Consumer Input
Posted: July 3, 2014
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Ranking: | 2,782 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 137,219 |
First Seen: | July 3, 2014 |
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Last Seen: | October 17, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
PUP.Consumer Input is a Web traffic-analyzing utility that monitors your website-browsing habits without attempting to collect information (passwords, e-mail addresses, et cetera). Because this behavior doesn't benefit your PC, and because PUP.Consumer Input has some traits in common with Potentially Unwanted Program, deleting PUP.Consumer Input and other PUPs usually is best for your PC, and can be done through most of the usual security tools.
The Add-On that Wants Your Input on Website Popularity
PUP.Consumer Input is a toolbar that may be found in different versions of Chrome, Internet Explorer and Firefox. PUP.Consumer Input may be bundled with the Yahoo Software Update, an update manager that may be part of the Yahoo Toolbar. Some incidents also have been identified where PUP.Consumer Input was installed automatically, although there isn't any evidence that would associate PUP.Consumer Input to threat attacks or other kinds of threatening software practices.
PUP.Consumer Input may monitor the sites that you visit without trying to gather any legally-protected information that would make this add-on equivalent to spyware, ostensibly for the purpose of ranking websites according to their number of visitors. However, although PUP.Consumer Input confines its functions to legal behavior, PUP.Consumer Input does not have any known advantages for its use, and only should be considered for long-term installation for PC users who don't mind giving companies non-personal information for its own sake. In cases where PUP.Consumer Input interferes with your browser's performance or simply is unwanted, uninstalling PUP.Consumer Input is the response that malware researchers would advise.
Keeping Your Own Input on Your Browser's Add-Ons from Being Ignored
Besides, fundamentally, being a program without benefits to its users, PUP.Consumer Input also has a history of being installed improperly. Some of the most recent PUP.Consumer Input installations even exploit system permission settings to block their deletion, a widespread behavior amongst both other PUPs and threats. While malware experts have not yet confirmed how widespread this problem is, it does place additional evidence on the likelihood of removing PUP.Consumer Input being a good idea for your PC's performance and safety.
If you experience any problems with deleting PUP.Consumer Input or side effects after an incomplete deletion, using dedicated PC security software can assure that your computer no longer is being used to funnel traffic information to a third-party company. As usual for any PUP, deleting the browser that happens to be affected by PUP.Consumer Input explicitly is discouraged by malware analysts, who find little to gain from such actions. The removal of PUP.Consumer Input should include actions that target this software as a specific program, rather than 'cures' that circumvent PUP.Consumer Input by removing your Web browser or changing the browser's superficial settings.
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Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
The following files were created in the system:C:\Program Files (x86)\Consumer Input\InternetExplorer\x64\dca-bho.dll
File name: dca-bho.dllSize: 1.17 MB (1174544 bytes)
MD5: 6a967ae8da20832f3d3c959181deda83
Detection count: 244
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Consumer Input\InternetExplorer\x64\dca-bho.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 25, 2022
C:\Program Files (x86)\YourHelper\cinput.exe
File name: cinput.exeSize: 1.89 MB (1897800 bytes)
MD5: bc308733568e737020e57b7b1f728cd2
Detection count: 157
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\YourHelper\cinput.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 27, 2022
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Consumer Input\Monitoring\dca-monitoring.exe
File name: dca-monitoring.exeSize: 1.25 MB (1256992 bytes)
MD5: 4989257c50a87faf6e75c3f3ea249a12
Detection count: 95
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Consumer Input\Monitoring
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 13, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES%\Consumer Input\Monitoring\dca-monitoring.exe
File name: dca-monitoring.exeSize: 1.25 MB (1259040 bytes)
MD5: 39a94029797345a7988738685ccf86fe
Detection count: 94
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Consumer Input\Monitoring
