File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is pak0.
None of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this older PAK archive, and no malware-specific intelligence corroborated a threat, although behavior in the test run was…
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Moderate evidence · No engine flags it, but no publisher signature confirms who made it.
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Antivirus results
0 of 59 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 59
- No result 15
- Code signing Not applicable
- Test run Completed
- First seen 4y ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
3 points against it and 5 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
None of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file, including all 17 reporting major antivirus engines, and malware-specific intelligence produced no matches. The file is uncommon and no sandbox execution completed, so the conclusion rests mainly on strong static scanning rather than observed behavior in the test run.
The strongest evidence is that none of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file, while 17 major antivirus engines returned no detection. No malware family label, confirmed hacking tool label, malicious child, or malware-specific research rule supports a threat finding. Code signing is not meaningful for this unknown-format PAK file, so its absence carries no negative weight. The file has existed since 2022 but has only three recorded submissions, making prevalence evidence limited. No sandbox run completed, and no complete contacted-host reputation result is available, so runtime and network behavior cannot be characterized.
What We Detected
None of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flagged pak0.pak as malicious or suspicious. All 17 reporting major antivirus engines, including Microsoft, Kaspersky, ESET-NOD32, and BitDefender, returned no detection. Malware-specific research rules and repository intelligence also produced no match.
Threat Behavior
No completed sandbox execution is available, so the file's behavior in the test run was not observed. There is also no complete contacted-host reputation result. No malicious file it created or offensive MITRE technique was identified in the available evidence.
What To Do Now
The available static evidence supports normal use when the file came from the expected game or application installation. If its origin is unknown, verify it against the publisher's installer or reinstall the associated application from its official source before replacing or loading the archive.
Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
- The file has appeared in only three submissions, so broad real-world prevalence has not been established.
- No completed sandbox run is available, and no complete contacted-host reputation result was saved.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- None of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it reported a detection.
- All 17 reporting major antivirus engines returned no detection.
- No malware-specific research rule or malware-repository match was found.
- No malicious file it created or confirmed hacking tool label was identified.
- The file has been known since August 2022 without accumulating detections.
- The archive is uncommon, with only three recorded submissions.
- No completed sandbox run is available to show what an associated application does with its contents.
- No complete reputation check was saved for contacted hosts.
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- 0spawned processes
- 0network contacts
- 0filesystem & mutex artifacts
Includes every process, file, registry and network entry.
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Technical details
None of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flag it.
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.
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Oct 9, 2026, 10:26 PM UTC
- SHA-256
18a293f6e61ebb47d16acbba2d435141173b87e3985f137ddb846c4657c78610- SHA-1
f1efb03582cf3522c9c4e22132540881a6aa88ee- MD5
a3da46a3364bb02c5b6f3e1fca3d068a
About this file
pak0.pak is an unknown file of 40.6 MB.
- Type and size
- unknown · 40.6 MB
- Signer
- Not applicable
- First seen
- Aug 18, 2022On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 3 distinct sourcesRarely seen: few people have submitted this exact file.
First scanned
Includes every engine result (74) and how widely the file has been seen.
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