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Verdict Suspicious

Analyzed , 3 months ago

Is Setup safe? Treat it as suspicious.

Three engines flagged the file with generic trojan/heur labels but no major consensus.

Why Suspicious? 3 antivirus engines flag it, but no major engine agrees; nothing else confirms it.

Limited evidence · One sign points to a problem; nothing else confirms it.

Don't install it until you know where it came from

Treat as suspicious pending further analysis or more evidence; avoid running until additional verification confirms legitimacy.

What to do now4 steps

Some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. Treat it with caution.

What to do

  1. Don't install it unless you're sure where it came from.

  2. Check where you got it: an unexpected attachment, a link someone sent you or a re-upload is a red flag.

  3. If you can't confirm where it came from, delete it. If you need the program, download it again from the publisher's own website.

If you already installed it

  1. Stop using it, run a full scan with your antivirus and watch for unexpected behavior or security alerts.

Not sure what to do?

Ask the MalwareTips community before you run it. If you already ran it, follow the cleanup guide.

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Why we think so

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Setup: Suspicious — MalwareTips file scan

The link always shows the latest result for this exact file (its SHA-256 fingerprint).

Reads the latest antivirus results for this file's hash. Nothing is uploaded.

Antivirus results

3 of 69 flagged

  • Flagged 3
  • No detection 66
  • No result 5
FileSetup23.3 MBSHA-256 6487b6eebf38…bdc897
  • Code signing Unsigned
  • Test run Completed
  • First seen 4mo ago
3 of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flag it, including Malwarebytes and Gridinsoft.

Chapter 02

Why we think so

3 points against it and 3 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.

MT AI Engine · Verdict analysis

The reasoning behind this verdict

Analyst conclusion

Unsigned status and medium prevalence keep the sample in mixed-signals territory.

Where this verdict could be wrong1 caveat
  • Only 3 low-to-mid tier detections with no major consensus leaves room for a rule-based false positive on a new installer.

These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.

6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 partial. 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
  • 24sandbox rule tags
  • 2spawned processes
  • 21network contacts
  • 20filesystem & mutex artifacts

What the test run showed

What the file did on a test computer

Confirmed in the test run

  • Moderate concern: Contains packed or scrambled code that is harder to inspect (common in installers too).

  • Moderate concern: Checked whether it was running on a test computer.

  • Moderate concern: Hid files or windows on the test computer.

  • Note: Read the user name of the test computer.

  • Note: Listed the programs running on the test computer.

  • Note: Talked to servers over the internet during the test run.

  • Note: Read basic details of the test computer, such as its Windows version.

Sandbox labels we could not confirm (common in safe files too)

  • Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as code injection, but no injected program was recorded.

  • Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as recording keystrokes; no keylogging was confirmed.

  • Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as weakening security settings; no setting change was recorded.

  • Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as changing how Windows loads code; nothing confirms it.

This file was run on a test computer (a sandbox), not on yours. Labels we could not confirm are listed so you can see them, but they are not treated as evidence against the file.

Recorded behavior

What happened in the test

Grouped by step. The order is not a timeline.

Seen in the test runWorked out from other results

  1. Input file

    The submitted object

    1
    1. Evidence 1 of 7: FileSeen in the test run

      Setup

      6487b6eebf382a3dcf11636c37f23c4fc70af8edc006ccce49e15277e9bdc897

      Uploaded file

  2. Processes

    What ran

    2
    1. Evidence 2 of 7: ProcessSeen in the test run

      mt5setup.exe

      "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\mt5setup.exe"

      Test run
    2. Evidence 3 of 7: ProcessSeen in the test run

      mt5setup.exe

      "C:\Users\user\Desktop\mt5setup.exe"

      Test run
    3. +1 more recorded observation

  3. Files

    Created or changed

    2
    1. Evidence 4 of 7: Written fileSeen in the test run

      checkwritepermissions.exe

      C:\Program Files\checkwritepermissions.exe

      Test run
    2. Evidence 5 of 7: Written fileSeen in the test run

      dnsperf.dat

      C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\MetaQuotes\dnsperf.dat

      Test run
    3. +1 more recorded observation

  4. Network

    Hosts contacted

    2
    1. Evidence 6 of 7: Contacted hostSeen in the test run

      203.29.60.245

      Contacted during the test run.

