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GrooveAuditService.exe

Groove Audit Service

Microsoft Corporation

The executable GrooveAuditService.exe has been detected as malware by 37 anti-virus scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Microsoft Office Groove Audit Service”. Infected by an entry-point obscuring polymorphic file infector which will create a peer-to-peer botnet and receives URLs of additional files to download.
Publisher:
Microsoft Corporation

Product:
Groove Audit Service

Version:
12.0.6500.5000

MD5:
c34428ac54fdc4fcb0f92712e8eb0aaf

SHA-1:
0e43ac033092f6bd47a8b07e6c786ec4f0e328a4

SHA-256:
5cc54c88e50e6f7edfb3e99d8b9cc67cb43189ce403474613c2ecd546a0f722e

Scanner detections:
37 / 68

Status:
File is infected by a Virus

Explanation:
The file is infected by a polymorphic file infector virus.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 9:12:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Win32.Sality.3
5739717

Agnitum Outpost
Win32.Sality.BL
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win32/Kashu.E
2015.10.05

Avira AntiVirus
W32/Sality.AT
7.11.30.172

Arcabit
Win32.Sality.3
1.0.0.568

avast!
Win32:Sality
150913-1

AVG
Win32/Sality
2015.0.4409

Baidu Antivirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.$Emu
4.0.3.15105

Bitdefender
Win32.Sality.3
1.0.20.1390

Bkav FE
W32.Sality.PE
1.3.0.7237

Comodo Security
Virus.Win32.Sality.gen
23355

Dr.Web
Win32.Sector.30
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Win32.Sality
10.0.0.5366

ESET NOD32
Win32/Sality.NBA virus
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/Sality.E.gen
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Win32.Sality.3
5.14.151

G Data
Win32.Sality
15.10.25

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Patched
t3scan.1.9.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Virus
13.210.17418

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Sality
15.0.0.543

McAfee
Virus.W32/Sality.gen.z
18.0.204.0

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.207.1371.0

MicroWorld eScan
Win32.Sality.3
16.0.0.834

NANO AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.beygb
0.30.26.3725

Norman
Win32.Sality.3
04.08.2015 10:30:46

nProtect
Virus/W32.Sality.D
15.10.02.01

Panda Antivirus
W32/Sality.AA
15.10.05.12

Quick Heal
W32.Sality.U
10.15.14.00

Rising Antivirus
PE:Virus.Sality!1.A09C[F1]
23.00.65.151003

Sophos
Virus 'Mal/Sality-D'
5.15

Total Defense
Win32/Sality.AA
37.1.62.1

Trend Micro House Call
PE_SALITY.RL
7.2.278

Trend Micro
PE_SALITY.RL
10.465.05

Vba32 AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.bakc
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4721115
43798

ViRobot
Win32.Sality.Gen.A[h]
2014.3.20.0

Zillya! Antivirus
Virus.Sality.Win32.25
2.0.0.2427

File size:
139.3 KB (142,680 bytes)

Product version:
4.2.2.2807

Copyright:
© 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
GrooveAuditService.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\microsoft office\office12\grooveauditservice.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/26/2009 8:44:57 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:t4kdEh2h+CDiY8A1GOFOHUyfgvyQkuyZ7SJkb/EuaFTczBs/OZ1o:t4lwRqKGOFKB4OvsI/EuaB6to

Entry address:
0x73E7

Entry point:
86, DF, 0F, AF, CD, 04, 48, 80, ED, 49, B5, C3, 0F, AF, EF, 8B, EE, EB, 03, 0F, AF, CD, 35, 2F, C8, 00, 00, 08, D9, F7, C1, CF, B3, 5D, F1, 0F, AF, D7, 86, F8, C6, C3, 57, 87, F0, 81, FD, 94, 61, 99, D6, 68, 7F, D4, D5, 00, EB, 06, 13, DE, FF, C3, 84, D2, E8, 6C, 00, 00, 00, 2B, D2, F6, C6, E8, 0F, AF, E8, F2, 0F, B7, EA, 81, FB, 5E, 26, 00, 00, 76, 0B, 81, DF, 41, B8, AB, 38, C6, C7, BF, B7, CD, 84, ED, 0F, BE, DD, B8, DD, 06, 00, 00, F6, C0, 76, FE, CB, 35, D3, 04, 00, 00, 85, F0, 71, 06, 69, CB, 8C, C8...
 
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Entropy:
7.4323

Code size:
33 KB (33,792 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Microsoft Office Groove Audit Service

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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