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dca-monitoring.exe

Compete DCA Monitoring Tool

Compete Inc

The application dca-monitoring.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. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered daily at a specified time.
Publisher:
Compete, Inc.  (signed by Compete Inc)

Product:
Compete DCA Monitoring Tool

Version:
3.2.0.754

MD5:
20be233966f157a2fb5ca997ea024927

SHA-1:
d4aa9d10bd030772af7f956eef251c7268c9f0bf

SHA-256:
c2813f890b9c20fa33e272dfb67de5da1300fbc35e6299fbf0099c06b7f2b24d

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:
12/24/2024 12:00:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Compete (M)
16.10.12.21

File size:
1.2 MB (1,250,848 bytes)

Product version:
3.2.0.754

Copyright:
(c) Compete, Inc. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
dca-monitoring.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\consumer input\monitoring\dca-monitoring.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:
6/19/2015 11:38:45 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:wSW81NF3TRlyOQDfOnw1vH2Nj36hFYfP7ndMlyITXdWvVVJXq/:AwNF3FlyZxWNj36nyP7ndMA+dWvV3Xq/

Entry address:
0xB15CC

Entry point:
E8, BC, AD, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 66, 8B, 08, 83, C0, 02, 66, 85, C9, 75, F5, 2B, 45, 08, D1, F8, 48, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 4D, 0C, 0F, B7, 11, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 0F, B7, 06, 2B, C2, 57, 75, 15, 2B, F1, 66, 85, D2, 74, 0E, 83, C1, 02, 0F, B7, 11, 0F, B7, 04, 0E, 2B, C2, 74, ED, 5F, 5E, 85, C0, 79, 05, 83, C8, FF, 5D, C3, 7E, 03, 33, C0, 40, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, FF, 75, 10, 8D, 4D, F0, E8, FE, F1, FF, FF, 8B, 5D, 08, 85, DB, 75, 26, E8, 3B...
 
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Entropy:
6.5672

Code size:
868.5 KB (889,344 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
CIMT_daily_SID

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 5:41 PM)

Description:
Updates Consumer Input CIIE activity status.


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