File scan report
Verdict Suspicious
Is zzz-
An unsigned, rarely seen game-mod tool flagged only by generic labels from 4 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it, with no hostile behaviour in the test run but too little…
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Why Suspicious? 4 antivirus engines flag it; nothing else confirms it.
Limited evidence · One sign points to a problem; nothing else confirms it.
If it came from a link, an attachment or a stranger, delete it.
What to do now4 steps
Some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. Treat it with caution.
What to do
Don't run it unless you're sure where it came from.
Check where you got it: an unexpected attachment, a link someone sent you or a re-upload is a red flag.
If you can't confirm where it came from, delete it. If you need the program, download it again from the publisher's own website.
If you already ran it
Stop using it, run a full scan with your antivirus and watch for unexpected behavior or security alerts.
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Ask the MalwareTips community before you run it. If you already ran it, follow the cleanup guide.
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Antivirus results
4 of 71 flagged
- Flagged 4
- No detection 67
- No result 4
- Code signing Unsigned
- Test run Completed
- First seen 1mo ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
4 points against it and 3 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
Four of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this unsigned program, all with generic labels, including one machine-learning detection from Microsoft. The sandbox runs showed it unpacking game-mod assets, with no injection or suspicious network activity. However, it was submitted by only one source and has no publisher signature. Nobody has inspected its contents, so its safety cannot be confirmed.
The one detection from a major antivirus engine is Microsoft's generic machine-learning label, and the other three come from less reliable engines with non-specific labels. The program is unsigned and was first seen on Aug 29, 2026, with a single submitter, so neither a publisher identity nor wide use vouches for it. The combined sandbox summary shows it extracting a Python-packaged bundle of game-mod assets to a temporary folder, and no injection target or high-risk technique was recorded. Similar files built with the same import table received mixed past assessments, but that match likely reflects a shared packaging framework rather than a shared author. No reference-database or contacted-host checks were available to settle the question.
What We Detected
4 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this 64-bit Windows program. Microsoft gave a generic machine-learning trojan label, and APEX, Bkav and Cylance gave non-specific labels. No real malware family is named, and 17 major antivirus engines reported nothing. The file is unsigned and was first seen on Aug 29, 2026, submitted by a single source.
Threat Behavior
The sandbox runs show the program unpacking a Python-packaged bundle of game-mod assets, including icons, character data scripts and a guide, into a temporary folder. It also ran a Windows version check. No process injection target, persistence or network activity of its own was recorded. Contacted-host reputation and reference-database checks were not available.
What To Do Now
Run it only if you obtained it from the mod author's official page and trust that source. Keep your antivirus enabled. If in doubt, wait for a signed or more widely distributed release, or test it in a virtual machine first.
Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
- The sandbox run wrote only game-mod assets such as icons, character data scripts and a guide to a temporary folder, and showed no injection or network activity of its own. This looks like an ordinary Python-packaged hobby tool.
- 17 of the major antivirus engines reported no detection, and the one detection from a major antivirus engine is a generic machine-learning label.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- 17 major antivirus engines reported no detection.
- The sandbox runs showed no process injection, persistence or network activity of its own.
- The files it extracted are game-mod assets consistent with its name.
- The program is unsigned, so no publisher identity backs it.
- It was submitted by only one source and first seen on Aug 29, 2026.
- Microsoft's machine-learning engine flagged it with a generic trojan label.
- Three less reliable engines also flagged it with generic labels.
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 not needed or not applicable. See every source
Chapter 03
What it did in our test
It ran in our isolated test environment; no test environment rated what it did as risky.
Test run summary
Capture complete- 18sandbox rule tags
- 3spawned processes
- 0network contacts
- 15filesystem & mutex artifacts
What the test run showed
What the file did on a test computer
Confirmed in the test run
Moderate concern: Contains packed or scrambled code that is harder to inspect (common in installers too).
Moderate concern: Ran commands or a script on the test computer.
Moderate concern: Checked whether it was running on a test computer.
Note: Read the user name of the test computer.
Note: Listed the programs running on the test computer.
Note: Read basic details of the test computer, such as its Windows version.
Note: Looked through folders on the test computer (most installers do this).
