Technetium.exe Direct

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First: "Did I accidentally install a crypto miner named after a periodic element?" Second: "Is this a legitimate Windows component I’ve never noticed before?" technetium.exe

Let’s crack open this executable and see what’s really happening under the hood. For those who didn’t fall asleep in chemistry class: Technetium (Tc) is the lightest radioactive element on the periodic table. It is unstable, artificially synthesized, and decays over time. and decays over time.