File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is Auto
Only one less reliable engine raised a generic AutoIt detection, while the verified signature and broad prevalence outweigh uncorroborated injection and YARA concerns.
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Strong evidence · Widely seen for a long time, and nothing harmful found.
Good practice2 tips
We found nothing harmful in this file.
Run it only if it came from the developer's own website or an official app store.
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on.
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Antivirus results
1 of 69 flagged
- Flagged 1
- No detection 68
- No result 6
- Code signing AUTOIT CONSULTING LTD
- Test run Completed
- First seen 1y ago
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Why we think so
2 points against it and 5 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
Only 1 of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this file, using a generic AutoIt label, while all 17 major antivirus engines remained silent.
Webroot alone reported a generic AutoIt detection among 75 engines, with no major detection or family consensus. The executable has a valid AUTOIT CONSULTING LTD signature and has been submitted by 396 sources over an established period, which weighs against an isolated generic alert. All 10 distinct observed network hosts were inspected, with none carrying a malicious or suspicious cached verdict; several contacts were also identified as analysis-environment background traffic. Two malware-specific YARA rules are a meaningful concern, but their anti-analysis and ransomware implications lack corroboration from engines, sandbox verdicts, or a named family consensus.
What We Detected
Webroot was the only engine to flag the executable, producing the generic label Win.Autoit.Gen. None of the 17 major antivirus engines flagged it, and there was no agreed malware family. The file also carries a verified signature from AUTOIT CONSULTING LTD and has an established footprint across 396 submitters.
Threat Behavior
The completed sandbox run recorded MITRE T1055 process injection into two updater processes, which deserves caution. However, that run returned a clean verdict, recorded no persistence indicators or dropped files, and the file showed no packing or high-entropy code. Two malware-specific YARA rules referenced anti-analysis behavior and VECT ransomware, but those static matches were not corroborated by antivirus family detections or ransomware behavior. Host-reputation coverage included all 10 distinct observed domains and IP addresses, with no malicious or suspicious results; identified Windows-related background contacts were not attributed to the sample.
What To Do Now
Use the file only if its origin and expected AutoIt purpose are known, and verify the digital signature before execution. Keep security software enabled; for high-sensitivity systems, obtain a fresh copy from the official distribution channel rather than relying solely on this sample.
Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
- Two malware-specific community YARA rules matched, including an anti-analysis rule and a VECT ransomware-oriented rule, although antivirus engines did not corroborate either family.
- The certificate is valid, but there is no historical sample record for this signer, so signature reputation cannot be independently established.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- Only 1 of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file, and that alert came from a less reliable engine using a generic AutoIt label.
- All 17 major antivirus engines remained silent.
- The executable has a valid AUTOIT CONSULTING LTD digital signature.
- The file has an established distribution history across 396 submitters and 493 submissions.
- The completed sandbox run returned a clean verdict and produced no dropped files or persistence indicators.
- Two malware-specific YARA rules matched anti-analysis and ransomware-oriented patterns.
- No historical reputation record was available for the signing certificate.
6 sources checked · all complete. See every source
Chapter 03
What it did in our test
It ran in our isolated test environment; no test environment rated what it did as risky.
Test run summary
Capture complete- 31sandbox rule tags
- 4spawned processes
- 1network contact
- 21filesystem & mutex artifacts
Includes the sandbox verdicts, 31 mapped techniques and every process, file, registry and network entry.
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Technical details
1 of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flags it; signed by AUTOIT CONSULTING LTD.
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · all complete. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
Engines that flagged it 1
The saved verdict treats these detections as likely false positives.
- WebrootWin.Autoit.Gen
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Oct 13, 2026, 6:55 PM UTC
- SHA-256
5d69a932a077fee044b193c28e84564143f5c7e51079ab48e88fef74ab0b77b7- SHA-1
96bb030389ac938c5ebc6bd2e9fcc86a10e5f2fd- MD5
80cdd5f19d704a001589976bae277bab
About this file
AutoIt3.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 1.1 MB.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 1.1 MB
- Signer
- AUTOIT CONSULTING LTDValid code signature.
- First seen
- Sep 7, 2025On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 396 distinct sources
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 6.12 of 8
First scanned
Includes every engine result (75), 10 matched signature rules, PE section entropy and packers and how widely the file has been seen.
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