Sandbox labels we could not confirm (common in safe files too)
Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as code injection, but no injected program was recorded.
Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as contacting a server, but no contacted host was recorded.
Not confirmed: Showed activity a sandbox rule links to file encryption; no ransomware behaviour was confirmed.
Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as weakening security settings; no setting change was recorded.
This file was run on a test computer (a sandbox), not on yours. Labels we could not confirm are listed so you can see them, but they are not treated as evidence against the file.
Recorded behavior
What happened in the test
Grouped by step. The order is not a timeline.
- 1
Input file
The submitted object
- Evidence 1 of 5: FileSeen in the test run
zzz-mod-fixer-v3.1.exe
2b2b0dcb43168145056bb77a36fcb21c24612c6250715bd4d8e7b380098df326
Uploaded file
- 2
Processes
What ran
- Evidence 2 of 5: ProcessSeen in the test run
zzz-mod-fixer-v3.1.exe
"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\zzz-mod-fixer-v3.1.exe"
Test run - Evidence 3 of 5: ProcessSeen in the test run
cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "ver"
Test run - +1 more recorded observation
- 2
Files
Created or changed
- Evidence 4 of 5: Written fileSeen in the test run
GUIDES.md
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50042\Assets\Guide\GUIDES.md
Test run - Evidence 5 of 5: Written fileSeen in the test run
folder.png
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50042\Assets\Icons\folder.png
Test run - +1 more recorded observation
5 facts from the test run. See the full activity list.
What this file did when executed
This file was run in a sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Techniques observed in the sandbox
18MITRE ATT&CK techniques the sandbox mapped. Highlighted ones are rare in normal software; the others are common in legitimate programs too.
- T1027· Obfuscated code
- T1027.002· Obfuscated code
- T1033· Reads user info
- T1047
- T1055· Process injection
- T1057· Lists programs
- T1059· Runs commands
- T1071· Application protocol
- T1082· System recon
- T1083· Scans your files
- T1129· Loads modules
- T1202
- T1486· File encryption
- T1497· Sandbox evasion
- T1497.001· Sandbox evasion
- T1518· Checks your AV
- T1562· Disables security
- T1574· Execution hijack
Observed activity
Processes started
3Programs the file ran, with their command lines.
zzz-mod-fixer-v3.1.exe"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\zzz-mod-fixer-v3.1.exe"cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "ver"zzz-mod-fixer-v3.1.exe"C:\Users\user\Desktop\zzz-mod-fixer-v3.1.exe"
Files
15Files the file created, changed or deleted.
- Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50042\Assets\Guide\GUIDES.md - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50042\Assets\Icons\folder.png - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50042\Assets\Icons\refresh.png - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50042\Assets\Icons\zzzlogo.png - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50042\Assets\Icons\zzzsidebarlogo.png - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50042\Assets\PlayerCharacterPYData\Alice.py
Show all 15 entries for files
- Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50042\Assets\PlayerCharacterPYData\AliceSeaOfTime.py - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50042\Assets\PlayerCharacterPYData\Anby.py - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50042\Assets\PlayerCharacterPYData\Anton.py - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50042\Assets\PlayerCharacterPYData\Aria.py - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50042\Assets\PlayerCharacterPYData\AriaAgent.py - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50042\Assets\PlayerCharacterPYData\AriaAgentDiscordantNote.py - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50042\Assets\PlayerCharacterPYData\AriaDiscordantNote.py - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50042\Assets\PlayerCharacterPYData\AstraYao.py - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI50042\Assets\PlayerCharacterPYData\AstraYaoChandelier.py
Sandbox background — not the file
9The analysis machine's own processes and connections, recorded in every run.
- VM process
services.exeC:\Windows\system32\services.exe - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k UnistackSvcGroup - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -p -s StorSvc - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalService -s W32Time - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -p -s WdiSystemHost
Show all 9 entries for sandbox background — not the file
- VM process
lsass.exeC:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -p - VM host
162.159.36.2
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 10 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache. 10 have no saved verdict and were not checked; that is missing coverage, not a finding.
