File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is this text file safe? Yes, no threats found.
This non-executable text file drew no flags from 75 antivirus engines and has no malware-specific research or family matches.
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Moderate evidence · No engine flags it, but no publisher signature confirms who made it.
Open it only with a plain-text editor, especially if it arrived unexpectedly. Treat any embedded links or command instructions as untrusted until independently verified.
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We found nothing harmful in this file.
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Antivirus results
0 of 61 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 61
- No result 14
- Code signing Not applicable
- Test run Not applicable
- First seen 14d ago
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Why we think so
2 points against it and 4 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
The sample is a 9,802-byte plain-text document, and none of the 61 antivirus engines that checked it flagged it. No malware-specific research match or known family identification was found, although its content was not observed executing in a sandbox.
The file is identified as plain text rather than an executable program. None of the 61 antivirus engines that checked it reported it as malicious or suspicious, including all contributing major antivirus engines. Malware-family intelligence and malware-specific research rules produced no match. Five prior text-file matches also received benign outcomes, though file-type similarity alone is weak supporting evidence. Because no sandbox observation or complete contacted-host reputation result exists, the conclusion rests primarily on the file type and static scan results.
What We Detected
The sample is a 9,802-byte plain-text file. None of the 61 antivirus engines that checked it flagged it, and there is no named malware family or malware-specific research-rule match.
Threat Behavior
No completed sandbox observation is available, so no behavior in the test run can be described. A comprehensive contacted-host reputation result is also unavailable.
What To Do Now
The file can generally be opened with a plain-text editor. Avoid copying commands, links, or scripts from an unexpected message into a terminal or browser unless their source and purpose are verified.
Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
- The file has only one submission and was first observed on Oct 12, 2026, so it has little prevalence history.
- No sandbox run completed, and no comprehensive reputation check of contacted hosts is available; static evidence therefore carries the decision.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- None of the 61 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file.
- The sample is a non-executable plain-text document.
- No malware-specific research rule or known malware-family match was found.
- Five prior text-file matches received benign outcomes.
- The file was first observed on Oct 12, 2026 and has only one recorded submission.
- No observation from the test run or comprehensive contacted-host reputation check is available.
6 sources checked · 4 complete · 2 not needed or not applicable. See every source
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Technical details
None of the 61 antivirus engines that checked it flag it.
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · 4 complete · 2 not needed or not applicable. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
File fingerprint
- File name
- Text file
- Format
- Text
- Size
- 9.8 kB
- Code signing
- Not applicable to this file type
- Last analyzed
- Oct 12, 2026, 12:33 AM UTC
- SHA-256
0f8c342dfe4b73a6438e1889df6dfce99fd2ecdb7775dc08edbf54da512e6a79- SHA-1
392ee6d4962685600752a9fc949852f2fff951d7- MD5
f207c1927d2031fa0096118716b4d6a5
First scanned
Includes every engine result (75) and how widely the file has been seen.
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