File scan report
Verdict Suspicious
Is setup.
This unsigned setup.exe looks like a game crack or repack installer that 18 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag, including five major antivirus engines, mostly as a…
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Why Suspicious? 18 antivirus engines flag it and one sandbox test run rated it malicious while another found nothing.
Moderate evidence · More than one sign points to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful.
Delete this file rather than running it, and obtain the software from its official publisher. If it was already executed, run a full scan and keep your antivirus enabled.
What to do now4 steps
Some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. Treat it with caution.
What to do
Don't install it unless you're sure where it came from.
Check where you got it: an unexpected attachment, a link someone sent you or a re-upload is a red flag.
If you can't confirm where it came from, delete it. If you need the program, download it again from the publisher's own website.
If you already installed it
Stop using it, run a full scan with your antivirus and watch for unexpected behavior or security alerts.
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Antivirus results
18 of 71 flagged
- Flagged 18
- No detection 53
- No result 4
- Code signing Unsigned
- Test run Completed
- First seen 6mo ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
4 points against it and 3 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
Microsoft, Malwarebytes and Sophos label it a game hack, crack or unwanted program, and one engine claims Meterpreter. One sandbox run looked malicious while another was clean. Cracked game installers are a common way to deliver hidden malware, so we advise against running it.
Five major antivirus engines detect the file, but their labels mostly describe game-hack or crack tooling rather than a single malware family. Ikarus's Meterpreter label stands alone and is not corroborated. The installer unpacks into temporary folders and drops repack-style libraries. The file is unsigned, with no publisher history, and one community YARA rule matched shellcode patterns. The evidence points to a risky crack repack rather than confirmed malware.
What We Detected
18 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this unsigned Win32 installer. Major detections came from Microsoft (PUA:Win32/GameHack), Sophos (Generic Reputation unwanted program), Fortinet, GData and Ikarus, the last of which labels it Meterpreter. Malwarebytes reports RiskWare.Crack and Gridinsoft reports a GameHack variant. One community YARA rule matched shellcode byte patterns; the other three matches are generic.
Threat Behavior
In sandbox runs the file launched an installer stub that extracted helper libraries commonly used in game repacks. One run was judged malicious and another clean. No complete reputation check of contacted hosts is available, and the dropped files have no saved verdicts yet.
What To Do Now
Do not run this installer. Get software only from official stores or publishers. If you already ran it, run a full scan with your security software, which should stay enabled throughout.
Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
- Ikarus labels the file Meterpreter, an offensive payload family. No other engine agrees, but it cannot be fully ruled out.
- Most major antivirus engines (BitDefender, ESET, Avast, Avira, DrWeb and others) report nothing, which is consistent with a crack repack rather than a trojan.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- Most major antivirus engines, including ESET, BitDefender and Avast, did not flag it
- The file is not packed and has no high-entropy code
- The engine labels do not converge on a known malware family
- Five major antivirus engines flag the file, mostly as a game hack, crack or unwanted program
- One engine labels it as a Meterpreter remote-access payload
- The installer is unsigned and has no publisher history
- A community rule matched shellcode byte patterns
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 not needed or not applicable. See every source
Chapter 03
What it did in our test
It ran in our isolated test environment; 1 test environment rated what it did as risky.
Test run summary
Capture complete- 15sandbox rule tags
- 5spawned processes
- 0network contacts
- 18filesystem & mutex artifacts
What the test run showed
What the file did on a test computer
Confirmed in the test run
Moderate concern: Contains packed or scrambled code that is harder to inspect (common in installers too).
Moderate concern: Ran commands or a script on the test computer.
Moderate concern: Checked whether it was running on a test computer.
Note: Read the user name of the test computer.
Note: Read basic details of the test computer, such as its Windows version.
Note: Looked through folders on the test computer (most installers do this).
Note: Loaded extra code modules while running.
Sandbox labels we could not confirm (common in safe files too)
Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as code injection, but no injected program was recorded.
Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as contacting a server, but no contacted host was recorded.
This file was run on a test computer (a sandbox), not on yours. Labels we could not confirm are listed so you can see them, but they are not treated as evidence against the file.
Recorded behavior
What happened in the test
Grouped by step. The order is not a timeline.
- 1
Input file
The submitted object
- Evidence 1 of 5: FileSeen in the test run
setup.exe
034b85a3dd05a5f9d689f81bd2e35e910b8596cab6f64480affd9d156bd2e103
Uploaded file
- 2
Processes
What ran
- Evidence 2 of 5: ProcessSeen in the test run
setup.exe
"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\setup.exe"
Test run - Evidence 3 of 5: ProcessSeen in the test run
setup.tmp
"C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-UIE6F.tmp\setup.tmp" /SL5="$8014A,10624978,140800,C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\setup.exe"
Test run - +1 more recorded observation
- 2
Files
Created or changed
- Evidence 4 of 5: Written fileSeen in the test run
setup.tmp
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-UIE6F.tmp\setup.tmp
Test run - Evidence 5 of 5: Written fileSeen in the test run
_setup64.tmp
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-B7IPE.tmp\_isetup\_setup64.tmp
Test run - +1 more recorded observation
5 facts from the test run. See the full activity list.
