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Is Compet.exe safe?

Verdict
Safe

Only 3 of 75 engines raised generic concerns, while all 17 reporting tier-1 engines and one completed sandbox supplied no corroborating malicious finding.

Three of 75 engines flagged this executable, but none of the 17 reporting tier-1 engines detected it and no family consensus formed. One completed sandbox found no malicious outcome or offensive-only technique, making the sparse generic detections more consistent with false positives, though the unsigned and newly observed file still warrants source verification.

Run with normal care

Use the file only if its download source and expected publisher can be independently verified. Keep endpoint protection enabled, and avoid execution if the origin is uncertain.

Read the full analysis
Saved file evidenceAntivirus consensus
3of 75 flagged
Flagged 3No detection 72
Digital specimenCompet.exe13631c87611848a653…17b7bf8f0b2474
Size2.0 MB
Code signingUnsigned
SandboxRuntime complete
First seenToday
Evidence2 priority signals
3 of 75 antivirus engines flagged the file, including APEX and Cylance.

Recommended next actions

01

Before running

Run it only when it came from the developer's official site or another source you independently trust.

02

If you already ran it

Keep normal device protection enabled and stop if the file behaves unexpectedly.

Chapter 02

Intelligence

The saved assessment, checked against the scan evidence and recorded coverage.

MT AI Engine · Verdict analysis

The reasoning behind this verdict

This section explains the evidence supporting the verdict and keeps conflicting or missing signals visible.

76%Confidence
High
Analyst conclusion

Three of 75 engines flagged this executable, but none of the 17 reporting tier-1 engines detected it and no family consensus formed. One completed sandbox found no malicious outcome or offensive-only technique, making the sparse generic detections more consistent with false positives, though the unsigned and newly observed file still warrants source verification.

Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
  • The executable is unsigned and was first submitted 0 days ago, so its provenance and longer-term reputation remain unestablished.
  • Skyhigh supplied one tier-2 behavior-based backdoor detection, which is stronger than the two low-trust generic labels but lacks corroboration.
  • contactedHosts=null, although the completed sandbox recorded no contacted domains, IPs, or URLs; no independent host-reputation cross-check was available.

These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.

Recommended action

Use the file only if its download source and expected publisher can be independently verified. Keep endpoint protection enabled, and avoid execution if the origin is uncertain.

Scan transparency

Coverage & freshness

4 of 5 complete

Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.

  • Antivirus

    Complete

    3 of 75 engines flagged the file.

  • Sandbox

    Complete

    1 isolated runtime environment contributed observations.

  • Network

    Not run

    No contacted-host reputation check is recorded.

    No timestamp recorded

  • YARA

    Complete

    Rule evaluation completed with no recorded matches.

  • External intel

    Complete

    3 of 3 independent reference sources completed.

Chapter 03

Behavior

Plain-English impact first, then the observed runtime evidence.

Runtime flight recorder

Capture complete
  • 1isolated sandbox run
  • 10MITRE ATT&CK techniques
  • 2spawned processes
  • 0network contacts
  • 0filesystem & mutex artifacts
Chapter 04

Detection & Forensics

Consensus, attribution, signatures, code structure, prevalence, and identity.

Chapter 05

Safety & FAQ

Complete recovery guidance and answers for the next decision.

What to do now

This file appears low risk based on the evidence available now.

  1. Recovery step 01

    Run it only when it came from the developer's official site or another source you independently trust.

  2. Recovery step 02

    A clean result reduces known risk, but it cannot guarantee that every new or targeted threat has been detected.

  3. Recovery step 03

    Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on so you stay protected.

Safety FAQ

Direct answers grounded in the saved verdict and evidence in this report.

6 evidence-based answers
Is Compet.exe safe?
Evidence-based answer
Compet.exe appears safe. 3 of 75 antivirus engines flagged it; the 3 detections were treated as non-decisive after the wider evidence was weighed. Run it only when it came from the developer's official site or another source you independently trust.
What is Compet.exe?
Evidence-based answer
Compet.exe is a Windows executable program, about 2 MB. Our analysis did not identify a verdict-driving threat signal. A file's name can be reused by different files, so we identify it by its cryptographic hash (below).
How many antivirus engines detected Compet.exe?
Evidence-based answer
3 of 75 antivirus engines flagged Compet.exe, 3 of them as outright malicious. The raw count alone does not establish safety or danger; we also weigh which engines flagged it and corroborating behavior, identity, reputation, and rule evidence.
What is the SHA-256 hash of Compet.exe?
Evidence-based answer
The SHA-256 hash of Compet.exe is 13631c87611848a65391dbc02eeba7581ea878af5a680bab4417b7bf8f0b2474, and its MD5 is 7e189ebef1d75599d05b11dd63acf74a. This hash is the file's unique fingerprint — two files with the same SHA-256 are identical. Use it to confirm you're looking at exactly this file (not just one with the same name) when comparing against antivirus databases or a download's published checksum.
Is it safe to run Compet.exe?
Evidence-based answer
Based on the recorded evidence, Compet.exe has a low observed risk. The important caveat is source: make sure you downloaded it from the official website or a trusted store, because attackers sometimes distribute malware-laced copies under a legitimate file's name. If your own antivirus flags it, verify the source and the exact hash before overriding the warning.
How up to date is this analysis of Compet.exe?
Evidence-based answer
This report reflects the scan run on September 25, 2026. Because a file's hash never changes, the identity of Compet.exe is fixed — but antivirus coverage improves over time, so a file that looks clean today can pick up detections later (and vice-versa). If you need the latest picture, MalwareTips staff can re-run the analysis from scratch.
Chapter 06

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