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Verdict Suspicious

Analyzed , 1 month ago

Is MA2 Dual NSP Emulator v1.2.exe safe? Treat it as suspicious.

This Python-packaged emulator tool draws 4 of 74 engine detections, including a keylogger label and one major generic trojan hit, and its signature fails verification.

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Why Suspicious? 4 antivirus engines flag it; nothing else confirms it.

Limited evidence · One sign points to a problem; nothing else confirms it.

Don't run it until you know where it came from

Only run this tool if it came directly from a source you trust, ideally inside a virtual machine, and keep your antivirus enabled throughout.

What to do now4 steps

Some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. Treat it with caution.

What to do

  1. Don't run it unless you're sure where it came from.

  2. Check where you got it: an unexpected attachment, a link someone sent you or a re-upload is a red flag.

  3. 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 ran it

  1. Stop using it, run a full scan with your antivirus and watch for unexpected behavior or security alerts.

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Ask the MalwareTips community before you run it. If you already ran it, follow the cleanup guide.

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MA2 Dual NSP Emulator v1.2.exe: Suspicious — MalwareTips file scan

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Antivirus results

4 of 69 flagged

  • Flagged 4
  • No detection 65
  • No result 5
FileMA2 Dual NSP Emulator v1.2.exe18.6 MBSHA-256 06523ef39767…04e08b
  • Code signing Signer not verified
  • Test run Completed
  • First seen 2y ago
4 of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flag it, including Trend Micro and CrowdStrike.

Chapter 02

Why we think so

4 points against it and 3 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.

MT AI Engine · Verdict analysis

The reasoning behind this verdict

Analyst conclusion

Four of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flag this program. They include TrendMicro's generic trojan label and Zillya's keylogger label, while most major engines stay silent. The file carries a signature that fails verification and is a packaged Python application. It has circulated since January 2024 among many submitters, so a false positive is plausible, but the evidence is not clean enough to clear it.

Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
  • 129 distinct submitters over more than two years and silence from 16 major antivirus engines are consistent with a niche hobbyist tool that is falsely flagged.
  • The only major detection is a generic label, and no sandbox run returned a malicious verdict.

These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.

6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 partial. See every source

Chapter 03

What it did in our test

It ran in our isolated test environment; no test environment rated what it did as risky.

Test run summary

Capture complete
  • 18sandbox rule tags
  • 4spawned processes
  • 4network contacts
  • 30filesystem & 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: Used an unusual way to talk to a server.

  • Moderate concern: Unpacked hidden content while it ran.

  • Moderate concern: Checked whether it was running on a test computer.

  • Moderate concern: Contacted a server on an unusual network port.

  • Note: Listed the programs running on the test computer.

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.

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.

Seen in the test runWorked out from other results

  1. Input file

    The submitted object

    1
    1. Evidence 1 of 7: FileSeen in the test run

      MA2 Dual NSP Emulator v1.2.exe

      06523ef39767e6dfd4ccb07d43c0f94e3db4282d4f78dfd4accb97480a04e08b

      Uploaded file

  2. Processes

    What ran

    2
    1. Evidence 2 of 7: ProcessSeen in the test run

      MA2 Dual NSP Emulator v1.2.exe

      Test run
    2. Evidence 3 of 7: ProcessSeen in the test run

      06523ef39767e6dfd4ccb07d43c0f94e3db4282d4f78dfd4accb97480a04e08b.exe

      Test run
    3. +1 more recorded observation

  3. Files

    Created or changed

    2
    1. Evidence 4 of 7: Written fileSeen in the test run

      _imaging.cp312-win_amd64.pyd

      C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI3362\PIL\_imaging.cp312-win_amd64.pyd

      Test run
    2. Evidence 5 of 7: Written fileSeen in the test run

      _imagingcms.cp312-win_amd64.pyd

      C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI3362\PIL\_imagingcms.cp312-win_amd64.pyd

      Test run
    3. +1 more recorded observation

  4. Network

    Hosts contacted

    2
    1. Evidence 6 of 7: Contacted hostSeen in the test run

      23.49.140.110

      Contacted during the test run.

      Test run
    2. Evidence 7 of 7: Contacted hostSeen in the test run

      104.98.118.146

      Contacted during the test run.

