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competetoolbarsetup.exe

Compete Inc

The application competetoolbarsetup.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. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer.
Publisher:
Compete Inc  (signed and verified)

MD5:
04fb519f6662bb042d8c8ff05ad46909

SHA-1:
3e89325b57797d42862e51cdf53faa654264cc8b

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:
12/25/2024 1:22:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Compete (M)
17.1.16.10

File size:
1 MB (1,063,800 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Compete Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/12/2006 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/12/2009 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Compete Inc, OU=operations, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Compete Inc, L=Boston, S=Massachusetts, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4EFBEBAEED643004ACBB4894A0B1C8A1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/4/2006 7:05:51 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x316D

Entry point:
81, EC, 7C, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, F6, 57, 89, 74, 24, 18, BD, 38, 92, 40, 00, C6, 44, 24, 10, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 56, FF, 15, 70, 72, 40, 00, A3, D0, F0, 42, 00, 56, 8D, 44, 24, 30, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 56, 68, 60, 98, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 28, 92, 40, 00, 68, 20, E8, 42, 00, E8, 14, 28, 00, 00, BB, 00, 64, 43, 00, 53, 68, 00, 04, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, E8, 64, FF, FF, FF, 85, C0, 75, 24, 68, FB, 03, 00, 00, 53, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 68, 20, 92, 40, 00, 53, E8, FF...
 
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Entropy:
7.9840

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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