Microsoft Windows 11 App Pushes Bing as Default Search in Chrome, Firefox and Brave

Microsoft has built a dedicated Windows 11 app that exists to put Bing in front of users who already chose another search engine. The utility, Microsoft Recommended Search Settings, arrives as a standalone 22.2 MB installer named MicrosoftSettings.exe. It is hosted on Microsoft’s official download servers rather than Windows Update or the Microsoft Store, and its job is narrow: install a Bing extension, ask for a default-search switch, then send the user to Microsoft Rewards. Windows Latest said to Cyber Security News (CSN) that tester Xeno Panther first uncovered the executable. In a hands-on run on a PC already using Google in Chrome and Brave Search in Brave, the first screen was titled “Welcome to Microsoft Recommended Search...

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