Laptop Displays A Page Saying How To Edit Pdf File On Logging In To It.

[countrykid]

Can anyone explain how I prevent my Windows 11 Home laptop showing a page about converting PDFs when first logging on. No idea where it has come from. It only started a few days ago. I've looked in Start-Up but can't see anything that relates to it. There's no logo or brand name to indicate what it is.

Ideally I'd share a photo but not sure I can do that on Answerbank Thanks.

[ToraToraTora]

upload a picture and post the link

https://imgbb.com/upload

 

[Peter Pedant]

I get this all the time: you just have to navigate around it

Even if you  get a geek to abolish it, it re-seeds a few days later

[Canary42]

(Please excuse my intervention countrykid) Yet another example of how useful a much-requested inline image facility  would be. Pity it's beyond the capabilities of Ab's techies.

[Old_Geezer]

Must be a setting.

Look at setting wallpaper.

Maybe check your browser homepage ?

Unclear what it is that's showing you the page.

[Buenchico]

Download and run AdwCleaner to see if it can zap the offending malware (if that's what it is):
https://www.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner

(NB: Use the blue-on-white 'Free Download' link, NOT the smaller blue-on-ochre one).

[countrykid]

Thanks for all responses and suggestions. I posted a reply on here yesterday but for whatever reason it has disappeared, so second attempt.

I decided to see if any software etc had recently been installed and did the following:

Settings>Apps>Installed Apps. That's where I discovered 'EpiStart' installed on 25th Jan this year but not by me as far as I can say.

This link explains what it was I found and now uninstalled.

The problem solved, the laptop now opens up with my usual desktop...

https://www.pcrisk.com/removal-guides/32056-epistart-epibrowser-unwanted-application

[barry1010]

Glad it's sorted