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I cannot find a suitable forum for this question, so please forgive me for posting it here, or please suggest where I ought to be posting it.
Yesterday I got a prompt saying something about a security risk that malicious programs could overwrite protected storage locations and a link to a windows setting to switch on a hardware setting to prevent this happening. I cannot remember the exact details. I clicked the link and switched on the hardware feature.
Now, every time I start Windows, whether from a reboot or after an inactivity time out, I get a message box titled 'System Setting Change' with the message 'Your hardware settings have changed. Please reboot your computer for these changes to take effect !!'. I have searched the Settings menus and cannot see anything that looks like a setting related to this change. Further reboots have no effect.
Googling suggests that it is caused by changing AMD Graphics Cards. I am reluctant to touch that as the graphics card is part of the processor (AMD Ryzen 3 3200G with Radeon Vega Graphics (4 core)).
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Run a full malware scan, including a boot time scan. Also take a look at Edge's configuration (notifications) and the notifications configuration of any other browsers you have installed.
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I can suggest you to try asking, with more detail, also in
SuperUser
or
ServerFault
As my opinion: try to track down the executable that gives you the warning and search eventually in msconfig to disable it.
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This sniffs of malware, right from the popup. I've never heard of Windows popping up such a dialog. THe first mistake was not Googling the EXACT message that came up.
The second mistake was clicking that link.
Your machine is now likely infected with malware now. I would suggest getting a few pieces of anti-virus software to scan the machine.
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Dave Kreskowiak wrote: THe first mistake was not Googling the EXACT message that came up.
And then avoiding all of the promoted and/or scam links that would make up most of the first page of results. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Dave Kreskowiak wrote: The second mistake was clicking that link.
This.
Quote: something about a security risk that malicious programs could overwrite protected storage locations and a link to a windows setting to switch on a hardware setting to prevent this happening.
So the setting was turned on, but the program was then run anyway...rather than just not running the program at all...?
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We meet half way for company pledge (10)
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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A stab in the dark
collateral
company co
lateral meet half wayQuote: lateral ADJECTIVE
of, at, towards, or from the side or sides:
not sure of the extra "L" though.
// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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Don't worry about the "L" - it's not "collateral". 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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We meet half way = compromise
company com
pledge promise
// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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And you are up tomorrow!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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A lumberjack once told me he’s cut down 27,572 trees.
“How do ya know exactly how many?” I inquired.
“Easy. I keep a log.”
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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I can't help but go there...
Assuming he's just cutting down a single tree every day, but works every day of the year. 27,572 trees / 365 days in a year means it took him 75 years to do that...never taking a day off. How old is this lumberjack?
More realistically, he's cutting down way more than a single tree in day. But, unless he's merely clearing brush, the whole process for a single tree, from start to finish, can still take an entire morning, if not more, depending on the size of the tree (cutting it down is just the first step...). Of course I'm talking about one guy, with a chainsaw. Not the sort of $$$ machinery that can take down huge trees in seconds.
But okay, enough nerding out...
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You bit.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Don't you tell jokes about Pekka, that really tough Finnish guy, the incarnation of Finnish sisu, in your part of the world? The jokes should be told with heavy Finnish accent, to give the right atmosphere ...
Pekka was working as a lumberjack. With his strength he was able to cut down 20 trees a day. He was approached by this chainsaw salesman, seeing Pekka's old hand saw, and told him: If you buy one of my chain saws, you will be able to cut down at least 30 trees every day!
So Pekka dug up the money and bought himself a chain saw.
But he wasn't very satisfied with it. The first day, he managed to cut down only 12 trees. The next day he did 15. So Pekka went to the salesman to complain. The salesman grabbed the saw, "I'll show you how to use it in an efficient way", an pulled the starting cord. Pekka gasped:
- By golly! Does it hum as well??
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Now that I've seen that subject line, I've got a Monty Python earworm
Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors - and miss.
Lazarus Long, "Time Enough For Love" by Robert A. Heinlein
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"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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JudyL_MD wrote: Monty Python earworm
...but that's okay
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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