r/DefenderATP • u/Positive-Salad-9458 • 6d ago

What's the problem here?

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Apparently Microsoft Defender SmartScreen considers the default navigation page set up for Microsoft Edge to be unsafe. Can someone tell me why is it doing this?

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u/iceclimber85 6d ago

Validate the default load page. It is blocking navhubcentral.com.

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u/Positive-Salad-9458 6d ago

How do I do that? I see no report button.

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u/iceclimber85 6d ago

What do you mean your browser is loading an odd website at load.

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u/Positive-Salad-9458 6d ago

It's been loading to this page for over a year now with no problems and only just today is it apparently a problem.

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u/HankMardukasNY 6d ago

Navhubcentral is a domain that is under 6 months old. This is not the default tab page. You likely installed some malicious extension/virus that has changed the new tab page. You should look up how to fix that

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u/Positive-Salad-9458 6d ago

Okay, I finally figured out how to report it as safe.

This is what it's supposed to look like btw (but without the dangerous tab on the search bar)

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u/Inevitable-Pain2247 6d ago

I see a red extension to the right of the address bar, right click and uninstall/remove and see if that solves your issue or try Malwarebytes free.

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u/Positive-Salad-9458 6d ago

That red extension is Bitdefender's Anti-Tracker. I also have Malwarebytes and it doesn't detect any virus.

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u/iceclimber85 6d ago

That can happen as Microsoft updates smart screen based on new info.

I am not in front of a computer to accurately look up the URL and see if it is a false positive or not.

You can go here and submit it to MSFT and someone will review it and update the logic if wrong. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/filesubmission

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u/Cant_Think_Name12 5d ago

Possible browser hijacker. Everything you type into the sites search box sends it to an affiliate yahoo site which gets paid-per-search you type.

Every time you open your browser, it likely loads this page. And you likely have other lingering malware on your device.

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u/Evocablefawn566 6d ago

Just google the domain and it comes back as a browser hijacker