dca-ua.exe

Compete DCA Update Agent

Compete Inc

The application dca-ua.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.
Publisher:
Compete, Inc.  (signed by Compete Inc)

Product:
Compete DCA Update Agent

Version:
1.2.0.3575

MD5:
b51f4958acebe6b5dd202149be3fafc4

SHA-1:
71d53a0f985da45b837e0d28bc1cbbea6467840e

SHA-256:
6eeb12eb1649952247afe87862d9e1362d970084e1258099f6dcf49f76901910

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 12:55:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Compete (M)
16.9.4.20

File size:
163.7 KB (167,608 bytes)

Product version:
1.2.0.3575

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

Original file name:
dca-ua.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\consumer input\dca-ua.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/4/2009 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/11/2012 6:59:59 PM

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:
05939B8CAA8D72A48138235B1801AAB5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/5/2010 2:07:54 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:kL2qeA7lEV36X3wfBCIqDg6Bnb8yIXNjOkGKTWY2z/JJFMpXX43TsjZotVxBbCZK:G7iVKjLbJkc5Z7FAHMmZotVxZQK

Entry address:
0xBAF9

Entry point:
E8, A6, 54, 00, 00, E9, 17, FE, FF, FF, 51, 53, 55, 56, 57, FF, 35, E8, 8A, 42, 00, E8, 8B, 1A, 00, 00, FF, 35, E4, 8A, 42, 00, 8B, F0, 89, 74, 24, 18, E8, 7A, 1A, 00, 00, 8B, F8, 3B, FE, 59, 59, 72, 7C, 8B, DF, 2B, DE, 8D, 6B, 04, 83, FD, 04, 72, 70, 56, E8, 1D, 56, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 3B, F5, 59, 73, 4A, B8, 00, 08, 00, 00, 3B, F0, 73, 02, 8B, C6, 03, C6, 3B, C6, 72, 10, 50, FF, 74, 24, 14, E8, 60, 55, 00, 00, 85, C0, 59, 59, 75, 17, 8D, 46, 10, 3B, C6, 72, 3B, 50, FF, 74, 24, 14, E8, 49, 55, 00, 00, 85, C0...
 
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Entropy:
6.2108

Code size:
116 KB (118,784 bytes)

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