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ConsumerInputDiagnosticTool.exe

Consumer Input Diagnostic Tool

Compete Inc.

The application ConsumerInputDiagnosticTool.exe by Compete has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This file is typically installed with the program Consumer Input (remove only) by Compete Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program.

File name:

Publisher:

Compete, Inc. (signed by Compete Inc.)

Product:

Consumer Input Diagnostic Tool

Version:

1.7.1.8590

MD5:

2e131453436dd5dd63a17e2fc69c8035

SHA-1:

fa56636833b44f13fad7449b415000b5840d82f9

SHA-256:

224bf998198122c052b20f313b9e7549417ce2c0a01c7f94d6ea0fb55bb2bee4

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

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:

4/25/2024 1:11:29 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Compete (M)

15.12.28.1

File size:

338.3 KB (346,456 bytes)

Product version:

1.7.1.8590

Original file name:

ConsumerInputDiagnosticTool.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\consumer input\internetexplorer\consumerinputdiagnostictool.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Compete Inc.

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

4/29/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

4/30/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Compete Inc., 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:

55108CF9F80AC133A32A29B5E9C1EF5F

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/27/2013 11:22:14 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:qTYCc2492rghiDGepOKbsGsFVPb5Z3pxCmr9:qTYh24grEiqecKb/sF599pl

Entry address:

0x234E1

Entry point:

E8, BA, 7E, 00, 00, E9, 17, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 64, B2, 43, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 85, C0, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 80, A0, 43, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63, FC, FF, E0, 5B... 
[+]

Entropy:

6.2192

Code size:

228 KB (233,472 bytes)

The file ConsumerInputDiagnosticTool.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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