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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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It's the top result if you searched in GitHub about removing Microsoft edge, while it's not detected by Windows Security, Eset or Kaspersky (the best av vendors) it's being detected by other av engines, is it a false positive?

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[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

from the page itself

Removing Edge may cause update failure loop. Install Edge, install all Windows updates, then remove Edge.
Some reports of Windows Defender blocking this. Disable Defender first.

those as separate cases would make it second guess using it, the fact they both are there, I wouldn't personally use it. there is also reports from virustotal that it isnt safe, if you used this software already, I highly recommend a deep cleanse of your system

that being said, the "source" page of it looks genuine, but definitely a hard hack, if it is as the commit claims and it is the MS setup executable, which can't be confirmed source

[+] LostXOR@fedia.io 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

its running setup.exe with the values --uninstall --system-level --force-uninstall, which sound good as long as the setup.exe is actually the MSedge setup file as it claims, current checksums do not match though, but this could be that the setup was changed from now and when it was added last year, but you can't verify it. That being said, the rest of the code does indeed remove the residue edge from the system, which if the exe wasnt uninstalling it would cause problems as you operated it. That being said, yes you can't verify it without knowing the current setup file version, and having the original to validate the checksum.