Safe
Tiny unsigned autorun.inf file with one generic engine flag and an NSRL game reference.
1b4cc8dec471d72a7a…5a6ba21b94The reasoning behind this verdict
The MT AI Engine weighs every signal from this scan — antivirus detections, sandbox behaviour, code signing, prevalence and historical matches — to reach a single, evidence-based verdict.
A lone tier-1 generic label on an unsigned metadata file of this age and size is typical of legacy false positives rather than active malware. The NSRL reference and known-distributor tag point to a benign game component. No dropped children, contacted hosts, or behavioural data exist to contradict that assessment. Medium prevalence across four submitters further supports commodity rather than targeted malicious use.
Each signal cites a concrete token from the evidence the arbiter saw — engine name, MITRE technique, signer string, or an exact count.
McAfee tier1 engine flagged Generic!atr.b (1/75 total)
externalIntel.circl.hit=true, productName='RollerCoaster Tycoon 2', knownMalicious=null
prevalence.classification=medium, 4 submitters, tags=['known-distributor']
file.fileName=autorun.inf, size=54 bytes, unsigned, ageDays=1287
- CIRCL NSRL reference to RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
- Medium prevalence with known-distributor tag
- No sandbox, network, or child-file activity
Treat as benign legacy game metadata; no security action needed.
What to do now
This file looks safe based on everything we checked.
This file is safe to use.
Good habit: only download files from the official website or an app store.
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on so you stay protected.
1 contradiction resolved by the scoring engine
1 corroborating signal from researcher-curated sources
1 detection across 75 engines
How widely this file has been seen
Moderate prevalence — neither rare nor common. No strong prior applies.
Forensic fingerprint
- File name
- autorun.inf
- Size
- 54 B
- MIME type
- (unknown)
- Detected type
- unknown
- SHA-256
- 1b4cc8dec471d72a7a3a7bd7b5c3fffee8bbffdf14a3e2cdcd60b05a6ba21b94
- MD5
- 96259f88b099f32c1c1d564a4a286ce8
- SHA-1
- da5f9471b71df9d08956e5d3e032ff910a2acdf4
- First seen (VT)
- 1/9/2023, 2:13:43 PM
- Last analysis (VT)
- 1/9/2023, 2:13:43 PM
- First scan (MalwareTips)
- 7/19/2026, 8:40:02 AM
- Last scan (MalwareTips)
- 7/19/2026, 8:40:02 AM
Safety FAQ
Common questions about autorun.inf, answered from the scan data above.
- autorun.inf appears safe. 74 of 75 antivirus engines report it clean, with only 1 low-confidence detection that read as false positives. As a habit, only open files you downloaded from the official source, since attackers sometimes distribute trojanised copies of legitimate software under the same name.
- autorun.inf is a file, about 54 bytes. Our analysis found no threat indicators for it. A file's name can be reused by different files, so we identify it by its cryptographic hash (below).
- 1 of 75 antivirus engines flagged autorun.inf, 1 of them as outright malicious. A small number of detections can include false positives, so we weigh which engines flagged it and what else the file does, not just the raw count.
- The SHA-256 hash of autorun.inf is 1b4cc8dec471d72a7a3a7bd7b5c3fffee8bbffdf14a3e2cdcd60b05a6ba21b94, and its MD5 is 96259f88b099f32c1c1d564a4a286ce8. This hash is the file's unique fingerprint — two files with the same SHA-256 are identical. Use it to confirm you're looking at exactly this file (not just one with the same name) when comparing against antivirus databases or a download's published checksum.
- Based on this scan, yes — autorun.inf shows no threat indicators. The important caveat is source: make sure you downloaded it from the official website or a trusted store, because attackers sometimes distribute malware-laced copies under a legitimate file's name. If your own antivirus flags it while we report it clean, that is most often a false positive, but verify the source before overriding your antivirus.
- This report reflects the scan run on July 19, 2026. Because a file's hash never changes, the identity of autorun.inf is fixed — but antivirus coverage improves over time, so a file that looks clean today can pick up detections later (and vice-versa). If you need the latest picture, MalwareTips staff can re-run the analysis from scratch.
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