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GrooveAuditService.exe

Groove Audit Service

Microsoft Corporation

The executable GrooveAuditService.exe has been detected as malware by 36 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:
12.0.4518.1014

MD5:
215eaf9af9031650024675356d9c4406

SHA-1:
c04e7eb6b7b4a7057fffae7decc275b24dbbcf9f

SHA-256:
038d96a6bf3f0a963b6d2ba6f38ff750e2023291ae20bd5a4ea1f5ac638bf68d

Scanner detections:
36 / 68

Status:
File is infected by a Virus

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

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 2:33:21 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Win32.Sality.3
870

Agnitum Outpost
Win32.Sality.BL
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win32/Kashu.E
2014.09.18

Avira AntiVirus
W32/Sality.AT
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:SaliCode
140908-2

AVG
Win32/Sality
2014.0.4015

Baidu Antivirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.$Emu
4.0.3.14918

Bitdefender
Win32.Sality.3
1.0.20.1305

Bkav FE
W32.Sality.PE
1.3.0.4959

Comodo Security
Virus.Win32.Sality.Gen
19546

Dr.Web
Win32.Sector.22
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Win32.Sality
14.09.17

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
11.2014-18-09_5

G Data
Win32.Sality
14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Virus.Win32.Vitru
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Virus
13.183.13407

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Sality
15.0.0.494

McAfee
W32/Sality.gen.z
5600.7004

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.185.155.0

MicroWorld eScan
Win32.Sality.3
15.0.0.783

NANO AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.beygb
0.28.2.62151

Norman
Sality.ZHB
11.20140918

nProtect
Virus/W32.Sality.D
14.09.17.01

Panda Antivirus
W32/Sality.AA
14.09.18.12

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM19.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
W32.Sality.U
9.14.14.00

Rising Antivirus
PE:Win32.KUKU.kt!1591113
23.00.65.14916

Sophos
Mal/Sality-D
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
PE_SALITY.RL
7.2.261

Trend Micro
PE_SALITY.RL
10.465.18

Vba32 AntiVirus
Virus.Win32.Sality.bakc
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4721115
32938

ViRobot
Win32.Sality.N
2011.4.7.4223

Zillya! Antivirus
Virus.Sality.Win32.20
2.0.0.1926

File size:
132.3 KB (135,456 bytes)

Product version:
4.2.0.2623

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:
10/27/2006 8:44:49 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:E0y33joc8yu8Vq1OFhIyLROAKT7ex/0CHpCHO/y7WSAyCU:EznkZyJM1OFPLtxcWy7WSdd

Entry address:
0x73AB

Entry point:
8D, 2D, F9, AE, 17, E2, 68, 64, 9C, 19, 00, 68, 3B, 71, 94, 00, 0F, BE, F2, BB, 3F, 72, C8, 72, 72, 02, 85, F2, 34, 10, 8B, F9, 05, 8E, A1, F4, 54, C6, C4, 4C, 69, F0, 93, 50, 92, AD, BD, 6D, D1, 06, 00, 86, F5, 8B, D9, 3B, F8, 81, F5, 09, DF, 06, 00, 3D, 3B, F7, AF, 98, 84, D7, 87, D1, F6, C3, 25, 4B, EB, 0A, FF, C8, 8D, 05, 99, 59, B1, 56, 88, DC, 81, ED, C8, F6, FF, FF, 80, F8, 03, 81, ED, 39, 09, 00, 00, 0F, BF, D7, 47, 85, EF, 8D, 0D, AF, A2, 99, 79, 81, FD, 14, 04, 00, 00, 0F, 87, C0, FF, FF, FF, F6...
 
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Entropy:
7.3918

Code size:
33 KB (33,792 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Microsoft Office Groove Audit Service

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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