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 13, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Consumer Input\Monitoring\dca-monitoring.exe
File name: dca-monitoring.exeSize: 1.19 MB (1194528 bytes)
MD5: 944f5d038663d9b4768eec4ae03ece85
Detection count: 94
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Consumer Input\Monitoring
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 13, 2016
C:\Program Files (x86)\Consumer Input\InternetExplorer\dca-bho.dll
File name: dca-bho.dllSize: 848.91 KB (848912 bytes)
MD5: fe4654fd4b4e1050a42254d791edde3a
Detection count: 91
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Consumer Input\InternetExplorer\dca-bho.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 22, 2021
%PROGRAMFILES%\Consumer Input\Monitoring\dca-monitoring.exe
File name: dca-monitoring.exeSize: 1.19 MB (1197088 bytes)
MD5: 3391f90714d81556c51cd9c713339dec
Detection count: 85
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Consumer Input\Monitoring
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 13, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Consumer Input\Monitoring\dca-monitoring.exe
File name: dca-monitoring.exeSize: 1.25 MB (1250848 bytes)
MD5: 94a42386c8692e28eb4060b05de5ccea
Detection count: 81
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Consumer Input\Monitoring
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 13, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES%\Consumer Input\Monitoring\dca-monitoring.exe
File name: dca-monitoring.exeSize: 1.17 MB (1179168 bytes)
MD5: b5f20ca6014f7a814fe263ee216d1bde
Detection count: 60
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Consumer Input\Monitoring
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 13, 2016
%TEMP%\is-CGV9J.tmp\c10w.exe
File name: c10w.exeSize: 145.4 KB (145408 bytes)
MD5: c761c275bac28f9e02d638cf3d372864
Detection count: 59
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %TEMP%\is-CGV9J.tmp
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 22, 2020
%PROGRAMFILES%\Consumer Input\Monitoring\dca-monitoring.exe
File name: dca-monitoring.exeSize: 1.25 MB (1250848 bytes)
MD5: cfc1c1b98047906cadc924719bcf61bc
Detection count: 54
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Consumer Input\Monitoring
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 13, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES%\Consumer Input\Monitoring\dca-monitoring.exe
File name: dca-monitoring.exeSize: 1.26 MB (1261568 bytes)
MD5: 88e7f37369e50080412ab5c5d7b7da13
Detection count: 44
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Consumer Input\Monitoring
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 13, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\CONSUMER INPUT\MONITORING\DCA-MONITORING.EXE
File name: DCA-MONITORING.EXESize: 1.25 MB (1253376 bytes)
MD5: 0cd5da65bfa3dbf854a43c77f51657f6
Detection count: 42
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/EXE
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\CONSUMER INPUT\MONITORING
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 13, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Consumer Input\Monitoring\dca-monitoring.exe
File name: dca-monitoring.exeSize: 1.19 MB (1194528 bytes)
MD5: a02ca9b8dabfe8f3e60d6edf095e7e3b
Detection count: 16
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Consumer Input\Monitoring
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 11, 2020
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Consumer Input\Monitoring\dca-monitoring.exe
File name: dca-monitoring.exeSize: 1.24 MB (1240096 bytes)
MD5: 853074a9f19f6b1aa351b78285f1c728
Detection count: 14
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Consumer Input\Monitoring
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 13, 2016
%PROGRAMFILES%\Consumer Input\Monitoring\dca-monitoring.exe
File name: dca-monitoring.exeSize: 1.25 MB (1259040 bytes)
MD5: e73ed31d690fb00f72c84ed1f7af556b
Detection count: 12
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Consumer Input\Monitoring
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 29, 2020
%TEMP%\compete.exe
File name: compete.exeSize: 1.91 MB (1915232 bytes)
MD5: a9c69837ec78126315335e6814781730
Detection count: 7
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %TEMP%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 24, 2020
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Consumer Input\Monitoring\dca-monitoring.exe
File name: dca-monitoring.exeSize: 1.26 MB (1265696 bytes)
MD5: a506745001c9c833af1923b093426f5d
Detection count: 1
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Consumer Input\Monitoring
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 13, 2016
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Registry Modifications
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