File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is Whisper
None of the 67 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this widely submitted ZIP, and sandbox runs showed no hostile behaviour, injection or malicious network contacts.
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Strong evidence · Widely seen for a long time, and nothing harmful found.
No action needed beyond normal precautions. Download from the official source and keep your antivirus protection enabled.
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Antivirus results
0 of 67 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 67
- No result 8
- Code signing Not applicable
- Test run Completed
- First seen 3y ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
0 points against it and 4 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
None of the 67 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this archive, and it has been submitted by over 800 distinct sources across more than three years. The sandbox runs came back clean, and the contacted hosts were only the analysis VM's own background traffic.
No engine among the 75, including 18 major ones, flagged the archive. It is common and long-lived, with 816 submitters since mid-2023. Dropped files include one known-software reference entry and none with a malicious verdict. Some checks, such as our own static analysis, were not available, but nothing points to hostile behaviour.
What We Detected
A ZIP archive holding a portable desktop executable and a DLL. None of the 67 antivirus engines that checked it flagged it.Threat Behavior
The sandbox runs were clean. The contacted domains were the analysis VM's own background traffic, and no process injection target was recorded. Sleep and debugger-check tags are common in legitimate software.What To Do Now
The archive looks safe to use. As with any download, get it from the project's official source and keep your antivirus enabled.Where this verdict could be wrong1 caveat
- The archive was not uploaded for our own static analysis and YARAify was not available, so those checks are missing. The archive contains an executable and a DLL, and the sandbox flagged long sleeps and debugger detection, which are common in both legitimate and hostile software.
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 of the 67 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the archive
- Submitted by 816 distinct sources over more than three years
- Sandbox verdict clean with no injected processes
- No malicious contacted hosts or dropped files
6 sources checked · all complete. See every source
Chapter 03
What it did in our test
It ran in 3 isolated tests; no test environment rated what it did as risky.
Test run summary
Capture complete- 3isolated sandbox runs
- 8sandbox rule tags
- 6spawned processes
- 0network contacts
- 24filesystem & mutex artifacts
What this file did when executed
This file was detonated in 3 sandboxes and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Sandbox verdicts
1- VT: CLEANclean
Techniques observed in the sandbox
8MITRE ATT&CK techniques the sandbox mapped. Highlighted ones are rare in normal software; the others are common in legitimate programs too.
- T1055· Process injection
- T1056· Keylogging
- T1057· Lists programs
- T1071· Application protocol
- T1082· System recon
- T1129· Loads modules
- T1497· Sandbox evasion
- T1562.001· Disables security
Observed activity
Processes started
6Programs the file ran, with their command lines.
rundll32.exe"C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe" "C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\Whisper.dll",#1WhisperDesktop.exe"C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\WhisperDesktop.exe"unarchiver.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\unarchiver.exe "C:\Windows\SysWow64\unarchiver.exe" "C:\Users\user\Desktop\download.zip"7za.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\7za.exe "C:\Windows\System32\7za.exe" x -pinfected -y -o"C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\ogh31pmj.c34" "C:\Users\user\Desktop\download.zip"cmd.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe "cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\ogh31pmj.c34\WhisperDesktop.exe"WhisperDesktop.exeC:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\ogh31pmj.c34\WhisperDesktop.exe
Files
21Files the file created, changed or deleted.
- Written
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp - Written
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\a8c43232-03c4-4d52-826f-47c6b85fc3cb - Written
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue - Written
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\6369764c-ac48-4441-ba90-05ed5115cb2e - Written
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive - Written
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\89d18582-c99a-4740-b31c-8057a058860b
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- Written
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\8fdb257e-5bb2-46e1-b8e1-a4ebe6b50a35 - Written
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\6a65b40b-3bfa-4b39-a87f-e9cd7761df1e - Written
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\9c8fdc21-c6be-4010-8cce-96c06bd25831 - Written
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERCC68.tmp.dmp - Written
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERD62D.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml - Written
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERD870.tmp.xml - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\rdczalch.zw3 - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\rdczalch.zw3\Whisper.dll - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\rdczalch.zw3\WhisperDesktop.exe - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERCC68.tmp - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERD62D.tmp - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERD870.tmp - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERCC68.tmp.dmp - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERD62D.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml - Deleted
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERD870.tmp.xml
Registry and auto-start
15Settings the file changed, including ways to start again after a restart.
