Windows 10: Microsoft news in systray

How do I get this virus out of my systray?

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Microsoft News in the Systray

Microsoft News in the SysTray after a restart (not update associated restart) ... where did this come from????- no News app installed in Start menu- no "News" processes running- no listing in the Task Manager > Startup options- no options on right-click to close/shutdown- nothing in Settings > Taskbar icons/optionsI suspect it's Edge associated (??) but Edge is not my default browser and rarely used.

How to get rid of ..... !!!

Edition Windows 10 ProVersion 20H2Installed on ‎4/‎01/‎2021OS build 19042.964Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.2020.0

EDIT : EDIT : Bugger. Isn't it always the case .. as soon as you post, you find a solution. Just another one of Microsoft's "in-your-face add-ons yer gonna get whether you like it or not." Right click on Taskbar > context menu > News and Interests > Turn Off.

Solved.

 

Microsoft News in the Systray

Read here:
Win 10 20H2 19042.964 is now getting News and Interests. and here:
How to Enable or Disable News and Interests on Taskbar in Windows 10

Not very usefull for me, luckily can be turned off.

 

ActiveSync no longer in SysTray

I now have one remaining issue. ActiveSync does not open automatically when I connect my phone via USB. This is despite the fact that I have a check in the box next to Open ActiveSync when my device connects (File/Connection Settings).



My "Work around" is to open ActveSync manually and then close the window and ActiveSync shows up white in the SysTray. I then connect my device via USB and ActiveSync opens up and eventually Syncs my device.



I can live with this but do you have any suggestions to avoid the step above?