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Verdict Suspicious

Analyzed , 9 days ago

Is AnimeAdventuresMacro.exe safe? Treat it as suspicious.

Three generic detections and an unsigned, short history warrant caution, although sandbox evidence and major antivirus engines provide no corroborated malware behavior.

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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 run it until you know where it came from

Verify the download against an official publisher-provided hash or release before use. Keep security protection enabled and avoid running it on a system containing valuable accounts or data until its provenance is established.

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 run 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 ran 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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AnimeAdventuresMacro.exe: 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 71 flagged

  • Flagged 3
  • No detection 68
  • No result 4
FileAnimeAdventuresMacro.exe39.0 MBSHA-256 663d4a0558da…6209ad
  • Code signing Unsigned
  • Test run Completed
  • First seen 10d ago
3 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag it, including Gridinsoft and APEX.

Chapter 02

Why we think so

3 points against it and 4 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.

MT AI Engine · Verdict analysis

The reasoning behind this verdict

Analyst conclusion

Three of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this unsigned executable, but all labels are generic and none came from a major antivirus engine. The sandbox runs recorded no malicious verdict, named injection target, persistence, or sample-generated network contact, so the evidence suggests caution rather than a confirmed malware family.

Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
  • Three independent engines flagged the executable, including Gridinsoft, so the detections cannot be dismissed as purely less-reliable-engine noise.
  • The file is unsigned and was first seen on Oct 28, 2026, leaving little publisher or age-based evidence to establish provenance.

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 · all complete. See every source

Chapter 03

What it did in our test

It ran in 2 isolated tests; no test environment rated what it did as risky.

Test run summary

Capture complete
  • 2isolated sandbox runs
  • 11sandbox rule tags
  • 2spawned processes
  • 0network contacts
  • 23filesystem & 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).

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

  • 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 contacting a server, but no contacted host 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 5: FileSeen in the test run

      AnimeAdventuresMacro.exe

      663d4a0558da48e119f62648e1e54c674dd00ead2b1e1975417c4072826209ad

      Uploaded file

  2. Processes

    What ran

    2
    1. Evidence 2 of 5: ProcessSeen in the test run

      AnimeAdventuresMacro.exe

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

      Test run
    2. Evidence 3 of 5: ProcessSeen in the test run

      AnimeAdventuresMacro.exe

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

      Test run
    3. +1 more recorded observation

  3. Files

    Created or changed

    2
    1. Evidence 4 of 5: Written fileSeen in the test run

      SpiritTown.png

      C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\Images\Defaults\SpiritTown.png

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

      HauntedMansion.png

      C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\Images\Defaults\HauntedMansion.png

      Test run
    3. +1 more recorded observation

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

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Technical details

3 of the 71 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.

SourceStatusResultChecked
Antivirus enginesVirusTotal · 75 enginesCompleteRisk signal: 3 of 71 engines flagged it · 4 gave no result Details for antivirus engines
Sandbox runVirusTotal sandboxes · CAPE Sandbox, ZenboxComplete2 runs, no sandbox verdict recorded Details for sandbox run
Contacted hostsMalwareTips URL scannerComplete1 contacted host checked
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

  • APEXMalicious
  • BkavW32.Malware.FC49A561
  • GridinsoftTrojan.Heur!.02016023

File fingerprint

Last analyzed
Oct 28, 2026, 9:40 PM UTC
SHA-256
663d4a0558da48e119f62648e1e54c674dd00ead2b1e1975417c4072826209ad
SHA-1
5a2967feda670dfa5905abfb51340d9261998dc9
MD5
c2660329692eabd65aa5ba91d29f66ff

About this file

AnimeAdventuresMacro.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 39.0 MB.

Type and size
Win32 EXE · 39.0 MB
Signer
UnsignedNo code signature.
First seen
Oct 28, 2026On VirusTotal.
Submitted by
27 distinct sources
Packer
None detected
Entropy
7.75 of 8

First scanned

Chapter 05

Questions & answers

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

Is AnimeAdventuresMacro.exe safe, or is it malware?
AnimeAdventuresMacro.exe is rated Suspicious: some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. 3 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag it. Don't run it unless you're sure where it came from. If you need the program, download it again from the publisher's own website.
What is AnimeAdventuresMacro.exe?
AnimeAdventuresMacro.exe is a Windows program, about 39.0 MB. It carries no version information saying what it is or who made it. VirusTotal first saw it on Oct 28, 2026.
How many antivirus engines detected AnimeAdventuresMacro.exe?
3 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag AnimeAdventuresMacro.exe, including Gridinsoft and APEX. We weigh which engines flagged it and what else the scan found, not just the count.
I already downloaded and ran AnimeAdventuresMacro.exe — 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 AnimeAdventuresMacro.exe?
The SHA-256 fingerprint of AnimeAdventuresMacro.exe is 663d4a0558da48e119f62648e1e54c674dd00ead2b1e1975417c4072826209ad, and its MD5 is c2660329692eabd65aa5ba91d29f66ff. 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 AnimeAdventuresMacro.exe?
This report reflects the scan on Oct 28, 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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