What is Uninstall.exe?

Uninstall.exe is part of IEUninst and developed by SpringTech Ltd. according to the Uninstall.exe version information.

Uninstall.exe's description is "IEUninst"

Uninstall.exe is digitally signed by SpringTech Ltd.

Uninstall.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\{28e56cfb-e30e-4f66-85d8-339885b726b8}\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected Uninstall.exe.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

VirusTotal report

28 of the 73 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Uninstall.exe file. That's a 38% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Alibaba	Downloader:Win32/AdLoad.b5b3d122
APEX	Malicious
Avast	Win32:AdwareSig [Adw]
AVG	Win32:AdwareSig [Adw]
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.IGENERIC
Comodo	ApplicUnwnt@#1zeqrx1hhs88r
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_60% (D)
Cylance	Unsafe
DrWeb	Adware.Spigot.145
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/WinWrapper.V potentially unwanted
GData	Win32.Application.SpringTech.A
Invincea	heuristic
Jiangmin	Downloader.AdLoad.nem
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.AdLoad.afaqc
Malwarebytes	Adware.BrowserIO
MAX	malware (ai score=90)
MaxSecure	not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.WebSearch.gen
McAfee	Artemis!D1B84243C7D2
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.PUPXAD.fh
Microsoft	PUA:Win32/WinWrapper
Qihoo-360	Win32/Virus.Adware.cdc
Rising	Adware.SpringTech!1.B73F (CLASSIC)
Sophos	WinWrapper Installer (PUA)
SUPERAntiSpyware	Adware.Spigot/Variant
VBA32	Adware.Spigot
Webroot	W32.Adware.Gen
Zillya	Tool.WebToolbarCRTD.Win32.12432
ZoneAlarm	not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.AdLoad.afaqc

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\{28e56cfb-e30e-4f66-85d8-339885b726b8}"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "kernel32",
        "api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-1",
        "api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-1",
        "api-ms-win-appmodel-runtime-l1-1-1",
        "api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0",
        "ext-ms-win-kernel32-package-current-l1-1-0"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1565592785.3281,
        "ppid": 376
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\86459c7c8fbdfbec3d0e9c07cf1d6034f4f4d4b97bd17f6804773d3790ee614a.bin",
        "process_name": "86459c7c8fbdfbec3d0e9c07cf1d6034f4f4d4b97bd17f6804773d3790ee614a.bin",
        "pid": 2436,
        "summary": {
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\{28e56cfb-e30e-4f66-85d8-339885b726b8}"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "kernel32",
                "api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-1",
                "api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-1",
                "api-ms-win-appmodel-runtime-l1-1-1",
                "api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0",
                "ext-ms-win-kernel32-package-current-l1-1-0"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1565592785.6875,
        "ppid": 2736
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".AESeal",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Queries for potentially installed applications",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "registry",
                    "status": 0,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "last_error": 126,
                    "nt_status": -1073741772,
                    "api": "RegOpenKeyExW",
                    "return_value": 2,
                    "arguments": {
                        "access": "0x00020019",
                        "base_handle": "0x80000001",
                        "key_handle": "0x00000000",
                        "regkey": "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\{28e56cfb-e30e-4f66-85d8-339885b726b8}",
                        "regkey_r": "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\{28e56cfb-e30e-4f66-85d8-339885b726b8}",
                        "options": 0
                    },
                    "time": 1565592785.8125,
                    "tid": 2124,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2436,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 62
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "queries_programs"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 546,
            "time": 3.0784111022949,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4318,
            "time": 3.0388140678406,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4646,
            "time": 1.0187120437622,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4974,
            "time": 3.0501430034637,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5302,
            "time": 1.5183720588684,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5630,
            "time": -0.09671688079834,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 5958,
            "time": 1.5475630760193,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 14640,
            "time": 1.0529470443726,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 18832,
            "time": 3.1246559619904,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "de5b68230cc2ce8a57828f499a99b635415608003188765c34b2859d5eeeeee8",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "08f4fde6376b8fdd195819bf2b1c72027b1b98ba0e0d18501f4096373ce4a920",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Uninstall.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove Uninstall.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the Uninstall.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that Uninstall.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate Uninstall.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the Uninstall.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate Uninstall.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\ro..56cfb-e30e-4f66-85d8-339885b726b8}\Uninstall.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the Uninstall.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If Uninstall.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If Uninstall.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If Uninstall.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
8. Restart your computer.
9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that Uninstall.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with Uninstall.exe. 67% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 3 users.

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with Uninstall.exe. Only 3 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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