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Verdict Safe

Analyzed , 1 month ago

Is AOW4.exe safe? Yes, no threats found.

74 of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it report clean on an unsigned 64-bit executable with minimal sandbox activity.

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Moderate evidence · No engine flags it, but no publisher signature confirms who made it.

Run it as usual if it came from the official source

Good practice2 tips

We found nothing harmful in this file.

  1. Run it only if it came from the developer's own website or an official app store.

  2. Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on.

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Antivirus results

0 of 69 flagged

  • Flagged 0
  • No detection 69
  • No result 5
FileAOW4.exe59.1 MBSHA-256 3fae6e662397…d77d4e
  • Code signing Unsigned
  • Test run Completed
  • First seen 3mo ago
None of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flag it.

Chapter 02

Why we think so

1 point against it and 2 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.

MT AI Engine · Verdict analysis

The reasoning behind this verdict

Analyst conclusion

Zero malicious detections across 74 engines, including 17 major clean reports. The file is unsigned and contacted one external IP, but no sandbox verdict or offensive techniques were observed.

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 our isolated test environment; no test environment rated what it did as risky.

Test run summary

Capture complete
  • 1sandbox rule tag
  • 1spawned processes
  • 0network contacts
  • 0filesystem & mutex artifacts

Chapter 04

Technical details

None of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flag 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.

SourceStatusResultChecked
Antivirus enginesVirusTotal · 74 enginesCompletePositive signal: 0 of 69 engines flagged it · 5 gave no result Details for antivirus engines
Sandbox runVirusTotal sandboxesCompleteRuntime behaviour was recorded Details for sandbox run
Contacted hostsMalwareTips URL scannerNot neededThe sandbox recorded no contacted hosts to checkNo date recorded
Signature rulesYARAify community rules + MalwareTips rulesCompleteNo rule matched
Malware sample databaseabuse.ch MalwareBazaarCompleteNot listed
Known-software referenceCIRCL hashlookupCompleteNo match

File fingerprint

Last analyzed
Sep 7, 2026, 10:46 AM UTC
SHA-256
3fae6e662397683633f5795acfeb5e68a470c66df4b79fdac943ee0c98d77d4e
SHA-1
42367bbd71e7d4b77a71197698915cd69439668a
MD5
4a51d4cc5a63388cf78b69dc9e02dbad

About this file

AOW4.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 59.1 MB.

Type and size
Win32 EXE · 59.1 MB
Signer
UnsignedNo code signature.
First seen
Jul 7, 2026On VirusTotal.
Submitted by
2 distinct sourcesRarely seen: few people have submitted this exact file.
Packer
None detected
Entropy
6.21 of 8

First scanned

Chapter 05

Questions & answers

Short answers to the 6 questions people ask most about this file.

Is AOW4.exe safe?
We found nothing harmful in AOW4.exe. None of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flag it. Run it only if it came from the developer's own website or an official app store.
What is AOW4.exe?
AOW4.exe is a Windows program, about 59.1 MB. It carries no version information saying what it is or who made it. VirusTotal first saw it on Jul 7, 2026.
How many antivirus engines detected AOW4.exe?
None of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flag AOW4.exe. That is a good sign, but not proof, so we also weigh who made it, how widely it is used and what it did in a test run.
What is the SHA-256 hash of AOW4.exe?
The SHA-256 fingerprint of AOW4.exe is 3fae6e662397683633f5795acfeb5e68a470c66df4b79fdac943ee0c98d77d4e, and its MD5 is 4a51d4cc5a63388cf78b69dc9e02dbad. Two files with the same SHA-256 are identical, so use it to check you have exactly this file, not just one with the same name.
Is it safe to run AOW4.exe?
We found nothing harmful in AOW4.exe. The main caveat is where you got it: attackers sometimes spread malware under the name of real software, so get it from the official website. If your own antivirus warns about it, check the source before you ignore the warning.
How up to date is this analysis of AOW4.exe?
This report reflects the scan on Sep 7, 2026. A file's fingerprint never changes, but antivirus engines keep learning, so a rating can change later. To get a newer result, scan the file again: we refresh the antivirus results when the saved ones are out of date.
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