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:
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

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BHO.Compete.H, PUP.Compete.H, PUP.Compete.O, PUP.Startup.Compete.G, PUP.Compete.Q, PUP.Installer.Compete.DD, PUP.Compete.BB, PUP.Compete.G, Threat.Installer.Compete, PUP.Compete.Installer (M), PUP.Compete (M)
100.00%

Dr.Web
Adware.Siggen.26185
33.33%

Boost by Reason
Optional.BHO.Compete.H, Adware.Compete.H, Adware.Compete.O, Optional.Startup.Compete.G, Adware.Compete.Q, Adware.Installer.Compete.DD
23.08%

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0528, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0311, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0613, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0502
20.51%

VIPRE Antivirus
Compete, Threat.4835506
15.38%

Clam AntiVirus
Trojan.Zlob-1367
10.26%

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Compete
5.13%

1 / 68      (PUP)
ci-2.7.1-33.exe  (c1bf5c69fd15f18364978ff5815ce0e3)

1 / 68      (PUP)
consumerinputupdater.exe  (87c01f12118ebc8a42cb69564202bee1)

1 / 68      (PUP)
ci-2.7.1-50.exe  (b98cae1febcec74b0d84bcf491190b0f)

1 / 68      (PUP)

5 / 68      (PUP)
uninstall.exe  (42e456cd088c560d2bcac60457752277)

1 / 68      (PUP)
consumerinputupdater.exe  (86a3fa993ad4c7b7b9626c8b6cc7740c)

3 / 68      (PUP)
dca-bho.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (e21dec7397ff08d842b90e545fc8cc69)

4 / 68      (PUP)
concf79.tmp  (ad330e42956da1ff753e7f60a559838b)

2 / 68      (PUP)
uninstall.exe  (5930f7de1ca8129ef12ef7f0df8ef0ab)

5 / 68      (PUP)

4 / 68      (PUP)
uninstall.exe  (aed2e28d7bbd3e9d2f10d531c1f7f462)

1 / 68      (PUP)
dca-api.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (1b61849a8608617ea2fbc6c8f8af8ae3)

1 / 68      (PUP)
CptUrlPassthru.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (70615530b7bca78247a7507215e9cebd)

2 / 68      (PUP)

4 / 68      (PUP)

2 / 68      (PUP)
uninstall.exe  (21ad93678dfb272a54d9c6aac847a0ea)

1 / 68      (PUP)
dca-ua.exe (Compete DCA Update Agent by Compete)  (2c82fc5ffee266879fa9b528072c1342)

1 / 68      (PUP)
dca-api.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (3b64d4279922e930e0756461f6cb6297)

1 / 68      (PUP)
CptUrlPassthru.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (332831572670e432620252ca98834adb)

1 / 68      (PUP)

1 / 68      (PUP)
dca-bho.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (561cb08cf1b1d1303ec523a4ed2b16b6)

1 / 68      (PUP)
dca-ua.exe (Compete DCA Update Agent by Compete)  (9e463f1b86d4026fc343c3f81cc0ec02)

1 / 68      (PUP)
dca-api.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (ad37e1e1b9d65e944a413bc5584a3849)

1 / 68      (PUP)
CptUrlPassthru.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (ae1aee3aa0d46931c5e9b8bbcb2e6dcc)

2 / 68      (PUP)
uninstall.exe  (ce6645bead7a18bdaa3c7d6b9e10f1f8)

2 / 68      (PUP)
dca-ua.exe (Compete DCA Update Agent by Compete)  (045954ad36f4e256bdb67196041b7598)

1 / 68      (PUP)

3 / 68      (PUP)
uninstall.exe  (328d7ee004bc29dc3c565a9c2c5e6608)

2 / 68      (PUP)
dca-bho.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (1cc7f758edf895c11c0379d0c0ea6ad9)

2 / 68      (PUP)
uninstall.exe  (79de2940b127a0e835105d40e7028901)

 
Latest 30 of 39 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)

05939B8CAA8D72A48138235B1801AAB5  (Jan 05, 2009 to Jan 12, 2012)

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 February 09, 2012 with the serial number '0ee72ee66d6f818b71bcdfafb57f21ff'.