Core Exclusive App appeared on my Dock... what is it?

[Wakakanada]

This morning I discovered an app with a magnifying glass icon on the "open app" area of my dock. I says it was created/modified in February. I cannot find any reference to it on the internet or in the app store. Can anyone advise what it is, and why it showed up? Thanks.

 

[jerwin]

Right click on it and select Options -> Show in Finder.

Does that give you any more data?

 

[Wakakanada]

Thanks for the response. It is Macintosh HD>Users>[me/the admin]>Applications>CoreExclusive. The other folders in that level Applications folder are Chrome Apps [an empty folder] and five other folders which share the same icon of a teal circle with a white magnifying glass: AddUpgrade; CompleteReady; DeluxeFocus;ServiceBuilder; and SystemSpecial. Each of them were created/modified/opened on the same day and each was created between the end of March and April 20, except for CoreExclusive which opens everyday and lands in my doc. I first noticed it when I couldn't restart my computer because I had to force quit it. And they are all either 11.7 or 11.8 MB.

 

[StandingGoose]

This morning I discovered an app with a magnifying glass icon on the "open app" area of my dock. I says it was created/modified in February. I cannot find any reference to it on the internet or in the app store.

When I did a search I found references to the "Crowd Exclusive" virus/adware, which also uses a magnifying glass icon. Looks like you need to clean things up.

 

[Fishrrman]

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