File scan report
Verdict Suspicious
Is Auto Clicker. exe safe? Treat it as suspicious.
The XWorm label has weak corroboration: only 2 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file, none were major, and one completed sandbox returned clean.
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Why Suspicious? 2 antivirus engines flag it, but no major engine agrees; nothing else confirms it.
Limited evidence · One sign points to a problem; nothing else confirms it.
If it came from a link, an attachment or a stranger, delete it.
What to do now4 steps
Some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. Treat it with caution.
What to do
Don't run it unless you're sure where it came from.
Check where you got it: an unexpected attachment, a link someone sent you or a re-upload is a red flag.
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 ran it
Stop using it, run a full scan with your antivirus and watch for unexpected behavior or security alerts.
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Antivirus results
2 of 71 flagged
- Flagged 2
- No detection 69
- No result 4
- Code signing Unsigned
- Test run Completed
- First seen 2y 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
Only 2 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the sample, with Gridinsoft naming XWorm and Bkav providing a generic label. None of the 17 major antivirus engines raised an alert, and no major family consensus or malware-specific external rule supported XWorm. The file has circulated extensively for more than two years, and its completed sandbox run returned clean. The executable is unsigned, so no authenticated publisher identity explains those capabilities. These conflicting signals support caution rather than accepting either the isolated family label or the clean indicators at face value.
What We Detected
Two of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it raised alerts. Gridinsoft identified XWorm, while Bkav used a generic malware label; none of the 17 major antivirus engines flagged the file, and there was no major family agreement. Malware-specific research rules and the malware sample repository produced no corroborating match.
Threat Behavior
One completed sandbox run returned clean, but monitoring recorded MITRE techniques T1055, T1134 and T1134.001. The host-reputation cross-check covered all 23 distinct observed domain and IP entries and found no known malicious or suspicious host; identified analysis-environment background contacts were not attributed to the sample.
Context
The file is unsigned, leaving its publisher unverified. It is also widely distributed and longstanding, with 3,732 submitters, 136,296 submissions and a first observation more than two years ago. Four dropped files lack saved verdicts, so they neither increase the assessed risk nor provide clean assurance.
What To Do Now
Do not run this copy unless its source and checksum can be confirmed through a trusted publisher channel. Keep security software enabled, and remove or quarantine it if the source is unknown or the observed injection behavior is unexpected.
Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
- The program is unsigned, so its publisher and provenance cannot be authenticated.
- Runtime monitoring recorded injection into two updater processes and token-manipulation techniques, which ordinary click automation does not clearly require.
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 17 major antivirus engines raised an alert.
- The completed sandbox run did not issue a malicious verdict.
- The file has broad, longstanding prevalence across 3,732 submitters and 136,296 submissions.
- The complete host-reputation check found no known malicious or suspicious destinations.
- No malware-specific research rule or malware repository match corroborated XWorm.
- The executable has no digital signature or authenticated publisher.
- Runtime monitoring observed injection into two updater processes.
- Two engines raised malware alerts, including one XWorm label.
6 sources checked · all complete. 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- 29sandbox rule tags
- 8spawned processes
- 2network contacts
- 30filesystem & mutex artifacts
What the test run showed
What the file did on a test computer
Confirmed in the test run
Moderate concern: Contains packed or scrambled code that is harder to inspect (common in installers too).
Moderate concern: Ran commands or a script on the test computer.
Moderate concern: Downloaded a file during the test run.
Moderate concern: Checked whether it was running on a test computer.
Moderate concern: Hid files or windows on the test computer.
Note: Read the network settings of the test computer.
Note: Read the user name of the test computer.
Sandbox labels we could not confirm (common in safe files too)
Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as code injection, but no injected program was recorded.
Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as recording keystrokes; no keylogging was confirmed.
Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as setting up auto-start; no auto-start entry was recorded.
This file was run on a test computer (a sandbox), not on yours. Labels we could not confirm are listed so you can see them, but they are not treated as evidence against the file.
Recorded behavior
What happened in the test
Grouped by step. The order is not a timeline.
