File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is setgaleen21103 (1).
Only 1 of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this installer, while higher-trust engines and completed sandbox runs supplied no corroborating malware evidence.
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Moderate evidence · No engine flags it, but no publisher signature confirms who made it.
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Antivirus results
1 of 69 flagged
- Flagged 1
- No detection 68
- No result 6
- Code signing Unsigned
- Test run Completed
- First seen 5mo ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
3 points against it and 5 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
APEX was the sole detector among 75 engines, and none of the higher-trust engines flagged the executable. Completed sandbox runs showed installer activity without a malicious verdict, named injection target, hostile network contact, or other high-risk behavior, making the isolated detection likely a false positive.
The antivirus result is dominated by one less reliable generic detection from APEX, while all reporting higher-trust engines remained silent. Completed sandbox runs showed the executable installing and launching GraphicsGale components, with no malicious sandbox verdict or named injection target. The mapping is not supported by an injection artefact and therefore does not establish process injection. No malware-specific community rules, public malware-sample listing, malicious child, packing, or brand conflict reinforced the detection. The unsigned status reduces provenance assurance, but it does not outweigh the broad lack of corroboration.
What We Detected
APEX was the only engine to flag the executable: 1 of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it. None of the reporting higher-trust engines, including Kaspersky, ESET, BitDefender, Fortinet and Avast, produced a detection, and no engine identified a real malware family.
Threat Behavior
Completed sandbox runs showed installation activity associated with GraphicsGale and returned no malicious verdict. A T1055 technique label appeared, but no target process was recorded, so the evidence does not demonstrate process injection. The only observed IP contact was identified as analysis-environment background traffic rather than sample activity. No malicious child, persistence indicator, packing, malware-specific rule, or public malware-sample listing provided corroboration.
What To Do Now
The isolated APEX result is most consistent with a false positive. Keep security software enabled and, if provenance matters, obtain the installer again from the software publisher's official distribution channel before running it.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- APEX labeled the executable malicious, although no higher-trust engine corroborated that result.
- The executable is unsigned, so publisher identity cannot provide an additional authenticity check.
- A complete reputation check was not saved for the observed network address, although that address was identified as analysis-environment background traffic.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- Only 1 of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file, and the sole detector was less reliable.
- All reporting higher-trust engines produced no detection.
- Completed sandbox runs returned no malicious verdict and recorded no named injection target.
- No malware-specific rules or public malware-sample database entries matched the hash.
- The executable was not identified as packed and contained no high-entropy code.
- The executable has no verified publisher signature.
- APEX produced a generic malicious detection.
- No complete host-reputation result was saved for the observed address.
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 4 isolated tests; no test environment rated what it did as risky.
Test run summary
Capture complete- 4isolated sandbox runs
- 10sandbox rule tags
- 6spawned processes
- 0network contacts
- 32filesystem & mutex artifacts
What this file did when executed
This file was detonated in 4 sandboxes and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Sandbox verdicts
1- VT: CLEANclean
Techniques observed in the sandbox
10MITRE 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
- T1055· Process injection
- T1070· Covers its tracks
- T1071· Application protocol
- T1082· System recon
- T1129· Loads modules
- T1485
- T1497· Sandbox evasion
Observed activity
Processes started
6Programs the file ran, with their command lines.
setgaleen21103.exe"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\setgaleen21103.exe"setgaleen21103.tmp"C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-BNJH4.tmp\setgaleen21103.tmp" /SL5="$4003A,2506756,867840,C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\setgaleen21103.exe"gale.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\GraphicsGale\gale.exe"setgaleen21103.exeC:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-O4FBK.tmp\setgaleen21103.tmp /SL5=$4015A,2506756,867840,C:\Users\<USER>\Downloads\setgaleen21103.exesetgaleen21103.exe"C:\Users\user\Desktop\setgaleen21103.exe"setgaleen21103.tmp"C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\is-VQRGJ.tmp\setgaleen21103.tmp" /SL5="$1040C,2506756,867840,C:\Users\user\Desktop\setgaleen21103.exe"
Files
30Files the file created, changed or deleted.
- Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-BNJH4.tmp\setgaleen21103.tmp - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-A33B0.tmp\_isetup\_setup64.tmp - Written
C:\Program Files (x86)\GraphicsGale\Gale.exe - Written
C:\Program Files (x86)\GraphicsGale\GaleBrowse.exe - Written
C:\Program Files (x86)\GraphicsGale\GaleUS.chm - Written
C:\Program Files (x86)\GraphicsGale\unins000.dat
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- Written
C:\Program Files (x86)\GraphicsGale\is-GI06U.tmp - Written
C:\Program Files (x86)\GraphicsGale\unins000.exe - Written
C:\Program Files (x86)\GraphicsGale\is-9MIQS.tmp - Written
C:\Program Files (x86)\GraphicsGale\is-I037Q.tmp - Written
C:\Program Files (x86)\GraphicsGale\is-0TTMP.tmp - Written
C:\Program Files (x86)\GraphicsGale\is-1GK8S.tmp - Written
C:\Program Files (x86)\GraphicsGale\sample1.gal - Written
C:\Program Files (x86)\GraphicsGale\is-VH87J.tmp - Written
C:\Program Files (x86)\GraphicsGale\sample2.gal - Deleted
C:\Program Files (x86)\GraphicsGale\manual\pics - Deleted
C:\Program Files (x86)\GraphicsGale\manual - Deleted
C:\Program Files (x86)\GraphicsGale\is-GI06U.tmp - Deleted
C:\Program Files (x86)\GraphicsGale\is-9MIQS.tmp - Deleted
C:\Program Files (x86)\GraphicsGale\is-I037Q.tmp - Deleted
C:\Program Files (x86)\GraphicsGale\is-0TTMP.tmp - Deleted
C:\Program Files (x86)\GraphicsGale\is-1GK8S.tmp - Deleted
C:\Program Files (x86)\GraphicsGale\is-VH87J.tmp - Deleted
C:\Program Files (x86)\GraphicsGale\is-8G3MB.tmp - Deleted
C:\Program Files (x86)\GraphicsGale\lang\is-KIBAB.tmp - Deleted
C:\Program Files (x86)\GraphicsGale\lang\is-PNH1L.tmp - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\GraphicsGale\GraphicsGale.lnk - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\GraphicsGale\GraphicsGale.pif - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\GraphicsGale\GraphicsGale.url - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\GraphicsGale\GaleBrowser.lnk
Registry and auto-start
18Settings the file changed, including ways to start again after a restart.
