Is PotterDraw.exe safe?
No antivirus engine detected PotterDraw.exe, and its long prevalence, unpacked code, and completed sandbox run provide strong benign evidence despite unsigned status.
All 75 antivirus engines returned no detection, including 17 tier-1 engines. The executable has circulated since 2021, shows no packing or offensive behavior, and received no malicious sandbox finding; however, it is unsigned and one direct-IP contact lacks a completed reputation check.
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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.
All 75 antivirus engines returned no detection, including 17 tier-1 engines. The executable has circulated since 2021, shows no packing or offensive behavior, and received no malicious sandbox finding; however, it is unsigned and one direct-IP contact lacks a completed reputation check.
The strongest evidence is the complete absence of detections across 75 antivirus engines, including all 17 tier-1 participants. A completed sandbox run produced no malicious verdict, offensive technique, persistence indicator, written file, or dropped hash. The executable is established rather than newly observed, with 182 sources and 196 submissions dating to 2021. Static PE analysis found neither packed code nor unusually high-entropy code. Its unsigned status, unfavorable reputation score, and direct-IP contact warrant some caution, especially because no complete host-reputation result is available. A community note also raises a possible DLL-loading weakness, but that describes an abuse scenario rather than proving malicious content in this exact file.
What We Detected
PotterDraw.exe received 0 detections from 75 antivirus engines, including no alerts from 17 tier-1 engines. It has been observed since May 2021 across 182 sources and 196 submissions. PE inspection found no packer, no likely packed code, and no high-entropy code section.
Threat Behavior
One completed sandbox run produced no malicious verdict and recorded zero offensive techniques, persistence indicators, written files, or dropped hashes. The sample contacted the IP address 162.159.36.2 directly; because the host-reputation cross-check was not completed or saved, that contact cannot be characterized as benign or malicious. A community annotation suggests the application may not authenticate a DX9 DLL, creating a possible side-loading risk if an attacker places a malicious DLL beside it, but this does not demonstrate malicious behavior by the executable itself.
What To Do Now
Obtain the program from its official distribution channel and keep endpoint protection enabled. Because the executable is unsigned, avoid running it alongside untrusted DLL files and rescan it if its hash differs from 496d1c75257ec33af07d2095084736d71837f5191615ca6b166ca12097e30863.
Where this verdict could be wrong4 caveats
- signing.applicable=true but signing.signed=false, so publisher identity and certificate history cannot be verified.
- triggeredHeuristics[0] recorded direct-IP traffic to 162.159.36.2; contactedHosts=null leaves that host without a completed reputation cross-check.
- communityComments[0] alleges unsafe DLL-authenticity handling, which could enable side-loading when the application is placed beside a malicious DLL, but it does not establish that this exact executable is malware.
- file.reputation=-11 is unfavorable despite the absence of engine detections.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- 0/75 antivirus engines reported a detection.
- All 17 tier-1 engines reported no detection.
- One completed sandbox run returned no malicious verdict.
- Observed since 2021 across 182 sources and 196 submissions.
- No packing, high-entropy code, dropped hashes, or offensive techniques were identified.
- The executable is unsigned, so its publisher cannot be authenticated.
- Direct-IP traffic to 162.159.36.2 lacks a completed host-reputation result.
- File reputation is -11.
- A community annotation describes a potential DX9 DLL side-loading weakness.
Use only a copy obtained from the official source, keep endpoint protection enabled, and avoid placing untrusted DLLs in the application's directory. The supplied hash has strong benign evidence.
Coverage & freshness
Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.
Antivirus
Complete0 of 75 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
- 3MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- 3spawned processes
- 1network contacts
- 0filesystem & mutex artifacts
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 / 75engines flagged
- 182sources 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 75 antivirus engines flagged the file.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceObservedSourceAntivirus analysisObserved at - 02
The hash has a long, established submission history across 182 sources.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceDerivedSourceSubmission historyObserved at - 03
The hash has been submitted 196 times from 182 sources.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceSaved report factsObserved at - 04
Scanned file: PotterDraw.exe — 496d1c75257ec33af07d2095084736d71837f5191615ca6b166ca12097e30863
ProvenanceObservedSourceUploaded fileObserved at - 05
Observed process — "C:\Users\user\Desktop\file.exe" -install
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 06
Observed process — "C:\Users\user\Desktop\file.exe" /install
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 07
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 75 engines flagged this file
View all 75 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
Widely seen in the wild for a long time. High prior this is legitimate; isolated detections on common-old files are usually false positives.
Fingerprint and provenance
- File name
- PotterDraw.exe
- Format
- Win32 EXE
- Code signing
- No verified publisher
- Size
- 5.1 MB
- Last analyzed
- Sep 28, 2026, 10:01 PM UTC
496d1c75257ec33af07d2095084736d71837f5191615ca6b166ca12097e30863Safety & 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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