Is hardware faulty BMW Scanner v140 Install.exe safe?
No engine detected malware in this widely circulated legacy installer, though its unsigned status and unchecked direct-IP contacts warrant normal source verification.
All 74 antivirus engines returned no malicious or suspicious detection, including 17 tier-1 engines. The installer has circulated since 2010 across hundreds of submitters, while one sandbox produced no malicious verdict; however, it is unsigned and the observed IP contacts lack a complete reputation check.
61b5d1c186b0a6e675…d7ebc83eac810aRecommended next actions
Before installing
Install it only when it came from the developer's official site or an official app store.
If you already installed 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.
All 74 antivirus engines returned no malicious or suspicious detection, including 17 tier-1 engines. The installer has circulated since 2010 across hundreds of submitters, while one sandbox produced no malicious verdict; however, it is unsigned and the observed IP contacts lack a complete reputation check.
The strongest evidence is the complete absence of detections across 74 engines, including 17 tier-1 products. The file has also circulated broadly since 2010, making an undetected conventional malware campaign increasingly unlikely. One completed sandbox run observed installation-related elevated techniques and direct IP traffic, but it produced no malicious verdict or recorded persistence indicator. Ten dropped components were inspected without a confirmed malicious child, although their individual results remain unknown. Because the executable is unsigned and contacted-host reputation was not checked, it should still be obtained from a trustworthy source.
What We Detected
No malicious or suspicious result appeared among 74 antivirus engines, and all 17 reporting tier-1 engines returned no detection. The executable has been observed since 2010, with 444 submissions from 369 sources, which is consistent with established legacy software rather than a newly introduced payload.
Threat Behavior
One sandbox run recorded T1543.003 and T1548, along with direct IP connections and installation of an FTD2XX.SYS driver. These actions can occur during legacy hardware-driver installation, and the sandbox issued no malicious verdict or persistence finding. Ten dropped files were inspected with no confirmed malicious child, but their individual verdicts were unavailable. Contacted-host reputation was not checked or saved, so the observed no complete contacted-host reputation result was available.
What To Do Now
Use the installer only if it came from a trusted BMW Scanner software or hardware source, and verify that its age and version match the intended device. Keep endpoint protection enabled, create a restore point before installing an old driver, and avoid running it if the source or package contents differ from expectations.
Where this verdict could be wrong4 caveats
- behaviour.offensiveTechniques includes T1543.003 and T1548, which can involve service creation and elevated execution.
- MalwareTips.Synth.DirectIpC2 fired after direct IP contacts were observed, but contactedHosts=null means no complete host-reputation result is available.
- signing.signed=false, so the executable lacks verified publisher identity.
- All 10 inspected dropped children have unknown individual verdicts despite 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.
- 0/74 engines reported a malicious or suspicious result
- 17 tier-1 engines reported no detection
- Observed since 2010 across 369 sources and 444 submissions
- No malicious sandbox verdict was recorded
- No confirmed malicious dropped child was found
- Unsigned Win32 executable with no verified publisher identity
- Runtime observation included T1543.003 and T1548
- Direct IP contacts lack a complete host-reputation assessment
- Ten dropped components have unknown individual verdicts
- Legacy installer may contain outdated or incompatible drivers
Use only a copy obtained from a trusted device vendor or established archive, and keep endpoint protection enabled. Consider testing it in an isolated environment before installing its legacy driver on a primary system.
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
Partial20 runtime contacts were observed without a completed reputation cross-check.
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
- 12MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- 11spawned processes
- 20network contacts
- 40filesystem & mutex artifacts
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
hardware faulty BMW Scanner v140 Install.exe
61b5d1c186b0a6e6759c41604143c44e6b4eed42337fca7f5ed7ebc83eac810a
01Uploaded file
Processes
Runtime execution
- ProcessObserved
Observed process
"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\software.exe"
02Isolated runtime analysis - ProcessObserved
Observed process
%SAMPLEPATH%\61b5d1c186b0a6e6759c41604143c44e6b4eed42337fca7f5ed7ebc83eac810a.exe
03Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Files
Created or changed
- Written fileObserved
gert0.dll
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\gert0.dll
04Isolated runtime analysis - Written fileObserved
BMW Scanner v1.4.0.set
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\ci0-temp\BMW Scanner v1.4.0.set
05Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Network
Hosts contacted
- Contacted hostObserved
192.168.0.32
Contact observed during runtime.
