups
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    Corsair RM850e
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    Thermaltake VTX 100
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    3 x Front Case, 1 Rear, Hyper212 CPU
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Go into settings within Edge, under privacy turn off 'Microsoft Edge Secure Network'

Edge has a built in VPN
 

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edgecompute.app (Fastly) is a CDN provider, like Akamai and CloudFlare. It may have been a misconfiguration on their end.
 

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It was an issue with a 3rd party...I am a Super Mod on a VS forum and a member of their Admin/Mod only forum

"One of our third-party vendors experienced an outage, which caused some downtime across our communities. If you have any trouble accessing the site, clear your browser cache & cookies. (Uncheck the box for passwords. You don’t need to clear those.)"

A Guy
 

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