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Verdict Suspicious

Analyzed , 1 month ago

Is adaptive_hud.asi safe? Treat it as suspicious.

Unsigned new DLL with one detection from a major antivirus engine and no sandbox or external corroboration.

Why Suspicious? 5 antivirus engines flag it; nothing else confirms it.

Limited evidence · One sign points to a problem; nothing else confirms it.

Don't use it until you know where it came from

Treat the file as untrusted until sandbox results or additional detections become available; keep all security software active.

What to do now4 steps

Some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. Treat it with caution.

What to do

  1. Don't use it unless you're sure where it came from.

  2. Check where you got it: an unexpected attachment, a link someone sent you or a re-upload is a red flag.

  3. If you can't confirm where it came from, delete it. If you need the program, download it again from the publisher's own website.

If you already used it

  1. Stop using it, run a full scan with your antivirus and watch for unexpected behavior or security alerts.

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adaptive_hud.asi: Suspicious — MalwareTips file scan

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Antivirus results

5 of 70 flagged

  • Flagged 5
  • No detection 65
  • No result 5
Fileadaptive_hud.asi810.0 kBSHA-256 1c6a2cc5a49e…46b7fe
  • Code signing Unsigned
  • Test run Partial
  • First seen 1mo ago
5 of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flag it, including Microsoft and McAfee.

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Why we think so

3 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

Five of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file, including one major antivirus engine. The DLL is unsigned, and has no sandbox results or external-intel hits. Evidence is too thin for a definitive malicious or safe call.

6 sources checked · 4 complete · 1 partial · 1 not needed or not applicable. See every source

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Technical details

5 of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; no publisher signature.

Sources checked

Every check behind this verdict

6 sources checked · 4 complete · 1 partial · 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 · 75 enginesCompleteRisk signal: 5 of 70 engines flagged it · 5 gave no result Details for antivirus engines
Sandbox runVirusTotal sandboxesPartialRuntime data is present, but no completed sandbox run is recorded
Contacted hostsMalwareTips URL scannerNot neededNo sandbox run, so there were 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 5

  • Microsoft (major engine)Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
  • CrowdStrikewin/malicious_confidence_60% (D)
  • CynetMalicious (score: 100)
  • McAfeeDti!1C6A2CC5A49E
  • RisingTrojan.Kryptik@AI.81 (RDML:rRtHIlZwb6wUVAg0MrUYzw)

File fingerprint

Last analyzed
Aug 28, 2026, 6:03 PM UTC
SHA-256
1c6a2cc5a49efbaac539c4ef416f9a82de8be3c2a3b08e0b7b3360f7f846b7fe
SHA-1
196a63a17435fea4665081fe66db3628d85823af
MD5
5c0fa660038c41a7ffe5d296b5767f96

About this file

adaptive_hud.asi is a Win32 DLL file of 810.0 kB.

Type and size
Win32 DLL · 810.0 kB
Signer
UnsignedNo code signature.
First seen
Aug 28, 2026On VirusTotal.
Submitted by
1 sourceRarely seen: few people have submitted this exact file.
Packer
None detected
Entropy
6.41 of 8

First scanned

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Questions & answers

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

Is adaptive_hud.asi safe, or is it malware?
adaptive_hud.asi is rated Suspicious: some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. 5 of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flag it. Don't use it unless you're sure where it came from. If a program needs this file, reinstall that program from its official website instead of replacing the file on its own.
What is adaptive_hud.asi?
adaptive_hud.asi is a Windows library (DLL), about 810.0 kB. It carries no version information saying what it is or who made it. VirusTotal first saw it on Aug 28, 2026.
How many antivirus engines detected adaptive_hud.asi?
5 of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flag adaptive_hud.asi, including Microsoft and McAfee. We weigh which engines flagged it and what else the scan found, not just the count.
I already downloaded and used adaptive_hud.asi — what should I do?
No infection is confirmed: the rating is a caution, not a malware finding. 1) Check where it came from. If you can't confirm the source, delete it. 2) Run a full scan with your security software. 3) If the scan finds something, follow its removal steps and change passwords you typed on the device since then.
What is the SHA-256 hash of adaptive_hud.asi?
The SHA-256 fingerprint of adaptive_hud.asi is 1c6a2cc5a49efbaac539c4ef416f9a82de8be3c2a3b08e0b7b3360f7f846b7fe, and its MD5 is 5c0fa660038c41a7ffe5d296b5767f96. 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.
How up to date is this analysis of adaptive_hud.asi?
This report reflects the scan on Aug 28, 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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