06Isolated runtime analysis - Contacted hostObserved
20.99.132.105
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.
- 192.168.0.32
- 20.99.132.105
- 23.216.147.64
- a83f:8110:2800:1800:4000:1800:1800:100
- 20.62.24.77
- 20.99.184.37
- 131.253.33.203
- 20.99.133.109
- 192.229.211.108
- 23.216.147.76
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\gert0.dll
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\ci0-temp\BMW Scanner v1.4.0.set
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\ci0-temp\logo.bmp
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\ci0-temp\install.bmp
- C:\BMWScan140\_ci_gentee_
- C:\BMWScan140\_ci_gentee_
- C:\BMWScan140
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER2054.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER2110.tmp.csv
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER214F.tmp.txt
- f0392e3e1c9daeb
- CTF.LBES.MutexDefaultS-1-5-21-1482476501-1645522239-1417001333-500
- CTF.Compart.MutexDefaultS-1-5-21-1482476501-1645522239-1417001333-500
- CTF.Asm.MutexDefaultS-1-5-21-1482476501-1645522239-1417001333-500
- CTF.Layouts.MutexDefaultS-1-5-21-1482476501-1645522239-1417001333-500
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 10 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.
- f0c394003fff829569f2…95c742Never scannednever seen before
- 7325849786299ff7adf9…beb895Never scannednever seen before
- dca76d020730f2dff485…ea00c2Never scannednever seen before
- 1237d4a86e452aebd7e0…744894Never scannednever seen before
- 25b4fddf725d9712ac3e…828919Never scannednever seen before
- ad622530950e0cf322c9…919307Never scannednever seen before
- e5a53bda08c2722ce214…1ce0e6Never scannednever seen before
- abba7070a839e98ab311…2f8f33Never scannednever seen before
- 5e47d44dac182d7402f7…8a687cNever scannednever seen before
- 6718c803305bba634f2c…e4ea04Never 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 / 74engines flagged
- 369sources 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 369 sources.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceDerivedSourceSubmission historyObserved at - 03
The hash has been submitted 444 times from 369 sources.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceSaved report factsObserved at - 04
Scanned file: hardware faulty BMW Scanner v140 Install.exe — 61b5d1c186b0a6e6759c41604143c44e6b4eed42337fca7f5ed7ebc83eac810a
ProvenanceObservedSourceUploaded fileObserved at - 05
Observed process — "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\software.exe"
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 06
Observed process — %SAMPLEPATH%\61b5d1c186b0a6e6759c41604143c44e6b4eed42337fca7f5ed7ebc83eac810a.exe
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 07
File written: gert0.dll — C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\gert0.dll
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 08
File written: BMW Scanner v1.4.0.set — C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\ci0-temp\BMW Scanner v1.4.0.set
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 09
Contacted host: 192.168.0.32 — Contact observed during runtime.
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 10
Contacted host: 20.99.132.105 — 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.
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.
Evidence20.99.132.105 · 23.216.147.64 · a83f:8110:2800:1800:4000:1800:1800:100
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
- hardware faulty BMW Scanner v140 Install.exe
- Format
- Win32 EXE
- Code signing
- No verified publisher
- Size
- 3.9 MB
- Last analyzed
- Sep 22, 2026, 8:05 PM UTC
61b5d1c186b0a6e6759c41604143c44e6b4eed42337fca7f5ed7ebc83eac810aSafety & 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
Install it only when it came from the developer's official site or an official app store.
- 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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