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compete.exe

Compete Inc

The application compete.exe by Compete Inc has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from fastdl1.us.
Publisher:
Compete Inc  (signed and verified)

Version:
3.2.4.4286

MD5:
9b15952477d1f79ff25fd411ab0396b7

SHA-1:
4f1588e4cec5e76d83be20155bd5623bc6f78dcb

SHA-256:
e9bab50442f4c33ae70ee339027934189564d6d879e015b6379477deced4bc39

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 11:19:01 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Compete (M)
16.2.16.10

File size:
1.8 MB (1,916,536 bytes)

Product version:
3.2.4.4286

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\compete.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Compete Inc

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/21/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/22/2018 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Compete Inc, O=Compete Inc, L=Boston, S=Massachusetts, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
0A6DDD60D9E6C4FAA56565923F8669C2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/26/2011 8:21:38 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:/vCEOqaGInegHyJYUd7GTX0rFPjsND11feChyx5dSEsHyFYKnboaMJxVt+l2x1Cm:fYLyrd7GrGPjsND11fSAyHnboaSrR

Entry address:
0x38AF

Entry point:
00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 53, 48, 47, 65, 74, 46, 6F, 6C, 64, 65, 72, 50, 61, 74, 68, 57, 00, 00, 00, 00, 53, 48, 46, 4F, 4C, 44, 45, 52, 00, 00, 00, 00, 53, 48, 41, 75, 74, 6F, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 6C, 65, 74, 65, 00, 00, 53, 48, 4C, 57, 41, 50, 49, 00, 47, 65, 74, 55, 73, 65, 72, 44, 65, 66, 61, 75, 6C, 74, 55, 49, 4C, 61, 6E, 67, 75, 61, 67, 65, 00, 00, 00, 00, 41, 64, 6A, 75, 73, 74, 54, 6F, 6B, 65, 6E, 50, 72, 69, 76, 69, 6C, 65, 67, 65, 73, 00, 00, 00, 4C, 6F, 6F, 6B, 75, 70, 50, 72, 69, 76, 69, 6C, 65, 67, 65...
 
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Entropy:
7.9848  (probably packed)

Code size:
29 KB (29,696 bytes)

The file compete.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://fastdl1.us/.../ci_setup_s.exe

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