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File verdict·Decided by the MT AI Engine
Our call

Safe

Clean Flatpak reference file for legitimate Audacity audio software with unanimous clean verdicts from 60 engines.

Trust score92High trust
MT AI confidence · 95%
org.audacityteam.Audacity.flatpakref
3.9 KB
0febd4afb48fac5600…039a50ee80
Antivirus engines
0 of 76 flagged
Code signing
Unsigned
Age
First seen 3y ago
MT AI Engine · our arbiter

The verdict, reasoned out.

Not a rules engine. The MT AI Engine reads every signal we collected, weighs them against history, and commits to an answer.

95%Confidence
Very high
Reasoning

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.

Key signals · 3

Each signal cites a concrete token from the evidence the arbiter saw — engine name, MITRE technique, signer string, or an exact count.

  1. engines.tier1ReportedClean=18 with malicious=0

  2. fileName=org.audacityteam.Audacity.flatpakref and fileType=Text

  3. prevalence.classification=medium (11 submissions)

Points in its favour
  • 18 tier-1 engines reported clean
  • Medium prevalence over 1178 days
  • Exact match to official Audacity Flatpak naming
What to do

The file is safe; proceed with normal Flatpak installation workflow.

No researcher-database hits
External threat-intel sources were not collected for this scan.
Antivirus engine breakdown

0 detections across 76 engines

0 malicious0 suspicious76 clean
Tier-118 engines
0flag
Top commercial AVs (low FP rate)
Tier-239 engines
0flag
Mainstream engines with mixed FP rates
Low-trust19 engines
0flag
Heuristic / generic-AI engines (high FP rate)
All 76 engines report this file as clean.
Hash 0febd4afb48f… cross-referenced against 76 AV engines via our AV network.
Prevalence

How often this file shows up in the wild

Moderate prevalence — neither rare nor common. No strong prior applies.

Medium
Unique uploaders
10
Moderate upload volume.
Total submissions
11
Includes repeat uploads by the same source.
First seen by VT
3y ago
Mar 16, 2023
Prevalence quadrant
Rare · New
Targeted malware lives here
Common · New
Just-released software
Rare · Old
Niche or internal tooling
Common · Old
Trusted legitimate binaries
File identity

Forensic fingerprint

File biography
First seen (VT)
3/16/2023, 6:03:37 PM
First seen (MalwareBazaar)
—
Last analysis (VT)
10/3/2023, 5:56:59 PM
Scanned here
6/6/2026, 2:47:47 PM
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
Behavior tags
text
Community classification

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