I am struggling to remove a malicious browser extention from Edge.

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I am struggling to remove a malicious browser extention from Edge.

Anonymous

I have been through multiple malware and virus scanners to remove a "app" named CumulonimbusincusPileus. This "app" is "Managed by your organization" and has proven to be undetectable by Defender, Malwarebytes, Zemana, HitmanPro, SpyBot, SuperAntiSpyware, Kapersky, as well as all manner of online scanner tools such as Housecall, ESET, and Norton. I am aware of how it arrived, wrong click and suddenly I'm downloading and installing a browser I said "no" to. Thing is, Zemana was able to remove it from Chrome, but not Edge.

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Answer 1

DaveM121 814.5K Independent Advisor

No, its okay, I thought that may be an easy method to find the folder that extension was installed into.

That extension is no longer active in Edge, and it can do no hard, run a full scan with Defender or your preferred anti-virus to ensure there is no malware on your PC

Answer 2

DaveM121 814.5K Independent Advisor

Go back to the Local App Data folder

In the search box, type json

Does that find any files in that folder?

if it does, please provide a screenshot of the result of that search

Answer 3

Anonymous

There are 1878 results... this will be multiple screenshots. Either I have searched in the wrong location, or you expected this result. Should I continue to screenshot or is there something you're looking for specifically that can narrow the search?

Answer 4

Anonymous

I greatly appreciate the help.

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