Is grey overlay.zip safe?
No antivirus engine detected the ZIP archive, although its brand-new reputation and absence of runtime analysis warrant ordinary caution before extraction.
The archive drew no malicious or suspicious detections from 75 antivirus engines, including no tier-1 detections, and external intelligence supplied no threat match. Because it is newly observed and lacks completed runtime analysis, extract it only if the source is expected and keep endpoint protection enabled.
0430c7f61c36034659…600eb47a87656aRecommended next actions
Before opening or extracting
Open or extract it only when its sender or download source has been independently verified.
If you already opened or extracted it
Keep normal device protection enabled and stop if the file behaves unexpectedly.
Intelligence
The saved assessment, checked against the scan evidence and recorded coverage.
The reasoning behind this verdict
This section explains the evidence supporting the verdict and keeps conflicting or missing signals visible.
The archive drew no malicious or suspicious detections from 75 antivirus engines, including no tier-1 detections, and external intelligence supplied no threat match. Because it is newly observed and lacks completed runtime analysis, extract it only if the source is expected and keep endpoint protection enabled.
Static scanning found no malicious or suspicious detections among 75 antivirus engines, with 14 tier-1 engines reporting no detection. No malware family, malicious child, or researcher-rule match is identified in the available evidence. Signing is not meaningful for a ZIP archive, so its absence carries no negative weight. The file is newly observed with only one submission, which reduces confidence in reputation-based conclusions. No completed runtime observation or comprehensive contacted-host reputation result is available. The four prior favorable decisions concern only other ZIP files and therefore provide weak contextual support rather than identity-level corroboration.
What We Detected
No malicious or suspicious detection was reported by any of the 75 antivirus engines. Tier-1 products including BitDefender, ESET-NOD32, Kaspersky, Microsoft, and Fortinet reported no detection, and no malware family was identified. External intelligence also returned no MalwareBazaar, CIRCL, or YARAify match.
Threat Behavior
No completed sandbox observation is available, so the archive's contents were not observed executing. A comprehensive contacted-host reputation result is also unavailable. The file is newly observed and has only one recorded submission, which limits historical confidence despite the favorable static results.
What To Do Now
Confirm that the archive came from an expected source before opening it. Keep endpoint protection enabled, scan extracted files individually, and avoid launching unexpected executables, scripts, or shortcuts contained inside.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- behaviour=null means the archive and any embedded content were not observed executing, so static detections cannot establish runtime safety.
- contactedHosts=null means no complete host-reputation cross-check is available.
- The file is 0 days old with prevalence.timesSubmitted=1, leaving little history to expose a newly distributed threat.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- 0/75 engines reported malicious or suspicious results
- engines.tier1Malicious=0
- 14 tier-1 engines reported no detection
- externalIntel.malwareBazaar.hit=false
- externalIntel.yaraify.ruleCount=0
- Newly observed file with prevalence.timesSubmitted=1
- No completed runtime observation is available
- No comprehensive contacted-host reputation result is available
- Archive contents may require separate inspection after extraction
Proceed only if the archive came from an expected source. Keep endpoint protection enabled and rescan every extracted item before opening or executing it.
Coverage & freshness
Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.
Antivirus
Complete0 of 75 engines flagged the file.
Sandbox
PartialRuntime data is present, but no completed sandbox environment is recorded.
Network
Not runNo contacted-host reputation check is recorded.
No timestamp recordedYARA
CompleteRule evaluation completed with no recorded matches.
External intel
Complete3 of 3 independent reference sources completed.
Behavior
Plain-English impact first, then the observed runtime evidence.
Runtime behavior was not available
The report does not treat a missing runtime observation as a clean result.
Detection & Forensics
Consensus, attribution, signatures, code structure, prevalence, and identity.
Evidence integrity
Chain of custody for the facts preserved in this report.
- 0rule hits recorded
- 0 / 75engines flagged
- 1sources in submission history
Why these facts are shown
Each statement identifies whether it was directly recorded or derived from saved scan facts.
- 01
0 of 75 antivirus engines flagged the file.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceObservedSourceAntivirus analysisObserved at - 02
No completed runtime observation is available for this file.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceRuntime coverageObserved at - 03
The hash has been submitted 1 time from 1 source.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceSaved report factsObserved at
Detection sources at a glance
The available sources did not agree on a named threat category.
MalwareBazaar, YARAify, and CIRCL hashlookup completed and returned no entries for this hash.
YARA rules
No matchesThe rule pass completed without a saved public match.
0 of 75 engines flagged this file
View all 75 engine results
PE structure
Not applicablePE structure analysis applies to Windows executable formats, not this file type.
How widely this file has been seen
Barely seen in the wild and first surfaced recently. That limits reputation evidence, but rarity alone is not proof of malware.
Fingerprint and provenance
- File name
- grey overlay.zip
- Format
- ZIP
- Code signing
- Not applicable to this file type
- Size
- 1.6 MB
- Last analyzed
- Sep 11, 2026, 9:45 PM UTC
0430c7f61c360346595499afd0499095bd40016c36e91aebb0600eb47a87656aSafety & FAQ
Complete recovery guidance and answers for the next decision.
What to do now
This file appears low risk based on the evidence available now.
- Recovery step 01
Open or extract it only when its sender or download source has been independently verified.
- Recovery step 02
A clean result reduces known risk, but it cannot guarantee that every new or targeted threat has been detected.
- Recovery step 03
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on so you stay protected.
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