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dca-ua.exe

Compete DCA Update Agent

Compete Inc

The application dca-ua.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. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Consumer Input Update’. 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 by Compete Inc)

Product:
Compete DCA Update Agent

Version:
1.7.1.8556

MD5:
9e463f1b86d4026fc343c3f81cc0ec02

SHA-1:
8d0a7b6d1aff5d8a5c978044358326eb7aa5215f

SHA-256:
192a5702688ce5eb004bd7188c39597c1e29917189ed1fe22ee3d3bd8354f1a7

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:
4/24/2024 7:53:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Startup.Compete.G
15.1.2.15

File size:
245.9 KB (251,824 bytes)

Product version:
1.7.1.8556

Copyright:
(c) Compete, Inc. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
dca-ua.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\consumer input\dca-ua.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Compete Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/9/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/8/2013 6:59:59 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:
9/13/2012 5:34:57 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:bqga5vywxSbLIMKL84y7sj7bKiuKVpLCd8:bZa56wmchy7sj72i/C

Entry address:
0x14969

Entry point:
E8, D8, 54, 00, 00, E9, 17, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 14, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 89, 7D, F8, 89, 7D, F4, 89, 7D, FC, 75, 1E, E8, 8F, 2B, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, 89, 30, E8, 3A, F7, FF, FF, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, E9, 4A, 02, 00, 00, 53, 6A, 24, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, 56, E8, 27, 09, 00, 00, 8B, 5D, 0C, 83, C4, 0C, 3B, DF, 74, 2A, 8B, 43, 04, 3B, C7, 8B, 0B, 7F, 12, 7C, 04, 3B, CF, 73, 0C, E8, 4A, 2B, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, EB, 26, 83, F8, 07, 7C, 28, 7F, 08, 81, F9, FF, 6F...
 
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Entropy:
6.2224

Code size:
164 KB (167,936 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
Consumer Input Update

Command:
C:\Program Files\consumer input\dca-ua.exe


The file dca-ua.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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