Security News > 2024 > April > Microsoft: Copilot ‘app’ on Windows Server mistakenly added by Edge

Microsoft says the new Copilot app, mistakenly added to the list of installed Windows apps by recent Edge updates, doesn't collect or relay data to its servers.

For this reason, they were surprised to see a new 8KB Microsoft Copilot app added to the list of installed programs on live production builds of Windows Server 2022.

"Updates to Edge browser version 123.0.2420.65, released on March 28, 2024 and later, might incorrectly install a new package called 'Microsoft chat provider for Copilot in Windows' on Windows devices. Resulting from this, the Microsoft Copilot app might appear in the Installed apps in Settings menu," Redmond said.

The package is intended solely to prepare some Windows devices for future Windows Copilot enablement and will not be visible on all Windows devices.

"As part of the upcoming resolution of this issue, the chat provider for Copilot in Windows component will be removed from devices where Microsoft Copilot is not intended to be enabled or installed. This includes most Windows Server devices," Microsoft said.

Two years ago, Redmond promoted its Edge web browser in the Windows 10 Start Menu and accidentally broke both the Taskbar and the Start Menu while testing Microsoft Teams ads on some Windows Insider builds.

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