Can I recover btc sent to an incorrect address? (electrum)
Can I recover btc sent to an incorrect address?

Confirmed Bitcoin transactions cannot be cancelled, reversed, undone or recovered.
The only person who can give you your money back is the recipient, by creating a new transaction to send the same amount back to you.

I realize now that I had a malware copy of electrum

If the initial mishap was due to a malware copy of Electrum, there is no chance the criminals, who created that, would choose to give back money they stole from you.

I read somewhere something...

The things you describe won't work.

something else to get those funds back?

Nothing. Anyone who says otherwise is trying to scam you.