- 79bcdfc1f948920af79d…b460d8Not checkedno saved verdict
- 02378d548ffe9bb4c510…2766b7Not checkedno saved verdict
- df4612da3958cb688be3…79edd4Not checkedno saved verdict
- a41f759974773b4131f4…89c8d5Not checkedno saved verdict
- b1058e810befa76334b2…ee790cNot checkedno saved verdict
- 023a6b1c65e75cc4f4ad…92acc2Not checkedno saved verdict
- be5a84d005bb717d6a63…c5f051Not checkedno saved verdict
- 590e3e76494f58475937…585349Not checkedno saved verdict
- 9cf7b0cd2e4023cf310a…ae27f7Not checkedno saved verdict
- f3b14b2d67d47e0d22d0…5b4ff8Not checkedno saved verdict
Chapter 04
Technical details
4 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; no publisher signature.
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 not needed or not applicable. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
Engines that flagged it 4
- Microsoft (major engine)Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
- APEXMalicious
- BkavW32.Malware.511E9D70
- CylanceUnsafe
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Aug 29, 2026, 8:17 PM UTC
- SHA-256
2b2b0dcb43168145056bb77a36fcb21c24612c6250715bd4d8e7b380098df326- SHA-1
de761f856daaa79bda926ee433ae79d430e193dc- MD5
9518ed7832b3f27627b04c3f9a6a3b9a
About this file
zzz-mod-fixer-v3.1.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 14.0 MB.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 14.0 MB
- Signer
- UnsignedNo code signature.
- First seen
- Aug 29, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 1 sourceRarely seen: few people have submitted this exact file.
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 7.99 of 8
First scanned Updated
Antivirus consensus
4 of 71 engines flagged this file
4 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-118 engines1flagged
- Tier-236 engines0flagged
- Low-trust17 engines3flagged
View all 75 engine results
- APEXMalicious: Malicious
- BkavMalicious: W32.Malware.511E9D70
- CylanceMalicious: Unsafe
- MicrosoftMalicious: Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
- AcronisClean
- AhnLab-V3Clean
- AlibabaClean
- alibabacloudClean
- ALYacClean
- Antiy-AVLClean
- ArcabitClean
- AvastClean
- Avast-MobileNo result
- AVGClean
- AviraClean
- BitDefenderClean
- BitDefenderFalxNo result
- CAT-QuickHealClean
- ClamAVClean
- CMCClean
- CrowdStrikeClean
- CTXClean
- CynetClean
- DeepInstinctClean
- DrWebClean
- ElasticClean
- EmsisoftClean
- ESET-NOD32Clean
- F-SecureClean
- FortinetClean
- GDataClean
- GoogleClean
- GridinsoftClean
- huorongClean
- IkarusClean
- JiangminClean
- K7AntiVirusClean
- K7GWClean
- KasperskyClean
- KingsoftClean
- LionicClean
- MalwarebytesClean
- MaxSecureClean
- McAfeeDClean
- MicroWorld-eScanClean
- NANO-AntivirusClean
- PaloaltoClean
- PandaClean
- RisingClean
- SangforClean
- SentinelOneClean
- SkyhighClean
- SophosClean
- SUPERAntiSpywareClean
- SymantecClean
- SymantecMobileInsightNo result
- TACHYONClean
- tehtrisClean
- TencentClean
- TrapmineClean
- TrellixENSClean
- TrendMicroClean
- TrendMicro-HouseCallClean
- TrustlookNo result
- VaristClean
- VBA32Clean
- VIPREClean
- VirITClean
- ViRobotClean
- WebrootClean
- XcitiumClean
- YandexClean
- ZillyaClean
- ZoneAlarmClean
- ZonerClean
Signatures and behavior heuristics
Low-severity pattern matches — worth noting but not on their own cause for alarm.
VirusTotal's sandbox summary maps this run to MITRE T1055 (Process Injection), but no injected process of the sample's own was recorded (the analysis VM's own WMI adapter, crash handlers and Chrome updater are not counted). VirusTotal maps T1055 on about half of all files no engine flags, so the mapping alone is not evidence of injection.
EvidenceT1055 (sandbox MITRE mapping)
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
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.
Chapter 05
Questions & answers
Short answers to the 6 questions people ask most about this file.
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