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Has any of you encountered adult content in Recent Web Searches in Windows Sandbox > Search?
Good day to everyone.
I was playing with Windows Sandbox yesterday (Juneteenth Holiday) until I saw adult keywords from the Windows Search > Recent Web Searches.
adult keywords in \\"recent web searches\\" in search
Before anything else:
•Never in my life have I searched the internet or typed these keywords.
•I was also the only one who used my PC, and it is always locked.
•This is a PC that I use for work, so I only use this in the office.
•I never use or log in Microsoft account, both in my host OS and the Sandbox. I also never use Microsoft Edge. I'm always on Google Chrome because of the synced data.
I assume that Windows Sandbox is completely isolated with non-persistent data. I tried to investigate this issue:
•At first, I thought it was because of a program that I was testing, so I tried to restart the Windows Sandbox and only installed 7-Zip. To my surprise, the Recent Web Searches still shows the same adult keywords.
•I tried to switch networks from wi-fi to my mobile data using USB tethering. I also tried to tried to enable both Cloudflare and Google DNS. The issue persists.
•Using AgentRansack, I tried to search for any files "containing" one of the <keywords> in my drive C: (exact and case-sensitive flag is enabled). It results in zero results (except the AgentRansack search history XML).
I searched Google for a similar case, and I have found 2 similar results only, both new posts:
•https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/random-graphic-adult-content-searches-appearing-in/12c402c6-0225-43e4-95ff-62a748c75e67
•https://www.windowsphoneinfo.com/threads/random-graphic-adult-content-searches-appearing-in-taskbar-search-box-in-windows-sandbox.1504052/
I haven't tried regenerating the base image of Windows Sandbox. So either the base image was compromised, or my host OS is the compromised one.
https://preview.redd.it/an1q7ue50z7f1.png?width=2560&format=png&auto=webp&s=1630e2846e36705bb4b655a18f0d0515b97ac6ef
Windows Search in Windows Sandbox
Newly opened Windows Sandbox instance showing the recent web searches in action
https://redd.it/1lfq0iz
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BY Windows | NT Family
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