File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is Among Us.
No antivirus engine detected the established executable, while complete host checks and one sandbox found no confirmed threat despite unusual updater-process injection records.
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Strong evidence · Widely seen for a long time, and nothing harmful found.
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Antivirus results
0 of 71 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 71
- No result 4
- Code signing Unsigned
- Test run Completed
- First seen 1y 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
None of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file, and it has been submitted by 2,494 sources over 508 days. One sandbox recorded no malicious verdict or offensive technique, though its reported injection into updater processes and one specific YARA match justify retaining some caution.
The strongest evidence is the absence of detections across 75 engines, including all 17 reporting major antivirus engines. The executable is also well established, with 3,102 submissions from 2,494 sources over 508 days. One completed sandbox produced a clean assessment and mapped no high-risk technique, while reputation checks covered every observed host without an adverse cached result. However, the runtime record names six updater processes as injection targets, and one community YARA rule matched a Cobalt Strike-related filename pattern. Those counter-signals are not corroborated by engine labels, malicious hosts, persistence, dropped files, or a malicious sandbox outcome, so the overall evidence favors benign software with residual uncertainty.
What We Detected
None of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this executable, including 17 reporting major antivirus engines. It is widely established rather than appearing in 3,102 submissions from 2,494 sources over 508 days. The executable is unsigned, so its publisher identity cannot be authenticated.
Threat Behavior
One completed sandbox produced a clean assessment and recorded no high-risk MITRE techniques, persistence indicators, written files, or files it created. The host-reputation check covered all 17 distinct observed domains and IP addresses and found no known-malicious or known-suspicious hosts. The sandbox nevertheless listed injection into six Google updater processes, which is unusual and prevents an entirely unqualified assessment. One malware-specific YARA rule referenced a Cobalt Strike temporary filename pattern, but no engine identified Cobalt Strike and two other YARA matches were generic debugger and Go-binary rules.
What To Do Now
Use the file only if it came from the expected distributor and behaves as expected. Keep security software enabled, and obtain a fresh copy from an official source if unexpected updater folders, injected processes, or runtime errors appear.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- The executable is unsigned, so no publisher identity or certificate history supports it.
- Runtime records list injection into six updater processes, an unusual action that warrants caution despite the absence of an offensive MITRE classification.
- One malware-specific community rule referenced a Cobalt Strike temporary filename pattern, although no antivirus engine identified Cobalt Strike and the other two rules were generic.
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 71 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file, including 17 reporting major antivirus engines.
- The file has 3,102 submissions from 2,494 sources and has been observed for 508 days.
- The completed sandbox returned a clean assessment and mapped no high-risk techniques.
- All 17 observed hosts received reputation coverage, with none known as malicious or suspicious.
- No packed or high-entropy code, persistence indicators, written files, or files it created were recorded.
- The executable has no digital signature, so its publisher cannot be verified.
- The sandbox record lists injection into six updater processes.
- One malware-specific community rule matched a Cobalt Strike-related temporary filename pattern.
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- 8sandbox rule tags
- 3spawned processes
- 6network contacts
- 1filesystem & mutex artifacts
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
8MITRE ATT&CK techniques the sandbox mapped. Highlighted ones are rare in normal software; the others are common in legitimate programs too.
- T1027· Obfuscated code
- T1027.002· Obfuscated code
- T1071· Application protocol
- T1082· System recon
- T1083· Scans your files
- T1095· Custom network
- T1129· Loads modules
- T1574.002· Execution hijack
Observed activity
Processes started
3Programs the file ran, with their command lines.
Among Us.exe%SAMPLEPATH%\Among Us.exe209d0cda85a2f86a46b6f3f97843dfee86d18259c987708376f6e1bf87d208e3.exe%SAMPLEPATH%\209d0cda85a2f86a46b6f3f97843dfee86d18259c987708376f6e1bf87d208e3.exeAmong Us.exe"C:\Users\user\Desktop\Among Us.exe"
Network contacts
66 hosts, listed as 6 addresses. Links show the host and path only.
