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Compete Inc

Publisher Information

Compete Inc is a software developer located in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States*. The company is a primary distributor of potentially unwanted software. Thre are 4 additional code signing certificates issued to this publisher.
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/5/2009 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/12/2012 12:59:59 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:
05939b8caa8d72a48138235b1801aab5

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Installer.Compete, PUP.Compete (M), PUP.Compete.Installer (M)
100.00%

1 / 68      (PUP)
consumerinputsetup-2.4.0-3623.exe  (b4b3468008e407776d59526ff9a35bf6)

1 / 68      (PUP)
dca-api.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (f5bdb3814726fe0d0fce10e98897e14b)

1 / 68      (PUP)
uninstall.exe  (d6a69fa27a331b7847ccc6d67eb6fd13)

1 / 68      (PUP)
dca-ua.exe (Compete DCA Update Agent by Compete)  (b51f4958acebe6b5dd202149be3fafc4)

1 / 68      (PUP)
dca-bho.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (45365c7a1ebaddc3c27759019f6e1796)

1 / 68      (PUP)
dca-api.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (9138bb640b6831642c7009cfdca20eb9)

1 / 68      (PUP)
cpturlpassthru.dll (by Compete)  (ab2117cdb706a0198d62b01a1497b731)

1 / 68      (PUP)
consumerinputsetup-2.5.1-4627.exe  (0f6a2922cafd11571fa76e10066382d7)

1 / 68      (PUP)
dca-bho.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (ccd8a8e1a0848f963fabf993936bb271)

1 / 68      (PUP)
dca-ua.exe (Compete DCA Update Agent by Compete)  (c8efc20cad7f2f85e4a68829224678a6)

1 / 68      (PUP)
consumerinputsetup-2.3.1-2955.exe  (5e9e887495fcb8d22c0fe1b1a109a3a3)

1 / 68      (PUP)
uninstall.exe  (a321ca5be5c2214e3deb09f1b76ce765)

1 / 68      (PUP)
dca-api.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (0562202972e7f9b2ef8bb7186c8d0d4f)

1 / 68      (PUP)
CptUrlPassthru.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (c747ef4016c68f654c5a6009f7c15a23)

1 / 68      (PUP)
dca-bho.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (af56dbf7a34d3ccb9533800da333cb5c)

1 / 68      (PUP)
uninstall.exe  (53d4633abdade2035ce2dbf9e0d58216)

1 / 68      (PUP)
dca-ua.exe (Compete DCA Update Agent by Compete)  (4c700acfe1b5f8c6b0ae2b391c64fcc5)

1 / 68      (PUP)
dca-bho.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (2b9123fbe2c97d180b43cc6023de2df4)

1 / 68      (PUP)
dca-api.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (e633d287444f7bc53f9fecb0680d6c72)

1 / 68      (PUP)
CptUrlPassthru.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (4e2af3b4c86244d11f9eec4215e38fc9)

1 / 68      (PUP)
consumerinputsetup-2.7.0-7705.exe  (046c48edaeee3229d7aabf7603d7c2a5)

1 / 68      (PUP)
consumerinputsetup-2.5.0-4567.exe  (412d7458719afb68397868582bbd14a7)

1 / 68      (PUP)
dca-api.dll (dca by Compete)  (b37cf0c7967f4ce1e3e3ac4f35623970)

1 / 68      (PUP)
cpturlpassthru.dll (by Compete)  (14423276dd91ef14dc541fd55e6a824b)

1 / 68      (PUP)
dca-bho.dll (DCA BHO by Compete)  (d8e7b15051c126b233764a6361aad107)

1 / 68      (PUP)
uninstall.exe  (8fe1ffe19e627877afa977e90ecb69d7)

1 / 68      (PUP)
dca-ua.exe (Dca by Compete Inc)  (05771ab14d9f9fe5fd4cf2ca9a6cf52f)

1 / 68      (PUP)
dca-ua.exe (Dca by Compete Inc)  (c727d32df12a933b0202d067fbf5d651)

1 / 68      (PUP)
dca-bho.dll (DCA BHO by Compete)  (2eb59a4c4399001c5677cbc1a22137fb)

1 / 68      (PUP)
dca-api.dll (dca by Compete)  (d67bf568b75abb473124119a7631ee55)

 
Latest 30 of 94 files

The certificates below are also signed by Compete Inc.

0A6DDD60D9E6C4FAA56565923F8669C2  (Dec 21, 2014 to Mar 22, 2018)

4A4ACAE072F8065D9C03E2A2240975B0  (Feb 06, 2012 to Jan 10, 2015)

0EE72EE66D6F818B71BCDFAFB57F21FF  (Feb 09, 2012 to Feb 08, 2013)

4EFBEBAEED643004ACBB4894A0B1C8A1  (Jan 11, 2006 to Jan 11, 2009)

* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to Compete Inc by VeriSign, Inc. on January 05, 2009 with the serial number '05939b8caa8d72a48138235b1801aab5'.
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