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Is this .exe a hidden virus in my system? (Microsoft edge installer)

HeyImMax
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I turned on my pc and found this file named Microsoft Edge Installer taking up a lot of disk space and RAM, going to inspect it says it has been created recently (2 days ago) and has no copyright from microsoft in the details tab (Microsoft apps usually have that).

 

Going to inspect the location, I see that there is no "update" folder in the Edge folder, which made me think this is a virus hidden in my PC.

Should I uninstall this?
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Upload the file to virustotal and see if it is or not. Your screenshots provide no information of value.

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6 minutes ago, Levent said:

Upload the file to virustotal and see if it is or not. Your screenshots provide no information of value.

He said he can’t find the executable

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8 minutes ago, GoStormPlays said:

He said he can’t find the executable

did he try Windows Search?

 

@HeyImMax you can even go to the microsoft folder and type Setup in search, and see that you should get like 4 of these files, then you can rightclick those and choose the option that takes you to the folder the file is inside

 

how do I know? I have Windows, I traced the steps and found one of them, Edge -> Application -> numbers -> Installer -> what do you see?

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21 minutes ago, HeyImMax said:

Going to inspect the location, I see that there is no "update" folder in the Edge folder

Type/copy/paste the whole path manually, it could be a hidden folder.

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From what im seeing this file is digitally signed by Microsoft. See the "Digital Signatures" tab.

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20 minutes ago, Murasaki said:

From what im seeing this file is digitally signed by Microsoft. See the "Digital Signatures" tab.

Yes but that particular instance of the file isn’t. 

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10 minutes ago, Robchil said:

is it bad if i consider edge a malware/virus? 😄

 

I have a video of me when I was four telling my grandfather that Internet Explorer was a virus.

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2 minutes ago, GoStormPlays said:

I have a video of me when I was four telling my grandfather that Internet Explorer was a virus.

oh.. the old internet exploder.... 

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