V7.0.9 uninstall pops UAC confirmation dialog for Un_A.exe - expected?

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Running uninstall of v7.0.9 on Win10 from “Add or remove programs” pops two User Account Control dialogs to allow programs to make changes to the PC:

  1. Expected: “C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\uninstall.exe” /allusers
  2. Unexpected: “C:\Users\dw\AppData\Local\Temp~nsu.tmp\Un_A.exe” /UAC:60830 /NCRC /shelluser /allusers _?=C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\

Some googling suggests Un_A.exe may be a remnant of an NSIS installer doing a not-quite-complete install of 7.0.9. The date timestamps on that file line up with my November install of 7.0.9. Didn’t get any hits on “Un_A.exe” in these fora, but hoping somebody here can give me the nod that this file is likely benign, with no expectation of a guarantee on my part.

Looking forward to installing v8. Appreciate the work of the whole KiCad community.
DW

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I’m seeing a similar issue trying to uninstall 8.0.0.

Also Win10, also timestamps align with my 8.0.0 install.
Some details vary. After searching all of C:, I found the program is in both Admin’s and my user account’s AppData/Local/Temp directory:

C:\Users\Xxxxx>dir /s \un_a.exe
 Volume in drive C is Samsung 1TB
 Volume Serial Number is BE5B-8D5B

 Directory of C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~nsuA.tmp

02/23/2024  04:33 PM           134,148 Un_A.exe
               1 File(s)        134,148 bytes

 Directory of C:\Users\Xxxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\~nsu.tmp

02/23/2024  04:33 PM           134,148 Un_A.exe
               1 File(s)        134,148 bytes

     Total Files Listed:
               2 File(s)        268,296 bytes
               0 Dir(s)  811,196,792,832 bytes free

ADDITION:
I renamed Un_A.exe and re-ran Uninstall. It re–appeared. ???

MMM

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