File verdict·Decided by the MT AI Engine
Our call

Safe

Zero detections across 62 engines on a 320-day-old unsigned data file with no sandbox or external-intel hits.

Trust score88High trust
save.dat
126.1 KB
2f8e3ed93bcdc8d858fc65bb7b7f
Antivirus engines
0 of 76 flagged
Code signing
Unsigned
Age
First seen 11mo ago
MT AI Engine · our arbiter

The verdict, reasoned out.

Not a rules engine. The MT AI Engine reads every signal we collected, weighs them against history, and commits to an answer.

85%Confidence
Very high
Reasoning

The complete lack of malicious detections from every engine tier, combined with zero external-intel hits and no behavioural data, indicates the file is not malware. Its unsigned status is expected for a generic .dat file and does not raise concern given the total absence of any threat signals. The rare_old prevalence classification further supports that this is an old, low-distribution benign file rather than an undetected threat.

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: 0 malicious out of 76 total (tier1Malicious=0, lowTrustMalicious=0)

  2. prevalence.classification=rare_old with ageDays=320 and uniqueSources=1

  3. externalIntel.yaraify.ruleCount=0 and externalIntel.circl.knownMalicious=null

  4. signing.signed=false with no brandMismatch.detected

Points in its favour
  • Zero malicious detections across all engine tiers
  • No external intelligence matches
  • Long age with no reputation issues
What to do

Open or store the file normally; no further action required unless the parent program that created it is itself suspicious.

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

0 detections across 76 engines

0 malicious0 suspicious76 clean
Tier-117 engines
0flag
Top commercial AVs (low FP rate)
Tier-241 engines
0flag
Mainstream engines with mixed FP rates
Low-trust18 engines
0flag
Heuristic / generic-AI engines (high FP rate)
All 76 engines report this file as clean.
Hash 2f8e3ed93bcd… cross-referenced against 76 AV engines via our AV network.
Prevalence

How often this file shows up in the wild

Rarely uploaded, but has been around for a while. Often niche legitimate software or old internal tooling; not a strong malware signal on its own.

Rare & old
Unique uploaders
1
Very few people have ever uploaded this — rare.
Total submissions
1
Includes repeat uploads by the same source.
First seen by VT
11mo ago
Aug 24, 2025
Prevalence quadrant
Rare · New
Targeted malware lives here
Common · New
Just-released software
here
Rare · Old
Niche or internal tooling
Common · Old
Trusted legitimate binaries
File identity

Forensic fingerprint

File biography
First seen (VT)
8/24/2025, 4:04:19 PM
First seen (MalwareBazaar)
Last analysis (VT)
8/24/2025, 4:04:19 PM
Scanned here
7/10/2026, 8:23:24 PM
File name
save.dat
Size
126.1 KB
MIME type
(unknown)
Detected type
unknown
SHA-256
2f8e3ed93bcdc8d858c1c2da8d2685bceebcb0cb2425cdc9b72e0dfc65bb7b7f
MD5
648b60ad7d3707b49be72cb4d1c1efb0
SHA-1
d607e2380f552011f6b386d5337c8dc51d83c61c
First seen (VT)
8/24/2025, 4:04:19 PM
Last analysis (VT)
8/24/2025, 4:04:19 PM
First scan (MalwareTips)
7/10/2026, 8:23:24 PM
Last scan (MalwareTips)
7/10/2026, 8:23:24 PM
Frequently asked

Safety FAQ

Common questions about save.dat, answered from the scan data above.

  • save.dat appears safe. 76 of 76 antivirus engines report it clean. As a habit, only open files you downloaded from the official source, since attackers sometimes distribute trojanised copies of legitimate software under the same name.
  • save.dat is a file, about 126 KB. Our analysis found no threat indicators for it. A file's name can be reused by different files, so we identify it by its cryptographic hash (below).
  • None — all 76 antivirus engines we queried report save.dat 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 save.dat is 2f8e3ed93bcdc8d858c1c2da8d2685bceebcb0cb2425cdc9b72e0dfc65bb7b7f, and its MD5 is 648b60ad7d3707b49be72cb4d1c1efb0. 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.
  • Based on this scan, yes — save.dat shows no threat indicators. The important caveat is source: make sure you downloaded it from the official website or a trusted store, because attackers sometimes distribute malware-laced copies under a legitimate file's name. If your own antivirus flags it while we report it clean, that is most often a false positive, but verify the source before overriding your antivirus.
  • This report reflects the scan run on July 10, 2026. Because a file's hash never changes, the identity of save.dat 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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