- 1
Input file
The submitted object
- Evidence 1 of 7: FileSeen in the test run
AutoClicker.exe
1ce7da6f2813c2ad1d2e496be6714e08cd618e6d9fe2df26c2bd4d894c9a6ec1
Uploaded file
- 2
Processes
What ran
- Evidence 2 of 7: ProcessSeen in the test run
file.exe
"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\file.exe"
Test run - Evidence 3 of 7: ProcessSeen in the test run
AutoClicker.exe
Test run - +1 more recorded observation
- 2
Files
Created or changed
- Evidence 4 of 7: Written fileSeen in the test run
vthtdci
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\vthtdci
Test run - Evidence 5 of 7: Written fileSeen in the test run
playback.ico
C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\ACLib\playback.ico
Test run - +1 more recorded observation
- 2
Network
Hosts contacted
- Evidence 6 of 7: Contacted hostSeen in the test run
ocsps.ssl.com
Contacted during the test run.
Test run - Evidence 7 of 7: Contacted hostSeen in the test run
23.219.78.68
Contacted during the test run.
Test run - +1 more recorded observation
7 facts from the test run. See the full activity list.
What this file did when executed
This file was run in a sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Sandbox verdicts
1- VT: CLEANclean
Techniques observed in the sandbox
29MITRE ATT&CK techniques the sandbox mapped. Highlighted ones are rare in normal software; the others are common in legitimate programs too.
- T1010
- T1012
- T1016· Network recon
- T1027· Obfuscated code
- T1033· Reads user info
- T1036
- T1055· Process injection
- T1056.001· Keylogging
- T1057· Lists programs
- T1059· Runs commands
- T1071· Application protocol
- T1082· System recon
- T1083· Scans your files
- T1087
- T1105· Network file transfer
- T1112
- T1113
- T1115
- T1129· Loads modules
- T1134
- T1134.001
- T1222
- T1497· Sandbox evasion
- T1497.002· Sandbox evasion
- T1518· Checks your AV
- T1529
- T1547.009· Auto-start
- T1564.003· Hides artifacts
- T1614.001
Observed activity
Processes started
8Programs the file ran, with their command lines.
file.exe"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\file.exe"AutoClicker.exe%SAMPLEPATH%\AutoClicker.exe1ce7da6f2813c2ad1d2e496be6714e08cd618e6d9fe2df26c2bd4d894c9a6ec1.exe%SAMPLEPATH%\1ce7da6f2813c2ad1d2e496be6714e08cd618e6d9fe2df26c2bd4d894c9a6ec1.exeAutoClicker.exeC:\Users\user\Desktop\AutoClicker.exeprogram.exe"C:\Users\user\Desktop\program.exe"file.exe"C:\Users\user\Desktop\file.exe"
Show all 8 entries for processes started
executable.exe"C:\Users\user\Desktop\executable.exe"software.exe"C:\Users\user\Desktop\software.exe"
Network contacts
22 hosts, listed as 1 domain, 1 address. Links show the host and path only.
- Domain
ocsps.ssl.com - IP address
23.219.78.68
Files
30Files the file created, changed or deleted.
- Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\vthtdci - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\ACLib\playback.ico - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\ACLib\record.ico - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\ACLib\stop.ico - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\dkecqvb - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\Downloads\ACLib\playback.ico
Show all 30 entries for files
- Written
C:\Users\<USER>\Downloads\ACLib\record.ico - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\Downloads\ACLib\stop.ico - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\sqkrvjr - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\acjsnrg - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\ehimlmx - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\ipljyfe - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\erqjrgn - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\Downloads\ACLib - Written
C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience\Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser - Deleted
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\vthtdci - Deleted
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\creqhzj - Deleted
C:\Windows\System32\spp\store\2.0\cache\cache.dat - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER314C.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER3330.tmp.csv - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER338F.tmp.txt - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER432F.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER4340.tmp.csv - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER4341.tmp.txt - Deleted
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\deljszt - Deleted
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\icvjgon - Deleted
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\jjnquzj - Deleted
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\scpdzjl - Deleted
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\uvdleos - Deleted
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\phtwpql
Registry and auto-start
15Settings the file changed, including ways to start again after a restart.
- Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\GoogleUpdaterInternalService126.0.6462.0\Start - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\GoogleUpdaterInternalService126.0.6462.0\ImagePath - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\GoogleUpdaterInternalService127.0.6490.0\Start - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\GoogleUpdaterInternalService127.0.6490.0\ImagePath - Set
\REGISTRY\A\{2BF55035-29E1-3F4C-BF6D-658CDEDB4C07}\Root\InventoryApplication\0000c34c48b48a14753d8877e705591744db00000000\Publisher - Set
\REGISTRY\A\{2BF55035-29E1-3F4C-BF6D-658CDEDB4C07}\Root\InventoryApplication\0000021f1df94e2c7570a94e39009b97cde300000000\Publisher
Show all 15 entries for registry and auto-start
- Set
\REGISTRY\A\{2BF55035-29E1-3F4C-BF6D-658CDEDB4C07}\Root\InventoryDevicePnp\acpi/genuineintel_-_intel64_family_6_model_79_-____________intel(r)_xeon(r)_cpu_@_2.20ghz/_0\DriverVerVersion - Set
\REGISTRY\A\{2BF55035-29E1-3F4C-BF6D-658CDEDB4C07}\Root\InventoryDevicePnp\acpi/genuineintel_-_intel64_family_6_model_79_-____________intel(r)_xeon(r)_cpu_@_2.20ghz/_1\DriverVerVersion - Set
\REGISTRY\A\{2BF55035-29E1-3F4C-BF6D-658CDEDB4C07}\Root\InventoryDevicePnp\acpi/pnp0303/4&2c352a27&0\DriverVerVersion - Set
\REGISTRY\A\{2BF55035-29E1-3F4C-BF6D-658CDEDB4C07}\Root\InventoryDevicePnp\acpi/pnp0700/4&2c352a27&0\DriverVerVersion - Set
\REGISTRY\A\{2BF55035-29E1-3F4C-BF6D-658CDEDB4C07}\Root\InventoryDevicePnp\acpi/pnp0a03/0\DriverVerVersion - Set
\REGISTRY\A\{2BF55035-29E1-3F4C-BF6D-658CDEDB4C07}\Root\InventoryDevicePnp\acpi/pnp0a06/pci_hotplug_resources\DriverVerVersion - Set
\REGISTRY\A\{2BF55035-29E1-3F4C-BF6D-658CDEDB4C07}\Root\InventoryDevicePnp\acpi/pnp0b00/4&2c352a27&0\DriverVerVersion - Set
\REGISTRY\A\{2BF55035-29E1-3F4C-BF6D-658CDEDB4C07}\Root\InventoryDevicePnp\acpi/pnp0f13/4&2c352a27&0\DriverVerVersion - Set
\REGISTRY\A\{2BF55035-29E1-3F4C-BF6D-658CDEDB4C07}\Root\InventoryDevicePnp\acpi/qemu0002/3&267a616a&0\DriverVerVersion
Sandbox background — not the file
32The analysis machine's own processes and connections, recorded in every run.
- VM process
wuapihost.exeC:\Windows\System32\wuapihost.exe - VM process
UI0Detect.exeC:\Windows\System32\UI0Detect.exe - VM process
updater.exeC:\Program Files\Google3748_1814158737\bin\updater.exe - VM process
updater.exeC:\Program Files\Google3676_1044453117\bin\updater.exe - VM injection target
C:\Program Files\Google3748_1814158737\bin\updater.exe - VM injection target
C:\Program Files\Google3676_1044453117\bin\updater.exe
Show all 32 entries for sandbox background — not the file
- VM host
www.microsoft.com - VM host
res.public.onecdn.static.microsoft - VM host
bg.microsoft.map.fastly.net - VM host
windows.msn.com-ion.edgesuite.net - VM host
a1672.dscr.akamai.net - VM host
svc.ha-teams.office.com - VM host
svc.ms-acdc-teams.office.com - VM host
20.99.133.109 - VM host
192.229.211.108 - VM host
a83f:8110:0:0:1b00:100:2800:0 - VM host
192.168.0.43 - VM host
23.216.81.152 - VM host
131.253.33.203 - VM host
192.168.0.67 - VM host
23.55.140.42 - VM host
20.99.186.246 - VM host
23.198.171.50 - VM host
184.25.191.235 - VM host
192.168.0.56 - VM host
23.213.37.172 - VM host
192.168.0.29 - VM host
52.154.209.174 - VM host
23.196.193.245 - VM host
20.99.185.48 - VM host
192.168.0.234 - VM host
20.69.140.28
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 4 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache. 4 have no saved verdict and were not checked; that is missing coverage, not a finding.