      Test run
    3. +1 more recorded observation

7 facts from the test run. See the full activity list.

Chapter 04

Technical details

4 of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; a signature that did not verify.

Sources checked

Every check behind this verdict

6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 partial. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.

SourceStatusResultChecked
Antivirus enginesVirusTotal · 74 enginesCompleteRisk signal: 4 of 69 engines flagged it · 5 gave no result Details for antivirus engines
Sandbox runVirusTotal sandboxesCompleteRuntime behaviour was recorded Details for sandbox run
Contacted hostsMalwareTips URL scannerPartial4 hosts contacted in the test run had no completed reputation check Details for contacted hosts
Signature rulesYARAify community rules + MalwareTips rulesComplete1 MalwareTips behaviour rule Details for signature rules
Malware sample databaseabuse.ch MalwareBazaarCompleteNot listed
Known-software referenceCIRCL hashlookupCompleteNo match

Engines that flagged it 4

  • TrendMicro-HouseCall (major engine)Trojan.Win64.Gen.TL0101DO26ZB
  • APEXMalicious
  • CrowdStrikewin/malicious_confidence_70% (W)
  • ZillyaTrojan.Keylogger.Script.265

File fingerprint

Last analyzed
Sep 3, 2026, 5:41 PM UTC
SHA-256
06523ef39767e6dfd4ccb07d43c0f94e3db4282d4f78dfd4accb97480a04e08b
SHA-1
4df6ab268dab00c3fe814ece417d09faa45ae7a6
MD5
6430f26e152f412882337a603d6c9920

About this file

MA2 Dual NSP Emulator v1.2.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 18.6 MB.

Type and size
Win32 EXE · 18.6 MB
Signer
MA2 Dual NSP Emulator (unverified signature)Worth noting: Malware sometimes copies or steals a company's signature, so this does not mean that company made it.
First seen
Jan 25, 2024On VirusTotal.
Submitted by
129 distinct sources
Packer
None detected
Entropy
8.00 of 8

First scanned Updated

Chapter 05

Questions & answers

Short answers to the 7 questions people ask most about this file.

Is MA2 Dual NSP Emulator v1.2.exe safe, or is it malware?
MA2 Dual NSP Emulator v1.2.exe is rated Suspicious: some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. 4 of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flag it. Don't run it unless you're sure where it came from. If you need the program, download it again from the publisher's own website.
What is MA2 Dual NSP Emulator v1.2.exe?
MA2 Dual NSP Emulator v1.2.exe is a Windows program, about 18.6 MB. It carries no version information saying what it is or who made it. VirusTotal first saw it on Jan 25, 2024.
How many antivirus engines detected MA2 Dual NSP Emulator v1.2.exe?
4 of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flag MA2 Dual NSP Emulator v1.2.exe, including Trend Micro and CrowdStrike. We weigh which engines flagged it and what else the scan found, not just the count.
What should I do if I already ran MA2 Dual NSP Emulator v1.2.exe?
No infection is confirmed: the rating is a caution, not a malware finding. 1) Check where it came from. If you can't confirm the source, delete it. 2) Run a full scan with your security software. 3) If the scan finds something, follow its removal steps and change passwords you typed on the device since then.
Is MA2 Dual NSP Emulator v1.2.exe digitally signed?
It carries a signature in the name of MA2 Dual NSP Emulator that could not be verified. Malware sometimes copies or steals a company's signature, so this does not mean that company made it.
What is the SHA-256 hash of MA2 Dual NSP Emulator v1.2.exe?
The SHA-256 fingerprint of MA2 Dual NSP Emulator v1.2.exe is 06523ef39767e6dfd4ccb07d43c0f94e3db4282d4f78dfd4accb97480a04e08b, and its MD5 is 6430f26e152f412882337a603d6c9920. Two files with the same SHA-256 are identical, so use it to check you have exactly this file, not just one with the same name.
How up to date is this analysis of MA2 Dual NSP Emulator v1.2.exe?
This report reflects the scan on Sep 3, 2026. A file's fingerprint never changes, but antivirus engines keep learning, so a rating can change later. To get a newer result, scan the file again: we refresh the antivirus results when the saved ones are out of date.
Chapter 06

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