Is TS4_x64.exe safe?
No engine detections, established prevalence, game-consistent file activity, and covered domain checks provide strong evidence that this is a legitimate game executable.
None of 74 antivirus engines detected a threat, including all 17 reporting tier-1 engines. One sandbox run wrote expected The Sims 4 user-data files and produced no malicious assessment; however, the Electronic Arts signature was not verified, so obtain the executable through an official release channel.
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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.
None of 74 antivirus engines detected a threat, including all 17 reporting tier-1 engines. One sandbox run wrote expected The Sims 4 user-data files and produced no malicious assessment; however, the Electronic Arts signature was not verified, so obtain the executable through an official release channel.
The strongest signal is unanimous antivirus silence: 0 of 74 engines flagged the executable, including 17 tier-1 engines. The sample is established rather than newly observed, with 164 sources and 200 submissions over 231 days. A completed sandbox run created Electronic Arts and The Sims 4 save-data paths and did not issue a malicious assessment. All 14 observed domains were covered by the host-reputation check without malicious or suspicious matches, although the separately recorded IP lacks documented coverage. No packed code, dropped payload, researcher-rule match, or known-malware intelligence hit corroborates harmful activity. The unverified signature and T1560 technique warrant routine source verification but are outweighed by the broader evidence.
What We Detected
None of 74 antivirus engines flagged the file, and all 17 reporting tier-1 engines returned no detection. The executable has also been submitted 200 times by 164 sources over 231 days, providing substantial history without accumulated malware detections.
Threat Behavior
One completed sandbox run created directories, settings, locks, and save data under Electronic Arts\The Sims 4, which is consistent with the filename and expected game activity. It produced no malicious sandbox assessment, dropped no hashed child payloads, and established no persistence. The host check covered all 14 contacted domains and found no malicious or suspicious matches; the separately observed IP was not documented as covered. T1560 was identified, but it lacks corroboration from engine detections, dropped payloads, packing, or external research rules.
What To Do Now
The main caveat is that the claimed Electronic Arts signature was not verified and has no supporting signer history. Use a copy installed or repaired through EA's official distribution channel, keep endpoint protection enabled, and avoid copies obtained from unofficial download or modification sites.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- signing.verified=null and the file carries the tag invalid-signature, so the claimed Electronic Arts signer is not authenticated.
- behaviour.offensiveTechniques contains T1560 (Archive Collected), although the sandbox produced no malicious verdict and the remaining six techniques were benign-common.
- behaviour.contactedIps includes 162.159.36.2, but contactedHosts.inspected is documented against the 14 domains only; no complete reputation result is available for that separate IP.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- 0/74 antivirus detections, including tier1Malicious=0.
- Established prevalence: 164 sources and 200 submissions over 231 days.
- One sandbox run produced no malicious assessment or persistence indicators.
- All 14 contacted domains were inspected with no malicious or suspicious matches.
- No packing, malicious child, YARAify rule, or known-malware intelligence hit.
- The claimed Electronic Arts signature is unverified, and the file is tagged invalid-signature.
- One sandbox mapped activity to MITRE T1560.
- The reputation check does not document coverage of contacted IP 162.159.36.2.
Use the executable only if it came from EA's official installation or repair channel, and keep endpoint protection enabled. Replace unofficial or modified copies with a freshly downloaded official version.
Coverage & freshness
Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.
Antivirus
Complete0 of 74 engines flagged the file.
Sandbox
Complete1 isolated runtime environment contributed observations.
Network
Partial14 of 15 contacted hosts were cross-checked; coverage is incomplete.
YARA
CompleteRule evaluation completed with no recorded matches.
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
- 7MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- 2spawned processes
- 15network contacts
- 16filesystem & 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.
- cl-glcb907925.gcdn.co
- 164.77.179.74.in-addr.arpa
- windows.msn.com-ion.edgesuite.net
- a1672.dscr.akamai.net
- svc.ha-teams.office.com
- teams-mrc-ww-perf.tm-4.office.com
- assets.msn.com
- assets.msn.com-ion.edgesuite.net
- a1666.dscr.akamai.net
- www.msn.com
- 162.159.36.2
- C:\Users\<USER>\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\UserData.lock
- C:\Users\<USER>\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\UserSetting.ini
- C:\Users\user\Documents\Electronic Arts
- C:\Users\user\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4
- C:\Users\user\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\ConfigOverride
- C:\Users\<USER>\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\saves\scratch\scratch_6344\
- C:\Users\<USER>\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\saves\scratch
- Local\DirectSound DllMain mutex (0x000003E4)
- SingleMgrMutex000003e4
- SingleMgrMutex00000840
- \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\DirectSound DllMain mutex (0x00001520)
- \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\SingleMgrMutex00001520
Detection & Forensics
Consensus, attribution, signatures, code structure, prevalence, and identity.
Evidence integrity
Chain of custody for the facts preserved in this report.
- 0rule hits recorded
- 0 / 74engines flagged
- 164sources 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 74 antivirus engines flagged the file.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceObservedSourceAntivirus analysisObserved at - 02
The hash has a long, established submission history across 164 sources.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceDerivedSourceSubmission historyObserved at - 03
The hash has been submitted 200 times from 164 sources.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceSaved report factsObserved at - 04
Scanned file: TS4_x64.exe — 5a965f53101b8ec30e3ebd919af64d5cb8ed083bd863499469a794b2d0eb595b
ProvenanceObservedSourceUploaded fileObserved at - 05
Observed process — "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\TS4_x64.exe"
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 06
Observed process — "C:\Users\user\Desktop\TS4_x64.exe"
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 07
File written: UserData.lock — C:\Users\<USER>\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\UserData.lock
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 08
File written: UserSetting.ini — C:\Users\<USER>\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\UserSetting.ini
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 09
Contacted host: cl-glcb907925.gcdn.co — Contact observed during runtime.
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 10
Contacted host: 164.77.179.74.in-addr.arpa — 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.
YARA rules
No matchesThe rule pass completed without a saved public match.
0 of 74 engines flagged this file
View all 74 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
- TS4_x64.exe
- Format
- Win32 EXE
- Code signing
- Signature not verified: Electronic Arts
- Size
- 39.2 MB
- Last analyzed
- Oct 2, 2026, 7:34 PM UTC
5a965f53101b8ec30e3ebd919af64d5cb8ed083bd863499469a794b2d0eb595bSafety & 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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