Microsoft released Microsoft Edge 91 yesterday, and since then, users have been reporting constant nag screens, bugs, and problems using the new version of the web browser.

Microsoft Edge 91 is a milestone release for the browser with numerous new features introduced, such as Price History, Cash Back & Rebates, Kids Mode, a new Pride theme, and personalized news.

Microsoft Edge 91 release marred with bugs

However, after upgrading to Microsoft Edge 91, users have been reporting numerous problems that BleepingComputer has reproduced on our own devices.

The most annoying issue that people are experiencing is a new Microsoft Edge nag screen continuously shown on startup asking users if they want to ‘Use recommended browser settings.’

For some users, if they close the dialog or specify not to update the browser settings, the nag screen continues to show when they restart the browser.

In BleepingComputer’s test, this only happened to us when Bing was not configured as the default search engine, but we cannot say for sure if that is the reason.

Microsoft Edge users have also reported on Wilder Security Forums, Microsoft Edge Insider forums, and the Feedback Hub, that the browser Edge is no longer honoring their configured startup page and is opening the New Tab page instead.

BleepingComputer was able to reproduce this bug after we changed the startup page to BleepingComputer.com, and the New Tab page continued to open when we relaunched the browser.

Finally, other users report stranger issues, such as a missing + symbol to open a new tab or unable to use the middle mouse button to open items in their Favorites folder.

Some users have reported that most of these problems go away after resetting Microsoft Edge to default settings.

A Walmart phishing campaign is underway that attempts to steal your personal information and verifies your email for further phishing attacks.

A new email phishing campaign pretends to be from Walmart with a subject line of “Your Package delivery Problem Notification lD#” stating that they could not deliver your package because your address is incorrect.

“Unfortunately we were not able deliver your postal package in time because your address is not correct. Please reply us with the correct shipping address,” the phishing email reads.

If you click on the ‘Update Address’ button, the phishing email will cause your mail program to create a new email with the subject ‘Update my Address!’ that will be sent to multiple email addresses under the attacker’s control.

Phishing victims are prompted to send their mailing address to the attacker impersonating Walmart.

The collected information is used to conduct identity theft attacks, gain access to your other accounts, or perform targeted spear-phishing attacks.

Over the past week, three different unrelated individuals contacted me to warn me about the attacks, and I have received a half dozen of these emails, indicating it is a very active phishing campaign.

Due to this, everyone should be on the lookout for strange emails from Walmart and treat them all suspiciously.

As with all phishing emails, never click on suspicious links, but instead go to the main site’s domain to confirm if there is an issue with your account.

What should you do if you send your mailing address?

If you received this phishing email and mistakenly sent your mailing address, you cannot do much, unfortunately, other than being on the lookout for further targeted phishing scams.

Threat actors will likely use this information to conduct a wide range of malicious activities, including sending you further scam emails.

You should look out for other targeted phishing campaigns using the submitted data and monitor your credit report to make sure fraudulent accounts are not created under your name.

To prevent identity theft, you can also temporarily freeze your credit report to stop banks and other companies from issuing credit under your name.

Microsoft has released the optional KB5003214 Preview cumulative update for Windows 10 2004, Windows 10 20H2, and Windows 10 21H1.

This cumulative update is part of Microsoft’s May 2021 monthly “C” update, allowing users to preview the upcoming updates and fixes scheduled for the forthcoming June 2021 Patch Tuesday.

Unlike updates released on Patch Tuesday, the preview updates only contain bug fixes, performance improvements and do not include any security updates.

Windows users can install this update by going into Settings, clicking on Windows Update, and selecting ‘Check for Updates.’ As this is an optional update, you will be prompted to click on the download and install button before Windows 10 will install the update.

Windows 10 users can also download and manually install the KB5003214 update from the Microsoft Update Catalog.

What’s new in Windows 10 KB5003214

After installing this update, Windows 10 2004 will be updated to build 19041.1013, Windows 10 20H2 will be updated to build 19042.1013, and Windows 10 21H1 will be updated to build 19043.1013.

The Windows 10 KB5003214 cumulative update preview includes 35 improvements or fixes, with the highlighted ones listed below:

• News and interests on the taskbar is now available to anyone who installs this update!
• Improves the hover experience by adding the Open on hover option (checked by default) on the News and interests submenu that appears when you right-click the Windows taskbar.
• Updates an issue that might prevent users from opening phone apps that are pinned to the taskbar. This issue occurs after they update to Windows 10, version 2004 and then use the Your Phone app.
• Updates an issue that prevents a touch device from working as a serial mouse in multiple monitor situations.
• Updates an issue that might display items on the desktop after you have deleted them from the desktop.
• Updates an error that might cause video playback to fail when you switch from an external high-dynamic-range (HDR) display to a built-in non-HDR display.
• Updates an issue that fails to apply the spatial audio effect to sounds when you enable spatial audio.
• Updates an issue with noise when you enable spatial audio and use Bluetooth USB headphones.
• Updates an issue that prevents users from receiving geographic location information.

The next major update to Windows 10, version 21H1, will be delivered in the first half of 2021 and focuses on improving remote work scenarios. Microsoft traditionally delivers two major Windows updates per year, with most of the bigger features dropping in the spring and a smaller update in the fall. While IT admins are used to this approach, Microsoft appears to be reversing this cadence for 2021.

