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VersionsAdditional versions

15.0.0149.500 (win7sp1_gdr_oob_osppv2(oobla).120427-1624) 0.92%
15.0.0149.500 (win7sp1_gdr_oob_osppv2(oobla).120427-1605) 0.92%
14.0.0370.400 (longhorn(wmbla).090811-1833) 25.77%
14.0.0370.400 (longhorn(wmbla).090811-1826) 72.39%

Relationships

Parent process
Related files

PE structurePE file structure

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Import table
advapi32.dll
TraceMessage, RegCloseKey, GetTraceEnableFlags, GetTraceEnableLevel, GetTraceLoggerHandle, RegisterTraceGuidsW, UnregisterTraceGuids, SetServiceStatus, RegOpenKeyExW, RegQueryValueExW, RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerW, StartServiceCtrlDispatcherW, FreeSid, RegDeleteKeyW, RegCreateKeyExW, CheckTokenMembership, AllocateAndInitializeSid, ConvertStringSidToSidW, RegEnumKeyW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW, RegSetKeySecurity, RegDeleteValueW, RegSetValueExW, CryptGenRandom, CryptAcquireContextW, CryptReleaseContext, DeregisterEventSource, ReportEventW, RegisterEventSourceW, EqualSid, OpenProcessToken, ConvertSidToStringSidW, LookupAccountNameW, RegEnumKeyExW, CryptDestroyHash, CryptHashData, CryptCreateHash, CryptGetHashParam, CryptDestroyKey, CryptEncrypt, CryptDecrypt, CryptImportKey, CryptSignHashA, CryptVerifySignatureA, CryptExportKey, CryptGenKey, RegOpenKeyW, RegCreateKeyW, GetTokenInformation
kernel32.dll
DllMain, DeleteTimerQueue, Sleep, InterlockedCompareExchange, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, WaitForSingleObject, GetCurrentThreadId, DeleteTimerQueueEx, ReleaseSemaphore, LoadLibraryW, SetThreadPriority, GetThreadPriority, DuplicateHandle, GetCurrentProcess, GetCurrentThread, OpenThread, GetTickCount, ReleaseMutex, CreateSemaphoreW, IsWow64Process, OpenMutexW, CreateMutexW, ExpandEnvironmentStringsW, GetTimeFormatW, GetDateFormatW, FileTimeToSystemTime, SetFileAttributesW, GetFileAttributesW, ChangeTimerQueueTimer, CreateDirectoryW, WriteFile, CreateFileW, GetFileSizeEx, QueueUserWorkItem, ReadFile, GetFileSize, MultiByteToWideChar, OpenProcess, GetCurrentProcessId, UnregisterWaitEx, CompareFileTime, SystemTimeToFileTime, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, lstrlenW, GetSystemTime, DebugBreak, GetPrivateProfileStringW, lstrcmpiW, GetPrivateProfileSectionW, InitializeCriticalSection, SetLastError, VirtualProtect, VirtualFree, VirtualAlloc, GetLocalTime, MoveFileExW, CopyFileW, FlushFileBuffers, DeleteFileW, SetFilePointer, CreateFileMappingW, MapViewOfFile, UnmapViewOfFile, GetSystemDefaultUILanguage, GetUserDefaultUILanguage, GetComputerNameW, DeviceIoControl, GetLocaleInfoW, GetSystemDirectoryW, LCMapStringW, WideCharToMultiByte, GetVersionExA, GetVersion, UnhandledExceptionFilter, TerminateProcess, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetModuleHandleA, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, InterlockedExchange, SetEvent, GetModuleHandleExW, GetProcAddress, CreateTimerQueue, CreateTimerQueueTimer, CreateEventW, RegisterWaitForSingleObject, RaiseException, InterlockedDecrement, GetVersionExW, InterlockedIncrement, GetLastError, HeapSetInformation, DeleteTimerQueueTimer, LeaveCriticalSection, EnterCriticalSection, DeleteCriticalSection, LocalFree, LocalAlloc, FreeLibrary, CloseHandle, DecodePointer, EncodePointer, HeapFree, GetProcessHeap, HeapAlloc, GetSystemInfo, GetModuleHandleW
msvcrt.dll
DllMain
ntdll.dll
RtlUnwind, RtlEqualUnicodeString, RtlInitUnicodeString, NtQueryObject, RtlFreeHeap, RtlAllocateHeap
ole32.dll
CoInitializeEx, CoUninitialize, CoInitializeSecurity
rpcrt4.dll
UuidFromStringW, I_RpcMapWin32Status, RpcServerRegisterIfEx, RpcServerUseProtseqEpW, RpcServerListen, RpcServerUnregisterIf, RpcMgmtStopServerListening, I_RpcBindingInqLocalClientPID, RpcServerInqCallAttributesW, RpcRaiseException, RpcStringFreeW, RpcRevertToSelfEx, UuidToStringW, NdrServerCall2, UuidCreate, RpcImpersonateClient
user32.dll
CharPrevW, CharNextW

osppsvc.exe

Microsoft Office by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)