- Set
\REGISTRY\A\{1d1cc430-e49b-ffea-7dd5-ed26cb223d74}\Root\InventoryApplicationFile\WritePermissionsCheck - Set
\REGISTRY\A\{1d1cc430-e49b-ffea-7dd5-ed26cb223d74}\Root\InventoryApplicationFile\rundll32.exe|c8d854bf61fafc41\ProgramId - Set
\REGISTRY\A\{1d1cc430-e49b-ffea-7dd5-ed26cb223d74}\Root\InventoryApplicationFile\rundll32.exe|c8d854bf61fafc41\FileId - Set
\REGISTRY\A\{1d1cc430-e49b-ffea-7dd5-ed26cb223d74}\Root\InventoryApplicationFile\rundll32.exe|c8d854bf61fafc41\LowerCaseLongPath - Set
\REGISTRY\A\{1d1cc430-e49b-ffea-7dd5-ed26cb223d74}\Root\InventoryApplicationFile\rundll32.exe|c8d854bf61fafc41\LongPathHash - Set
\REGISTRY\A\{1d1cc430-e49b-ffea-7dd5-ed26cb223d74}\Root\InventoryApplicationFile\rundll32.exe|c8d854bf61fafc41\Name
Show all 15 entries for registry and auto-start
- Set
\REGISTRY\A\{1d1cc430-e49b-ffea-7dd5-ed26cb223d74}\Root\InventoryApplicationFile\rundll32.exe|c8d854bf61fafc41\OriginalFileName - Set
\REGISTRY\A\{1d1cc430-e49b-ffea-7dd5-ed26cb223d74}\Root\InventoryApplicationFile\rundll32.exe|c8d854bf61fafc41\Publisher - Set
\REGISTRY\A\{1d1cc430-e49b-ffea-7dd5-ed26cb223d74}\Root\InventoryApplicationFile\rundll32.exe|c8d854bf61fafc41\Version - Set
\REGISTRY\A\{1d1cc430-e49b-ffea-7dd5-ed26cb223d74}\Root\InventoryApplicationFile\rundll32.exe|c8d854bf61fafc41\BinFileVersion - Set
\REGISTRY\A\{1d1cc430-e49b-ffea-7dd5-ed26cb223d74}\Root\InventoryApplicationFile\rundll32.exe|c8d854bf61fafc41\BinaryType - Set
\REGISTRY\A\{1d1cc430-e49b-ffea-7dd5-ed26cb223d74}\Root\InventoryApplicationFile\rundll32.exe|c8d854bf61fafc41\ProductName - Set
\REGISTRY\A\{1d1cc430-e49b-ffea-7dd5-ed26cb223d74}\Root\InventoryApplicationFile\rundll32.exe|c8d854bf61fafc41\ProductVersion - Set
\REGISTRY\A\{1d1cc430-e49b-ffea-7dd5-ed26cb223d74}\Root\InventoryApplicationFile\rundll32.exe|c8d854bf61fafc41\LinkDate - Set
\REGISTRY\A\{1d1cc430-e49b-ffea-7dd5-ed26cb223d74}\Root\InventoryApplicationFile\rundll32.exe|c8d854bf61fafc41\BinProductVersion
Mutexes
3Named locks a program uses so only one copy runs; malware families often reuse them.
Local\WERReportingForProcess6516Global\AmiProviderMutex_InventoryApplicationFileGlobal\bf087cb9-926e-4db2-9a20-21e15780fe89
Sandbox background — not the file
9The analysis machine's own processes and connections, recorded in every run.
- VM process
WerFault.exeC:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 6516 -s 820 - VM process
conhost.exeC:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 - VM host
fp2e7a.wpc.phicdn.net - VM host
fp2e7a.wpc.2be4.phicdn.net - VM host
assets.msn.com - VM host
assets.msn.com-ion.edgesuite.net
Show all 9 entries for sandbox background — not the file
- VM host
a1666.dscr.akamai.net - VM host
ecs-office.s-0005.dual-s-msedge.net - VM host
s-0005.dual-s-msedge.net
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 5 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache. 4 have no saved verdict and were not checked; that is missing coverage, not a finding.
