uninstall contains CandyOpen problem code?

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w8rn8r

When I upgraded my FFS version to 11.14 this morning, Windows Defender (Win 10) complained about potentially dangerous code in uninstall.exe:
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What is this piece of code actually needed for?
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Zenju

There is no such code there (CandyOpen). MS Defender is making it up. :>
unins000.dat is part of Inno Setup.
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xCSxXenon

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/threats/malware-encyclopedia-description?Name=PUA:Win32/CandyOpen
It's basically a warning for users that have ZERO idea what they are doing, like with torrent clients and video rippers.
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therube

(Heh. Just got the same sort of warning on attempted install of an old version of Foxit Reader, EnterpriseFoxitReader545.0114_enu.msi, onto a Win10 system. [I don't really know Win10, & its message & antivirus or whatever it is, is beyond my capabilities, so I just stuck the current version of Foxit on there instead. Ugh.

So this thread has been timely.)