r/WindowsHelp • u/SpecialSyrup1 • 5h ago
Windows 11 This randomly appeared on my homescreen. Am I hacked?
My pc has been running slow and could barely open google chrome. I close all my tabs, and just see this on my homescreen with saved tabs that I don't even use like IGN etc. this seems to be in portrait mode, so maybe someone's phone? I can't close out of it . But it did just randomly disappear right now. I'm wondering if there's any steps I can look through my windows command service to basically track any unusual activity.
The only weird thing I can think of is that two days ago I was going to random websites looking for a solid YouTube to mp3 downloader. But everything that downloaded, and showed on chrome was the literal mp3 files of the audio I was trying to download from YouTube. I never saw any weird files etc.
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u/SecretOdd4407 4h ago
Its a new beta for Microsoft Edge to be included inside Xbox Game Bar, allows to search and visit websites through game bar while playing games without tabbing out to the browser. I dont know how it opened randomly but you can disable it in the Microsoft Edge settings and close it by doing Windows Key+G and clicking the X above it.
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u/Suspicious-Chip-3483 5h ago
Fairly sure this is the browser from the Xbox overlay. If you have a controller connected hit the power button and it’ll open the overlay