Safe
Clean Flatpak reference file for legitimate Audacity audio software with unanimous clean verdicts from 60 engines.
0febd4afb48fac5600…039a50ee80The reasoning behind this verdict
The MT AI Engine weighs every signal from this scan — antivirus detections, sandbox behaviour, code signing, prevalence and historical matches — to reach a single, evidence-based verdict.
Zero engine detections across tier-1 and tier-2 vendors combined with the exact filename expected for an Audacity Flatpak reference eliminate any realistic malware hypothesis. The file is small, non-executable text, carries no signing or behavioral red flags, and shows steady historical submissions consistent with a utility configuration file. No external intelligence sources or sandbox artifacts contradict the clean assessment.
Each signal cites a concrete token from the evidence the arbiter saw — engine name, MITRE technique, signer string, or an exact count.
engines.tier1ReportedClean=18 with malicious=0
fileName=org.audacityteam.Audacity.flatpakref and fileType=Text
prevalence.classification=medium (11 submissions)
- 18 tier-1 engines reported clean
- Medium prevalence over 1178 days
- Exact match to official Audacity Flatpak naming
The file is safe; proceed with normal Flatpak installation workflow.
What to do now
This file looks safe based on everything we checked.
This file is safe to use.
Good habit: only download files from the official website or an app store.
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on so you stay protected.
0 detections across 76 engines
How widely this file has been seen
Moderate prevalence — neither rare nor common. No strong prior applies.
Forensic fingerprint
- File name
- org.audacityteam.Audacity.flatpakref
- Size
- 3.9 KB
- MIME type
- (unknown)
- Detected type
- Text
- SHA-256
- 0febd4afb48fac5600d8dd99259ad91312875680e52ef2d5d5c005039a50ee80
- MD5
- 8569aecc486ae1e6239e3277688cd310
- SHA-1
- 78f1cfedbc23227f7b8110457eedb97dc25c011f
- First seen (VT)
- 3/16/2023, 6:03:37 PM
- Last analysis (VT)
- 10/3/2023, 5:56:59 PM
- First scan (MalwareTips)
- 6/6/2026, 2:47:47 PM
- Last scan (MalwareTips)
- 6/6/2026, 2:47:47 PM
Safety FAQ
Common questions about org.audacityteam.Audacity.flatpakref, answered from the scan data above.
- org.audacityteam.Audacity.flatpakref appears safe. 76 of 76 antivirus engines report it clean. As a habit, only open files you downloaded from the official source, since attackers sometimes distribute trojanised copies of legitimate software under the same name.
- org.audacityteam.Audacity.flatpakref is a file, about 4 KB. Our analysis found no threat indicators for it. A file's name can be reused by different files, so we identify it by its cryptographic hash (below).
- None — all 76 antivirus engines we queried report org.audacityteam.Audacity.flatpakref as clean. That's reassuring, though brand-new malware can briefly evade detection before vendors add signatures, so we also weigh the file's behaviour and reputation.
- The SHA-256 hash of org.audacityteam.Audacity.flatpakref is 0febd4afb48fac5600d8dd99259ad91312875680e52ef2d5d5c005039a50ee80, and its MD5 is 8569aecc486ae1e6239e3277688cd310. This hash is the file's unique fingerprint — two files with the same SHA-256 are identical. Use it to confirm you're looking at exactly this file (not just one with the same name) when comparing against antivirus databases or a download's published checksum.
- Based on this scan, yes — org.audacityteam.Audacity.flatpakref shows no threat indicators. The important caveat is source: make sure you downloaded it from the official website or a trusted store, because attackers sometimes distribute malware-laced copies under a legitimate file's name. If your own antivirus flags it while we report it clean, that is most often a false positive, but verify the source before overriding your antivirus.
- This report reflects the scan run on June 6, 2026. Because a file's hash never changes, the identity of org.audacityteam.Audacity.flatpakref is fixed — but antivirus coverage improves over time, so a file that looks clean today can pick up detections later (and vice-versa). If you need the latest picture, MalwareTips staff can re-run the analysis from scratch.
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