Is The Ridiculous.epub safe?
No engine detected this EPUB, including 17 tier-1 products, and researcher-curated intelligence produced no matching malware indicators.
The EPUB produced no detections across 74 antivirus engines, with all 17 participating tier-1 products reporting no threat. Curated intelligence also found no matching malware indicators, although the file is newly observed and lacks completed runtime analysis.
47a33326041e51a714…64de9df47d6ef2Recommended next actions
Before opening or extracting
Open or extract it only when its sender or download source has been independently verified.
If you already opened or extracted 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.
The EPUB produced no detections across 74 antivirus engines, with all 17 participating tier-1 products reporting no threat. Curated intelligence also found no matching malware indicators, although the file is newly observed and lacks completed runtime analysis.
The strongest evidence is complete agreement among the antivirus results: 0 of 74 engines flagged the EPUB, including no detections from 17 tier-1 products. Researcher-curated sources produced no MalwareBazaar, CIRCL, or YARAify match. Code signing does not meaningfully apply to an EPUB, so its unsigned status carries no weight. Two earlier EPUB assessments also had benign outcomes, though file-type-only similarity provides limited support. The remaining uncertainty comes from the file's very recent appearance and the absence of completed runtime and contacted-host analysis.
What We Detected
None of 74 antivirus engines flagged the EPUB, and 17 tier-1 products—including Avast, BitDefender, ESET-NOD32, Kaspersky, and Microsoft—reported no detection. MalwareBazaar, CIRCL, and YARAify supplied no matching threat indicators.
Threat Behavior
No completed sandbox observation is available, so runtime behavior cannot be characterized. No comprehensive contacted-host reputation result is available either. The file is an EPUB e-book, for which executable code signing is not applicable.
What To Do Now
The available static evidence does not indicate malware. Because the file is newly observed, open it with an updated e-book reader, keep endpoint protection enabled, and obtain it from a trusted source where possible.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- prevalence.classification=rare_new means the file has only one recorded submission and no established reputation.
- behaviour=null, so static scanning is not supplemented by completed runtime observation.
- contactedHosts=null, so no comprehensive host-reputation result is available.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- 0/74 antivirus engines detected a threat.
- All 17 reporting tier-1 engines found no threat.
- MalwareBazaar, CIRCL, and YARAify returned no matching intelligence.
- No brand mismatch or suspicious filename heuristic was detected.
- Two prior EPUB file-type matches received safe outcomes.
- Only one source and one submission are recorded.
- No completed runtime observation is available.
- No comprehensive contacted-host reputation check is available.
The file can be handled normally with an updated e-book reader, while keeping endpoint protection enabled. Prefer a trusted download source because the hash has little established history.
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
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 / 74engines 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 74 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 74 engines flagged this file
View all 74 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
- The Ridiculous.epub
- Format
- E-book
- Code signing
- Not applicable to this file type
- Size
- 2.2 MB
- Last analyzed
- Sep 17, 2026, 3:04 AM UTC
47a33326041e51a71421c55c76e9f2d06a9bff0ac3c363bdd564de9df47d6ef2Safety & 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 or extract it only when its sender or download source has been independently verified.
- 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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