Is AOW4.exe safe?
74 of 74 engines report clean on an unsigned 64-bit executable with minimal sandbox activity.
Zero malicious detections across 74 engines, including 17 tier-1 clean reports. The file is unsigned and contacted one external IP, but no sandbox verdict or offensive techniques were observed.
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Before running
Run it only when it came from the developer's official site or another source you independently trust.
If you already ran it
Keep normal device protection enabled and stop if the file behaves unexpectedly.
Intelligence
The saved assessment, checked against the scan evidence and recorded coverage.
The reasoning behind this verdict
This section explains the evidence supporting the verdict and keeps conflicting or missing signals visible.
Zero malicious detections across 74 engines, including 17 tier-1 clean reports. The file is unsigned and contacted one external IP, but no sandbox verdict or offensive techniques were observed.
The complete absence of malicious detections from every engine tier, including high-trust vendors, outweighs the unsigned status and single direct-IP contact. The triggered heuristic explicitly cautions against treating direct-IP traffic as malicious without host-reputation data. Medium prevalence with only two submissions is consistent with a low-profile but non-malicious utility. No RAG matches or external-intel hits add further weight to a clean assessment.
What We Detected
74 antivirus engines scanned the 59 MB 64-bit executable; none returned a malicious or suspicious result. 17 tier-1 engines explicitly classified it as clean. The file is unsigned and contains no packers or high-entropy code sections.
Threat Behavior
One sandbox execution recorded a single outbound connection to IP 162.159.36.2 with no domain name. No offensive MITRE techniques, dropped files, persistence mechanisms, or malicious child processes were observed. The heuristic rule that fired notes that direct-IP traffic can occur in legitimate installers.
What To Do Now
Keep endpoint protection enabled. If the file’s origin is untrusted, run it in a controlled environment or request the publisher to provide a signed build. No further remediation is indicated by current evidence.
Where this verdict could be wrong1 caveat
- contactedHosts=null means the reputation of 162.159.36.2 was never checked; the single direct-IP contact remains an unresolved signal.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- Zero detections across 74 engines
- 17 tier-1 engines reported clean
- No offensive MITRE techniques or malicious sandbox verdict
- File is unsigned
- Single direct-IP connection observed without domain name
The sample can be considered safe for normal use; continue running current endpoint protection and avoid disabling security software.
Coverage & freshness
Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.
Antivirus
Complete0 of 74 engines flagged the file.
Sandbox
Complete1 isolated runtime environment contributed observations.
Network
Partial1 runtime contact was observed without a completed reputation cross-check.
YARA
Complete1 signature or behavior rule matched.
External intel
Complete3 of 3 independent reference sources completed.
Behavior
Plain-English impact first, then the observed runtime evidence.
Runtime flight recorder
Capture complete- 1isolated sandbox run
- 1MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- 1spawned processes
- 1network contacts
- 0filesystem & mutex artifacts
Attack story
Runtime observations grouped by analysis stage. Arrows organize the stages; they do not claim chronology or causality.
Input file
The submitted object
- FileObserved
AOW4.exe
3fae6e662397683633f5795acfeb5e68a470c66df4b79fdac943ee0c98d77d4e
01Uploaded file
Processes
Runtime execution
- ProcessObserved
Observed process
"C:\Users\user\Desktop\AOW4.exe"
02Isolated runtime analysis
Network
Hosts contacted
- Contacted hostObserved
162.159.36.2
Contact observed during runtime.
03Isolated runtime analysis
3 recorded facts from one runtime window. Every fact remains independently traceable in Analyst mode.
What this file did when executed
This file was detonated in 1 sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Adversary techniques mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
- 162.159.36.2
Detection & Forensics
Consensus, attribution, signatures, code structure, prevalence, and identity.
Evidence integrity
Chain of custody for the facts preserved in this report.
- 1rule hit recorded
- 0 / 74engines flagged
- 2sources 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 74 antivirus engines flagged the file.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceObservedSourceAntivirus analysisObserved at - 02
The hash has been submitted 2 times from 2 sources.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceSaved report factsObserved at - 03
Scanned file: AOW4.exe — 3fae6e662397683633f5795acfeb5e68a470c66df4b79fdac943ee0c98d77d4e
ProvenanceObservedSourceUploaded fileObserved at - 04
Observed process — "C:\Users\user\Desktop\AOW4.exe"
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 05
Contacted host: 162.159.36.2 — Contact observed during runtime.
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved 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.
Signatures and behavior heuristics
Low-severity pattern matches — worth noting but not on their own cause for alarm.
The sample contacted an external IP address directly and no application domain was recorded. Direct-IP traffic also occurs in legitimate installers and infrastructure, so this is supporting context only and requires corroboration from host reputation and other runtime evidence.
Evidence162.159.36.2
0 of 74 engines flagged this file
View all 74 engine results
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
Moderate prevalence — neither rare nor common. No strong prior applies.
Fingerprint and provenance
- File name
- AOW4.exe
- Format
- Win32 EXE
- Code signing
- No verified publisher
- Size
- 56.3 MB
- Last analyzed
- Sep 7, 2026, 10:46 AM UTC
3fae6e662397683633f5795acfeb5e68a470c66df4b79fdac943ee0c98d77d4eSafety & 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
Run it only when it came from the developer's official site or another source 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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