Is dxilconv7.dll safe?
No antivirus engine detected this established Microsoft-signed DLL, while broad behavioral and YARA indicators lack corroboration from malware families or sandbox verdicts.
The DLL has a verified Microsoft signature, is widely established, and received no detection from 74 antivirus engines. One sandbox mapped potentially offensive techniques and several broad YARA rules matched, but there was no malicious runtime verdict, known-bad child, or named malware family.
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Before using
Use it only as part of software obtained from the developer's official site or another source you independently trust.
If you already used it
Keep normal device protection enabled and stop if the file behaves unexpectedly.
Intelligence
The saved assessment, checked against the scan evidence and recorded coverage.
The reasoning behind this verdict
This section explains the evidence supporting the verdict and keeps conflicting or missing signals visible.
The DLL has a verified Microsoft signature, is widely established, and received no detection from 74 antivirus engines. One sandbox mapped potentially offensive techniques and several broad YARA rules matched, but there was no malicious runtime verdict, known-bad child, or named malware family.
All 74 antivirus engines produced no malicious or suspicious detection, including 17 tier-1 contributors. The signature verifies to Microsoft Corporation, and the publisher is on the trusted list with 21 of 22 historical samples assessed favorably. The file has circulated broadly since 2019, while five signer-matched historical decisions also support benign Microsoft software. One sandbox mapped T1055 and T1562.001 and observed direct-IP traffic, but it issued no malicious verdict and the ten inspected children contained no known malicious child. Seven community YARA rules add caution, although their names indicate broad debugger, compiler, cryptographic, or PE-feature matches rather than a specific threat family. Because contacted-host reputation was not completed or saved, the observed no complete contacted-host reputation result was available or malicious here.
What We Detected
The sample received 0 malicious and 0 suspicious detections from 74 antivirus engines. Its digital signature verifies to Microsoft Corporation, signing.trustedPublisher.matched is true, and the file has been submitted 1,836 times by 1,522 sources since December 2019. Five signer-matched historical samples also received favorable assessments.
Threat Behavior
One sandbox mapped activity to T1055 and T1562.001 and recorded four direct IP contacts. It did not issue a malicious sandbox verdict, and none of the ten inspected child hashes was identified as malicious. Seven community YARA rules matched, including DebuggerCheck__API and pe_detect_tls_callbacks, but these are broad technical signatures rather than a named malware-family consensus. No complete contacted-host reputation result is available because that cross-check was not saved.
What To Do Now
Use the DLL only as part of software obtained through an official or otherwise trusted installation channel. Keep endpoint protection enabled, and re-download or compare the SHA-256 hash if the file appeared unexpectedly or outside its expected application directory.
Where this verdict could be wrong4 caveats
- One sandbox mapped T1055 and T1562.001, which can represent process injection and defense impairment, but it produced no malicious sandbox verdict.
- externalIntel.yaraify.ruleCount=7, including 'DebuggerCheck__API' and 'pe_detect_tls_callbacks'; these broad matches warrant caution but do not identify a malware family.
- The sample contacted four IP addresses, including 185.125.190.27, but contactedHosts=null means no complete host-reputation result is available.
- signing.signerStats includes 1/22 malicious historical samples, so the signer alone is not absolute proof of benignity.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- 0/74 engines reported a malicious or suspicious result.
- Verified signature from Microsoft Corporation with trusted-publisher matching.
- Established prevalence across 1,522 sources and 1,836 submissions.
- 5/5 signer-matched historical verdicts were favorable.
- No malicious sandbox verdict and no malicious inspected child.
- One sandbox mapped T1055 process-injection-related activity.
- One sandbox mapped T1562.001 defense-impairment-related activity.
- Four direct IP contacts lack a completed host-reputation cross-check.
- externalIntel.yaraify.ruleCount=7 broad community rules matched.
Allow it when it came with a trusted Microsoft or game installation and its SHA-256 matches the expected package. If its origin is unclear, quarantine and obtain a fresh copy without disabling endpoint protection.
Coverage & freshness
Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.
Antivirus
Complete0 of 74 engines flagged the file.
Sandbox
Complete1 isolated runtime environment contributed observations.
Network
Partial4 runtime contacts were observed without a completed reputation cross-check.
YARA
Complete7 signature or behavior rules matched.
External intel
Complete3 of 3 independent reference sources completed.
Behavior
Plain-English impact first, then the observed runtime evidence.
Runtime flight recorder
Capture complete- 1isolated sandbox run
- 18MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- 15spawned processes
- 4network contacts
- 40filesystem & mutex artifacts
Attack story
Runtime observations grouped by analysis stage. Arrows organize the stages; they do not claim chronology or causality.
Input file
The submitted object
- FileObserved
dxilconv7.dll
20099a4aa1207f557a14cc8bab795a84c479a318929fc8c4ca1fc9deaef7fd3e
01Uploaded file
Processes
Runtime execution
- ProcessObserved
Observed process
"C:\Windows\sysnative\rundll32.exe" "C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\init.dll",#1
02Isolated runtime analysis - ProcessObserved
Observed process
C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 5480 -s 508
03Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Files
Created or changed
- Written fileObserved
AppCrash_rundll32.exe_dxi_acc4476ace15444249a09597b2de169257703c_411edb3c_067f470c
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_rundll32.exe_dxi_acc4476ace15444249a09597b2de169257703c_411edb3c_067f470c
04Isolated runtime analysis - Written fileObserved
Report.wer
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_rundll32.exe_dxi_acc4476ace15444249a09597b2de169257703c_411edb3c_067f470c\Report.wer
05Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Network
Hosts contacted
- Contacted hostObserved
185.125.190.27
Contact observed during runtime.
