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dca-host.exe

Compete DCA

Compete Inc

The file dca-host.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. This file is typically installed with the program Consumer Input (remove only) by Compete Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program.

File name:

dca-host.exe

Publisher:

Compete, Inc. (signed by Compete Inc)

Product:

Compete DCA

Description:

Compete DCA Host

Version:

3.2.0.957

MD5:

1356aa4305bb99e6dda1adb731bd4ee7

SHA-1:

5f0aaef25806794b09e0c6405d1106fae391ed95

SHA-256:

c3c5661a52cbe7ef0455149f76b2bdc30b5f5c47aa02155e3b8168d903c6ef6c

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:

4/25/2024 12:28:49 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Compete (M)

16.6.5.2

File size:

1.1 MB (1,129,328 bytes)

Product version:

3.2.0.11343

Original file name:

dca-host.exe

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\windows\temp\nsjd43f.tmp

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:

11/28/2013 5:36:05 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:OFdHspu2pal1OKkcVeOCsagYaj9Tw9/PPuQW:iip3cleOCsagPTw9O

Entry address:

0xA82DC

Entry point:

E8, 9D, 70, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 66, 8B, 08, 83, C0, 02, 66, 85, C9, 75, F5, 2B, 45, 08, D1, F8, 48, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 51, 8B, 45, 0C, 57, 8B, 7D, 08, 85, C0, 74, 02, 89, 38, 85, FF, 75, 17, E8, C2, 24, 00, 00, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, E8, D1, 30, 00, 00, 33, C0, E9, 90, 01, 00, 00, 83, 7D, 10, 00, 74, 0C, 83, 7D, 10, 02, 7C, DD, 83, 7D, 10, 24, 7F, D7, 83, 65, FC, 00, 53, 56, 6A, 08, 5B, 0F, B7, 37, 53, 56, 83, C7, 02, E8, 61, 72, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0... 
[+]

Entropy:

6.5628

Code size:

795.5 KB (814,592 bytes)

The file dca-host.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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