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Uninstall.exe

Desktop Recipe

Exciting Technology

The application Uninstall.exe, “Desktop Recipe Uninstall” by Exciting Technology has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program DesktopRecipe by Exciting Technology.
Publisher:
Exciting Technology  (signed and verified)

Product:
Desktop Recipe

Description:
Desktop Recipe Uninstall

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
d25b79d3597d09cdb7f8ce3252c39fb1

SHA-1:
17c9c1bd36d7cce86be29d48d0a3cdfb171f77c3

SHA-256:
a3683fe0805ada4c8ffc4efcdbe62e654ffc9d5bef63a9c8df4dc8f76f8b702a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
8/10/2025 9:13:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt (M)
16.8.6.23

File size:
650 KB (665,576 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Exciting Technology 2015

Original file name:
Uninstall.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\desktoprecipe\uninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Exciting Technology

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/22/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/22/2016 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Exciting Technology, O=Exciting Technology, L=St. Michael, S=St. Michael, C=BB

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
78090672DF6104656959D799BD62B471

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/10/2015 5:58:08 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:3htNt0mdM93MApgtYH1yEqU5tX9FajWuJiMfbOnY12aDfKFRRRRVQIRDRR5qgH6/:RtNamd634S1yEqULzaPiMzOY7DfKFRRM

Entry address:
0x840EE

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.7361

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
520.5 KB (532,992 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
DesktopRecipe

Display publisher:
Exciting Technology

Display version:
3.0.89

Uninstall string:
"C:\ProgramData\DesktopRecipe\uninstall.exe"


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