File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is grey overlay.
No antivirus engine detected the ZIP archive, although its reputation and absence of the test run warrant ordinary caution before extraction.
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Moderate evidence · No engine flags it, but no publisher signature confirms who made it.
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We found nothing harmful in this file.
Open it only if you trust the person or website you got it from.
Keep your security software and system updates switched on.
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Antivirus results
0 of 59 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 59
- No result 16
- Code signing Not applicable
- Test run Not run
- First seen 1mo ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
4 points against it and 4 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
The archive drew no malicious or suspicious detections from 75 antivirus engines, including no major detections, and external intelligence supplied no threat match. Because it is and lacks completed the test run, extract it only if the source is expected and keep security software enabled.
The antivirus analysis found no malicious or suspicious detections among 75 antivirus engines, with 14 major antivirus 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 with only one submission, which reduces confidence in reputation-based conclusions. No completed observation from the test run 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. Major antivirus engines 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 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 security software enabled, scan extracted files individually, and avoid launching unexpected executables, scripts, or shortcuts contained inside.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- The absence of a completed sandbox run means the archive and any embedded content were not observed executing, so static detections cannot establish runtime safety.
- The missing contacted-host reputation result means no complete host-reputation cross-check is available.
- The file was first seen on Sep 11, 2026 with a count of 1 submission, 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.
- 0/59 engines reported malicious or suspicious results
- No major antivirus engines flagged it
- The hash is not listed in the MalwareBazaar malware database
- No community YARA rule matched
- File with a count of 1 submission
- No completed observation from the test run is available
- No comprehensive contacted-host reputation result is available
- Archive contents may require separate inspection after extraction
6 sources checked · 4 complete · 1 not run · 1 not needed or not applicable. See every source
Chapter 03
Technical details
None of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flag it.
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · 4 complete · 1 not run · 1 not needed or not applicable. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Sep 11, 2026, 9:45 PM UTC
- SHA-256
0430c7f61c360346595499afd0499095bd40016c36e91aebb0600eb47a87656a- SHA-1
4fe2acf13d8e09b35286f09d091ed05ad908ec6f- MD5
4a651644e3638969b39804f9a92eaff8
About this file
grey overlay.zip is a ZIP file of 1.6 MB.
- Type and size
- ZIP · 1.6 MB
- Signer
- Not applicable
- First seen
- Sep 11, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 1 sourceRarely seen: few people have submitted this exact file.
First scanned
Antivirus consensus
0 of 59 engines flagged this file
16 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.
- Tier-114 engines0flagged
- Tier-232 engines0flagged
- Low-trust13 engines0flagged
View all 75 engine results
- AcronisClean
- AhnLab-V3Clean
- AlibabaClean
- alibabacloudClean
- ALYacClean
- Antiy-AVLClean
- APEXNo result
- ArcabitClean
- AvastNo result
- Avast-MobileClean
- AVGNo result
- AviraClean
- BitDefenderClean
- BitDefenderFalxNo result
- BkavClean
- CAT-QuickHealClean
- ClamAVNo result
- CMCClean
- CrowdStrikeClean
- CTXClean
- CylanceNo result
- CynetClean
- DeepInstinctNo result
- DrWebClean
- ElasticNo result
- EmsisoftClean
- ESET-NOD32Clean
- F-SecureClean
- FortinetClean
- GDataClean
- GoogleClean
- GridinsoftClean
- huorongClean
- IkarusNo result
- JiangminClean
- K7AntiVirusClean
- K7GWClean
- KasperskyClean
- KingsoftClean
- LionicClean
- MalwarebytesClean
- MaxSecureClean
- McAfeeDClean
- MicrosoftClean
- MicroWorld-eScanClean
- NANO-AntivirusClean
- PaloaltoNo result
- PandaClean
- RisingClean
- SangforClean
- SentinelOneClean
- SkyhighNo result
- SophosClean
- SUPERAntiSpywareClean
- SymantecClean
- SymantecMobileInsightNo result
- TACHYONClean
- tehtrisNo result
- TencentClean
- TrapmineNo result
- TrellixENSNo result
- TrendMicroClean
- TrendMicro-HouseCallClean
- TrustlookClean
- VaristClean
- VBA32Clean
- VIPREClean
- VirITClean
- ViRobotClean
- WebrootClean
- XcitiumClean
- YandexClean
- ZillyaNo result
- ZoneAlarmClean
- ZonerClean
How widely this file has been seen
Rarely uploaded, and first seen more than two weeks ago. Often niche legitimate software or internal tooling; not a strong malware signal on its own.
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