06Isolated runtime analysis - Contacted hostObserved
185.125.190.26
Contact observed during runtime.
07Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
7 recorded facts from one runtime window. Every fact remains independently traceable in Analyst mode.
What this file did when executed
This file was detonated in 1 sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Adversary techniques mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
- 185.125.190.27
- 185.125.190.26
- 185.125.188.58
- 91.189.91.43
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_rundll32.exe_dxi_acc4476ace15444249a09597b2de169257703c_411edb3c_067f470c
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_rundll32.exe_dxi_acc4476ace15444249a09597b2de169257703c_411edb3c_067f470c\Report.wer
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_rundll32.exe_dxi_acc4476ace15444249a09597b2de169257703c_411edb3c_15a75c69
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_rundll32.exe_dxi_acc4476ace15444249a09597b2de169257703c_411edb3c_15a75c69\Report.wer
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_rundll32.exe_dxi_e1d2d95a35dbbf3ee8f198e2df647966f64cbbe_411edb3c_0362d0e2
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER3176.tmp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER359D.tmp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER36B8.tmp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER3176.tmp.dmp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER359D.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
- Local\WERReportingForProcess5480
- Global\AmiProviderMutex_InventoryApplicationFile
- Global\b7fd3d54-c566-4abf-8902-6f39d4ea03dd
- DBWinMutex
- \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\WERReportingForProcess6612
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 10 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.
- df6180d0557fa276fdac…b4e8f6Never scannednever seen before
- d850b77d0338a733eb25…c5896aNever scannednever seen before
- 0834edb2a84ade441ea5…cfdcedNever scannednever seen before
- 042a899617589410eeda…fd0008Never scannednever seen before
- 1b25f8409bde6c064f3d…e0a6f9Never scannednever seen before
- 67760006dbe285f36cf2…3e49a5Never scannednever seen before
- 7c1bfe4e0cd8e5ed0907…2c62f3Never scannednever seen before
- 26c55912bccedb80784d…3ab62cNever scannednever seen before
- 19ed1910fc83fc1bbc04…39d6bcNever scannednever seen before
- 1e3152cb07b168099448…dc5bdfNever scannednever seen before
Detection & Forensics
Consensus, attribution, signatures, code structure, prevalence, and identity.
Evidence integrity
Chain of custody for the facts preserved in this report.
- 7rule hits recorded
- 0 / 74engines flagged
- 1,522sources in submission history
Why these facts are shown
Each statement identifies whether it was directly recorded or derived from saved scan facts.
- 01
0 of 74 antivirus engines flagged the file.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceObservedSourceAntivirus analysisObserved at - 02
The hash appears in a known-software reference database.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceObservedSourceReference software databaseObserved at - 03
The hash has a long, established submission history across 1,522 sources.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceDerivedSourceSubmission historyObserved at - 04
Scanned file: dxilconv7.dll — 20099a4aa1207f557a14cc8bab795a84c479a318929fc8c4ca1fc9deaef7fd3e
ProvenanceObservedSourceUploaded fileObserved at - 05
Observed process — "C:\Windows\sysnative\rundll32.exe" "C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\init.dll",#1
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 06
Observed process — C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 5480 -s 508
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 07
File written: AppCrash_rundll32.exe_dxi_acc4476ace15444249a09597b2de169257703c_411edb3c_067f470c — C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_rundll32.exe_dxi_acc4476ace15444249a09597b2de169257703c_411edb3c_067f470c
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 08
File written: Report.wer — C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_rundll32.exe_dxi_acc4476ace15444249a09597b2de169257703c_411edb3c_067f470c\Report.wer
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 09
Contacted host: 185.125.190.27 — Contact observed during runtime.
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 10
Contacted host: 185.125.190.26 — Contact observed during runtime.
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at
Detection sources at a glance
The available sources did not agree on a named threat category.
One or more independent reference databases matched this hash.
Signatures and behavior heuristics
A community signature or high-severity behavioral heuristic matched. Signatures identify known patterns; heuristics are strong leads but are not proof on their own.
- DebuggerCheck__API
- dependsonpythonailib
- golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
- MD5_Constants
- pe_detect_tls_callbacks
The saved runtime evidence maps this activity to MITRE T1055 (Process Injection). The mapping supports possible process injection, but it does not prove the exact injection method or the operator's intent.
Evidence"C:\Windows\sysnative\rundll32.exe" "C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\init.dll",#1The sample contacted an external IP address directly and no application domain was recorded. Direct-IP traffic also occurs in legitimate installers and infrastructure, so this is supporting context only and requires corroboration from host reputation and other runtime evidence.
Evidence185.125.190.27 · 185.125.190.26 · 185.125.188.58
0 of 74 engines flagged this file
View all 74 engine results
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.
Fingerprint and provenance
- File name
- dxilconv7.dll
- Format
- Win32 DLL
- Code signing
- Signature valid: Microsoft Corporation
- Size
- 1.4 MB
- Last analyzed
- Sep 23, 2026, 5:10 AM UTC
20099a4aa1207f557a14cc8bab795a84c479a318929fc8c4ca1fc9deaef7fd3eSafety & FAQ
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What to do now
This file appears low risk based on the evidence available now.
- Recovery step 01
Use it only as part of software obtained from the developer's official site or another source you independently trust.
- Recovery step 02
A clean result reduces known risk, but it cannot guarantee that every new or targeted threat has been detected.
- Recovery step 03
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on so you stay protected.
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