Is BS476-22.pdf safe?
No antivirus engine detected this encrypted PDF, and independent intelligence found no matching threat indicators, although runtime coverage and file history remain limited.
None of 75 antivirus engines flagged the PDF, including all 17 reporting tier-1 engines, and no external intelligence source matched it to known malware. The file is newly observed and encrypted, while no sandbox execution or complete host-reputation check is available, so ordinary caution remains appropriate.
07a8fba17245df89ef…ecb0d5ecc74fd6Recommended next actions
Before opening
Open it only when its sender or download source is one you independently trust.
If you already opened 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.
None of 75 antivirus engines flagged the PDF, including all 17 reporting tier-1 engines, and no external intelligence source matched it to known malware. The file is newly observed and encrypted, while no sandbox execution or complete host-reputation check is available, so ordinary caution remains appropriate.
The strongest evidence is broad agreement across the antivirus network: 0 of 75 engines reported a malicious or suspicious result. All 17 reporting tier-1 engines were non-detecting, and no malware family consensus exists. CIRCL, MalwareBazaar, and YARAify supplied no corroborating threat hit, while no offensive runtime technique was recorded. However, sandboxCount=0 means the listed behavior does not represent completed runtime observation, and contactedHosts is unavailable. The document is also encrypted and newly observed, but those limitations do not outweigh the uniformly non-detecting scan results.
What We Detected
The 155,614-byte PDF received 0 malicious and 0 suspicious results across 75 antivirus engines. All 17 reporting tier-1 engines, including BitDefender, ESET-NOD32, Kaspersky, Microsoft, and Avast, reported no detection. CIRCL, MalwareBazaar, and YARAify also returned no matching threat intelligence.
Threat Behavior
No offensive techniques, malicious child files, or confirmed malware family were identified. There was no completed sandbox run, so runtime behavior cannot be characterized. The host-reputation cross-check was not available, although the evidence contains no observed domains, IP addresses, or URLs.
What To Do Now
The document can be handled with normal PDF precautions. Keep endpoint protection and the PDF reader enabled and updated, and avoid interacting with unexpected links, attachments, or prompts if the document came from an untrusted sender.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- prevalence.classification=rare_new with 1 submission from 1 source, so the sample has little established history.
- file.tags includes encrypted, which may limit static inspection of some PDF content.
- behaviour.sandboxCount=0 and contactedHosts=null leave runtime activity and host reputation unverified.
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 antivirus engines reported a malicious or suspicious result.
- engines.tier1Malicious=0, with 17 tier-1 engines reporting no detection.
- externalIntel.yaraify.ruleCount=0 and externalIntel.malwareBazaar.hit=false.
- behaviour.offensiveCount=0.
- brandMismatch is null and no heuristics fired.
- The PDF is newly observed, with only 1 submission from 1 source.
- The file is tagged encrypted, which may reduce static content visibility.
- No completed sandbox execution is available.
- No complete contacted-host reputation result is available.
Use normal document precautions and open it only if the source and context are expected. Keep endpoint protection and the PDF reader fully enabled and updated.
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
- BS476-22.pdf
- Format
- Code signing
- Not applicable to this file type
- Size
- 152.0 KB
- Last analyzed
- Sep 23, 2026, 12:48 PM UTC
07a8fba17245df89efca8a376ac2d758fb80145526d1950c81ecb0d5ecc74fd6Safety & 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.
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