“Windows 10, version 21H1 will have a scoped set of features improving security, remote access and quality,” explains John Cable, Microsoft’s head of Windows Servicing and Delivery. “The features we are releasing in this update are focused on the core experiences that customers have told us they’re relying on most right now.” These improvements will include:

• Windows Hello multicamera support to set the default as the external camera when both external and internal Windows Hello cameras are present.
• Windows Defender Application Guard performance improvements including optimizing document opening scenario times.
• Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Group Policy Service (GPSVC) updating performance improvement to support remote work scenarios.

The Windows camera changes mean you’ll soon be able to plug in an external Windows Hello camera and get the benefits of facial detection on a laptop that already has a Windows Hello camera built in. Currently, Windows doesn’t support this scenario well, and it means cameras like Logitech’s Brio do not work correctly with devices like Microsoft’s Surface range that also have Windows Hello cameras.

Microsoft’s other improvements for this 21H1 version are clearly designed for IT admins to improve support for remote working. This includes improving document opening times for Microsoft’s built-in anti-virus software, and performance improvements for the management and configuration side of Windows.

Microsoft is also expected to deliver a larger Windows 10 update later in 2021. The company is planning a “sweeping visual rejuvenation of Windows,” which is codenamed Sun Valley. Microsoft is planning to detail its next big changes to Windows at a special event in the coming months.

Changes and Improvements

• [News and interests] As mentioned previously, we have enabled the ability to deselect “Open on hover” in the “News and interests” taskbar options. This is based on your feedback.
• The default path to access Linux files from Windows using the Windows Subsystem for Linux has been changed from `wsl` to `wsl.localhost` to improve performance and reliability. You will still be able to access Linux files using `wsl$`.
• Under Settings > Update & Security > Change active hours, you will find the toggle turned on for “Automatically adjust active hours for this device based on activity”, if you have never adjusted this feature. We are starting a roll out a change for Insiders that makes this setting on by default. With this setting turned on, Windows Update will be able to schedule automatic restarts when you are typically not using your device more accurately.
• As of the latest versions of Microsoft Edge, all pinned sites (regardless of what version you were using when you pinned them), should now use the taskbar behavior described here without you first having to unpin and re-pin the site.
• On ARM64 devices, you can now toggle compatibility settings for x64 applications.
• Under Settings > Personalization > Device usage, you can select all the ways you plan to use your device to get customized suggestions for tips, tools, and services.

Windows 10 Insider Build 21354: Fixes

• [Gaming] We fixed an issue where certain games may crash, will not sync save data when a game is played on a different device, or will not save when a new game is installed.
• [File Explorer] We fixed an issue resulting in all folders pinned to Quick Access in File Explorer disappearing if you installed Build 21343. Please note that this fix prevents the issue from occurring going forward, it will not bring back the ones that were unpinned if you installed the impacted build previously.
• [File Explorer] We fixed an issue resulting in some Insiders experiencing that the entire folders section of Quick Access was missing after installing the previous flight.
• We fixed an issue impacting Search reliability in the previous flight.
• [News and interests] Fixed an issue where news and interests could occlude other content on the taskbar especially on smaller screens.
• We fixed an issue where the tooltip text for items in Start’s Power button menu wasn’t displaying correctly.
• We fixed an issue resulting in a crash if you entered WinPE and tried to enable Narrator using WIN + CTRL + Enter.
• We fixed an issue resulting in some Insiders experiencing a bug check with error SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED when rebooting or shutting down in the previous flight.
• We fixed an issue that could result in a bugcheck when starting WSL.
• We fixed an issue that could result in the Windows Update Settings page showing progress dots but never loading.
• We fixed an issue where navigating to Power and Sleep in Settings would crash Settings.
• We fixed the issue where a random toggle that didn’t do anything was appearing under Settings > Personalization > Lock screen.
• We fixed an error resulting in some Insiders recently seeing an error when trying to add a password to a local account that was created without a password.
• We fixed an issue where if you opened the Pinyin IME settings via Search, the Settings page would be unexpectedly blank.
• We fixed an issue that could result in your desktop background going black after snapping an app to the side of your screen.
• We fixed an issue where some of the text in Snipping Tool wasn’t displaying correctly.
• We fixed an issue causing the Handwriting Input Panel to not work for pen input on ARM64 PCs.
• We fixed an issue impacting clipboard history reliability.
• We fixed an issue resulting in characters being duplicated in certain apps when typing with the Korean IME.
• We fixed an issue resulting in not being able to insert composition strings when typing with an IME after copying and pasting a text box in PowerPoint.
• We fixed an issue resulting in key events being lost when renaming files in File Explorer while typing with an IME.
• We fixed an issue where when typing with the Japanese or Chinese IMEs in certain apps that have their own UI for IME candidates, the IME candidates were not displayed in the app’s UI.
• The fix we mentioned in Build 21327 to address an issue where a toggled key on the touch keyboard had the wrong background color is now rolling out to all Insiders in the Dev Channel.
• We fixed an issue causing an increase in login time in the previous flight.
• We fixed an issue resulting in some Insiders finding that boot time was longer in the previous flighting.
• We fixed an issue resulting in the network button on the login screen not working and potentially crashing.
• We fixed an issue causing some logins to hang on a black screen. If you continue to see a similar problem, please file a new feedback in Feedback Hub.
• We fixed an issue that could result in freezes when watching videos in Chromium-based browsers in recent Dev Channel builds.