File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is backup_
This small encrypted backup data file was flagged by none of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it and shows no hostile indicators in any threat database.
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Moderate evidence · No engine flags it, but no publisher signature confirms who made it.
No action is needed; this backup data file can be kept or restored within the app that created it.
Good practice2 tips
We found nothing harmful in this file.
Open it only if you trust the person or website it came from.
Keep your security software and system updates switched on.
No scanner can promise a file is 100% safe.
Antivirus results
0 of 59 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 59
- No result 16
- Code signing Not applicable
- Test run Not run
- First seen 1mo ago
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Why we think so
0 points against it and 4 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
This is a tiny encrypted backup data file, a format used by messaging apps to store settings. None of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flagged it, and public malware databases and rule sets returned no matches. It is data, not a program, and nothing in the evidence suggests a threat.
None of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file, including 17 major antivirus engines that returned clean results. The file is only 537 bytes and uses an encrypted backup format, so it holds data rather than runnable code. Checks against public malware databases and community rule sets found no matches. It has been seen by only one submitter, which is normal for a personal backup file. No observation from the test run was available, but for an encrypted data file of this kind that leaves no meaningful gap.
What We Detected
None of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this encrypted backup data file, and major antivirus engines such as Kaspersky, ESET, BitDefender and Microsoft reported nothing. Public malware databases and community detection rules returned no matches.
Threat Behavior
The file is a 537-byte encrypted backup, the kind messaging apps use to store settings. It is not an executable and cannot run on its own. No sandbox run was performed, so no behaviour in the test run is described here.
What To Do Now
No action is needed. Keep the file if you need the backup, and only restore backups inside the app that created them.
Where this verdict could be wrong1 caveat
- No sandbox run or static analysis of the bytes is available, so the assessment rests on antivirus results and the file's data-only nature.
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 59 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file
- Major antivirus engines such as Kaspersky, ESET and Microsoft returned clean results
- No matches in public malware databases or community detection rules
- Small encrypted data file with no executable content
6 sources checked · 4 complete · 1 not run · 1 not needed or not applicable. See every source
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Technical details
None of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flag it.
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · 4 complete · 1 not run · 1 not needed or not applicable. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Oct 22, 2026, 3:20 AM UTC
- SHA-256
21f39e6be70ddc9eca879fe6b7551028879f20e7bcec91cc1236794a22bfc00a- SHA-1
ea37470fa4d4950dead49783727f928da3cf9afa- MD5
05bd0780d540b9d73206c76dee3901fc
About this file
backup_settings.json.crypt14 is an unknown file of 537 B.
- Type and size
- unknown · 537 B
- Signer
- Not applicable
- First seen
- Sep 7, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 1 sourceRarely seen: few people have submitted this exact file.
First scanned
Antivirus consensus
0 of 59 engines flagged this file
16 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-117 engines0flagged
- Tier-231 engines0flagged
- Low-trust11 engines0flagged
View all 75 engine results
- AcronisClean
- AhnLab-V3Clean
- AlibabaNo result
- alibabacloudClean
- ALYacClean
- Antiy-AVLClean
- APEXNo result
- ArcabitClean
- AvastClean
- Avast-MobileNo result
- AVGClean
- AviraClean
- BitDefenderClean
- BitDefenderFalxNo result
- BkavClean
- CAT-QuickHealClean
- ClamAVClean
- CMCClean
- CrowdStrikeClean
- CTXClean
- CylanceNo result
- CynetClean
- DeepInstinctNo result
- DrWebClean
- ElasticNo result
- EmsisoftClean
- ESET-NOD32Clean
- F-SecureClean
- FortinetClean
- GDataClean
- GoogleClean
- GridinsoftClean
- huorongClean
- IkarusNo result
- JiangminClean
- K7AntiVirusClean
- K7GWClean
- KasperskyClean
- KingsoftClean
- LionicClean
- MalwarebytesClean
- MaxSecureClean
- McAfeeDClean
- MicrosoftClean
- MicroWorld-eScanClean
- NANO-AntivirusClean
- PaloaltoNo result
- PandaClean
- RisingClean
- SangforClean
- SentinelOneNo result
- SkyhighClean
- SophosClean
- SUPERAntiSpywareClean
- SymantecClean
- SymantecMobileInsightNo result
- TACHYONClean
- tehtrisNo result
- TencentClean
- TrapmineNo result
- TrellixENSClean
- TrendMicroClean
- TrendMicro-HouseCallClean
- TrustlookNo result
- VaristClean
- VBA32Clean
- VIPREClean
- VirITClean
- ViRobotClean
- WebrootNo result
- XcitiumClean
- YandexClean
- ZillyaNo result
- ZoneAlarmClean
- ZonerClean
How widely this file has been seen
Rarely uploaded, and first seen more than two weeks ago. Often niche legitimate software or internal tooling; not a strong malware signal on its own.
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