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Compete Inc

The application uninstall.exe by Compete Inc has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program Consumer Input Software (remove only) by Compete Inc.. This file is typically installed with the program Consumer Input (remove only) by Compete Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Compete Inc  (signed and verified)

Version:
2.7.1.7924.8556

MD5:
aed2e28d7bbd3e9d2f10d531c1f7f462

SHA-1:
42bab32c230e79fe4443a881812d1a8b4612d148

SHA-256:
fad7eca8a771fb0f51fbbb96f65d3c442c8c8849d10df18f465cc410841af049

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 2:47:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Siggen.26185
9.0.1.05190

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Compete
15.6.6.11

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0613
7.2.157

VIPRE Antivirus
Compete
31178

File size:
455 KB (465,896 bytes)

Product version:
2.7.1.7924

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\consumer input\uninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Compete Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/10/2012 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/8/2013 11:59:59 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:
12/5/2009 10:53:24 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:EUQn6D9R52d2vbbIfHUMIvuiBfhexSmPQP4oMqt6U:w6D9gObIfihE3PQP49qj

Entry address:
0x355E

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B8, A7, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 80, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 10, 43, 00, E8, D6, 2E, 00, 00, A3, E4, 0F, 43, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, E8, A7, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 81, 40, 00, 68, AC, A7, 40, 00, 68, E0, 07, 43, 00, E8, DC, 29, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 80, 40, 00, BF, 00, 70, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, CA, 29, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9111

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
Consumer Input Software (remove only)

Display publisher:
Compete Inc.

Display version:
2.7.1.7924

Uninstall string:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Consumer Input\uninstall.exe"


The file uninstall.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Consumer Input (remove only)  by Compete Inc.
Consumer Input is the collection and analytics software for Compete.com statistics for Microsoft Internet Explorer. Compete.com is a web traffic analysis service that publishes the approximate number of global visitors to the top web sites in the world.
www.consumerinput.com
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