Is blank-pdf-10-pages.pdf safe?
No engine among 75 detected a threat in this tiny PDF, and independent intelligence produced no malware-family or matching-rule evidence.
All 75 antivirus engines returned no malicious or suspicious detection, including 17 tier-1 engines. Independent intelligence also produced no hits, although the hash is newly observed and no completed runtime analysis or contacted-host check is available.
3913d593df9883e9ac…33afec26bcaa58Recommended next actions
Before opening
Open it only when its sender or download source is one you independently trust.
If you already opened it
Keep normal device protection enabled and stop if the file behaves unexpectedly.
Intelligence
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The reasoning behind this verdict
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All 75 antivirus engines returned no malicious or suspicious detection, including 17 tier-1 engines. Independent intelligence also produced no hits, although the hash is newly observed and no completed runtime analysis or contacted-host check is available.
The strongest evidence is complete agreement across 75 engines, with no malicious or suspicious detection. All 17 tier-1 engines that participated reported no detection, and no engine supplied a malware-family label. Research intelligence found no matching YARA rules, known-malware record, or reference-database entry. The five prior PDF examples were also assessed as benign, although file-type-only similarity is weak and does not establish identity. Because no sandbox run or complete host-reputation check exists, the conclusion rests primarily on static scanning and intelligence coverage.
What We Detected
None of the 75 antivirus engines flagged the 660-byte PDF as malicious or suspicious. This includes all 17 participating tier-1 engines, and no malware-family label was reported. Independent checks also returned no YARA rule matches or known-malware records.
Threat Behavior
No completed sandbox observation is available, so runtime activity cannot be characterized. No complete contacted-host reputation result is available either. The file is a PDF, and code signing is not applicable to this format.
What To Do Now
The available static evidence supports ordinary handling. Because this exact hash is newly observed, open it with an updated PDF reader and avoid enabling unexpected embedded actions or following unsolicited links.
Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
- prevalence.classification=rare_new with 1 submitter and 1 submission, so the hash has almost no established history.
- behaviour=null and contactedHosts=null leave runtime behavior and contacted-host reputation unverified.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- 0/75 engines reported a malicious or suspicious result.
- All 17 tier-1 engines reported no detection.
- YARAify returned 0 matching rules.
- MalwareBazaar and CIRCL returned no hits.
- Five file-type-similar PDF records have prior safe verdicts.
- The exact hash is newly observed, with only 1 submitter and 1 submission.
- No completed sandbox observation is available.
- No contacted-host reputation cross-check was completed or saved.
Normal handling is reasonable based on current evidence. Keep the PDF reader and endpoint protection enabled, especially because this exact hash has little historical prevalence.
Coverage & freshness
Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.
Antivirus
Complete0 of 75 engines flagged the file.
Sandbox
PartialRuntime data is present, but no completed sandbox environment is recorded.
Network
Not runNo contacted-host reputation check is recorded.
No timestamp recordedYARA
CompleteRule evaluation completed with no recorded matches.
External intel
Complete3 of 3 independent reference sources completed.
Behavior
Plain-English impact first, then the observed runtime evidence.
Runtime behavior was not available
The report does not treat a missing runtime observation as a clean result.
Detection & Forensics
Consensus, attribution, signatures, code structure, prevalence, and identity.
Evidence integrity
Chain of custody for the facts preserved in this report.
- 0rule hits recorded
- 0 / 75engines flagged
- 1sources in submission history
Why these facts are shown
Each statement identifies whether it was directly recorded or derived from saved scan facts.
- 01
0 of 75 antivirus engines flagged the file.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceObservedSourceAntivirus analysisObserved at - 02
No completed runtime observation is available for this file.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceRuntime coverageObserved at - 03
The hash has been submitted 1 time from 1 source.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceSaved report factsObserved at
Detection sources at a glance
The available sources did not agree on a named threat category.
MalwareBazaar, YARAify, and CIRCL hashlookup completed and returned no entries for this hash.
YARA rules
No matchesThe rule pass completed without a saved public match.
0 of 75 engines flagged this file
View all 75 engine results
PE structure
Not applicablePE structure analysis applies to Windows executable formats, not this file type.
How widely this file has been seen
Barely seen in the wild and first surfaced recently. That limits reputation evidence, but rarity alone is not proof of malware.
Fingerprint and provenance
- File name
- blank-pdf-10-pages.pdf
- Format
- Code signing
- Not applicable to this file type
- Size
- 660 B
- Last analyzed
- Oct 3, 2026, 2:50 PM UTC
3913d593df9883e9acfa288f80aff04a71f0db228d8786953733afec26bcaa58Safety & FAQ
Complete recovery guidance and answers for the next decision.
What to do now
This file appears low risk based on the evidence available now.
- Recovery step 01
Open it only when its sender or download source is one you independently trust.
- Recovery step 02
A clean result reduces known risk, but it cannot guarantee that every new or targeted threat has been detected.
- Recovery step 03
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on so you stay protected.
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