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MS Edge Dev wants to auto download a file on launch
Hello everyone. I hope I'm posting in the correct place. Edge Dev notified me yesterday about The Great Suspender being flagged as malware. I disable it and removed it. But now every time I open the ...
Hi,
just like great suspender extension, CCleaner software also contains malicious components.
for your download issue, please try disabling all of your extensions from here: edge://extensions/
and see if it makes that download prompt stop.
also check your start up settings and make sure it's set to "open a new tab"
edge://settings/onStartup
lastly, perform a full scan of your computer with a good AV such as Windows Defender or Kaspersky.
just like great suspender extension, CCleaner software also contains malicious components.
for your download issue, please try disabling all of your extensions from here: edge://extensions/
and see if it makes that download prompt stop.
also check your start up settings and make sure it's set to "open a new tab"
edge://settings/onStartup
lastly, perform a full scan of your computer with a good AV such as Windows Defender or Kaspersky.
- You're welcome, alright 🙂
Well, HotCakeX, I feel like such a dodo. I completely forgot that I set an extension, Tab Session Manager, to download a backup at every browser launch...lol. I made the change last night and hadn't adjusted to it yet. Thanks to your advice of disabling all extensions, I was able to figure it out. If it wasn't for that, I'd probably still be stuck in confusion. Thanks again. Stay safe and healthy.
