File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is artcraft-
A digitally signed Windows installer that none of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flagged, already submitted by over 350 sources, with no high-risk behaviour seen in…
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Strong evidence · A verified publisher signature, and no engine flags it.
Install this launcher only from the publisher's official download source, and keep your security software enabled.
Good practice2 tips
We found nothing harmful in this file.
Install it only if it came from the developer's own website or an official app store.
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on.
No scanner can promise a file is 100% safe.
Antivirus results
0 of 59 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 59
- No result 16
- Code signing Learning Machines Inc
- Test run Completed
- First seen 8d ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
1 point against it and 5 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
It carries a valid signature from Learning Machines Inc and reached over 350 distinct submitters within days. Three sandbox runs showed only ordinary installer activity.
None of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file, and every major antivirus engine that analysed it reported it clean. That publisher is not yet on our trusted list and has only a short history with us. More than 350 distinct sources submitted the file within three days of release, which fits a widely downloaded launcher. The three sandbox runs recorded only techniques common in legitimate software and named no injected process, and no complete host-reputation check is available for the network side.
What We Detected
None of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this Windows Installer package. All 18 major antivirus engines that analysed it reported it clean. The package carries a valid signature from Learning Machines Inc. No public malware database or community rule set lists it.
Threat Behavior
Three sandbox runs saw standard Windows Installer activity: msiexec running the package and certificate-cache updates. The recorded techniques are common in legitimate software. The only network contact was the analysis machine's own background traffic. No complete host-reputation result is available.
What To Do Now
If you obtained this launcher from the publisher's official download page, it is reasonable to install it. Keep your antivirus enabled. Download future updates from the same official source.
Where this verdict could be wrong1 caveat
- The publisher is new to our records and is not on our trusted list. Earlier installers from the same signer were sometimes rated suspicious, although none had any 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.
- None of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file, including all major antivirus engines
- Valid digital signature from Learning Machines Inc
- Submitted by more than 350 distinct sources within days of release
- Sandbox runs showed only techniques common in legitimate installers
- No listing in public malware databases or community rule sets
- The signing publisher is relatively new and not on our curated trusted-publisher list.
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 3 isolated tests; no test environment rated what it did as risky.
Test run summary
Capture complete- 3isolated sandbox runs
- 10sandbox rule tags
- 3spawned processes
- 0network contacts
- 7filesystem & 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
10MITRE ATT&CK techniques the sandbox mapped. Highlighted ones are rare in normal software; the others are common in legitimate programs too.
- T1033· Reads user info
- T1055· Process injection
- T1069
- T1082· System recon
- T1091· USB spreading
- T1112
- T1120
- T1485
- T1497· Sandbox evasion
- T1574· Execution hijack
Observed activity
Processes started
3Programs the file ran, with their command lines.
msiexec.exe"C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe" /I "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\setup.msi" /qb ACCEPTEULA=1 LicenseAccepted=1slui.exeC:\Windows\System32\slui.exe -Embeddingmsiexec.exe"C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\user\Desktop\setup.msi"
Files
5Files the file created, changed or deleted.
- Written
C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Local\FontCache\Fonts\Download-1.tmp - Written
C:\MSIb302b.tmp - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\77003E887FC21E505B9E28CBA30E18ED_8ACE642DC0A43382FABA7AE806561A50 - Written
C:\Windows\Fonts - Deleted
C:\MSIb302b.tmp
Registry and auto-start
2Settings the file changed, including ways to start again after a restart.
- Set
F40042E2E5F7E8EF8189FED15519AECE42C3BFA2\Blob - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\F40042E2E5F7E8EF8189FED15519AECE42C3BFA2\Blob
Mutexes
2Named locks a program uses so only one copy runs; malware families often reuse them.
Global\_MSIExecute\BaseNamedObjects\Local\SM0:6556:304:WilStaging_02
Sandbox background — not the file
7The analysis machine's own processes and connections, recorded in every run.
- VM process
services.exeC:\Windows\system32\services.exe - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k UnistackSvcGroup - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalService -s W32Time - VM process
lsass.exeC:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe - VM process
msiexec.exeC:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
Show all 7 entries for sandbox background — not the file
- VM host
162.159.36.2
Chapter 04
Technical details
None of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; signed by Learning Machines Inc.
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.
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Oct 20, 2026, 8:31 PM UTC
- SHA-256
52c997e78942ea2d370382755817714a0066520229378d2bda6e99a760ba0e1b- SHA-1
f6bb4f2cc5179588845f164306ac8ac6abd97d6e- MD5
5c1c4f3298e7bd54c0abc21a34b81932
About this file
artcraft-launcher-0.5.1-windows-x64.msi is a Windows Installer file of 9.3 MB.
- Type and size
- Windows Installer · 9.3 MB
- Signer
- Learning Machines IncValid code signature.
- First seen
- Oct 18, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 352 distinct sources
First scanned
Antivirus consensus
0 of 59 engines flagged this file
16 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-230 engines0flagged
- Low-trust11 engines0flagged
View all 75 engine results
- AcronisClean
- AhnLab-V3Clean
- AlibabaNo result
- alibabacloudNo result
- ALYacClean
- Antiy-AVLClean
- APEXNo result
- ArcabitClean
- AvastClean
- Avast-MobileNo result
- AVGClean
- AviraClean
- BitDefenderClean
- BitDefenderFalxNo result
- BkavClean
- CAT-QuickHealClean
- ClamAVClean
- CMCClean
- CrowdStrikeClean
- CTXClean
- CylanceNo result
- CynetClean
- DeepInstinctNo result
- DrWebClean
- ElasticNo result
- EmsisoftClean
- ESET-NOD32Clean
- F-SecureClean
- FortinetClean
- GDataClean
- GoogleNo result
- 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
- TrapmineClean
- TrellixENSClean
- TrendMicroClean
- TrendMicro-HouseCallClean
- TrustlookNo result
- VaristClean
- VBA32Clean
- VIPREClean
- VirITClean
- ViRobotClean
- WebrootNo result
- XcitiumClean
- YandexClean
- ZillyaNo result
- 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
Lots of people are uploading this but it's recent — typical of newly-released legitimate software. Low prior for malware.
Chapter 05
Questions & answers
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