- IP address
104.98.118.138 - IP address
23.32.75.24 - IP address
104.98.118.146 - IP address
23.219.78.213 - IP address
23.46.228.41 - IP address
23.67.33.150
Files
1Files the file created, changed or deleted.
- Deleted
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\KLT1I0ZU\update50[1].xml
Sandbox background — not the file
29The analysis machine's own processes and connections, recorded in every run.
- VM process
UI0Detect.exeC:\Windows\System32\UI0Detect.exe - VM process
updater.exeC:\Program Files\Google3680_371013413\bin\updater.exe - VM process
updater.exeC:\Program Files\Google3228_140098312\bin\updater.exe - VM process
updater.exeC:\Program Files\Google3816_2099795605\bin\updater.exe - VM process
updater.exeC:\Program Files\Google3256_2020022945\bin\updater.exe - VM process
updater.exeC:\Program Files\Google2376_1408290372\bin\updater.exe
Show all 29 entries for sandbox background — not the file
- VM process
updater.exeC:\Program Files\Google3928_142606643\bin\updater.exe - VM injection target
C:\Program Files\Google3680_371013413\bin\updater.exe - VM injection target
C:\Program Files\Google3228_140098312\bin\updater.exe - VM injection target
C:\Program Files\Google3816_2099795605\bin\updater.exe - VM injection target
C:\Program Files\Google3256_2020022945\bin\updater.exe - VM injection target
C:\Program Files\Google2376_1408290372\bin\updater.exe - VM injection target
C:\Program Files\Google3928_142606643\bin\updater.exe - VM host
www.microsoft.com - VM host
res.public.onecdn.static.microsoft - VM host
c.pki.goog - VM host
192.168.0.3 - VM host
20.69.140.28 - VM host
23.196.193.245 - VM host
20.99.133.109 - VM host
104.71.214.69 - VM host
a83f:8110:0:0:700:700:2800:4000 - VM host
23.55.140.42 - VM host
192.168.0.32 - VM host
192.168.0.34 - VM host
23.196.145.221 - VM host
a83f:8110:0:0:a800:0:0:0 - VM host
192.168.0.55 - VM host
192.168.0.40
Chapter 04
Technical details
None 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.
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Oct 11, 2026, 10:30 PM UTC
- SHA-256
209d0cda85a2f86a46b6f3f97843dfee86d18259c987708376f6e1bf87d208e3- SHA-1
d3ee59ea8493a4f36a5acffafd42ea85a1928a9c- MD5
b90b3d839872ae022e37a87b9636081c
About this file
Among Us.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 666.6 kB.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 666.6 kB
- Signer
- UnsignedNo code signature.
- First seen
- May 22, 2025On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 2,494 distinct sources
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 4.53 of 8
First scanned
Antivirus consensus
0 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 engines0flagged
- Low-trust17 engines0flagged
View all 75 engine results
- AcronisClean
- AhnLab-V3Clean
- AlibabaClean
- alibabacloudClean
- ALYacClean
- Antiy-AVLClean
- APEXClean
- ArcabitClean
- AvastClean
- Avast-MobileNo result
- AVGClean
- AviraClean
- BitDefenderClean
- BitDefenderFalxNo result
- BkavClean
- CAT-QuickHealClean
- ClamAVClean
- CMCClean
- CrowdStrikeClean
- CTXClean
- CylanceClean
- CynetClean
- DeepInstinctClean
- DrWebClean
- ElasticClean
- EmsisoftClean
- ESET-NOD32Clean
- F-SecureClean
- FortinetClean
- GDataClean
- GoogleClean
- GridinsoftClean
- 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
Community YARA rules matched, but all of them are generic capability, anti-debug or compiler rules that ordinary software also matches. Worth noting, not on their own cause for alarm.
- cobalt_strike_tmp01925d3fgeneric
- DebuggerCheck__APIgeneric
- golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846generic
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.
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