- Set
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-575823232-3065301323-1442773979-1000\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\Owner - Set
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-575823232-3065301323-1442773979-1000\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\Sequence - Set
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-575823232-3065301323-1442773979-1000\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\SessionHash - Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\RegFiles0000 - Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\RegFilesHash - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GraphicsGale_is1\Inno Setup: Setup Version
Show all 18 entries for registry and auto-start
- Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GraphicsGale_is1\Inno Setup: App Path - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GraphicsGale_is1\InstallLocation - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GraphicsGale_is1\Inno Setup: Icon Group - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GraphicsGale_is1\Inno Setup: User - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GraphicsGale_is1\Inno Setup: Language - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GraphicsGale_is1\DisplayName - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GraphicsGale_is1\UninstallString - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GraphicsGale_is1\QuietUninstallString - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GraphicsGale_is1\Publisher - Deleted
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\Sequence - Deleted
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\Owner - Deleted
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\SessionHash
Mutexes
2Named locks a program uses so only one copy runs; malware families often reuse them.
cversions.3.mGraphicsGaleApp
Sandbox background — not the file
3The analysis machine's own processes and connections, recorded in every run.
- VM process
services.exeC:\Windows\system32\services.exe - VM process
Explorer.EXEC:\Windows\Explorer.EXE - 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.
- 1f0bbc2d0e27d856d4c2…d8f690Not checkedno saved verdict
- 28713b8e2e5cdfad650a…3c8b15Not checkedno saved verdict
- 82ee458cb2e67948f00e…153d58Not checkedno saved verdict
- 06c131388e6ff82acb04…2f6a89Not checkedno saved verdict
- 35d8c4c088e5f8dc82b0…1fbce5Not checkedno saved verdict
- aa194e7c986ab9a488ae…efabe5Not checkedno saved verdict
- b85878145ec47fe9fd31…1404adNot checkedno saved verdict
- 01f89624d826c6adde7e…8e6251Not checkedno saved verdict
- 7a8a22f7eb896450f6e2…317ccfNot checkedno saved verdict
- e63b618b644875c93a29…da4756Not checkedno saved verdict
Chapter 04
Technical details
1 of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flags 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 1
The saved verdict treats these detections as likely false positives.
- APEXMalicious
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Oct 22, 2026, 10:49 AM UTC
- SHA-256
33529d316fc132a61078172eb9e80257c69dbc8c3f316d54556da70b05996bfd- SHA-1
8df7a2ff39e11c2b4826cbd40a504a9a9204b82e- MD5
52318df5106d3265136e3d8c206ab04e
About this file
setgaleen21103 (1).exe says it is GraphicsGale Setup (GraphicsGale), 3.5 MB.
- Claims to be
- GraphicsGale Setup (GraphicsGale)From the file's own version information, written by whoever built it.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 3.5 MB
- Signer
- UnsignedNo code signature.
- First seen
- May 21, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 160 distinct sources
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 6.16 of 8
First scanned
Antivirus consensus
1 of 69 engines flagged this file
6 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 engines0flagged
- Tier-234 engines0flagged
- Low-trust17 engines1flagged
View all 75 engine results
- APEXMalicious: Malicious
- AcronisClean
- AhnLab-V3Clean
- AlibabaClean
- alibabacloudClean
- ALYacClean
- Antiy-AVLClean
- ArcabitClean
- AvastClean
- Avast-MobileNo result
- AVGClean
- AviraClean
- BitDefenderClean
- BitDefenderFalxNo result
- BkavClean
- CAT-QuickHealClean
- ClamAVClean
- CMCClean
- CrowdStrikeClean
- CTXClean
- CylanceClean
- CynetClean
- DeepInstinctClean
- DrWebClean
- ElasticClean
- EmsisoftClean
- ESET-NOD32Clean
- F-SecureClean
- FortinetClean
- GDataClean
- GoogleNo result
- GridinsoftClean
- huorongClean
- IkarusClean
- JiangminClean
- K7AntiVirusClean
- K7GWClean
- KasperskyClean
- KingsoftClean
- LionicClean
- MalwarebytesClean
- MaxSecureClean
- McAfeeDClean
- MicrosoftClean
- 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
- ZoneAlarmNo result
- 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
Widely uploaded, but first seen within the last six months. No strong prior applies.
Chapter 05
Questions & answers
Short answers to the 6 questions people ask most about this file.
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