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    Strange file - how to get rid of it?

    In emai,l I got a notice from Social Security (I have an account on-line) that my SS statement is ready,
    clicked to download it, I could see something weird going on, 50 MB, an .exe file:
    Social-Security_Statement_PsXtBrSILrjFkj3.exe, large, like 50+MB
    It is not appearing in my Downloads folder.
    The K window "Open with" portal popped up, asking how to open the file.

    (1) How do I locate this file to delete it?
    (2) How do I get rid of that Kubuntu "Open with" portal window? (it won't close)

    I tried a few things, but am not seeing where that file got downloaded to.
    Obviously, I think it's a virus/malware.

    (This is in 22.04, btw)
    An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski
  • Answer selected by Qqmike at Yesterday, 09:54 PM.

    Found it. Searched Dolphin for *.exe. Sent it to Trash, emptied Trash.
    But I can't get rid of that window mentioned in (2). No "close" option.
    I suppose I can restart or log out & in.

    Edit: OK, that worked: "I suppose I can restart or log out & in."

    Sorry for the commotion.
    Last edited by Qqmike; Yesterday, 09:47 PM.

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      #2
      Found it. Searched Dolphin for *.exe. Sent it to Trash, emptied Trash.
      But I can't get rid of that window mentioned in (2). No "close" option.
      I suppose I can restart or log out & in.

      Edit: OK, that worked: "I suppose I can restart or log out & in."

      Sorry for the commotion.
      Last edited by Qqmike; Yesterday, 09:47 PM.
      An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski

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        #3
        How in the world do you mark a thread "Solved"?? I've done this many times.
        An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski

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          #4
          Go to first post. Click Edit button.
          Windows no longer obstruct my view.
          Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
          "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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