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GrooveMonitor.exe

GrooveMonitor Utility

Microsoft Corporation

The executable GrooveMonitor.exe has been detected as malware by 13 anti-virus scanners. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘GrooveMonitor’. 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:
GrooveMonitor Utility

Version:
12.0.6500.5000

MD5:
30b0cad58f56c39f2b533d68712f0afa

SHA-1:
70f1a91128e778981bc12dfb3632c4fa7e944282

SHA-256:
be069b9444f9b24d8ff6ecfd5f0c411ed8ec848f3e286f9acf21a8014bfea07d

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
File is infected by a Virus

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

Analysis date:
5/8/2024 2:09:47 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:SaliCode
160118-1

AVG
Win32/Sality
2015.0.4489

Boost by Reason
Optional.Startup
188838

Dr.Web
Win32.Sector.30
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/Sality.NBA virus
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/Sality.gen2
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Win32.Sality.3
5.15.21

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Sality
15.0.0.562

McAfee
Virus.W32/Sality.gen.z
18.0.204.0

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.213.5352.0

Norman
Win32.Sality.3
18.01.2016 17:20:53

Sophos
Virus 'Mal/Sality-D'
5.23

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4721115
46962

File size:
165.3 KB (169,304 bytes)

Product version:
4.2.2.2807

Copyright:
© 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
GrooveMonitor.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/26/2009 1:53:49 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:69OrbK7HMeUA/d7CObaqX6jufZexxbZ/hiemLmSM4JRB+6pWa7g8cMtd63YZ/r:LK7nH/1CObaqqjufKZhiYSjB+6pVjZdF

Entry address:
0x2A96

Entry point:
72, 02, 89, CA, 84, F8, 84, F6, 45, EB, 01, F3, 87, DA, 87, DD, B2, EC, 8B, F9, 0F, AF, D3, 25, 0B, D2, 82, 05, 83, E6, 00, 8D, 2D, EC, 77, 11, 86, 81, E3, 9C, 76, 2D, 54, 8B, C6, 81, CE, 32, 7B, 00, 00, B0, 39, F6, C4, 37, 80, E4, 5F, F3, 33, CE, 43, 75, 02, 86, E9, 89, D1, F3, B5, F7, E8, 8A, 00, 00, 00, F6, C5, 0F, F2, 74, 09, 88, CC, B8, E5, 95, 9C, F4, 85, CE, 47, BD, A9, 71, 94, 10, 89, CA, 6B, F6, 00, F7, C2, B5, 21, E1, 1D, 69, D0, BB, AC, 8F, 94, 81, CE, 4C, 0E, 00, 00, 34, 7B, 81, F6, 5C, 01, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8579  (probably packed)

Code size:
10.5 KB (10,752 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
GrooveMonitor

Command:
"C:\Program Files\microsoft office\office12\groovemonitor.exe"


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