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Verdict Suspicious

Analyzed , 2 months ago

Is PixelCage.exe safe? Treat it as suspicious.

Unsigned 64-bit executable with four less reliable detections and mixed prior import-table fingerprint verdicts.

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Why Suspicious? 4 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

Treat the file as untrusted; isolate and analyse further before any production use.

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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Why we think so

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PixelCage.exe: Suspicious — MalwareTips file scan

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Antivirus results

4 of 70 flagged

  • Flagged 4
  • No detection 66
  • No result 5
FilePixelCage.exe10.0 MBSHA-256 69cccfac7b92…2cfd2c
  • Code signing Unsigned
  • Test run Completed
  • First seen 6mo ago
4 of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flag it, including Skyhigh (McAfee) and APEX.

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

Four less reliable engines flagged the file while major antivirus engines remained silent. Samples built with the same import table have produced both suspicious and malicious verdicts in the past. No sandbox malice or external-intel hits were observed.

Where this verdict could be wrong1 caveat
  • Skyhigh smaller detection 'BehavesLike.Win64.Dropper.tc' is a generic behavioural label rather than a named family.

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 not needed or not applicable. 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
  • 9sandbox rule tags
  • 2spawned processes
  • 0network contacts
  • 0filesystem & 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: Ran commands or a script on the test computer.

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

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

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

  • Note: Looked through folders on the test computer (most installers do this).

  • Note: Loaded extra code modules while running.

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

  • Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as contacting a server, but no contacted host was recorded.

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 3: FileSeen in the test run

      PixelCage.exe

      69cccfac7b923957e0abd4e80da3367ae846b68268eef3714dd6391fd72cfd2c

      Uploaded file

  2. Processes

    What ran

    2
    1. Evidence 2 of 3: ProcessSeen in the test run

      PixelCage.exe

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

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

      PixelCage.exe

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

      Test run
    3. +1 more recorded observation

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

Chapter 04

Technical details

4 of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; no publisher signature.

Sources checked

Every check behind this verdict

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

SourceStatusResultChecked
Antivirus enginesVirusTotal · 75 enginesCompleteRisk signal: 4 of 70 engines flagged it · 5 gave no result Details for antivirus engines
Sandbox runVirusTotal sandboxesCompleteRuntime behaviour was recorded Details for sandbox run
Contacted hostsMalwareTips URL scannerNot neededThe sandbox recorded no contacted hosts to checkNo date recorded
Signature rulesYARAify community rules + MalwareTips rulesCompleteNo rule matched
Malware sample databaseabuse.ch MalwareBazaarCompleteNot listed
Known-software referenceCIRCL hashlookupCompleteNo match

Engines that flagged it 4

  • APEXMalicious
  • BkavW32.Malware.761E5559
  • CylanceUnsafe
  • SkyhighBehavesLike.Win64.Dropper.tc

File fingerprint

Last analyzed
Aug 25, 2026, 8:49 PM UTC
SHA-256
69cccfac7b923957e0abd4e80da3367ae846b68268eef3714dd6391fd72cfd2c
SHA-1
431f471ada587676815c4610b874a7294647f03f
MD5
571ae5dc8ed40a4344fbd67739b4e532

About this file

PixelCage.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 10.0 MB.

Type and size
Win32 EXE · 10.0 MB
Signer
UnsignedNo code signature.
First seen
Apr 23, 2026On VirusTotal.
Submitted by
20 distinct sources
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 PixelCage.exe safe, or is it malware?
PixelCage.exe is rated Suspicious: some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. 4 of the 70 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 PixelCage.exe?
PixelCage.exe is a Windows program, about 10.0 MB. It carries no version information saying what it is or who made it. VirusTotal first saw it on Apr 23, 2026.
How many antivirus engines detected PixelCage.exe?
4 of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flag PixelCage.exe, including Skyhigh (McAfee) and APEX. We weigh which engines flagged it and what else the scan found, not just the count.
What should I do if I already ran PixelCage.exe?
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 PixelCage.exe?
The SHA-256 fingerprint of PixelCage.exe is 69cccfac7b923957e0abd4e80da3367ae846b68268eef3714dd6391fd72cfd2c, and its MD5 is 571ae5dc8ed40a4344fbd67739b4e532. 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 PixelCage.exe?
This report reflects the scan on Aug 25, 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.
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