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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:
1/11/2006 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/11/2009 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:
4efbebaeed643004acbb4894a0b1c8a1

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Compete.I, PUP.Compete.C, PUP.BHO.Compete.O, PUP.Compete.H, PUP.Compete.J, PUP.Compete.E, PUP.Compete (M), PUP.Compete.Installer (M)
100.00%

Avira AntiVirus
ADSPY/Complete, ADSPY/Complete.A, ADSPYHO/Complete.B
17.65%

Sophos
Compete Toolbar
17.65%

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4835506, Compete
11.76%

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h, suspected of Win32.Trojan.Downloader
11.76%

IKARUS anti.virus
AdwareHO.Complete.A, AdWare.BHO.Compete
11.76%

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0603
5.88%

McAfee
Generic!Artemis
5.88%

avast!
Win32:Trojan-gen {Other}
5.88%

G Data
Win32:Trojan-gen {Other}
5.88%

1 / 68      (PUP)
competetoolbarsetup.exe  (04fb519f6662bb042d8c8ff05ad46909)

1 / 68      (PUP)
consumerinputsetup.exe  (e0c475eb1b20c652c7c13db5cca5ed28)

1 / 68      (PUP)
consumerinputinstall.exe  (f4fc093a939e8e3a8684f31fdeaca5c4)

1 / 68      (PUP)
consumerinputrewardedwithmypoints,consumerinputua.exe (by Compete)  (329364422b1cd6cfa4c4a1454e1fdadb)

1 / 68      (PUP)
consumerinputrewardedwithmypoints,consumerinput.exe (by Compete)  (1af489302e2b9abae0e3fbffdfa486ab)

1 / 68      (PUP)
libexpat.dll  (a8bda7a183bb13382e44116e69a7e70e)

1 / 68      (PUP)
iedll.dll  (2569983923c72a82c17548facdd7e78c)

1 / 68      (PUP)
cwebpage.dll  (bfddeb8599660ef1fa439c22c739479d)

1 / 68      (PUP)
NIKI.dll (NIKI Library, Compete, Inc. by Compete)  (989364d0c97ec1025ab1feedffde3596)

1 / 68      (PUP)
iedll.dll  (561ae0ac13c40efc9e9a42e94b0dcd34)

1 / 68      (PUP)
cwebpage.dll  (c5f9b94a11a382c5919c18311c212f09)

8 / 68      (PUP)
competeua.exe (by Compete)  (b3e133e4f5574d9fe4583082392a4cca)

5 / 68      (PUP)
compete.exe (by Compete)  (7b2286d851a7939e3b6e0922430df418)

4 / 68      (PUP)
competetoolbar.dll (by Compete)  (0af0ccb4a01f7e344fc9d95d9e8d6ce9)

2 / 68      (PUP)
libexpat.dll  (7516f4c1cf2fb504cfac75fec45a0e86)

1 / 68      (PUP)
iedll.dll (Upromise, Inc. by (c) 2004-2006 Upromise, Inc)  (46aab2975da9c05f364fe5e8d34a07ed)

2 / 68      (PUP)
cwebpage.dll  (be8336f226ebc11da60c8afdbd929c1f)

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)

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

* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to Compete Inc by VeriSign, Inc. on January 11, 2006 with the serial number '4efbebaeed643004acbb4894a0b1c8a1'.
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