What this file did when executed
The combined sandbox summary is split: at least one run returned "malicious" and another returned "clean".
Sandbox verdicts
2- VT: MALWAREmalicious
- VT: CLEANclean
Techniques observed in the sandbox
15MITRE ATT&CK techniques the sandbox mapped. Highlighted ones are rare in normal software; the others are common in legitimate programs too.
- T1012
- T1027· Obfuscated code
- T1027.002· Obfuscated code
- T1033· Reads user info
- T1055· Process injection
- T1059· Runs commands
- T1071· Application protocol
- T1082· System recon
- T1083· Scans your files
- T1129· Loads modules
- T1134
- T1497.001· Sandbox evasion
- T1529
- T1614
- T1614.001
Observed activity
Processes started
5Programs the file ran, with their command lines.
setup.exe"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\setup.exe"setup.tmp"C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-UIE6F.tmp\setup.tmp" /SL5="$8014A,10624978,140800,C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\setup.exe"setup.exeC:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-IS2VJ.tmp\setup.tmp /SL5=$50160,10624978,140800,C:\Users\<USER>\Downloads\setup.exeexecutable.exe"C:\Users\user\Desktop\executable.exe"executable.tmp"C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\is-HQUB6.tmp\executable.tmp" /SL5="$1042A,10624978,140800,C:\Users\user\Desktop\executable.exe"
Files
15Files the file created, changed or deleted.
- Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-UIE6F.tmp\setup.tmp - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-B7IPE.tmp\_isetup\_setup64.tmp - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-B7IPE.tmp\_isetup\_shfoldr.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-B7IPE.tmp\idp.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-B7IPE.tmp\innocallback.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-B7IPE.tmp\ISDone.dll
Show all 15 entries for files
- Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-B7IPE.tmp\wintb.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-B7IPE.tmp\BASS.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-B7IPE.tmp\cls-lollypop.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-B7IPE.tmp\cls-lollypop_x64.exe - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-B7IPE.tmp\cls-lollypop_x86.exe - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-B7IPE.tmp\cls-srep_x64.exe - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-B7IPE.tmp\cls-srep_x86.exe - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-B7IPE.tmp\cls-magic2.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-B7IPE.tmp\cls-magic2_x64.exe
Registry and auto-start
8Settings the file changed, including ways to start again after a restart.
- Set
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-575823232-3065301323-1442773979-1000\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\Owner - Set
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-575823232-3065301323-1442773979-1000\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\Sequence - Set
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-575823232-3065301323-1442773979-1000\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\SessionHash - Set
Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\Owner - Set
Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\Sequence - Set
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-4270068108-2931534202-3907561125-1001\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.exe\OpenWithProgids\exefile
Show all 8 entries for registry and auto-start
- Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager - Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000
Mutexes
3Named locks a program uses so only one copy runs; malware families often reuse them.
Local\DirectSound DllMain mutex (0x00001518)\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\RstrMgr3887CAB8-533F-4C85-B0DC-3E5639F8D511\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\RstrMgr-3887CAB8-533F-4C85-B0DC-3E5639F8D511-Session0000
Sandbox background — not the file
1The analysis machine's own processes and connections, recorded in every run.
- VM host
162.159.36.2
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 10 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache. 10 have no saved verdict and were not checked; that is missing coverage, not a finding.
- 09af8004b85478e1eca0…47b449Not checkedno saved verdict
- d92f7c60256509f74e36…62ea29Not checkedno saved verdict
- 450b9b0ba25bf068afbc…fd0105Not checkedno saved verdict
- f84677643d9977aa1e8a…61f824Not checkedno saved verdict
- 19a5466ab1834f953662…6072f5Not checkedno saved verdict
- ed8a485b9984997306ea…c78ee9Not checkedno saved verdict
- 9884e9d1b4f8a873ccbd…360d87Not checkedno saved verdict
- fbbf18f351711497ef2c…43fa39Not checkedno saved verdict
- 9b52eb9b4a6293d1e554…6dd66aNot checkedno saved verdict
- 49bdf4c437cf51ed0b36…840119Not checkedno saved verdict
Chapter 04
Technical details
18 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; no publisher signature.
