Is dodeca_and_7channel_3DSL_HRTF.sofa safe?
Widely distributed VLC media player component with zero malicious detections across 74 engines.
The file shows no malicious detections from any of the 74 engines and has been submitted 316 times since 2017. External reference data identifies it as part of VLC for Android.
05ca927052cf83663b…f8b215ac77ec4eRecommended next actions
Before opening
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If you already opened it
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Intelligence
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The reasoning behind this verdict
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The file shows no malicious detections from any of the 74 engines and has been submitted 316 times since 2017. External reference data identifies it as part of VLC for Android.
Zero detections across all engine tiers combined with long-term prevalence and an NSRL reference entry indicate this is a legitimate media file. The community annotation explicitly links the file to VLC media player. No sandbox data, signing data, or network contacts are present to contradict this assessment.
What We Detected
74 antivirus engines scanned the file with zero malicious or suspicious detections. 17 tier-1 engines explicitly reported the file as clean.
Threat Behavior
No sandbox execution data is available. The file has no recorded network contacts or dropped children. External reference data identifies the file as part of VLC for Android.
What To Do Now
The file can be considered safe for normal use. Keep endpoint protection enabled as a general security practice.
- Zero malicious detections across 74 engines
- Long-term prevalence since 2017
- NSRL reference database match
- Community annotation identifies VLC component
The file is safe to use. Continue normal security practices with endpoint protection enabled.
Coverage & freshness
Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.
Antivirus
Complete0 of 74 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 / 74engines flagged
- 244sources 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 74 antivirus engines flagged the file.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceObservedSourceAntivirus analysisObserved at - 02
The hash appears in a known-software reference database.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceObservedSourceReference software databaseObserved at - 03
The hash has a long, established submission history across 244 sources.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceDerivedSourceSubmission historyObserved at
Detection sources at a glance
The available sources did not agree on a named threat category.
One or more independent reference databases matched this hash.
YARA rules
No matchesThe rule pass completed without a saved public match.
0 of 74 engines flagged this file
View all 74 engine results
PE structure
Not applicablePE structure analysis applies to Windows executable formats, not this file type.
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.
Fingerprint and provenance
- File name
- dodeca_and_7channel_3DSL_HRTF.sofa
- Format
- unknown
- Code signing
- Not applicable to this file type
- Size
- 90.2 KB
- Last analyzed
- Aug 8, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC
05ca927052cf83663b29546b06998b03ea7fbcd288f7c99e7af8b215ac77ec4eSafety & 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 it only when its sender or download source is one you independently trust.
- 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.
Safety FAQ
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