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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. 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:
3.2.0.651

MD5:
b36e1da0b422eee194f6c6ce1f4f1b0b

SHA-1:
c4640a98b6b1aebad4921a7ecf3760fa6de6e74b

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 12:01:31 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Compete.Installer (M)
15.12.30.15

File size:
501.7 KB (513,744 bytes)

Product version:
3.2.0.651

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Compete Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/6/2012 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/10/2015 3:59:59 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:
12/5/2009 2:53:24 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:uAQnIr2d23gCczTgMtTMTtDBkbJF4T8iY6uIj56h3cpfWoM:SIk3MtDakQ6ZwhODM

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:
7.9221

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

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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