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Uninstall.exe

Data Protection Solutions

This is the uninstall module for the Injekt branded web browser extension program which injects advertising in the web browser as well as modifies the browser settings. The uninstaller is registered within Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. The application Uninstall.exe, “ShareThis Uninstall” by Data Protection Solutions has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program ShareThis by Data Protection Solutions. This file is typically installed with the program ShareThis by Data Protection Solutions which is a potentially unwanted software program.

File name:

Uninstall.exe

Publisher:

Data Protection Solutions (signed and verified)

Product:

Share This

Description:

ShareThis Uninstall

Version:

1.0.0.0

MD5:

46c9b3de09c27a0e3b6aca5231c16aef

SHA-1:

9355fa8c71024872c27f8472303264bba61cd05a

SHA-256:

22334da5e0f65dad9e630395823e7ecb4a09f29aac8ca435c227eb3f364d2975

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:

5/6/2024 6:26:01 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Injekt (M)

17.2.10.16

File size:

639.9 KB (655,216 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.0.0

Original file name:

Uninstall.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\ProgramData\sharethis\uninstall.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Data Protection Solutions

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

3/10/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:

3/10/2015 11:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Data Protection Solutions, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Data Protection Solutions, L=St. James, S=St. James, C=BB

Issuer:

CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

6FA5269C2FC95B961427D4FD1474CDC5

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

8/28/2014 8:12:17 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

.NET CLR dependent:

Yes

Entry address:

0x840FE

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... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.6594

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:

520.5 KB (532,992 bytes)

Program Uninstaller

Program name:

ShareThis

Display publisher:

Data Protection Solutions

Display version:

3.0.11

Uninstall string:

"C:\ProgramData\ShareThis\uninstall.exe"

The file Uninstall.exe has been discovered within the following program.

ShareThis by Data Protection Solutions

Share This from Injek brand of adware is a potentially unwanted adware program that injects ads into the user's browser.

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