Is g41gvsf.exe safe?
Six of 75 engines raised generic alerts, but tier-1 engines and the completed sandbox found no corroborating malware family or offensive behavior.
The detections are generic and unsupported by any tier-1 engine, named-family consensus, harmful child, or completed sandbox finding. However, the executable is unsigned and made four direct-IP contacts whose reputations were not fully checked, so caution remains appropriate.
5feadc80d1675685aa…107d09a2f2dd38Recommended next actions
Before running
Do not run it until the source and publisher can be verified independently.
If you already ran it
Stop using it, scan the device, and watch for unexpected behavior or security alerts. Get a fresh copy from the developer's official site or an official app store.
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 detections are generic and unsupported by any tier-1 engine, named-family consensus, harmful child, or completed sandbox finding. However, the executable is unsigned and made four direct-IP contacts whose reputations were not fully checked, so caution remains appropriate.
Six of 75 engines flagged the sample, including four tier-2 and two low-trust engines, but none of the 18 reporting tier-1 engines detected it. The labels are generic and do not converge on a malware family. One completed sandbox run produced no malicious verdict or offensive-only techniques, and inspection found no malicious dropped child. However, the executable lacks a verified signature and directly contacted four IP addresses. Because no complete host-reputation result is available for those addresses, the no complete contacted-host reputation result was available.
What We Detected
Six of 75 engines raised generic alerts, including CrowdStrike, DeepInstinct, FireEye, Skyhigh, APEX, and Bkav. None of the 18 reporting tier-1 engines detected the file, and there is no agreed malware family.
Threat Behavior
One completed sandbox run recorded no offensive-only techniques and no malicious sandbox verdict. Ten dropped children were inspected without a malicious child finding, although their individual verdicts remain unknown. The file contacted four IP addresses directly; because the host-reputation cross-check was not completed or saved, those contacts cannot be described as clean.
What To Do Now
Do not run the executable unless its origin and intended purpose can be verified independently. Keep endpoint protection enabled, and prefer a fresh copy obtained from the software publisher's official distribution channel.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- The executable is unsigned (signing.signed=false), leaving no verified publisher identity or clean signer history.
- MalwareTips.Synth.DirectIpC2 fired after four direct-IP contacts, and contactedHosts=null means those addresses were not fully reputation-checked.
- Six engines detected the file, including four tier-2 engines, so the detections cannot be dismissed as exclusively low-trust noise.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- 0/18 reporting tier-1 engines detected the sample
- No named-family or tier-1 family consensus
- One completed sandbox produced no malicious verdict
- No offensive-only techniques were recorded
- No malicious dropped child was identified
- Unsigned Win32 executable with no verified publisher identity
- 6/75 engines reported generic malicious detections
- Four direct-IP contacts with no complete host-reputation result
- Random-looking filename g41gvsf.exe
- All 10 inspected dropped children have unknown individual verdicts
Quarantine the file until its source and purpose are verified, and obtain a replacement from an official publisher channel if available. Keep antivirus and endpoint protection enabled.
Coverage & freshness
Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.
Antivirus
Complete6 of 75 engines flagged the file.
Sandbox
Complete1 isolated runtime environment contributed observations.
Network
Partial4 runtime contacts were observed without a completed reputation cross-check.
YARA
Complete1 signature or behavior rule matched.
External intel
PartialIndependent reference checks were attempted but are incomplete.
Behavior
Plain-English impact first, then the observed runtime evidence.
Runtime flight recorder
Capture complete- 1isolated sandbox run
- 8MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- 3spawned processes
- 4network contacts
- 30filesystem & mutex artifacts
What this file does
Observed actions and their security significance
High concern: Manipulated how the operating system loads code, which can redirect execution.
Moderate concern: Contained obfuscated or packed code that makes inspection harder.
Moderate concern: Runs hidden system commands (script or shell).
Moderate concern: Scans through your files and folders.
Moderate concern: Checked the environment for virtualisation or analysis tools.
Moderate concern: Checks which security software you have installed.
Note: Collects details about your system.
These are observed capabilities from an isolated analysis. A technique does not prove malicious intent on its own, and the file never ran on your device.
Attack story
Runtime observations grouped by analysis stage. Arrows organize the stages; they do not claim chronology or causality.
