Is Setup Tape v2.5.9.exe safe?
No engine detected malware in this long-established installer, although its unsigned status and potentially offensive runtime techniques justify obtaining it from a trusted source.
All 75 antivirus engines were free of detections, including 17 tier-1 engines, and the file has circulated since 2021 across 144 sources. One sandbox mapped potentially offensive techniques and direct-IP traffic, but produced no malicious verdict; because host-reputation coverage is unavailable and the executable is unsigned, use only a trusted copy.
24bc836f321d529493…a2aa670ae49c96Recommended 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.
All 75 antivirus engines were free of detections, including 17 tier-1 engines, and the file has circulated since 2021 across 144 sources. One sandbox mapped potentially offensive techniques and direct-IP traffic, but produced no malicious verdict; because host-reputation coverage is unavailable and the executable is unsigned, use only a trusted copy.
The strongest evidence is the complete absence of detections across 75 engines, including 17 tier-1 products. The sample has also been submitted 169 times by 144 sources since 2021, giving security products substantial time and exposure to identify known malware. A completed sandbox mapped T1055, T1134, and T1547.001, but did not issue a malicious verdict, and no inspected child was identified as malicious. The executable is unsigned, and its direct-IP contacts were not covered by a saved host-reputation cross-check, so those aspects remain cautionary rather than exculpatory. No family consensus, curated intelligence hit, brand mismatch, suspicious packing, or confirmed malicious child supports a malware attribution.
What We Detected
No antivirus engine flagged the sample: 0 of 75 detections, with all 17 tier-1 engines reporting no detection. It has circulated since January 2021, with 169 submissions from 144 sources, and no malware family consensus or curated intelligence match was present.
Threat Behavior
One completed sandbox run mapped activity to T1055, T1134, and T1547.001, including possible process injection, token-related activity, and startup persistence. It also observed direct connections to external IP addresses, but no malicious sandbox verdict was issued. A complete reputation result for those contacted hosts is unavailable, and the 10 dropped files were not individually confirmed benign even though none was identified as malicious.
What To Do Now
Confirm the SHA-256 hash and obtain the installer from the software vendor or another trusted release channel, since the executable lacks a digital signature. Keep endpoint protection enabled and avoid running the file if its source or expected purpose cannot be verified.
Where this verdict could be wrong4 caveats
- signing.applicable=true but signing.signed=false, so publisher identity and integrity cannot be authenticated.
- The completed sandbox mapped activity to T1055, T1134, and T1547.001, including possible process injection and persistence-related behavior.
- triggeredHeuristics includes MalwareTips.Synth.DirectIpC2 after direct connections to external IP addresses; contactedHosts=null means no complete host-reputation result is available.
- All 10 inspected dropped children have unknown individual verdicts, despite droppedChildren.hasMaliciousChild=false.
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 of 75 antivirus engines detected malware
- All 17 tier-1 engines reported no detection
- Long-established sample with 169 submissions from 144 sources
- No malicious sandbox verdict
- No known malicious dropped child or curated intelligence hit
- Unsigned Windows executable with no authenticated publisher
- Sandbox mapping to T1055 process injection
- Sandbox mapping to T1134 access-token manipulation
- Sandbox mapping to T1547.001 registry or startup-folder persistence
- Direct external-IP contacts without a complete host-reputation cross-check
- Ten dropped children remain individually unclassified
Use only a copy obtained from a trusted vendor channel and verify its SHA-256 hash before execution. Keep antivirus and endpoint protection enabled, particularly because the file is unsigned and network-host reputation was not fully checked.
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
Partial8 runtime contacts were observed without a completed reputation cross-check.
YARA
Complete2 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
- 19MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- 13spawned processes
- 8network contacts
- 35filesystem & 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
Setup Tape v2.5.9.exe
24bc836f321d52949364ca529c48772fb4cfa250ed42b82c19a2aa670ae49c96
01Uploaded file
Processes
Runtime execution
- ProcessObserved
Observed process
"C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\program.exe"
02Isolated runtime analysis - ProcessObserved
Observed process
"C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-F7RGI.tmp\program.tmp" /SL5="$7001E,35607000,151040,C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\program.exe"
03Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Files
Created or changed
- Written fileObserved
unins000.exe
C:\Program Files\Softube\Tape\unins000.exe
04Isolated runtime analysis - Written fileObserved
Softube.ico
C:\Program Files\Softube\Tape\Softube.ico
05Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Network
Hosts contacted
- Contacted hostObserved
23.216.147.64
Contact observed during runtime.
