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Verdict Suspicious

Analyzed , 3 months ago

Is Patch.exe safe? Treat it as suspicious.

This unsigned, rarely submitted patcher self-extracts and drops an executable, and three machine-learning engines flag it, though no major antivirus engine or named family backs…

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Why Suspicious? 5 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.

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

Avoid running this patcher unless it comes from a source you trust. Keep your security software enabled, and scan the system if it has already been executed.

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 run 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 ran it

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

Not sure what to do?

Ask the MalwareTips community before you run it. If you already ran it, follow the cleanup guide.

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Why we think so

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Patch.exe: Suspicious — MalwareTips file scan

The link always shows the latest result for this exact file (its SHA-256 fingerprint).

Reads the latest antivirus results for this file's hash. Nothing is uploaded.

Antivirus results

5 of 69 flagged

  • Flagged 5
  • No detection 64
  • No result 5
FilePatch.exe9.2 MBSHA-256 2035c328e6ea…45f72b
  • Code signing Unsigned
  • Test run Completed
  • First seen 3mo ago
5 of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flag it, including McAfee and CrowdStrike.

Chapter 02

Why we think so

4 points against it and 3 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.

MT AI Engine · Verdict analysis

The reasoning behind this verdict

Analyst conclusion

Five of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this unsigned file, including CrowdStrike, Elastic and SentinelOne machine-learning detections, while all major antivirus engines stayed silent. In our sandbox it behaved like a self-extracting archive that drops a program into an engineering-software folder, typical of software cracks. Treat it with caution.

Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
  • All 18 major antivirus engines that reported on the file found nothing, and none of the detections names a malware family, so they may be machine-learning false positives on a software crack.
  • The only similar-file match comes from a shared self-extractor import table, not a matching signer.

These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.

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
  • 18sandbox rule tags
  • 3spawned processes
  • 0network contacts
  • 10filesystem & 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: Unpacked hidden content while it ran.

  • Moderate concern: Checked whether it was running on a test computer.

  • Moderate concern: Hid files or windows on the test computer.

  • Note: Read the user name of the test computer.

  • Note: Read basic details of the test computer, such as its Windows version.

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 contacting a server, but no contacted host 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.

Seen in the test runWorked out from other results

  1. Input file

    The submitted object

    1
    1. Evidence 1 of 5: FileSeen in the test run

      Patch.exe

      2035c328e6ea20abc718a83fc339e931e7200f9b31c0e026deedb66d4445f72b

      Uploaded file

  2. Processes

    What ran

    2
    1. Evidence 2 of 5: ProcessSeen in the test run

      Patch.exe

      "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\Patch.exe"

      Test run
    2. Evidence 3 of 5: ProcessSeen in the test run

      Patch.exe

      "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\Patch.exe" -el6020 -s2 "-dC:\" "-sp"

      Test run
    3. +1 more recorded observation

  3. Files

    Created or changed

    2
    1. Evidence 4 of 5: Written fileSeen in the test run

      __tmp_rar_sfx_access_check_48625

      \Device\HarddiskVolume2\\__tmp_rar_sfx_access_check_48625

      Test run
    2. Evidence 5 of 5: Written fileSeen in the test run

      __tmp_rar_sfx_access_check_48625

      C:\__tmp_rar_sfx_access_check_48625

      Test run
    3. +1 more recorded observation

5 facts from the test run. See the full activity list.

Chapter 04

Technical details

5 of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; no publisher signature.

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.

SourceStatusResultChecked
Antivirus enginesVirusTotal · 74 enginesCompleteRisk signal: 5 of 69 engines flagged it · 5 gave no result Details for antivirus engines
Sandbox runVirusTotal sandboxesCompleteRuntime behaviour was recorded Details for sandbox run
Contacted hostsMalwareTips URL scannerNot neededThe sandbox recorded no contacted hosts to checkNo date recorded
Signature rulesYARAify community rules + MalwareTips rulesComplete1 MalwareTips behaviour rule Details for signature rules
Malware sample databaseabuse.ch MalwareBazaarCompleteNot listed
Known-software referenceCIRCL hashlookupCompleteNo match

Engines that flagged it 5

  • APEXMalicious
  • CrowdStrikewin/malicious_confidence_90% (D)
  • Elasticmalicious (moderate confidence)
  • McAfeeDti!2035C328E6EA
  • SentinelOneStatic AI - Suspicious PE

File fingerprint

Last analyzed
Jul 11, 2026, 1:37 PM UTC
SHA-256
2035c328e6ea20abc718a83fc339e931e7200f9b31c0e026deedb66d4445f72b
SHA-1
db0cfc9e0f8f5b1843ecfa632457e5f07f91fcf6
MD5
8f95cca0074835439c80173af36c3c18

About this file

Patch.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 9.2 MB.

Type and size
Win32 EXE · 9.2 MB
Signer
UnsignedNo code signature.
First seen
Jul 11, 2026On VirusTotal.
Submitted by
1 sourceRarely seen: few people have submitted this exact file.
Packer
None detected
Entropy
8.00 of 8

First scanned Updated

Chapter 05

Questions & answers

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

Is Patch.exe safe, or is it malware?
Patch.exe is rated Suspicious: some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. 5 of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flag it. Don't run it unless you're sure where it came from. If you need the program, download it again from the publisher's own website.
What is Patch.exe?
Patch.exe is a Windows program, about 9.2 MB. It carries no version information saying what it is or who made it. VirusTotal first saw it on Jul 11, 2026.
How many antivirus engines detected Patch.exe?
5 of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flag Patch.exe, including McAfee and CrowdStrike. We weigh which engines flagged it and what else the scan found, not just the count.
What should I do if I already ran Patch.exe?
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 Patch.exe?
The SHA-256 fingerprint of Patch.exe is 2035c328e6ea20abc718a83fc339e931e7200f9b31c0e026deedb66d4445f72b, and its MD5 is 8f95cca0074835439c80173af36c3c18. 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 Patch.exe?
This report reflects the scan on Jul 11, 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.
Chapter 06

Community

Member reviews and reports for this exact file hash.

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