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Compete Inc.

Publisher Information

Compete Inc. is a software publisher located in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States*. The company is a primary distributor of unwanted software. There is one additional code signing certificate issued to this publisher.
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

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Startup.Compete.G, PUP.Compete.H, PUP.BHO.Compete.H, PUP.Compete.GG, PUP.Compete.O, PUP.Task.Compete.G, PUP.Compete.N, PUP.Compete.BB, PUP.Compete.J, PUP.Compete.Installer (M), PUP.Compete (M)
100.00%

Boost by Reason
Optional.Startup.Compete.G, Optional.BHO.Compete.H, PUP.Compete.H, PUP.Compete.O, Optional.Task.Compete.G
18.75%

Clam AntiVirus
Trojan.Zlob-1367
15.63%

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0715, TROJ_GEN.F47V0917, Suspici.675AD742
9.38%

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4835506, Compete
6.25%

Dr.Web
Adware.Siggen.30978
6.25%

1 / 68      (Adware)
nsub93a.tmp  (c10074884ec35041e4a2462b1600b1a2)

1 / 68      (Adware)
uninstall.exe  (0b8d78a2d5791c317b60f4680ebdaf1d)

1 / 68      (Adware)
uninstall.exe  (22abf57ba41f4d458806a6061cb20e13)

1 / 68      (Adware)
dca-api.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (8462f5bd01c735d790dfd0c1e21abf3a)

1 / 68      (Adware)
cpturlpassthru.dll  (934f47f01468b68103ff46cd5e9c8bab)

1 / 68      (Adware)
ConsumerInputDiagnosticTool.exe (Consumer Input Diagnostic Tool by Compete)  (b4443778ed30206cc62cd699eaa49b42)

1 / 68      (Adware)
dca-bho.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (1a6cfe7773182e3491a9452b73113b5d)

1 / 68      (Adware)
uninstall.exe  (e45f93e88d94f06bc87b84a59d1ccb6c)

1 / 68      (Adware)
dca-bho.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (8164896ed7f1dc8ef3982bf5cdaa8f43)

1 / 68      (Adware)
uninstall.exe  (6f30d32ad6e9993b6d98267eebd18874)

1 / 68      (Adware)
dca-bho.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (1862ca35a98fb0e610b298fdc8737621)

1 / 68      (Adware)
CptUrlPassthru.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (625fa53eba8519a52b2fe81d64f7ba80)

1 / 68      (Adware)
ConsumerInputDiagnosticTool.exe (Consumer Input Diagnostic Tool by Compete)  (2e131453436dd5dd63a17e2fc69c8035)

1 / 68      (Adware)
dca-ua.exe  (5cc46a3309d45b96d3962523f5d2e98b)

5 / 68      (Adware)
ciie-2.7.2-9012.exe  (d420d2fa1fa63e7a9e360465766899d3)

1 / 68      (Adware)
{9c7496a6-b331-498e-b0e8-1fb0947ed823}-consumerinputupdate.exe  (0f02351e261af869ce7054296ce0442a)

1 / 68      (Adware)
ConsumerInputDiagnosticTool.exe (Consumer Input Diagnostic Tool by Compete)  (6c50c10fc779f104ec0ef863933389ec)

3 / 68      (Adware)
uninstall.exe  (6063092b7487af1f673cb7149e673246)

1 / 68      (Adware)
CptUrlPassthru.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (fdebfc76dd1af4572157d588271c4291)

1 / 68      (Adware)
ConsumerInputDiagnosticTool.exe (Consumer Input Diagnostic Tool by Compete)  (b0d66cb1380ad6c632d041dbe44bfaa7)

2 / 68      (Adware)
ciie-2.7.2-9014.exe  (1e9b4eba79a97d5b058e5ba113f010c1)

1 / 68      (Adware)
dca-api.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (5c8bee4be56501616f4593ead8cea6fd)

3 / 68      (Adware)
{9c7496a6-b331-498e-b0e8-1fb0947ed823}-consumerinputupdate.exe  (c14141afd286dd33b1bb4e097ccd18fa)

2 / 68      (Adware)
{9c7496a6-b331-498e-b0e8-1fb0947ed823}-consumerinputupdate.exe  (be6bb24ff1b74cfd0ecac7d3de4cb3a0)

2 / 68      (Adware)
dca-ua.exe (Compete DCA Update Agent by Compete)  (76744fc620bc972fb0cce66553312b98)

2 / 68      (Adware)
CptUrlPassthru.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (7609ce1fd641621aefede9830cce2a5c)

2 / 68      (Adware)
dca-api.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (384f7f8c7406d01f062e89ef5e323434)

2 / 68      (Adware)
dca-bho.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (836bf3b14380c462817647f1862229cb)

3 / 68      (Adware)
{9c7496a6-b331-498e-b0e8-1fb0947ed823}-consumerinputupdate.exe  (59668066793f866a24632049a1353860)

2 / 68      (Adware)
dca-bho.dll (Compete DCA by Compete)  (71a84e86bf84f223ab4bfe90eac0c440)

 
Latest 30 of 32 files

The following certificate is also signed by Compete Inc..

4B79619A9EC053  (Dec 05, 2010 to Dec 05, 2013)

* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to Compete Inc. by VeriSign, Inc. on April 29, 2013 with the serial number '55108cf9f80ac133a32a29b5e9c1ef5f'.
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