Is BeamNG.drive safe?
No antivirus engine detected a threat, while verified BeamNG signing, broad prevalence, and corroborating runtime evidence strongly support legitimate game software.
The executable is verified as signed by BeamNG GmbH and received no detections from 76 antivirus engines, including 17 tier-1 engines. Although one sandbox mapped several offensive-capable techniques, it issued no malicious finding, and the observed domains, dropped-child rollup, prevalence, and related signer history provide strong reassurance.
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Before opening
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If you already opened it
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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 executable is verified as signed by BeamNG GmbH and received no detections from 76 antivirus engines, including 17 tier-1 engines. Although one sandbox mapped several offensive-capable techniques, it issued no malicious finding, and the observed domains, dropped-child rollup, prevalence, and related signer history provide strong reassurance.
All 76 antivirus engines were free of malicious or suspicious detections, including the 17 tier-1 engines. The executable has a verified BeamNG GmbH signature, no publisher-brand conflict, and substantial historical prevalence across 228 sources. One completed sandbox run produced no malicious verdict, and both observed domains received no malicious or suspicious reputation result. The T1055, T1560, and T1562.004 mappings are noteworthy, but technique mappings alone do not establish hostile intent and are outweighed by the independent evidence. A prior file with the same verified signer also received a score of 91 with no engine detections.
What We Detected
No malicious or suspicious detection was reported among 76 antivirus engines, and all 17 tier-1 engines were free of detections. The executable carries a verified signature from BeamNG GmbH, with no detected conflict between the claimed product and signer. It has also been submitted 241 times by 228 sources since December 2024, indicating established distribution rather than a newly encountered sample.
Threat Behavior
One completed sandbox run produced no malicious verdict. It mapped activity to T1055, T1560, and T1562.004, including possible process injection, but these mappings do not by themselves prove hostile intent. Both observed domains were fully covered by the host-reputation check and had no malicious or suspicious result, while six inspected dropped children produced no malicious-child indication, although their individual verdicts remain unknown.
What To Do Now
Use the executable only if it came from BeamNG's official store, launcher, or another trusted distribution channel, and confirm that Windows still reports BeamNG GmbH as the valid signer. Keep endpoint protection enabled and rescan if the signature changes or the file came from an unofficial download source.
Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
- behaviour.offensiveTechniques contains T1055, T1560, and T1562.004; the T1055 mapping suggests possible process injection, although the single sandbox did not issue a malicious verdict.
- All six dropped children have unknown individual verdicts, even though droppedChildren.hasMaliciousChild=false.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- 0/76 antivirus engines reported a malicious or suspicious result.
- All 17 tier-1 engines reported no detection.
- Verified digital signature from BeamNG GmbH with no brand mismatch.
- Established prevalence across 228 sources and 241 submissions.
- Both observed domains were fully checked with no malicious or suspicious reputation result.
- Runtime evidence mapped possible process injection to MITRE T1055.
- Additional offensive-capable mappings include T1560 and T1562.004.
- Six dropped children lack individual verdicts despite no malicious-child rollup.
Proceed only when the file was obtained through an official BeamNG or trusted storefront channel and the BeamNG GmbH signature remains valid. Keep security protection enabled.
Coverage & freshness
Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.
Antivirus
Complete0 of 76 engines flagged the file.
Sandbox
Complete1 isolated runtime environment contributed observations.
Network
Partial2 of 17 contacted hosts were cross-checked; coverage is incomplete.
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
- 23MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- 11spawned processes
- 17network contacts
- 20filesystem & 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.
- res.public.onecdn.static.microsoft
- www.microsoft.com
- 20.99.185.48
- 152.195.19.97
- 192.168.0.61
- 23.55.140.42
- 20.99.186.246
- 23.196.193.245
- 104.98.118.160
- 104.71.214.69
- a83f:8110:0:0:1400:1400:2800:3800
- 192.168.0.64
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\beamng\DefaultIcon\(Default)
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\beamng\shell\open\command\(Default)
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\BeamNG\BeamNG.drive\rootpath
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\BeamNG\BeamNG.drive\version
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\SessionInfo\1\ApplicationViewManagement\W32:00000000000201B0\VirtualDesktop
- HKEY_USERS\%SID%_Classes\beamng\shell\open\command\(Default)
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\BeamNG.drive\0.34\vfsWriteTest.tmp
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\BeamNG.drive\0.34\beamng-launcher.log
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\BeamNG.drive\version.txt
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\BeamNG.drive\latest.lnk
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\BeamNG.drive\0.34\..\version.txt
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\KnownGameList.bin
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\GameDVR\KnownGameList.update
- C:\Windows\System32\wbem\Performance\WmiApRpl.h
- C:\Windows\System32\wbem\Performance\WmiApRpl.ini
- C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\BeamNG.drive\0.34\vfsWriteTest.tmp
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 6 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.
- 465be4a9826ba2ee6edf…e17723Never scannednever seen before
- 96b168d2609b444ac09b…caea7bNever scannednever seen before
- 8acce0e5b2c233c1d776…62f295Never scannednever seen before
- 48e2cb8b46abfb80309f…e3c0d6Never scannednever seen before
- 8aaaf151cd5e20e1c09f…dc7518Never scannednever seen before
- c8a88ce7eb4ae3e298ed…96b959Never scannednever seen before
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 / 76engines flagged
- 228sources 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 76 antivirus engines flagged the file.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceObservedSourceAntivirus analysisObserved at - 02
The hash has a long, established submission history across 228 sources.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceDerivedSourceSubmission historyObserved at - 03
The file has a valid code signature from BeamNG GmbH.
ProvenanceObservedSourceCode-signing metadataObserved at - 04
Scanned file: BeamNG.drive — 59d4060abdfa23fb3525e765287d6b7c1da8d62200f525c20cb7f229447b0ebf
ProvenanceObservedSourceUploaded fileObserved at - 05
Observed process — C:\Windows\system32\services.exe
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 06
Observed process — "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\BeamNG.drive.exe"
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 07
File written: vfsWriteTest.tmp — C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\BeamNG.drive\0.34\vfsWriteTest.tmp
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 08
File written: beamng-launcher.log — C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\BeamNG.drive\0.34\beamng-launcher.log
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 09
Contacted host: res.public.onecdn.static.microsoft — Saved reputation verdict: safe.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceContacted-host cross-checkObserved at - 10
Contacted host: www.microsoft.com — Saved reputation verdict: safe.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceContacted-host cross-checkObserved 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
A community signature or high-severity behavioral heuristic matched. Signatures identify known patterns; heuristics are strong leads but are not proof on their own.
The saved runtime evidence maps this activity to MITRE T1055 (Process Injection). The mapping supports possible process injection, but it does not prove the exact injection method or the operator's intent.
EvidenceC:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
0 of 76 engines flagged this file
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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
- BeamNG.drive
- Format
- Win32 EXE
- Code signing
- Signature valid: BeamNG GmbH
- Size
- 4.6 MB
- Last analyzed
- Sep 29, 2026, 4:52 PM UTC
59d4060abdfa23fb3525e765287d6b7c1da8d62200f525c20cb7f229447b0ebfSafety & FAQ
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What to do now
This file appears low risk based on the evidence available now.
- Recovery step 01
Open it only when its sender or download source is one 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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