Remove osppsvc.exe
Version:   14.0.0370.400 (longhorn(wmbla).090811-1833)
MD5:   358a9cca612c68eb2f07ddad4ce1d8d7
SHA1:   b333e69f83c02168e3f831cb7fd1823baf02013a
SHA256:   f342100e2e9001f11fdf93f856b50fa43f9b85d2c6b5706ec0433e77206498da

Overview

OSPPSVC.EXE runs as a service under the name Office Software Protection Platform (SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\osppsvc) with minimal NETWORK SERVICE privileges on the local PC and acts as the computer on the network. The file is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation. and is compiled as a 32 bit program.

DetailsDetails

File name:OSPPSVC.EXE
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:Microsoft® Office
Description:Microsoft Office Software Protection Platform Service
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\common files\microsoft shared\officesoftwareprotectionplatform\osppsvc.exe
File version:14.0.0370.400 (longhorn(wmbla).090811-1833)
Product version:14.0.0370.400
Size:4.43 MB (4,640,000 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Microsoft Corporation
Authority (CA):Microsoft Corporation
Effective date:Monday, July 13, 2009
Expiration date:Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Digital DNA
Entropy:7.491986
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C++
.NET CLR:No
More details

BehaviorsBehaviors

Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • 'osppsvc' (Office Software Protection Platform)

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.09095845%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00562170%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.08533674%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:237,847 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:579,412/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:25/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:4.37 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):9.9 MB
Private (minimum):6.08 MB
Non-paged memory:4.37 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:37.17 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):39.16 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:7.1 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):11.44 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:9,660/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:5.63 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:209 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:28 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:4/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:4
12
Handles:153
600
GUI GDI count:4
103
GUI USER count:2
49

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:System
Platform:32-bit
Command lines:
  • "C:\Program Files\common files\microsoft shared\officesoftwareprotectionplatform\osppsvc.exe"
  • "C:\Program Files\archivos comunes\microsoft shared\officesoftwareprotectionplatform\osppsvc.exe"
Owner:NETWORK SERVICE
Windows Service
Service name:SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\osppsvc
Display name:Office Software Protection Platform
Description:“Office Software Protection Platform Service (unlocalized description)”
Type:Win32OwnProcess
Parent process:services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:0.06770073%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.00076536%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.06693537%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:1,739,430/sec
5,741,424/sec
Memory:1.23 MB
1.16 MB
RPCRT4.dll
Total CPU:0.05706530%
Kernel CPU:0.00121416%
User CPU:0.05585115%
CPU cycles:1,404,390/sec
Memory:776 KB
OSPPSVC.EXE (main module)
Total CPU:0.00048420%
Kernel CPU:0.00043464%
User CPU:0.00004955%
CPU cycles:8,063/sec
Memory:4.43 MB
advapi32.dll (Advanced Windows 32 Base API by Microsoft)
Total CPU:0.00005647%
Kernel CPU:0.00000000%
User CPU:0.00005647%
Memory:620 KB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 48.00%
Windows 7 Ultimate 13.50%
Windows 7 Professional 12.00%
Windows 8.1 5.50%
Windows 8.1 Pro 3.50%
Windows 7 Home Basic 3.50%
Windows 8.1 Single Language 2.50%
Windows 8 2.00%
Windows 8 Pro 2.00%
Windows 8 Enterprise N 1.00%
Windows Vista Home Premium 1.00%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 1.00%
Windows 8 Enterprise 1.00%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 1.00%
Microsoft Windows XP 1.00%
Windows 8 Single Language 0.50%
Windows 7 Starter 0.50%
Windows Se7en Titan 0.50%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 42.05% of Microsoft® Office.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 25.00%
Hewlett-Packard 15.00%
ASUS 12.86%
Toshiba 12.86%
Lenovo 9.29%
Acer 8.93%
Sony 5.71%
Intel 5.71%
Samsung 1.43%
GIGABYTE 1.43%
NEC 1.43%
Alienware 0.36%
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