Can a windows account sync a malware?

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I've discovered a malware on my PC. A seemingly simple url override for Edge. It redirects the home page and searches to ya.ru.In reality, it somehow got attached to my Windows/Microsoft account.I changed the edge home page settings and search engine to google and synched edge. The I spun up a fresh local VM with windows. I changed the default user to my Windows account and logged out and in.Aglfter logging in, when i opened Edge, it asked me whether to sync my account - i chose "no".The browser opened, flickered a few terminal windows, and swapped my home page with ya.ru.Then i clicked on syn

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