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dca-ua.exe

Dca

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. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Consumer Input Update’.
Publisher:
Compete Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Dca

Description:
DCA Update Agent

Version:
1.0.0.2843

MD5:
05771ab14d9f9fe5fd4cf2ca9a6cf52f

SHA-1:
8db72259d1511116e3a2e821582187972e69afe6

SHA-256:
c11d3e173074a1148e15903c07707d103f7bc7435f516e786521cd1fdb8acc77

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 12:48:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Compete (M)
16.1.18.18

File size:
93.9 KB (96,136 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.2843

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:
1/4/2009 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/11/2012 5:59:59 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:
3/17/2009 1:29:35 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:Jv88+rQ+jLuu8SnjQJpzaet/ZojBwg79LyNG/OaBkjEm:Zp+k+j6u8SniKKSn/OaS

Entry address:
0xC416

Entry point:
E8, 0B, 03, 00, 00, E9, 36, FD, FF, FF, 68, 79, C4, 40, 00, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 44, 24, 10, 89, 6C, 24, 10, 8D, 6C, 24, 10, 2B, E0, 53, 56, 57, A1, 40, 4A, 41, 00, 31, 45, FC, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, E8, FF, 75, F8, 8B, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, 89, 45, F8, 8D, 45, F0, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, FF, 74, 24, 10, FF, 74, 24, 10, FF, 74, 24, 10, FF, 74, 24, 10, 68, 3A, BF, 40, 00, 68, 40, 4A, 41, 00, E8, 22, 03...
 
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Entropy:
5.8738

Code size:
56 KB (57,344 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
Consumer Input Update

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


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