- 41de3af338d54ab09a85…97f1beNot checkedno saved verdict
- 241e5d64de4c10377fb3…4de9c7Not checkedno saved verdict
- 8b58c446121a109ccf32…87736cCleantrust 85known-software reference set · not scanned here
- 0c4a3f4ae14f46457364…311fcaNot checkedno saved verdict
- c14ff7ec6cfc2585d698…f6c6b0Not checkedno saved verdict
Chapter 04
Technical details
None of the 67 antivirus engines that checked it flag it.
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · all complete. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Oct 21, 2026, 1:32 PM UTC
- SHA-256
483a82cc93e89c7e8a0187e4809a026d7b797e051bf4f9e54b6268e1fc574c62- SHA-1
60a0cd388b73f299bcce1b18c31019bcfab09883- MD5
8929c820a32d55c9a7283bfc76747192
About this file
WhisperDesktop.zip is a ZIP file of 476.8 kB.
- Type and size
- ZIP · 476.8 kB
- Signer
- Not applicable
- First seen
- Jul 23, 2023On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 816 distinct sources
First scanned
Antivirus consensus
0 of 67 engines flagged this file
8 of the 75 engines returned no result for this file (file type not supported, or the scan did not finish), so they did not check it.
- Tier-118 engines0flagged
- Tier-236 engines0flagged
- Low-trust13 engines0flagged
View all 75 engine results
- AcronisClean
- AhnLab-V3Clean
- AlibabaClean
- alibabacloudClean
- ALYacClean
- Antiy-AVLClean
- APEXNo result
- ArcabitClean
- AvastClean
- Avast-MobileClean
- AVGClean
- AviraClean
- BitDefenderClean
- BitDefenderFalxNo result
- BkavClean
- CAT-QuickHealClean
- ClamAVClean
- CMCClean
- CrowdStrikeClean
- CTXClean
- CylanceNo result
- CynetClean
- DeepInstinctClean
- DrWebClean
- ElasticClean
- EmsisoftClean
- ESET-NOD32Clean
- F-SecureClean
- FortinetClean
- GDataClean
- GoogleClean
- GridinsoftClean
- huorongClean
- IkarusClean
- JiangminClean
- K7AntiVirusClean
- K7GWClean
- KasperskyClean
- KingsoftClean
- LionicClean
- MalwarebytesClean
- MaxSecureClean
- McAfeeDClean
- MicrosoftClean
- MicroWorld-eScanClean
- NANO-AntivirusClean
- PaloaltoNo result
- PandaClean
- RisingClean
- SangforClean
- SentinelOneClean
- SkyhighNo result
- SophosClean
- SUPERAntiSpywareClean
- SymantecClean
- SymantecMobileInsightNo result
- TACHYONClean
- tehtrisNo result
- TencentClean
- TrapmineNo result
- TrellixENSClean
- TrendMicroClean
- TrendMicro-HouseCallClean
- TrustlookClean
- VaristClean
- VBA32Clean
- VIPREClean
- VirITClean
- ViRobotClean
- WebrootClean
- XcitiumClean
- YandexClean
- ZillyaClean
- ZoneAlarmClean
- ZonerClean
Signatures and behavior heuristics
Low-severity pattern matches — worth noting but not on their own cause for alarm.
VirusTotal's sandbox summary maps this run to MITRE T1055 (Process Injection), but no injected process of the sample's own was recorded (the analysis VM's own WMI adapter, crash handlers and Chrome updater are not counted). VirusTotal maps T1055 on about half of all files no engine flags, so the mapping alone is not evidence of injection.
EvidenceT1055 (sandbox MITRE mapping)
How widely this file has been seen
Widely seen in the wild for a long time. High prior this is legitimate; isolated detections on common-old files are usually false positives.
Chapter 05
Questions & answers
Short answers to the 6 questions people ask most about this file.
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