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bhouston
6y

Found this fun folder cleaning out my drive.

Whatever Microsoft......I am deleting it either way.

rant

winodow 10

edge sucks

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  • 16
    6y
    Modification and deletion, by definition, are different 😁
  • 15
    6y
    Definitely malware, MS wouldn't do something like this
  • 9
    6y
    True. That's not a Windows folder. You've been had, boyo.
  • 3
    6y
    VIRUSED
  • 4
    6y
    Change all your passwords.
  • 14
    6y
    @vishal-vp change all your operating systems

    Oh I use arch btw!
  • 1
    6y
    @dder I use

    ..

    windows

    (Arch died on me so I gave up)
  • 2
    6y
    For the record, never used Edge.

    Not sure where it came for but I can confirm I am 99.99% sure I am virus free 😁
  • 1
    6y
    IIRC this has something to do with blocking changes to the Edge start page and search providers (from third party tools).

    This is not malware.
  • 2
    6y
    @snaz @RememberMe @iAmNaN @bahua

    This is NOT malware. It's a legit Windows folder. Check Google or the MicrosoftEdgeBackups folder in your own user folder.
  • 1
    6y
    But then I’m wondering, why windows is not protecting it with something else then with the name and hope in the users...
  • 1
    6y
    @maushax
    Are you reading the comments? This is NOT malware.
  • 0
    6y
    @thoxx doesn't exist on my systems. That's a pretty strange name for MS to use as a folder name.
  • 1
    6y
    @iAmNaN
    I'm not sure if this has something to do with a specific Win10 Version. The folder exists on my pretty new office Thinkpad (Win 10 Enterprise).
    Google the folder name, there are a lot of entries ;-)
  • 0
    6y
    @maushax sure, but a file name is less “safe” then sudo or UAC
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