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Verdict Safe

Analyzed , 2 months ago

Is Coco-External.exe safe? Yes, no threats found.

No engines flagged the file and sandbox behaviour shows only benign activity.

Moderate evidence · No engine flags it, but no publisher signature confirms who made it.

Run it as usual if it came from the official source

Good practice2 tips

We found nothing harmful in this file.

  1. Run it only if it came from the developer's own website or an official app store.

  2. Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on.

No scanner can promise a file is 100% safe.

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Coco-External.exe: Safe — MalwareTips file scan

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Antivirus results

0 of 71 flagged

  • Flagged 0
  • No detection 71
  • No result 4
FileCoco-External.exe162.3 kBSHA-256 6a51af4af881…d78490
  • Code signing Unsigned
  • Test run Completed
  • First seen 4y ago
None of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag it.

Chapter 02

Why we think so

0 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

Zero detections across 75 engines, no offensive techniques observed, and medium prevalence over four years support a clean classification.

Where this verdict could be wrong1 caveat
  • contactedHosts is null — host-reputation cross-check was not completed, so the single IPv6 contact cannot be confirmed clean or malicious.

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
  • 8sandbox rule tags
  • 2spawned processes
  • 0network contacts
  • 0filesystem & mutex artifacts

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Technical details

None of the 71 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 enginesCompletePositive signal: 0 of 71 engines flagged it · 4 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

File fingerprint

Last analyzed
Aug 25, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC
SHA-256
6a51af4af8817fd837d95bdf97ec6f76c25fcc00abcee3c11fa5810e38d78490
SHA-1
953178868e49d00a897f85e85dea4a9f50dcf55f
MD5
8f9a7cfed21157062ea9df52efe2a49a

About this file

Coco-External.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 162.3 kB.

Type and size
Win32 EXE · 162.3 kB
Signer
UnsignedNo code signature.
First seen
Feb 17, 2022On VirusTotal.
Submitted by
27 distinct sources
Packer
None detected
Entropy
4.63 of 8

First scanned

Chapter 05

Questions & answers

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

Is Coco-External.exe safe?
We found nothing harmful in Coco-External.exe. None of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag it. Run it only if it came from the developer's own website or an official app store.
What is Coco-External.exe?
Coco-External.exe is a Windows program, about 162.3 kB. It carries no version information saying what it is or who made it. VirusTotal first saw it on Feb 17, 2022.
How many antivirus engines detected Coco-External.exe?
None of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag Coco-External.exe. That is a good sign, but not proof, so we also weigh who made it, how widely it is used and what it did in a test run.
What is the SHA-256 hash of Coco-External.exe?
The SHA-256 fingerprint of Coco-External.exe is 6a51af4af8817fd837d95bdf97ec6f76c25fcc00abcee3c11fa5810e38d78490, and its MD5 is 8f9a7cfed21157062ea9df52efe2a49a. 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.
Is it safe to run Coco-External.exe?
We found nothing harmful in Coco-External.exe. The main caveat is where you got it: attackers sometimes spread malware under the name of real software, so get it from the official website. If your own antivirus warns about it, check the source before you ignore the warning.
How up to date is this analysis of Coco-External.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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