Is XPR2.exe safe?
Three of 76 engines raised generic alerts, while observed process-injection and defense-impairment techniques make this rare, unsigned executable unsuitable for routine use.
The strongest concerns are observed T1055 process-injection behavior, T1562.001 defense impairment, and the absence of a verified publisher. However, all 17 tier-1 engines were silent, no named malware family emerged, and external research sources provided no corroborating match.
0ff7384577bff649da…0356c9a2ee4a2cRecommended next actions
Before running
Do not run it until the source and publisher can be verified independently.
If you already ran it
Stop using it, scan the device, and watch for unexpected behavior or security alerts. Get a fresh copy from the developer's official site or an official app store.
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.
The strongest concerns are observed T1055 process-injection behavior, T1562.001 defense impairment, and the absence of a verified publisher. However, all 17 tier-1 engines were silent, no named malware family emerged, and external research sources provided no corroborating match.
Three of 76 engines flagged the executable, but their labels are generic and none came from the tier-1 group. One completed sandbox mapped activity to T1055 and T1562.001, which are offensive techniques associated with process injection and impairment of defenses. The executable is unsigned and has appeared only three times from two sources, so there is little publisher or prevalence evidence to explain those techniques benignly. No malicious sandbox verdict, known-bad child, named family, or external-intelligence match corroborates the alerts. The evidence therefore warrants isolation and further verification rather than execution on a normal system.
What We Detected
Three of 76 antivirus engines flagged the executable: CrowdStrike and Elastic supplied generic malicious assessments, while APEX supplied a low-trust generic alert. None of the 17 tier-1 engines detected it, and no engine consensus identified a malware family.
Threat Behavior
One completed sandbox run mapped activity to T1055 (Process Injection) and T1562.001 (Impair Defenses). These are meaningful offensive indicators, although the sandbox did not issue a malicious verdict and recorded no domain, IP, or URL contacts. A complete contacted-host reputation check was not available. Four written child hashes were inspected without a confirmed malicious child, but all four remain unclassified.
What To Do Now
Do not run this unsigned executable on a production or personal system until its source and purpose can be independently verified. Keep endpoint protection enabled, quarantine the file, and obtain a fresh copy from an authenticated publisher channel if it is expected software.
Where this verdict could be wrong5 caveats
- All 17 tier-1 engines reported no detection, including BitDefender, Kaspersky, ESET-NOD32, and Microsoft-class high-trust coverage represented by tier1Malicious=0.
- behaviour.hasMaliciousSandboxVerdict=false, and the observed sample made no recorded domain, IP, or URL contacts.
- peAnalysis.highEntropyCode=false and peAnalysis.likelyPacked=false, providing no static indication of packing or unusually encrypted code.
- droppedChildren.hasMaliciousChild=false, although all four inspected child verdicts remain unknown rather than confirmed benign.
- No CIRCL, MalwareBazaar, or YARAify match corroborates the generic engine detections.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- All 17 tier-1 engines reported no detection.
- No malicious sandbox verdict was recorded.
- No named malware-family consensus was present.
- No CIRCL, MalwareBazaar, or YARAify match was found.
- The PE shows neither high-entropy code nor likely packing.
- Runtime evidence mapped activity to T1055 process injection.
- Runtime evidence mapped activity to T1562.001 impairment of defenses.
- The Win32 executable is unsigned.
- Only two sources submitted the file across three submissions.
- CrowdStrike, Elastic, and APEX issued generic malicious detections.
- No complete contacted-host reputation result is available.
Quarantine the file and verify its origin before use; if it is expected software, replace it with a copy obtained directly from an authenticated publisher. Keep antivirus and endpoint protection enabled.
Coverage & freshness
Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.
Antivirus
Complete3 of 76 engines flagged the file.
Sandbox
Complete1 isolated runtime environment contributed observations.
Network
Not runNo contacted-host reputation check is recorded.
No timestamp recordedYARA
Complete1 signature or behavior rule matched.
External intel
Complete3 of 3 independent reference sources completed.
Behavior
Plain-English impact first, then the observed runtime evidence.
Runtime flight recorder
Capture complete- 1isolated sandbox run
- 12MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- 5spawned processes
- 0network contacts
- 32filesystem & mutex artifacts
What this file does
Observed actions and their security significance
High concern: Injected code into another process, a technique that can conceal execution.
High concern: Attempted to impair or bypass security controls.
Moderate concern: Removed execution artefacts or logs, which can conceal activity.
Moderate concern: Communicated over a common application protocol; malware can use this for command-and-control.
Moderate concern: Scans through your files and folders.
Moderate concern: Checked the environment for virtualisation or analysis tools.
Moderate concern: Checks which security software you have installed.