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 not needed or not applicable. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
Engines that flagged it 18
- Fortinet (major engine)PossibleThreat.DU
- GData (major engine)Generic.Trojan.PSEB.THN73T
- Ikarus (major engine)Trojan.Win64.Meterpreter
- Microsoft (major engine)PUA:Win32/GameHack
- Sophos (major engine)Generic Reputation PUA (PUA)
- TrellixENS (major engine)Artemis!17C218B71D75
- BkavW32.Malware.2A0121B2
- CTXexe.trojan.generic
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Oct 17, 2026, 4:56 PM UTC
- SHA-256
034b85a3dd05a5f9d689f81bd2e35e910b8596cab6f64480affd9d156bd2e103- SHA-1
5387986f5a763935221276c5e88fe6dd0ceca955- MD5
17c218b71d75b52686679671f11af340
About this file
setup.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 11.2 MB.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 11.2 MB
- Signer
- UnsignedNo code signature.
- First seen
- Apr 28, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 2,122 distinct sources
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 5.55 of 8
First scanned
Antivirus consensus
18 of 71 engines flagged this file
4 of the 75 engines returned no result for this file (file type not supported, or the scan did not finish), so they did not check it.
The 18 detections come from 17 independent scan engines: several vendors license the same engine, so their results are one vote.
- Tier-118 engines6flagged
- Tier-236 engines7flagged8 vendors sharing 7 engines
- Low-trust17 engines4flagged
View all 75 engine results
- BkavMalicious: W32.Malware.2A0121B2
- CTXMalicious: exe.trojan.generic
- DeepInstinctMalicious: MALICIOUS
- FortinetMalicious: PossibleThreat.DU
- GDataMalicious: Generic.Trojan.PSEB.THN73T
- GoogleMalicious: Detected
- GridinsoftMalicious: Hack.Win32.GameHack.cl
- IkarusMalicious: Trojan.Win64.Meterpreter
- K7AntiVirusMalicious: Unwanted-Program ( 005cf4021 )
- K7GWMalicious: Unwanted-Program ( 005cf4021 )
- LionicMalicious: Virus.Win32.Generic.neER
- MalwarebytesMalicious: RiskWare.Crack
- MaxSecureMalicious: Trojan.Malware.325823501.susgen
- MicrosoftMalicious: PUA:Win32/GameHack
- PaloaltoMalicious: generic.ml
- SophosMalicious: Generic Reputation PUA (PUA)
- TrellixENSMalicious: Artemis!17C218B71D75
- WebrootMalicious: Win.Riskware.Repack
- AcronisClean
- AhnLab-V3Clean
- AlibabaClean
- alibabacloudClean
- ALYacClean
- Antiy-AVLClean
- APEXClean
- ArcabitClean
- AvastClean
- Avast-MobileNo result
- AVGClean
- AviraClean
- BitDefenderClean
- BitDefenderFalxNo result
- CAT-QuickHealClean
- ClamAVClean
- CMCClean
- CrowdStrikeClean
- CylanceClean
- CynetClean
- DrWebClean
- ElasticClean
- EmsisoftClean
- ESET-NOD32Clean
- F-SecureClean
- huorongClean
- JiangminClean
- KasperskyClean
- KingsoftClean
- McAfeeDClean
- MicroWorld-eScanClean
- NANO-AntivirusClean
- PandaClean
- RisingClean
- SangforClean
- SentinelOneClean
- SkyhighClean
- SUPERAntiSpywareClean
- SymantecClean
- SymantecMobileInsightNo result
- TACHYONClean
- tehtrisClean
- TencentClean
- TrapmineClean
- TrendMicroClean
- TrendMicro-HouseCallClean
- TrustlookNo result
- VaristClean
- VBA32Clean
- VIPREClean
- VirITClean
- ViRobotClean
- XcitiumClean
- YandexClean
- ZillyaClean
- ZoneAlarmClean
- ZonerClean
Signatures and behavior heuristics
Community YARA rules matched, but all of them are generic capability, anti-debug or compiler rules that ordinary software also matches. Worth noting, not on their own cause for alarm.
- shellcodegeneric
- Borlandgeneric
- HUNTING_SUSP_TLS_SECTIONgeneric
- pe_detect_tls_callbacksgeneric
VirusTotal's sandbox summary maps this run to MITRE T1055 (Process Injection), but no injected process of the sample's own was recorded (the analysis VM's own WMI adapter, crash handlers and Chrome updater are not counted). VirusTotal maps T1055 on about half of all files no engine flags, so the mapping alone is not evidence of injection.
EvidenceT1055 (sandbox MITRE mapping)
Section entropy & packers
No high-entropy executable section or known packer signature was detected. Data and resource sections can still have high entropy without indicating packed code.
How widely this file has been seen
Widely seen in the wild for a long time. High prior this is legitimate; isolated detections on common-old files are usually false positives.
Chapter 05
Questions & answers
Short answers to the 6 questions people ask most about this file.
Is setup.exe safe, or is it malware?
What is setup.exe?
How many antivirus engines detected setup.exe?
I already downloaded and installed setup.exe — what should I do?
What is the SHA-256 hash of setup.exe?
How up to date is this analysis of setup.exe?
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