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dca-ua.exe

Compete DCA Update Agent

Compete Inc.

The application dca-ua.exe by Compete has been detected as adware by 2 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered daily at a specified time. 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-ua.exe

Publisher:

Compete, Inc. (signed by Compete Inc.)

Product:

Compete DCA Update Agent

Version:

1.7.2.9006

MD5:

76744fc620bc972fb0cce66553312b98

SHA-1:

980319d507799a5bff6eeb27319726ca3ccefc8a

SHA-256:

4540ee52f6bd40c779ab3a9454b9781a6b9a885010109162d949c5dff1220071

Scanner detections:

2 / 68

Status:

Adware

Analysis date:

4/20/2024 2:56:09 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Boost by Reason

Optional.Task.Compete.G

188838

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Task.Compete.G

14.8.1.0

File size:

246.3 KB (252,248 bytes)

Product version:

1.7.2.9006

Original file name:

dca-ua.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

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

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Compete Inc.

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

4/29/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:

4/30/2015 4:59:59 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:

10/21/2013 6:56:14 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:me+S0vnR5JJpRQCOI6NPMuQOb0Z3/5IkXc03iHhxN/DLopDnZtU9sW6t9A/mWsO:mbfbJJHQCOI6hMYbA5dFibWA1

Entry address:

0x14A49

Entry point:

E8, D7, 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:

6.2324

Code size:

164 KB (167,936 bytes)

Scheduled Task

Task name:

CI_DCA_UA{C3717BD3-6AC2-4dcd-83DE-F865C33AC5D9}

Trigger:

Daily (Runs daily at 9:33 PM)

Description:

Keeps Consumer Input update service running.

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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