steamservice.exe
Steam Client Service by Valve (Signed)
Warning 3 antivirus scanners has detected malware in various versions of steamservice.exe.
Overview
There are 62 versions of steamservice.exe in the wild, the latest version being 02.29.73.00. It is started as a Windows Service called 'Steam Client Service' with the name 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Steam Client Service' and described as “Steam Client Service monitors and updates Steam content”. . The average file size is about 500 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Valve by VeriSign. The programs Steam, QuickTime and BBC iPlayer Downloads have been observed as installing specific variations of steamservice.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0012% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 10.22 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 11.14 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 13.29 KB per minute for reads and 102 Bytes per minute for writes.
What is steamservice.exe?
Steam is a digital distribution, digital rights management, multiplayer platform developed by Valve. It is used to distribute games and related media online. Steam's primary service is to allow its users to download games and other software that they have in their virtual software library to their local computers. Steam provides digital rights management (DRM) for software titles, by providing "custom executable generation" for executable files that are unique for each user.
About steamservice.exe (from Valve)
“We have over 2,000 games from Action to Indie and everything in-between. Enjoy exclusive deals, automatic game updates and other great perks. Meet new people, join game groups, form clans, chat in-gam”
 Details
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| File name: | steamservice.exe |
| Publisher: | Valve Corporation |
| Product name: | Steam Client Service |
| Description: | Steam Client Service (buildbot_winslave01_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave01) |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\common files\steam\steamservice.exe |
| Original name: | SteamSer.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Valve |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Tuesday, November 24, 2009 |
| Expiration date: | Friday, November 23, 2012 |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Steam Client Service |
| Display name: | Steam Client Service |
| Description: | “Steam Client Service monitors and updates Steam content” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Steam Client Service.)
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Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of steamservice.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
Malware detections
Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 3 of them detected the following malware.
| Antivirus engine | Engine version | Detection | File version |
| The Hacker |
None |
Trojan/Llac.cfj |
01.55.47.40 |
| The Hacker |
None |
Trojan/Llac.cfj |
01.53.02.48 |
| Trend Micro HouseCall |
9.700.0.1001 |
TROJ_GEN.F47V0723 |
01.41.75.29 |
All file variations of steamservice.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
37.61% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
17.49% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
10.20% |
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| Windows 8 |
7.58% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
5.83% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
3.50% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
2.92% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
2.92% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
2.62% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
1.75% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.46% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
0.87% |
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| Windows 8 Single Language |
0.87% |
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| Windows Vista Ultimate |
0.87% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise |
0.87% |
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| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
0.58% |
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| Windows Vista Business |
0.58% |
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| Windows 7 Enterprise |
0.29% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
0.29% |
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| Windows 8 Pro N |
0.29% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise N |
0.29% |
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| 22 other Windows OS version |
Distribution by country
United States installs about 43.32% of Steam Client Service.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
16.61% |
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| ASUS |
15.88% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
15.52% |
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| Acer |
14.08% |
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| Lenovo |
10.11% |
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| Toshiba |
6.50% |
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| Sony |
5.05% |
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| GIGABYTE |
3.61% |
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| Alienware |
2.89% |
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| MSI |
2.89% |
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| Intel |
2.17% |
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| American Megatrends |
1.81% |
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| Samsung |
1.08% |
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| Apple |
0.72% |
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| Gateway |
0.72% |
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| Sahara |
0.36% |
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