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Verdict Safe

Analyzed , 1 month ago

Is Hexy.exe safe? Yes, no threats found.

Two less reliable engines flagged an unsigned 13-year-old PE with no major detections or sandbox hits.

Moderate evidence · No engine flags it, but no publisher signature confirms who made it.

Run it as usual if it came from the official source

The evidence supports treating the file as safe; continue normal operation with protection left on.

Good practice2 tips

We found nothing harmful in this file.

  1. Run it only if it came from the developer's own website or an official app store.

  2. Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on.

No scanner can promise a file is 100% safe.

Why we think so

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Antivirus results

2 of 72 flagged

  • Flagged 2
  • No detection 70
  • No result 4
FileHexy.exe225.3 kBSHA-256 1705859e7df1…d13255
  • Code signing Unsigned
  • Test run Completed
  • First seen 14y ago
2 of the 72 antivirus engines that checked it flag it, including APEX and Trapmine.

Chapter 02

Why we think so

0 points against it and 2 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.

MT AI Engine · Verdict analysis

The reasoning behind this verdict

Analyst conclusion

Only two less reliable engines reported malicious on this 2012-era unsigned executable. All 17 major antivirus engines stayed silent and no sandbox or external-intel hits exist.

6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 not needed or not applicable. See every source

Chapter 03

What it did in our test

It ran in our isolated test environment; no test environment rated what it did as risky.

Test run summary

Capture complete
  • 3sandbox rule tags
  • 0spawned processes
  • 0network contacts
  • 8filesystem & mutex artifacts

Chapter 04

Technical details

2 of the 72 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; no publisher signature.

Sources checked

Every check behind this verdict

6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 not needed or not applicable. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.

SourceStatusResultChecked
Antivirus enginesVirusTotal · 76 enginesCompleteWorth noting: 2 of 72 engines flagged it · 4 gave no result · treated as non-decisive Details for antivirus engines
Sandbox runVirusTotal sandboxesCompleteRuntime behaviour was recorded Details for sandbox run
Contacted hostsMalwareTips URL scannerNot neededThe sandbox recorded no contacted hosts to checkNo date recorded
Signature rulesYARAify community rules + MalwareTips rulesCompleteNo rule matched
Malware sample databaseabuse.ch MalwareBazaarCompleteNot listed
Known-software referenceCIRCL hashlookupCompleteNo match

Engines that flagged it 2

The saved verdict treats these detections as likely false positives.

  • APEXMalicious
  • Trapminemalicious.high.ml.score

File fingerprint

Last analyzed
Sep 6, 2026, 10:06 PM UTC
SHA-256
1705859e7df1d05ddb1c7e599e31d808499f55c16e9d5d2cfdbf4faa56d13255
SHA-1
156f15064772793ea25cd5c4c578fc100da5d9a0
MD5
49707c9ea6a3300baeb355f56ff0fd6c

About this file

Hexy.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 225.3 kB.

Type and size
Win32 EXE · 225.3 kB
Signer
UnsignedNo code signature.
First seen
May 17, 2012On VirusTotal.
Submitted by
17 distinct sources
Packer
None detected
Entropy
6.20 of 8

First scanned

Chapter 05

Questions & answers

Short answers to the 6 questions people ask most about this file.

Is Hexy.exe safe?
We found nothing harmful in Hexy.exe. 2 of the 72 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; after weighing the other evidence we treat those alerts as false alarms. Run it only if it came from the developer's own website or an official app store.
What is Hexy.exe?
Hexy.exe is a Windows program, about 225.3 kB. It carries no version information saying what it is or who made it. VirusTotal first saw it on May 17, 2012.
How many antivirus engines detected Hexy.exe?
2 of the 72 antivirus engines that checked it flag Hexy.exe, including APEX and Trapmine. We weigh which engines flagged it and what else the scan found, not just the count.
What is the SHA-256 hash of Hexy.exe?
The SHA-256 fingerprint of Hexy.exe is 1705859e7df1d05ddb1c7e599e31d808499f55c16e9d5d2cfdbf4faa56d13255, and its MD5 is 49707c9ea6a3300baeb355f56ff0fd6c. Two files with the same SHA-256 are identical, so use it to check you have exactly this file, not just one with the same name.
Is it safe to run Hexy.exe?
We found nothing harmful in Hexy.exe. The main caveat is where you got it: attackers sometimes spread malware under the name of real software, so get it from the official website. If your own antivirus warns about it, check the source before you ignore the warning.
How up to date is this analysis of Hexy.exe?
This report reflects the scan on Sep 6, 2026. A file's fingerprint never changes, but antivirus engines keep learning, so a rating can change later. To get a newer result, scan the file again: we refresh the antivirus results when the saved ones are out of date.
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