      Test run
    2. Evidence 7 of 7: Contacted hostSeen in the test run

      45.94.185.87

      Contacted during the test run.

      Test run
    3. +1 more recorded observation

7 facts from the test run. See the full activity list.

Chapter 04

Technical details

3 of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; no publisher signature.

Sources checked

Every check behind this verdict

6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 partial. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.

SourceStatusResultChecked
Antivirus enginesVirusTotal · 74 enginesCompleteRisk signal: 3 of 69 engines flagged it · 5 gave no result Details for antivirus engines
Sandbox runVirusTotal sandboxesCompleteRuntime behaviour was recorded Details for sandbox run
Contacted hostsMalwareTips URL scannerPartial16 of 21 contacted hosts were cross-checked; coverage is incomplete Details for contacted hosts
Signature rulesYARAify community rules + MalwareTips rulesComplete1 MalwareTips behaviour rule Details for signature rules
Malware sample databaseabuse.ch MalwareBazaarCompleteNot listed
Known-software referenceCIRCL hashlookupCompleteNo match

Engines that flagged it 3

  • BkavW32.Malware.A04F49E2
  • GridinsoftTrojan.Heur!.02212123
  • MalwarebytesMalware.Heuristic.2108

File fingerprint

Last analyzed
Jul 12, 2026, 10:05 AM UTC
SHA-256
6487b6eebf382a3dcf11636c37f23c4fc70af8edc006ccce49e15277e9bdc897
SHA-1
86b2cbd1616deac523644857ca992b283a4f3f0e
MD5
038a343791555f281e8e6f5e5075978b

About this file

Setup is a Win32 EXE file of 23.3 MB.

Type and size
Win32 EXE · 23.3 MB
Signer
UnsignedNo code signature.
First seen
Jun 18, 2026On VirusTotal.
Submitted by
2 distinct sourcesRarely seen: few people have submitted this exact file.
Packer
None detected
Entropy
8.00 of 8

First scanned

Chapter 05

Questions & answers

Short answers to the 6 questions people ask most about this file.

Is Setup safe, or is it malware?
Setup is rated Suspicious: some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. 3 of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flag it. Don't install it unless you're sure where it came from. If you need the software, download a fresh installer from the developer's own website.
What is Setup?
Setup is a software installer, about 23.3 MB. It carries no version information saying what it is or who made it. VirusTotal first saw it on Jun 18, 2026.
How many antivirus engines detected Setup?
3 of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flag Setup, including Malwarebytes and Gridinsoft. We weigh which engines flagged it and what else the scan found, not just the count.
I already downloaded and installed Setup — what should I do?
No infection is confirmed: the rating is a caution, not a malware finding. 1) Check where it came from. If you can't confirm the source, delete it. 2) Run a full scan with your security software. 3) If the scan finds something, follow its removal steps and change passwords you typed on the device since then.
What is the SHA-256 hash of Setup?
The SHA-256 fingerprint of Setup is 6487b6eebf382a3dcf11636c37f23c4fc70af8edc006ccce49e15277e9bdc897, and its MD5 is 038a343791555f281e8e6f5e5075978b. Two files with the same SHA-256 are identical, so use it to check you have exactly this file, not just one with the same name.
How up to date is this analysis of Setup?
This report reflects the scan on Jul 12, 2026. A file's fingerprint never changes, but antivirus engines keep learning, so a rating can change later. To get a newer result, scan the file again: we refresh the antivirus results when the saved ones are out of date.
Chapter 06

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