Question Possible Hacker Download Attempt??

[Cpt Snake]

About every seven to ten days, I get a message that states: Sorry need to update your computer, and starts to DOWNLOAD from my computer. The message is on a light blue background, with a tilted sad face in a block. I immediately shut down my computer and restart. Is this a hacker attempting to gather information? It does not appear to be a MS update. It,s only when I am on the internet. Any advise is appreciated. Thanks

 

[Cpt Snake]

We can end this question. Just now it did it's download when I was distracted. So well see if damage was done.

 

[Ralston18]

I will make the suggestion to look in Reliability History/Monitor and Event Viewer.

Either one or both tools may be capturing some error code, warning, or even an informational event just before or at the time those messages appear.

Start with Reliability History/Monitor. It has a time line format that you can use to identify any 7 -10 day patterns.

Also look in Task Scheduler: There may be some task pre-scheduled or triggered that originates the messages.

Especially since "things/download" just happened.

 

[Cpt Snake]

OK, the Download hacker is back. Installed Bitdefender yesterday and I keep getting this alert message below multiple times an hour.

Suspicious connection blocked
34 minutes ago
Feature:Online Threat Prevention
msedge.exe attempted to establish a connection relying on an untrusted certificate to wpad. We blocked the connection to keep your data safe since untrusted certificates are issued by unrecognized Certificate Authorities.

What I don't understand is my Win 10 allows this download. Nothing is allow to be downloaded without my permission.

 

[kanewolf]

OK, the Download hacker is back. Installed Bitdefender yesterday and I keep getting this alert message below multiple times an hour.

Suspicious connection blocked
34 minutes ago
Feature:Online Threat Prevention
msedge.exe attempted to establish a connection relying on an untrusted certificate to wpad. We blocked the connection to keep your data safe since untrusted certificates are issued by unrecognized Certificate Authorities.

What I don't understand is my Win 10 allows this download. Nothing is allow to be downloaded without my permission.

Edge can be a problem. What I would recommend is that you look at the sites that have requested permissions. The URL is edge://settings/content/all
If there is anything that looks odd, I would wipe out the cached data. You can get to that by clicking on the three dots on the top right. Click on History, then click on the trash can at the top. That will bring up the delete browsing data. SCROLL DOWN and make sure that "Site permissions" is checked. Make sure the time is set to "All Time". delete the data. See if that clears up your warning.