Is Run Me!.bat safe?
No antivirus engine detected a threat, and the completed sandbox run found no offensive behavior, though one direct IP contact lacks a reputation check.
All 75 antivirus engines were free of malicious or suspicious findings, including 16 reporting tier-1 engines. One sandbox run found no offensive techniques or malicious verdict, but the observed direct IP contact was not covered by a complete host-reputation check.
158c07b6714d7ca7ce…0222991d7e20dbRecommended next actions
Before running
Run it only when it came from the developer's official site or another source you independently trust.
If you already ran it
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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.
All 75 antivirus engines were free of malicious or suspicious findings, including 16 reporting tier-1 engines. One sandbox run found no offensive techniques or malicious verdict, but the observed direct IP contact was not covered by a complete host-reputation check.
The sample received no malicious or suspicious detections from 75 engines, with no tier-1 family consensus. A completed sandbox run produced no malicious verdict and identified only five ambient command-shell and system-information techniques. One dropped child was inspected without a malicious result, although its individual classification remains unavailable. The only notable concern is direct traffic to 162.159.36.2. Because contactedHosts is null, no complete reputation assessment is available for that address, but this isolated low-severity signal is not corroborated by engines, sandbox verdicts, or external intelligence.
What We Detected
None of 75 antivirus engines marked the 909-byte batch file as malicious or suspicious. Sixteen tier-1 engines reported no detection, and no engine family consensus or external-intelligence match was present.
Threat Behavior
One completed sandbox run observed command-shell activity and five ambient techniques, but no offensive techniques, persistence indicators, or malicious sandbox verdict. The script contacted 162.159.36.2 directly; however, the host-reputation cross-check was not completed or saved, so the address cannot be characterized as benign or malicious from this evidence. One dropped child was inspected without a malicious finding, though it remains individually unclassified.
What To Do Now
Keep endpoint protection enabled and run the script only if its source and purpose are expected. For additional assurance, inspect the short batch script in a text editor and verify why it contacts 162.159.36.2 before executing it on an important system.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- triggeredHeuristics[0] fired MalwareTips.Synth.DirectIpC2 because the sample contacted 162.159.36.2 without an application domain.
- contactedHosts=null, so the reputation of 162.159.36.2 was not fully cross-checked.
- The sole dropped child has no individual verdict, despite droppedChildren.hasMaliciousChild=false.
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 engines reported malicious or suspicious findings.
- tier1Malicious=0, with 16 tier-1 engines reporting no detection.
- behaviour.offensiveCount=0 and behaviour.hasMaliciousSandboxVerdict=false.
- droppedChildren.hasMaliciousChild=false.
- YARAify, CIRCL, and MalwareBazaar returned no threat-intelligence hits.
- MalwareTips.Synth.DirectIpC2 fired for contact with 162.159.36.2.
- contactedHosts=null leaves the observed IP without a complete reputation assessment.
- The single dropped child remains individually unclassified.
Keep endpoint protection enabled. Confirm the script's origin and review its contents and direct IP contact before running it on a sensitive device.
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
Complete1 isolated runtime environment contributed observations.
Network
Partial1 runtime contact was observed without a completed reputation cross-check.
YARA
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
- 5MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- 6spawned processes
- 1network contacts
- 2filesystem & mutex artifacts
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.
- 162.159.36.2
- \Device\ConDrv\\Connect
- \Device\Null
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 1 child at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.
- 2b06cdf30ade079c57f6…1b6a21Never 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
- 0 / 75engines flagged
- 13sources 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
The hash has been submitted 13 times from 13 sources.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceSaved report factsObserved at - 03
Scanned file: Run Me!.bat — 158c07b6714d7ca7ce611f78e31f135bb725a6996a9c8f06190222991d7e20db
ProvenanceObservedSourceUploaded fileObserved at - 04
Observed process — "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c start /wait "" "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\Run Me_.bat"
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 05
Observed process — C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /K "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\Run Me_.bat"
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 06
File written: Connect — \Device\ConDrv\\Connect
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 07
File written: Null — \Device\Null
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 08
Contacted host: 162.159.36.2 — Contact observed during runtime.
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
Low-severity pattern matches — worth noting but not on their own cause for alarm.
The sample contacted an external IP address directly and no application domain was recorded. Direct-IP traffic also occurs in legitimate installers and infrastructure, so this is supporting context only and requires corroboration from host reputation and other runtime evidence.
Evidence162.159.36.2
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
Moderate prevalence — neither rare nor common. No strong prior applies.
Fingerprint and provenance
- File name
- Run Me!.bat
- Format
- DOS batch file
- Code signing
- Not applicable to this file type
- Size
- 909 B
- Last analyzed
- Oct 3, 2026, 8:14 PM UTC
158c07b6714d7ca7ce611f78e31f135bb725a6996a9c8f06190222991d7e20dbSafety & FAQ
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What to do now
This file appears low risk based on the evidence available now.
- Recovery step 01
Run it only when it came from the developer's official site or another source 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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