File verdict·Decided by the MT AI Engine
Our call

Unknown

Unsigned ZIP archive with zero engine detections but submitted only once today.

Trust score50Caution
Paracord-0.9.0.zip
1.2 MB
273cf1a88c15e78b5a8a464ebe66
Antivirus engines
0 of 74 flagged
Code signing
Unsigned
Age
First seen 12 days ago
MT AI Engine · Verdict analysis

The 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.

45%Confidence
Moderate
Reasoning

Zero malicious flags across tier-1 and tier-2 engines combined with clean external intel strongly suggests the archive is not known malware. The complete lack of prior submissions and unsigned status prevent a confident clean classification. Low coverage on a newly submitted portable archive format leads to an unknown verdict rather than guessing safety.

Key signals · 4

Each signal cites a concrete token from the evidence the arbiter saw — engine name, MITRE technique, signer string, or an exact count.

  1. engines.malicious=0 with tier1Malicious=0 across 63 reporting engines

  2. prevalence.classification=rare_new and file.ageDays=0

  3. filenameAnalysis.looksLikePortable=true with hasNumericVersion=true

  4. externalIntel.yaraify.ruleCount=0 and no triggeredHeuristics

Points in its favour
  • zero malicious engine detections
  • no external intelligence hits
  • no triggered heuristics
Points against
  • rare_new prevalence with single submission
  • unsigned archive
Recommended action

Treat as unverified until the contents can be inspected or the source confirmed; re-scan after extraction.

What to do now

There isn't enough information to give this file a clear rating.

  1. Be cautious — an unknown rating is not the same as a clean bill of health.

  2. Only run it if it came directly from the official maker of the software.

  3. When in doubt, don't open it — or scan it again later once it's more widely seen.

No researcher-database hits
External threat-intel sources were not collected for this scan.
Antivirus engine breakdown

0 detections across 74 engines

0 malicious0 suspicious74 clean
Tier-117 engines
0flag
Top commercial AVs (low FP rate)
Tier-240 engines
0flag
Mainstream engines with mixed FP rates
Low-trust17 engines
0flag
Heuristic / generic-AI engines (high FP rate)
All 74 engines report this file as clean.
Hash 273cf1a88c15… cross-referenced against 74 AV engines via our AV network.
Prevalence

How widely this file has been seen

Barely seen in the wild and first surfaced recently. This is the footprint of targeted malware the AV industry hasn't signatured yet — extra scrutiny is warranted.

Rare & new
Unique uploaders
1
Very few people have ever uploaded this — rare.
Total submissions
1
Includes repeat uploads by the same source.
First seen
12d ago
Jul 9, 2026
Prevalence quadrant
here
Rare · New
Targeted malware lives here
Common · New
Just-released software
Rare · Old
Niche or internal tooling
Common · Old
Trusted legitimate binaries
File identity

Forensic fingerprint

File biography
First seen (VT)
7/9/2026, 10:32:24 PM
First seen (MalwareBazaar)
Last analysis (VT)
7/9/2026, 10:32:24 PM
Scanned here
7/9/2026, 10:35:42 PM
File name
Paracord-0.9.0.zip
Size
1.24 MB
MIME type
application/zip
Detected type
ZIP
SHA-256
273cf1a88c15e78b5ae43868b60dee9bd729fa49a3ce2eb60d160d8a464ebe66
MD5
194eb594aa37b976a1afd43e5587dd0d
SHA-1
8f524d07ad691861710e1242ef36295dd67d9d9e
First seen (VT)
7/9/2026, 10:32:24 PM
Last analysis (VT)
7/9/2026, 10:32:24 PM
First scan (MalwareTips)
7/9/2026, 10:33:38 PM
Last scan (MalwareTips)
7/9/2026, 10:35:42 PM
Behavior tags
zip
Frequently asked

Safety FAQ

Common questions about Paracord-0.9.0.zip, answered from the scan data above.

  • We can't give Paracord-0.9.0.zip 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 or extracted it unless you're certain of the source.
  • Paracord-0.9.0.zip is a compressed archive (application/zip), about 1.2 MB. 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.
  • None — all 74 antivirus engines we queried report Paracord-0.9.0.zip as clean. That's reassuring, though brand-new malware can briefly evade detection before vendors add signatures, so we also weigh the file's behaviour and reputation.
  • The SHA-256 hash of Paracord-0.9.0.zip is 273cf1a88c15e78b5ae43868b60dee9bd729fa49a3ce2eb60d160d8a464ebe66, and its MD5 is 194eb594aa37b976a1afd43e5587dd0d. 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 July 9, 2026. Because a file's hash never changes, the identity of Paracord-0.9.0.zip 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.
Community classification

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