Should I remove Consumer Input Software?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
60% remove it40% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #12,967
United States Rank #6,384
Reach 0.0239%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 19.08 days
562.96 days >
Average installed length: 295.79 days
Versions
Version | Distribution |
3.1.0.10931 |
0.21% |
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3.1.0.10885 |
0.42% |
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2843 |
0.42% |
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2.7.1.7927 |
54.66% |
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2.7.1.7924 |
12.29% |
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2.7.1.7915 |
19.28% |
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2.7.0.8011 |
3.18% |
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2.7.0.7705 |
4.66% |
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2.6.0.5249 |
2.33% |
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2.5.0.4567 |
1.48% |
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2.4.0.3623 |
0.85% |
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2.3.1.2955 |
0.21% |
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Consumer Input Software
What is Consumer Input Software?
This 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 1,000,000 web sites in the world. This number is computed from sources including internet service providers, opt-in panels, application providers, and users of the Compete toolbar. Such inadvertently collected information may have been transmitted to Compete, however, Compete did not knowingly use any such inadvertently collected information in its services. Since that time Compete has made significant improvements to our software and has removed all such inadvertently collected information from our database that our algorithms have identified.
About (from Compete)
Consumer Input is a panel made up of people like you who want to express their opinions about the products and services that matter most to them. By participating in online research, our members have an opportunity to influence leading companies while earning cash rewards, gift cards, or entries into valuable sweepstak... Read more
Overview
- Malware detected in the program
- Automatically starts with Windows
- Integrates into the web browser
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Consumer Input Software.
uninstall.exe (bbd691945f4dd893be4a5b0a53a29b42) has been flagged by the following 3 scanners: |
Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
Antiy-AVL |
2.0.3.7 |
Virus/Win32.Xpaj |
Dr.Web |
9.0.0.0337 |
Adware.Siggen.26185 |
TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.337 |
TROJ_GEN.F47V0528 |
Program details
URL: consumerinput.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Consumer Input
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Consumer Input\uninstall.exe"
Estimated size: 3.44 MB
Files installed by Consumer Input Software
Program executable: | ConsumerInputDiagnosticTool.exe |
Name: | Consumer Input Diagnostic Tool |
Path: | C:\Program Files\Consumer Input\ConsumerInputDiagnosticTool.exe |
MD5: | a3c343094a7fdfe993b85d5dc54d6959 |
Additional files:
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dca-ua.exe - Dca (DCA Update Agent)
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ConsumerInputDiagnosticTool.exe - Consumer Input Diagnostic Tool
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log4cxx.dll (by Apache Software Foundation) - Apache log4cxx
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cpturlpassthru.dll - Compete DCA (Compete CptUrlPassthru.dll)
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dca-api.dll - Compete DCA API DLL
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dca-bho.dll - Compete DCA Browser Helper Object
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(Malware detected) uninstall.exe
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer BHO
- dca-bho.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Consumer Input' with the class of {B49699FC-1665-4414-A1CB-C4A2A4A13EEC} (DCA).
Startup File (User Run)
- 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\dca-ua.exe.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
dca-ua.exe |
Memory: | 3.06 MB | |
Total CPU: | 0.0202376631% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00951725% | |
User CPU: | 0.01072042% | |
CPU cycles/sec: | 2,811,710 | |
Switches/sec: | 19 | |
I/O reads/min: | 12.9 KB | |
I/O writes/min: | 0 Bytes | |
How do I remove Consumer Input Software?
You can uninstall Consumer Input Software from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program Consumer Input Software (remove only), click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Consumer Input Software.
- If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Consumer Input Software you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
- When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
- Restart Google Chrome.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 69%
Win XP 0%
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WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 60%
Keep it 40%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 |
71.76% |
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Windows Vista |
12.10% |
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Windows 10 |
11.25% |
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Windows XP |
4.88% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
63.17% |
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Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
8.99% |
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Windows 8 |
6.85% |
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Microsoft Windows XP |
4.71% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
3.85% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
3.64% |
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Geography
95.04% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
United States |
95.04% |
United Kingdom |
2.16% |
France |
0.89% |
Iran |
0.51% |
Japan |
0.25% |
United Arab Emirates |
0.13% |
Australia |
0.13% |
Great Britain |
0.13% |
SY |
0.13% |
Turkey |
0.13% |
Canada |
0.13% |
Germany |
0.13% |
Spain |
0.13% |
Hong Kong |
0.13% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard |
38.04% |
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Dell |
25.82% |
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Acer |
11.96% |
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Toshiba |
10.60% |
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ASUS |
3.80% |
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GIGABYTE |
2.99% |
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Intel |
2.72% |
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Lenovo |
1.63% |
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Gateway |
0.82% |
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Samsung |
0.82% |
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Alienware |
0.82% |
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Common models |
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
4.11% |
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HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
4.11% |
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HP 2000 Notebook PC |
3.20% |
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HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
3.20% |
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HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
2.74% |
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Hewlett-Packard Presario ... |
2.74% |
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About Compete
Compete is a web traffic analytics service which operates in the US and publishes the approximate number of visitors to the top web sites in the United States and the world.
Publisher URL: www.compete.com