Input file
The submitted object
- FileObserved
g41gvsf.exe
5feadc80d1675685aa9a82ef9a2b23a6292e4365799c7cf31d107d09a2f2dd38
01Uploaded file
Processes
Runtime execution
- ProcessObserved
Observed process
%SAMPLEPATH%\5feadc80d1675685aa9a82ef9a2b23a6292e4365799c7cf31d107d09a2f2dd38.exe
02Isolated runtime analysis - ProcessObserved
Observed process
C:\Windows\System32\wuapihost.exe
03Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Files
Created or changed
- Written fileObserved
VCRUNTIME140.dll
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI26122\VCRUNTIME140.dll
04Isolated runtime analysis - Written fileObserved
_bz2.pyd
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI26122\_bz2.pyd
05Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Network
Hosts contacted
- Contacted hostObserved
20.99.133.109
Contact observed during runtime.
06Isolated runtime analysis - Contacted hostObserved
192.229.211.108
Contact observed during runtime.
07Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
7 recorded facts from one runtime window. Every fact remains independently traceable in Analyst mode.
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.
- 20.99.133.109
- 192.229.211.108
- 20.99.185.48
- 23.216.147.64
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI26122\VCRUNTIME140.dll
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI26122\_bz2.pyd
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI26122\_ctypes.pyd
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI26122\_decimal.pyd
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI26122\_hashlib.pyd
- %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI30082\base_library.zip
- %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI30082\libcrypto-1_1.dll
- %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI30082\libffi-7.dll
- %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI30082\libssl-1_1.dll
- %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI30082\python310.dll
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 10 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.
- ded5adaa94341e6c62ae…21b83eNever scannednever seen before
- 0897e209676f5835f62e…f82095Never scannednever seen before
- 9ab1f8cbb50db3d9a00f…c2c850Never scannednever seen before
- 2673b0ec0769c2513cfb…607ee1Never scannednever seen before
- 2e30544d07f1c55d741b…557fe4Never scannednever seen before
- ce72d59a0e96077c9ea3…9a941fNever scannednever seen before
- 130de3506471878031ae…7a47b9Never scannednever seen before
- 5a4c78adedf0bcb5fc42…03b6b7Never scannednever seen before
- 9c0a0a11629cced6a064…0bad55Never scannednever seen before
- f60dd9f2fcbd495674df…405081Never 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
- 6 / 75engines flagged
- 8sources in submission history
Why these facts are shown
Each statement identifies whether it was directly recorded or derived from saved scan facts.
- 01
6 of 75 antivirus engines flagged the file, including APEX and Bkav.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceObservedSourceAntivirus analysisObserved at - 02
The hash has been submitted 8 times from 8 sources.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceSaved report factsObserved at - 03
Scanned file: g41gvsf.exe — 5feadc80d1675685aa9a82ef9a2b23a6292e4365799c7cf31d107d09a2f2dd38
ProvenanceObservedSourceUploaded fileObserved at - 04
Observed process — %SAMPLEPATH%\5feadc80d1675685aa9a82ef9a2b23a6292e4365799c7cf31d107d09a2f2dd38.exe
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 05
Observed process — C:\Windows\System32\wuapihost.exe
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 06
File written: VCRUNTIME140.dll — C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI26122\VCRUNTIME140.dll
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 07
File written: _bz2.pyd — C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI26122\_bz2.pyd
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 08
Contacted host: 20.99.133.109 — Contact observed during runtime.
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 09
Contacted host: 192.229.211.108 — Contact observed during runtime.
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at
Detection sources at a glance
The available sources did not agree on a named threat category.
Available reference checks returned no match, but at least one source was unavailable. This is not a clean result.
Signatures and behavior heuristics
Behavioral heuristics matched patterns associated with malware. Corroborating evidence determines how much weight they carry.
The sample contacted an external IP address directly and no application domain was recorded. Direct-IP traffic also occurs in legitimate installers and infrastructure, so this is supporting context only and requires corroboration from host reputation and other runtime evidence.
Evidence20.99.133.109 · 192.229.211.108 · 20.99.185.48
6 of 75 engines flagged this file
View all 75 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
Moderate prevalence — neither rare nor common. No strong prior applies.
Fingerprint and provenance
- File name
- g41gvsf.exe
- Format
- Win32 EXE
- Code signing
- No verified publisher
- Size
- 5.8 MB
- Last analyzed
- Oct 4, 2026, 4:12 PM UTC
5feadc80d1675685aa9a82ef9a2b23a6292e4365799c7cf31d107d09a2f2dd38Safety & FAQ
Complete recovery guidance and answers for the next decision.
What to do now
We couldn't fully clear this file. Treat it with caution.
- Recovery step 01
Don't run it unless you're certain it came from a source you trust.
- Recovery step 02
Check where you got it — an unexpected attachment or a random download link is a red flag.
- Recovery step 03
If its origin cannot be confirmed, delete this file and use a fresh copy from a trusted source. Get a fresh copy from the developer's official site or an official app store.
- Recovery step 04
If you're still unsure, scan it again in a day or two — detections often catch up on newer files.
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