These are observed capabilities from an isolated analysis. A technique does not prove malicious intent on its own, and the file never ran on your device.
Attack story
Runtime observations grouped by analysis stage. Arrows organize the stages; they do not claim chronology or causality.
Input file
The submitted object
- FileObserved
XPR2.exe
0ff7384577bff649da7881241c360096baaeb5280dc15b72200356c9a2ee4a2c
01Uploaded file
Processes
Runtime execution
- ProcessObserved
Observed process
"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\XPR2.exe"
02Isolated runtime analysis - ProcessObserved
Observed process
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5492 -s 908
03Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Files
Created or changed
- Written fileObserved
Temp
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp
04Isolated runtime analysis - Written fileObserved
d03c3f7c-834f-495e-bb08-c3cf4638cdae
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\d03c3f7c-834f-495e-bb08-c3cf4638cdae
05Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
5 recorded facts from one runtime window. Every fact remains independently traceable in Analyst mode.
What this file did when executed
This file was detonated in 1 sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Adversary techniques mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\d03c3f7c-834f-495e-bb08-c3cf4638cdae
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\5565e594-e848-4e66-ac73-8e9a41842efb
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERC488.tmp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERCA27.tmp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERCBBE.tmp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERC488.tmp.dmp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERCA27.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
- Local\WERReportingForProcess5492
- Global\AmiProviderMutex_InventoryApplicationFile
- Global\2bf010a3-f5ed-4911-ae53-ffd5ce101e79
- \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\WERReportingForProcess2116
- \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\InventorySynchronizationInventoryApplicationFileMutex820
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 4 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.
- 2962e3a746b483d3b612…6c4505Never scannednever seen before
- 56ef83d787abced5a0ab…bc62d3Never scannednever seen before
- aee4379354da0aec2a78…80af9fNever scannednever seen before
- 605c24e30fa602e2c455…7486d6Never scannednever seen before
Detection & Forensics
Consensus, attribution, signatures, code structure, prevalence, and identity.
Evidence integrity
Chain of custody for the facts preserved in this report.
- 1rule hit recorded
- 3 / 76engines flagged
- 2sources in submission history
Why these facts are shown
Each statement identifies whether it was directly recorded or derived from saved scan facts.
- 01
1 high-confidence signature or behavior rule matched this file.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceDerivedSourceSignature and behavior rulesObserved at - 02
3 of 76 antivirus engines flagged the file, including APEX and CrowdStrike.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceObservedSourceAntivirus analysisObserved at - 03
The hash has been submitted 3 times from 2 sources.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceSaved report factsObserved at - 04
Scanned file: XPR2.exe — 0ff7384577bff649da7881241c360096baaeb5280dc15b72200356c9a2ee4a2c
ProvenanceObservedSourceUploaded fileObserved at - 05
Observed process — "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\XPR2.exe"
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 06
Observed process — C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5492 -s 908
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 07
File written: Temp — C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 08
File written: d03c3f7c-834f-495e-bb08-c3cf4638cdae — C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\d03c3f7c-834f-495e-bb08-c3cf4638cdae
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved 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.
Signatures and behavior heuristics
A community signature or high-severity behavioral heuristic matched. Signatures identify known patterns; heuristics are strong leads but are not proof on their own.
The saved runtime evidence maps this activity to MITRE T1055 (Process Injection). The mapping supports possible process injection, but it does not prove the exact injection method or the operator's intent.
Evidence"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\XPR2.exe"
3 of 76 engines flagged this file
View all 76 engine results
Section entropy & packers
No high-entropy executable section or known packer signature was detected. Data and resource sections can still have high entropy without indicating packed code.
How widely this file has been seen
Rarely uploaded, but has been around for a while. Often niche legitimate software or old internal tooling; not a strong malware signal on its own.
Fingerprint and provenance
- File name
- XPR2.exe
- Format
- Win32 EXE
- Code signing
- No verified publisher
- Size
- 7.0 KB
- Last analyzed
- Sep 20, 2026, 6:58 PM UTC
0ff7384577bff649da7881241c360096baaeb5280dc15b72200356c9a2ee4a2cSafety & FAQ
Complete recovery guidance and answers for the next decision.
What to do now
We couldn't fully clear this file. Treat it with caution.
- Recovery step 01
Don't run it unless you're certain it came from a source you trust.
- Recovery step 02
Check where you got it — an unexpected attachment or a random download link is a red flag.
- Recovery step 03
If its origin cannot be confirmed, delete this file and use a fresh copy from a trusted source. Get a fresh copy from the developer's official site or an official app store.
- Recovery step 04
If you're still unsure, scan it again in a day or two — detections often catch up on newer files.
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