06Isolated runtime analysis - Contacted hostObserved
20.99.184.37
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.
- 23.216.147.64
- 20.99.184.37
- 20.99.133.109
- 23.216.81.152
- 192.168.0.1
- 20.69.140.28
- 23.196.193.245
- 23.46.228.49
- C:\Program Files\Softube\Tape\unins000.exe
- C:\Program Files\Softube\Tape\Softube.ico
- C:\Program Files\Common Files\Softube\SSX\Tape SCMap.txt
- C:\ProgramData\Softube\Presets\Tape Multi Track.softubebundle
- C:\ProgramData\Softube\Presets\Tape.softubebundle
- C:\Program Files\Softube\Tape\is-GVIGK.tmp
- C:\Program Files\Softube\Tape\is-MOH8A.tmp
- C:\Program Files\Common Files\Softube\SSX\is-PT9RU.tmp
- C:\ProgramData\Softube\Presets\is-P27GC.tmp
- C:\ProgramData\Softube\Presets\is-QMGHO.tmp
- Local\RstrMgr3887CAB8-533F-4C85-B0DC-3E5639F8D511
- Local\RstrMgr-3887CAB8-533F-4C85-B0DC-3E5639F8D511-Session0000
- cversions.3.m
- \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\RstrMgr3887CAB8-533F-4C85-B0DC-3E5639F8D511
- \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\RstrMgr-3887CAB8-533F-4C85-B0DC-3E5639F8D511-Session0000
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 10 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.
- 99b7900d63cdca1ffdaf…07b17eNever scannednever seen before
- 42beb362b7a84690532c…a77cf8Never scannednever seen before
- 6646e45d2940dbea82b1…ec6ce1Never scannednever seen before
- 7fc4fa7f5cea34df0a67…70bdb5Never scannednever seen before
- f18094f0d3b31cd53247…d81622Never scannednever seen before
- 388a796580234efc95f3…136f95Never scannednever seen before
- b32b4f5f3fd0144d7e61…422fa3Never scannednever seen before
- d94cee4bb5726930c603…b4004aNever scannednever seen before
- 8fc9f1e7ce4de65aae2f…18ecd8Never scannednever seen before
- f7eced9d3fc374626417…ee7b46Never 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.
- 2rule hits recorded
- 0 / 75engines flagged
- 144sources 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 144 sources.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceDerivedSourceSubmission historyObserved at - 03
1 high-confidence signature or behavior rule matched this file.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceDerivedSourceSignature and behavior rulesObserved at - 04
Scanned file: Setup Tape v2.5.9.exe — 24bc836f321d52949364ca529c48772fb4cfa250ed42b82c19a2aa670ae49c96
ProvenanceObservedSourceUploaded fileObserved at - 05
Observed process — "C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\program.exe"
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 06
Observed process — "C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-F7RGI.tmp\program.tmp" /SL5="$7001E,35607000,151040,C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\program.exe"
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 07
File written: unins000.exe — C:\Program Files\Softube\Tape\unins000.exe
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 08
File written: Softube.ico — C:\Program Files\Softube\Tape\Softube.ico
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 09
Contacted host: 23.216.147.64 — Contact observed during runtime.
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 10
Contacted host: 20.99.184.37 — 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
A community signature or high-severity behavioral heuristic matched. Signatures identify known patterns; heuristics are strong leads but are not proof on their own.
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.
EvidenceC:\Windows\Explorer.EXEThe 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.
Evidence23.216.147.64 · 20.99.184.37 · 20.99.133.109
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
- Setup Tape v2.5.9.exe
- Format
- Win32 EXE
- Code signing
- No verified publisher
- Size
- 34.4 MB
- Last analyzed
- Sep 12, 2026, 9:49 AM UTC
24bc836f321d52949364ca529c48772fb4cfa250ed42b82c19a2aa670ae49c96Safety & 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.
Safety FAQ
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