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uninstall.exe

QueryExplorer.com

The application uninstall.exe by QueryExplorer.com has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
QueryExplorer.com  (signed and verified)

MD5:
201f5ddeb4ad553dea733e21667ef466

SHA-1:
452fa4199a9cd6f2ad14ae1e2e5ec13965bed9fe

SHA-256:
bb8f6af20640bcdb8fa8ea198da75009fc5136fab3fd3314325a09dae9f43e88

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 7:01:56 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.3.13.22

File size:
83.2 KB (85,176 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\uninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
QueryExplorer.com

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
6/22/2010 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/22/2012 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=QueryExplorer.com, O=QueryExplorer.com, STREET=2141 Rosecrans Ave, STREET=Suite 2020, L=El Segundo, S=CA, PostalCode=90245, C=US

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
00CD04446163D04D867F3D3A8C6A78A2CD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/17/2007 5:48:48 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x3154

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 14, 40, 92, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 10, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 74, 72, 40, 00, A3, F0, F4, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 60, 98, 42, 00, FF, 15, 5C, 71, 40, 00, 68, 30, 92, 40, 00, 68, 40, EC, 42, 00, E8, 31, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 50, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 1F, 28, 00, 00, 53, FF, 15, 0C, 71, 40, 00, 80, 3D, 00, 50, 43, 00, 22, A3, 40, F4, 42, 00, 8B, C7, 75, 0A...
 
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Entropy:
7.2990

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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