Virus/PuP CoinMiner from Eventide\Newfangled EQuivocate.dll

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Boombastix
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08 Dec 2020

On my Windows 10 machine using Windows Defender, I got an alert like this. Anyone else?

PUA:Win32/CoinMiner
Eventide\Newfangled EQuivocate.dll
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08 Dec 2020

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Loque
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09 Dec 2020

Check it on virustotal.com
Reason12, Win10
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boggg1
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09 Dec 2020

Checked with Defender and Norton, both give me no threat.
This was the latest version of the dll, freshly downloaded and installed.
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Boombastix
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09 Dec 2020

Kinda weird, guess Windows Defender woke up on the wrong side!?
It felt far fetched that Eventide was giving away free plugins to run some Bitcoin miner in the background :lol:
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