- 6f84c8650acc3464c42d…0f8764Not checkedno saved verdict
- 5375290e66a20bff81fb…3fe80dNot checkedno saved verdict
- 9e869f60ea0a0de06c7d…649483Not checkedno saved verdict
- 59d5e9106e907fa61a56…7287a6Not checkedno saved verdict
Chapter 04
Technical details
2 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; no publisher signature.
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · all complete. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
Engines that flagged it 2
- BkavW32.Malware.F901B55D
- GridinsoftMalware.Win64.XWorm.tr
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Oct 14, 2026, 1:02 AM UTC
- SHA-256
1ce7da6f2813c2ad1d2e496be6714e08cd618e6d9fe2df26c2bd4d894c9a6ec1- SHA-1
449df612d0f02e868992faabfbf4d5d37c727936- MD5
913a423f66aa1c41e374e21a911a3c20
About this file
AutoClicker.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 1.2 MB.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 1.2 MB
- Signer
- UnsignedNo code signature.
- First seen
- Mar 30, 2024On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 3,732 distinct sources
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 6.39 of 8
First scanned Updated
Verdict history
- Not fully confirmed
- Safeafter a new scan
- Suspiciousafter a new scan
Ratings change when antivirus engines, our checks or MalwareTips staff learn more about a file.
Antivirus consensus
2 of 71 engines flagged this file
4 of the 75 engines returned no result for this file (file type not supported, or the scan did not finish), so they did not check it.
- Tier-118 engines0flagged
- Tier-236 engines1flagged
- Low-trust17 engines1flagged
View all 75 engine results
- BkavMalicious: W32.Malware.F901B55D
- GridinsoftMalicious: Malware.Win64.XWorm.tr
- AcronisClean
- AhnLab-V3Clean
- AlibabaClean
- alibabacloudClean
- ALYacClean
- Antiy-AVLClean
- APEXClean
- ArcabitClean
- AvastClean
- Avast-MobileNo result
- AVGClean
- AviraClean
- BitDefenderClean
- BitDefenderFalxNo result
- CAT-QuickHealClean
- ClamAVClean
- CMCClean
- CrowdStrikeClean
- CTXClean
- CylanceClean
- CynetClean
- DeepInstinctClean
- DrWebClean
- ElasticClean
- EmsisoftClean
- ESET-NOD32Clean
- F-SecureClean
- FortinetClean
- GDataClean
- GoogleClean
- huorongClean
- IkarusClean
- JiangminClean
- K7AntiVirusClean
- K7GWClean
- KasperskyClean
- KingsoftClean
- LionicClean
- MalwarebytesClean
- MaxSecureClean
- McAfeeDClean
- MicrosoftClean
- MicroWorld-eScanClean
- NANO-AntivirusClean
- PaloaltoClean
- PandaClean
- RisingClean
- SangforClean
- SentinelOneClean
- SkyhighClean
- SophosClean
- SUPERAntiSpywareClean
- SymantecClean
- SymantecMobileInsightNo result
- TACHYONClean
- tehtrisClean
- TencentClean
- TrapmineClean
- TrellixENSClean
- TrendMicroClean
- TrendMicro-HouseCallClean
- TrustlookNo result
- VaristClean
- VBA32Clean
- VIPREClean
- VirITClean
- ViRobotClean
- WebrootClean
- XcitiumClean
- YandexClean
- ZillyaClean
- ZoneAlarmClean
- ZonerClean
Signatures and behavior heuristics
Low-severity pattern matches — worth noting but not on their own cause for alarm.
VirusTotal's sandbox summary maps this run to MITRE T1055 (Process Injection), but no injected process of the sample's own was recorded (the analysis VM's own WMI adapter, crash handlers and Chrome updater are not counted). VirusTotal maps T1055 on about half of all files no engine flags, so the mapping alone is not evidence of injection.
EvidenceT1055 (sandbox MITRE mapping)
Section entropy & packers
No high-entropy executable section or known packer signature was detected. Data and resource sections can still have high entropy without indicating packed code.
How widely this file has been seen
Widely seen in the wild for a long time. High prior this is legitimate; isolated detections on common-old files are usually false positives.
Chapter 05
Questions & answers
Short answers to the 6 questions people ask most about this file.
Is AutoClicker.exe safe, or is it malware?
What is AutoClicker.exe?
How many antivirus engines detected AutoClicker.exe?
I already downloaded and ran AutoClicker.exe — what should I do?
What is the SHA-256 hash of AutoClicker.exe?
How up to date is this analysis of AutoClicker.exe?
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