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compete.exe

The application compete.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from fastdl1.us.
MD5:
2ee3d480cc3a4eaa822e4ccc3af4c010

SHA-1:
96d9949e268e3695d40c1104b3ef688676b47ad0

SHA-256:
ab0c583435e5ba22b7e978fefe4e359cb654259a4dddce8e9a8ce9e46849744b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/6/2024 2:16:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Compete.Installer.Meta (M)
16.3.6.3

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

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/26/2011 6:21:38 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Y6hEOqaGInegHyJYUd7GTX0rFPjsND11feChyx5dSEsHyFYKnboaMJxVt+l2x1Cw:2YLyrd7GrGPjsND11fSAyHnboaSrb

Entry address:
0x38AF

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 68, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 90, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 90, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 92, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, EB, 47, 00, E8, 36, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, EA, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 64, A2, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 91, 40, 00, 68, 4C, A2, 40, 00, 68, A0, 6A, 47, 00, E8, 18, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 90, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, F0, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 06, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9863

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

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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