File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is GTAIV.
Legitimate Grand Theft Auto IV patch executable signed by Rockstar Games with zero engine detections.
Strong evidence · A verified publisher signature, and no engine flags it.
Run the file normally; it is the authentic GTA IV Patch 8 executable.
Good practice2 tips
We found nothing harmful in this file.
Run it only if it came from the developer's own website or an official app store.
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on.
No scanner can promise a file is 100% safe.
Antivirus results
0 of 71 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 71
- No result 4
- Code signing Rockstar Games, Inc.
- Test run Completed
- First seen 9y ago
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Why we think so
0 points against it and 3 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
The file is a 14.9 MB signed Win32 executable from Rockstar Games. All 71 antivirus engines that checked it returned clean results and the sample has been widely submitted since 2016 as the official GTA IV Patch 8.
Zero malicious detections across 75 engines, including 17 major antivirus engines, combined with verified Rockstar Games code signing and a long history of clean submissions, indicate this is the authentic game patch. Sandbox analysis found no offensive techniques or malicious verdicts. The single rule-based trigger for direct-IP traffic is explicitly noted as inconclusive without host reputation data, which is unavailable here.
What We Detected
75 antivirus engines scanned the file; none flagged it as malicious. The executable is digitally signed by Rockstar Games and matches the known GTA IV Patch 8. Community researchers explicitly label it clean and identify it as the official patch.
Threat Behavior
No malicious sandbox verdicts, no offensive MITRE techniques, and no dropped malicious files it created. The sample contacted external IPs, but the rule-based rule itself states this pattern can occur in legitimate installers and no host-reputation cross-check was completed.
What To Do Now
The file can be executed safely. Keep Windows Defender and other security software enabled as usual.
- Verified Rockstar Games signature
- Zero engine detections across 75 scanners
- Widely distributed since 2016 with clean reputation
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 partial. See every source
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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- 3sandbox rule tags
- 3spawned processes
- 1network contact
- 0filesystem & mutex artifacts
Includes 3 mapped techniques and every process, file, registry and network entry.
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Technical details
None of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; signed by Rockstar Games, Inc..
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 partial. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Oct 17, 2026, 1:28 PM UTC
- SHA-256
3d90e7c516fa450ca002e5031e62c0f66b404590f33e6cc9793b0da4fffbfd0f- SHA-1
f70da648eb01d0e6ebafe1356f4f493814d9b581- MD5
63f4dd98e911458f36d7ad974bc6e626
About this file
GTAIV.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 15.6 MB.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 15.6 MB
- Signer
- Rockstar Games, Inc.Valid code signature.
- First seen
- Nov 30, 2016On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 1,388 distinct sources
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 7.28 of 8
First scanned Updated
Includes every engine result (75), PE section entropy and packers and how widely the file has been seen.
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