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uninstall.exe

IBM Israel Science & Technology Ltd.

The application uninstall.exe by IBM Israel Science & 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. The program is a setup application that uses the Nullsoft Install System installer. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program Technician Assistant (remove only).
Publisher:
IBM Israel Science & Technology Ltd.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
df9683e6a4288b84b41a4f7024bdbff8

SHA-1:
e60320bc388b3ae99bf30fd4c1107beab13b426f

SHA-256:
14861972d88a9813ea2c9a22d233461ddb82b1fd8e72d95a860bab873025ca00

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/16/2024 1:00:34 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Somoto.IBMIsrae.Installer.Meta (M)
16.5.6.18

File size:
53.9 KB (55,232 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Nullsoft Install System

Common path:
C:\Program Files\xiv\ta\uninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IBM Israel Science & Technology Ltd.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/9/2010 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/9/2013 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=IBM Israel Science & Technology Ltd., OU="Host Software Group, IBM Storage", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=IBM Israel Science & Technology Ltd., L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, C=IL

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:
6EC98D177FAF7660C20DBE4CE5007256

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/17/2010 5:14:15 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.56

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:k2Tq9Af+JPkO0HthE1nazRdjsYR2TiLyIo2oL9Xd57jBJmJRnMKo1NNGh:k2OimJs5YCdH2eLy19X3BJvlsh

Entry address:
0x380C

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, 7C, 01, 00, 00, E8, 87, 4D, 00, 00, 83, EC, 0C, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, E8, 2A, 4A, 00, 00, 6A, 00, E8, 9B, 4D, 00, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 28, F9, 42, 00, E8, B1, 28, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, D8, F9, 42, 00, 8D, 85, 90, FE, FF, FF, 50, 6A, 00, 68, 4C, A2, 40, 00, E8, E0, 4C, 00, 00, 83, EC, 0C, 68, 4D, A2, 40, 00, 68, 08, FA, 42, 00, E8, EF, 2A, 00, 00, 83, C4, 18, E8, E6, 49, 00, 00, 52, 52, 50, 68, 00, 80, 43, 00, E8, DA, 2A, 00, 00, 57, 6A, 00, E8, 29, 49, 00, 00, 83...
 
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Entropy:
6.5278

Code size:
30 KB (30,720 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
Technician Assistant (remove only)

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files (x86)\XIV\TA\Uninstall.exe


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