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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:
1.7.0.8467

MD5:
2c82fc5ffee266879fa9b528072c1342

SHA-1:
87c940b3c1e50855e4af7eae7d838fdbf14d8cd4

SHA-256:
39be44d0f3d98cf04697c0c43072a53a3a6430bb9d555fda6fe43f0ec1e84c30

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:
11/27/2024 2:42:18 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Compete
15.3.9.15

File size:
245.9 KB (251,824 bytes)

Product version:
1.7.0.8467

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:
Compete Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/9/2012 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/8/2013 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Compete Inc, OU=IT, 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 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0EE72EE66D6F818B71BCDFAFB57F21FF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/31/2012 12:33:14 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:M2GSOAkUNqRM2kT9UE8rF819bbyREX185SvzRCJ0A1Rsn76t9y/:M2G/Aks2i9UE8rF8zbv1Jzqby

Entry address:
0x145C9

Entry point:
E8, B7, 53, 00, 00, E9, 17, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 14, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 89, 7D, F8, 89, 7D, F4, 89, 7D, FC, 75, 1E, E8, 6F, 2A, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, 89, 30, E8, 3A, F7, FF, FF, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, E9, 4A, 02, 00, 00, 53, 6A, 24, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, 56, E8, 87, 07, 00, 00, 8B, 5D, 0C, 83, C4, 0C, 3B, DF, 74, 2A, 8B, 43, 04, 3B, C7, 8B, 0B, 7F, 12, 7C, 04, 3B, CF, 73, 0C, E8, 2A, 2A, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, EB, 26, 83, F8, 07, 7C, 28, 7F, 08, 81, F9, FF, 6F...
 
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Entropy:
6.1869

Code size:
164 KB (167,936 bytes)

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