Unknown
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26cc929ac4ef06eb33…f21f3f4a18The reasoning behind this verdict
The MT AI Engine weighs every signal from this scan — antivirus detections, sandbox behaviour, code signing, prevalence and historical matches — to reach a single, evidence-based verdict.
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Each signal cites a concrete token from the evidence the arbiter saw — engine name, MITRE technique, signer string, or an exact count.
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What to do now
There isn't enough information to give this file a clear rating.
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Only run it if it came directly from the official maker of the software.
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Forensic fingerprint
- File name
- ShellHost.exe.txt
- Size
- 51.8 KB
- MIME type
- text/plain
- Detected type
- (unknown)
- SHA-256
- 26cc929ac4ef06eb335699f814ecdac1cd65789bb6398b546d718cf21f3f4a18
- MD5
- e7170b5ed0430ef4cd28099f3d85a321
- SHA-1
- 853a4780ed476f9b19f8a731a4897c6a028c6a7a
- Last analysis (VT)
- 5/14/2026, 8:43:47 PM
- First scan (MalwareTips)
- 5/14/2026, 8:44:38 PM
- Last scan (MalwareTips)
- 5/14/2026, 8:44:50 PM
Safety FAQ
Common questions about ShellHost.exe.txt, answered from the scan data above.
- We can't give ShellHost.exe.txt a confident verdict yet — too few engines have an opinion on this exact file. Uncommon or brand-new files often show little coverage before vendors catch up, so treat it as untrusted: don't opened it unless you're certain of the source.
- ShellHost.exe.txt is a file (text/plain), about 52 KB. We identify a file by its cryptographic hash rather than its name, because the same filename can be reused by completely different files — the hash below is the reliable fingerprint.
- The SHA-256 hash of ShellHost.exe.txt is 26cc929ac4ef06eb335699f814ecdac1cd65789bb6398b546d718cf21f3f4a18, and its MD5 is e7170b5ed0430ef4cd28099f3d85a321. This hash is the file's unique fingerprint — two files with the same SHA-256 are identical. Use it to confirm you're looking at exactly this file (not just one with the same name) when comparing against antivirus databases or a download's published checksum.
- This report reflects the scan run on May 14, 2026. Because a file's hash never changes, the identity of ShellHost.exe.txt is fixed — but antivirus coverage improves over time, so a file that looks clean today can pick up detections later (and vice-versa). If you need the latest picture, MalwareTips staff can re-run the analysis from scratch.
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