Is install.exe safe?
Zero detections across 75 engines, verified signature, and common-old prevalence indicate a clean installer.
No engine flagged the file. The installer is signed and has been submitted by 470 sources over 300 days with no malicious sandbox verdict or external-intel hits.
246c82c03cab302669…568574bc6d871fRecommended next actions
Before installing
Install it only when it came from the developer's official site or an official app store.
If you already installed 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.
No engine flagged the file. The installer is signed and has been submitted by 470 sources over 300 days with no malicious sandbox verdict or external-intel hits.
All 75 reporting engines returned clean results, including 16 tier-1 engines. The file carries a verified digital signature and shows installer-like behaviour without any malicious sandbox outcome. Prevalence data places it in the common-old category, and external intelligence sources returned no matches. The single low-severity heuristic for direct-IP traffic is inconclusive without host-reputation coverage.
What We Detected
75 engines scanned the 2.5 MB Win32 EXE; none returned a malicious or suspicious label. The binary is signed by 成都威算科技有限公司 and verified. Sandbox execution recorded typical installer activity plus one persistence-related MITRE technique (T1547.001) but no malicious verdict.
Threat Behavior
No dropped children, no complete contacted-host reputation result was available or URLs, and no external-intel corroboration from CIRCL, MalwareBazaar or YARAify. The single observed IP lacks a completed reputation cross-check.
What To Do Now
The file can be treated as safe for normal use. Keep endpoint protection enabled and only download installers from official sources.
Where this verdict could be wrong1 caveat
- contactedHosts is null — no complete host-reputation result available for the observed IP 162.159.36.2
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- 0/75 engines flagged malicious
- verified digital signature
- common-old prevalence (470 submitters)
- no malicious sandbox verdict
Proceed with installation from a trusted source while keeping security software active.
Coverage & freshness
Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.
Antivirus
Complete0 of 75 engines flagged the file.
Sandbox
Complete1 isolated runtime environment contributed observations.
Network
Partial1 runtime contact was observed without a completed reputation cross-check.
YARA
Complete1 signature or behavior rule 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
- 21MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- 3spawned processes
- 1network contacts
- 0filesystem & 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
install.exe
246c82c03cab302669c33439a204fb4349e408e497d136aa0f568574bc6d871f
01Uploaded file
Processes
Runtime execution
- ProcessObserved
Observed process
"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\software.exe"
02Isolated runtime analysis - ProcessObserved
Observed process
"C:\Users\user\Desktop\xmodhubInstaller__20250715_174953_channel100159.exe"
03Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Network
Hosts contacted
- Contacted hostObserved
162.159.36.2
Contact observed during runtime.
04Isolated runtime analysis
4 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.
- 162.159.36.2
Detection & Forensics
Consensus, attribution, signatures, code structure, prevalence, and identity.
Evidence integrity
Chain of custody for the facts preserved in this report.
- 1rule hit recorded
- 0 / 75engines flagged
- 470sources 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 75 antivirus engines flagged the file.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceObservedSourceAntivirus analysisObserved at - 02
The hash has a long, established submission history across 470 sources.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceDerivedSourceSubmission historyObserved at - 03
The file has a valid code signature from 成都威算科技有限公司.
ProvenanceObservedSourceCode-signing metadataObserved at - 04
Scanned file: install.exe — 246c82c03cab302669c33439a204fb4349e408e497d136aa0f568574bc6d871f
ProvenanceObservedSourceUploaded fileObserved at - 05
Observed process — "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\software.exe"
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 06
Observed process — "C:\Users\user\Desktop\xmodhubInstaller__20250715_174953_channel100159.exe"
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 07
Contacted host: 162.159.36.2 — Contact observed during runtime.
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at
Detection sources at a glance
The available sources did not agree on a named threat category.
MalwareBazaar, YARAify, and CIRCL hashlookup completed and returned no entries for this hash.
Signatures and behavior heuristics
Low-severity pattern matches — worth noting but not on their own cause for alarm.
The 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.
Evidence162.159.36.2
0 of 75 engines flagged this file
View all 75 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
- install.exe
- Format
- Win32 EXE
- Code signing
- Signature valid: 成都威算科技有限公司
- Size
- 2.4 MB
- Last analyzed
- Aug 31, 2026, 10:50 AM UTC
246c82c03cab302669c33439a204fb4349e408e497d136aa0f568574bc6d871fSafety & FAQ
Complete recovery guidance and answers for the next decision.
What to do now
This file appears low risk based on the evidence available now.
- Recovery step 01
Install it only when it came from the developer's official site or an official app store.
- 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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