File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is this text file safe? Yes, no threats found.
Plain-text file with zero malicious detections across 61 antivirus engines and no suspicious behaviour indicators.
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Moderate evidence · No engine flags it, but no publisher signature confirms who made it.
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We found nothing harmful in this file.
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Antivirus results
0 of 61 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 61
- No result 14
- Code signing Not applicable
- Test run Not applicable
- First seen 5mo ago
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Why we think so
0 points against it and 5 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
This is a plain-text README file (282 bytes) with no executable code or malicious signatures. All 61 reporting engines, including 17 major antivirus engines (Kaspersky, Microsoft, BitDefender, ESET, Fortinet, etc.), report it undetected. No sandbox behaviour, dropped files, or network contact was observed.
The file is a benign text document with zero malicious detections across a comprehensive antivirus network. The major antivirus engine consensus is unanimously clean, and no rule-based rules fired. There are no indicators of code execution, network communication, or payload delivery. The file's age (54 days) and medium prevalence (7 submitters) are consistent with a legitimate shared document. No adversarial filename patterns, brand mismatches, or external intelligence hits were detected.
What We Detected
A plain-text file named 'Text file' (282 bytes) submitted on May 19, 2026. The file contains no executable code, no PE structure, and no binary signatures. All 61 reporting antivirus engines returned undetected or harmless verdicts, including 17 major antivirus engines (Avast, BitDefender, Kaspersky, Microsoft, ESET, Fortinet, Ikarus, DrWeb, Emsisoft, F-Secure, GData, Avira, AVG, and others).
Threat Behavior
No malicious behaviour was observed. There are no dropped files, no contacted hosts, no sandbox execution alerts, and no network communication to known-malicious infrastructure. No rule-based rules fired. External intelligence sources (CIRCL, MalwareBazaar, YARAify) returned no hits. The file exhibits zero indicators of compromise or malicious intent.
Signer & Prevalence
The file is unsigned, which is normal for a plain-text document. Prevalence is medium (7 unique submitters, 7 total submissions), consistent with a legitimate shared resource. No brand mismatch or adversarial filename patterns were detected.
What To Do Now
This file is safe to open and use. No action is required. If you have concerns about the content of the README file itself (e.g., instructions or links it may contain), review it manually, but from a malware-detection standpoint, it poses no risk.
Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
- A plain-text file named 'Text file' could theoretically contain malicious instructions or social-engineering content if opened by a user, but our analysis operates on file-level detection (code, signatures, behaviour), not semantic content analysis. The absence of any engine detection and the benign file type strongly indicate the content is not flagged as harmful.
- Low prevalence (7 submissions) could suggest a rare or newly distributed file, but the medium classification and consistent clean verdicts across all engines rule out a novel malware variant. A genuinely new malware would trigger at least some rule-based engines or major 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.
- Zero malicious detections across 61 antivirus engines
- 17 major antivirus engines unanimously report undetected
- No executable code, no PE structure, plain-text format only
- No sandbox behaviour, no dropped files, no network contact
- No rule-based rules triggered; no external intelligence hits
6 sources checked · 4 complete · 2 not needed or not applicable. See every source
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Technical details
None of the 61 antivirus engines that checked it flag it.
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Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · 4 complete · 2 not needed or not applicable. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
File fingerprint
- File name
- Text file
- Format
- Text
- Size
- 282 B
- Code signing
- Not applicable to this file type
- Last analyzed
- Jul 12, 2026, 8:36 AM UTC
- SHA-256
4f86ce4e5f6a24f04ef509da0b5c7d1a9892b0722bd71a2eba78bc30512054f7- SHA-1
d850e7c20f40520bf0ff09b3297b0d0dce7c318a- MD5
e52dec041b9a21f0ad6e35e045821124
First scanned
Includes every engine result (75) and how widely the file has been seen.
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