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uninstall.exe

Compete Inc

The application uninstall.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. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer.
Publisher:
Compete Inc  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c79faa030cf842a8502243d5e61b1863

SHA-1:
6b0e988f447ee05620999a8c801938b5597f8f0d

SHA-256:
84cc74c257173e9e2cd03e9dd4570983011bc01eb87353a2b429490b872d95e4

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:
12/24/2024 11:50:50 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Compete.Installer (M)
16.1.2.15

File size:
627.9 KB (642,968 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Compete Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/6/2012 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/10/2015 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 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:
4A4ACAE072F8065D9C03E2A2240975B0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/26/2011 8:21:38 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:z0gCQn2UZdJ+1sAlsXxPn2UyxO1yToOmN6DoidIv3+qFhAzHR77rdypCnooUk:Aa2U3jAlsX92jxO1smNwoidIv5AlrHoe

Entry address:
0x38AF

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 68, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 90, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 90, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 92, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, EB, 47, 00, E8, 36, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, EA, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 64, A2, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 91, 40, 00, 68, 4C, A2, 40, 00, 68, A0, 6A, 47, 00, E8, 18, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 90, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, F0, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 06, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9148

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
29 KB (29,696 bytes)

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