Should I remove Consumer Input Software?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

Versions

Version	Distribution
3.1.0.10931	0.21%
3.1.0.10885	0.42%
2843	0.42%
2.7.1.7927	54.66%
2.7.1.7924	12.29%
2.7.1.7915	19.28%
2.7.0.8011	3.18%
2.7.0.7705	4.66%
2.6.0.5249	2.33%
2.5.0.4567	1.48%
2.4.0.3623	0.85%
2.3.1.2955	0.21%

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• Consumer Input
• Consumer Input Firefox Extension
• Consumer Input Chrome Extension
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• #12,967 Consumer Input Software by Compete
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from Compete Inc.

Remove Consumer Input Software by Compete

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.

• Consumer Input Firefox Extension
• Consumer Input Chrome Extension
• Yahoo! Software Update by Yahoo!

URL: consumerinput.com

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Consumer Input

Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Consumer Input\uninstall.exe"

Estimated size: 3.44 MB

dca-ua.exe
Memory:	3.06 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0202376631%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.00951725%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.01072042%	0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:	2,811,710	8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:	19	70 average
I/O reads/min:	12.9 KB	435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:	0 Bytes	105.02 KB average

1. 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.
2. 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).
3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Consumer Input Software.
4. 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.

1. Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
2. 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.
3. The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
2. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
3. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

1. Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Restart Google Chrome.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 69% Win XP 0%

WHEN IT STARTS Auto-starting? Yes (Found in the run registry)

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 60% Keep it 40%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

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%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

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

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