File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is setup.
No engine detected a threat, extensive historical prevalence supports ordinary software, and completed observations from the test run produced no corroborated high-risk activity.
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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.
Install it only if it came from the developer's own website or an official app store.
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on.
No scanner can promise a file is 100% safe.
Antivirus results
0 of 68 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 68
- No result 7
- Code signing Unsigned
- Test run Completed
- First seen 8y ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
2 points against it and 5 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
None of the 68 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this installer, including the higher-confidence engines, and it has been submitted by 991 distinct sources since it was first seen on Feb 11, 2018. Nine completed observations from the test run produced a combined clean result, with no named injection target, malicious contacted host, or malicious dropped component.
None of the 68 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the executable, while 68 engines analyzed it and all 18 higher-confidence engines reported no detection. Its history is substantial: 991 distinct sources submitted it 1,104 times after it was first seen on Feb 11, 2018. Nine completed observations from the test run produced a combined clean result and recorded no named process-injection target or other corroborated high-risk technique. The complete host cross-check found no malicious or suspicious destination, and no inspected child received a malicious assessment. The executable is unsigned, but that weakness is outweighed by its long-established prevalence and consistently non-hostile scan evidence. The and mappings lack supporting artefacts and therefore do not establish injection or protection tampering.
What We Detected
None of the 68 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the executable, and 68 engines analyzed it. All 18 higher-confidence engines reported no detection. The file has a substantial history, with 991 distinct sources and 1,104 submissions since it was first seen on Feb 11, 2018.
Threat Behavior
Nine completed observations from the test run produced a combined clean result. No named process-injection target, persistence indicator, malicious dropped component, or corroborated high-risk technique was recorded. The complete reputation check covering the observed hosts found no malicious or suspicious destination.
What To Do Now
The available evidence supports normal use. Because the executable is unsigned, obtain it from the expected official distribution channel and keep security software enabled during installation.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- The executable is unsigned, so no verified publisher identity supports it.
- The sandbox summary mapped and T1562.001, but neither mapping had the artefact needed to establish process injection or security-tool tampering.
- One of five files sharing its import-table fingerprint previously received a suspicious assessment, although none shared a matching signer.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- None of the 68 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file.
- All 18 higher-confidence engines reported no detection.
- The file has been submitted by 991 distinct sources and was first seen on Feb 11, 2018.
- Nine completed observations from the test run produced a combined clean result.
- The complete observed-host reputation check found no malicious or suspicious destination.
- The Windows executable has no verified publisher signature.
- Two sandbox technique mappings suggested sensitive actions, although neither was supported by a named target or other required artefact.
6 sources checked · all complete. See every source
Chapter 03
What it did in our test
It ran in 9 isolated tests; no test environment rated what it did as risky.
Test run summary
Capture complete- 9isolated sandbox runs
- 26sandbox rule tags
- 15spawned processes
- 27network contacts
- 40filesystem & mutex artifacts
Includes the sandbox verdicts, 26 mapped techniques, every process, file, registry and network entry and 10 dropped files.
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Technical details
None of the 68 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; no publisher signature.
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.
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Nov 1, 2026, 9:32 PM UTC
- SHA-256
642b509fd8919a3c8be3275089bd7cd1bf086f2449ad292473a66beccf0f8a8e- SHA-1
0d4ac0a3225fa49d69b19748b24f0ff0c1e971b2- MD5
02cf1aecc4fbb062ea5e593d271ffb91
About this file
setup.exe says it is DropIt Setup (DropIt), 5.4 MB.
- Claims to be
- DropIt Setup (DropIt)From the file's own version information, written by whoever built it.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 5.4 MB
- Signer
- UnsignedNo code signature.
- First seen
- Feb 11, 2018On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 991 distinct sources
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 5.31 of 8
First scanned
Includes every engine result (75), 1 matched signature rule, PE section entropy and packers and how widely the file has been seen.
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