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I need to remove extension .networkmaze from end of file names en mass

I am desperate need of a script or program to remove the modified extension from a ton of files on an x-ray server that got hit with a wanna be ransomware. Fortunately it just added a .networkhaze on the back end of the file extension I used Kapersky Disk Save to remove the virus and was lucky enough to try renaming a bunch of different files back to normal and it works. The files are still in tact but they are on C: drive and D: all over the place... Its midnight, I've been at work 18 hrs and could use an assist. Anyone?

ste5an

So the file integrity checks show, that the content has not changed?

E.g. as PowerShell

Get-ChildItem -Filter '*.networkhaze' -Recurse |
    Rename-Item -NewName {$_.Name -Replace '.networkhaze',''} -WhatIf

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It assumes that the string '.networkhaze' is not part of any file name besides the extension.
The -WhatIf does only show what it would rename. To execute the rename, remove it.

E C

There are plenty of free Windows utilities out there, that rename files in bulk.
For example > https://www.advancedrenamer.com/

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