Consumer Input

Consumer Input

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by Compete Inc.

What is Consumer Input?

Consumer Input is software application developed by Compete Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 47.29% of installations running this operating system. Consumer Input's installer is typically 8.00 MB in size and installs around 54 files.

Consumer Input is most popular in the United States with 98.38% of installations residing in this country.

Consumer Input adds 3 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About Consumer Input?

Consumer Input is a data collection and analytics software tool designed for Microsoft Internet Explorer, providing access to Compete.com's web traffic analysis service. Compete.com offers insights into global visitor numbers for leading websites, gathered from a variety of sources including internet service providers, opt-in panels, application providers, and Compete toolbar users. This software may be offered as an additional bundled feature by third-party software providers and installs a browser extension to track user habits. It's important to note that any inadvertently collected information may have been transmitted to Compete, but no such data was knowingly utilized in its services. However, it's worth mentioning that Compete has since made significant enhancements to our software and has eliminated any inadvertently collected information identified by our algorithms from our database. Our commitment is to provide valuable insights while maintaining the highest standards of data privacy and security.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Consumer Input.

ConsumerInputUpdate.exe (MD5: 96b43a7bddeee7df98983b886de56dc7) has been flagged by 6 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.ConsumerInput.A
Rising Antivirus PE:Trojan.GenericKDV!6.B5C
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0312
AVware Compete (fs)
Symantec Infostealer.Consmiper
VIPRE Antivirus Compete (fs)
dca-monitoring.exe (MD5: ec4025f6b4b73e6a4d8bea6c5fec6101) has been flagged by 3 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVware Compete (fs)
Symantec Infostealer.Consmiper
VIPRE Antivirus Compete (fs)

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • ConsumerInputUpdate.exe runs as a service named 'ConsumerInput Update Service (consumerinput_updatem)' (consumerinput_updatem) "Keeps your ConsumerInput software up to date. If this service is disabled or stopped, your ConsumerInput software will not be kept up to date, meaning security vulnerabilities that may arise cannot be fixed and features may not work. This service uninstalls itself when there is no ConsumerInput software using it.".
Scheduled tasks:
  • dca-monitoring.exe is scheduled as a task named 'CIMT_S-1-5-21-2730867797-2835857218-3356867553-1001' (runs daily at 9:34 AM).
  • ConsumerInputUpdate.exe is scheduled as a task named 'ConsumerInputUpdateTaskMachineUA' (runs daily at 2:59 PM).
  • dca-ua.exe is scheduled as a task named 'CI_DCA_UA{C3717BD3-6AC2-4dcd-83DE-F865C33AC5D9}' (runs daily at 17:28).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • ConsumerInputUpdate.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named ConsumerInputUpdateTaskMachineCore.
Registry entries:
  • dca-ua.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Consumer Input Update' and executes as C:\Program Files\Consumer Input\InternetExplorer\dca-ua.exe.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.consumerinput.com
Support:
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Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Consumer Input
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\Consumer Input\CIuninstall.exe"
Size:
8.00 MB
Language:
English

Consumer Input Executable Details

Primary executable:
dca-monitoring.exe
Name:
Consumer Input
Path:
C:\Program Files\Consumer Input\dca-monitoring.exe
MD5:
ec4025f6b4b73e6a4d8bea6c5fec6101
SHA-1:
–
SHA-256:
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Files installed by Consumer Input
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
ConsumerInputUpdate.exe
Malware
96b43a7bddeee7df98983b886de56dc7
EXE
cinm-host.exe
f20d89efd079d7e1ac35d1ad514a20a0
EXE
CIuninstall.exe
631b9f4f6b8a4a445507760f8c46f017
EXE
dca-monitoring.exe
Malware
ec4025f6b4b73e6a4d8bea6c5fec6101