File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is win32api.
Zero detections across 71 engines, clean sandbox behaviour, and medium prevalence support a benign classification.
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Moderate evidence · No engine flags it, but no publisher signature confirms who made it.
Treat the file as benign; no further action required unless the parent application is itself untrusted.
Good practice2 tips
We found nothing harmful in this file.
Use it only as part of a program you got from the developer's own website.
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on.
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Antivirus results
0 of 71 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 71
- No result 4
- Code signing Unsigned
- Test run Completed
- First seen 1y ago
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Why we think so
0 points against it and 4 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
No antivirus engine flagged the file. Sandbox execution showed only routine system activity with no malicious indicators. The unsigned DLL has existed for over a year with no external intelligence hits.
All 71 reporting engines returned clean results, including 17 major antivirus engines. Sandbox analysis recorded only standard Windows processes and no offensive MITRE techniques. The file shows medium prevalence over 481 days with no dropped malicious files it created or contacted malicious hosts. Filename and brand analysis raised no red flags. The combination of zero engine detections, clean behaviour, and established age points to a legitimate system component.
What We Detected
71 engines scanned the 132 KB Win32 DLL with zero malicious or suspicious detections. No major antivirus engines raised an alert. Sandbox execution produced only routine Windows activity (wmiadap, audiodg, taskhost, etc.) and wrote a single scheduled-task file that itself carried no malicious verdict.
Threat Behavior
No offensive MITRE techniques were observed. The sample contacted no external domains or IPs, created no persistence mechanisms beyond a standard scheduled task, and dropped no malicious files it created. External intelligence sources (YARAify, CIRCL, MalwareBazaar) returned no matches.
What To Do Now
The file can be considered safe for normal use. If it originates from a trusted software package, retain it. If the origin is unknown, verify the parent application before execution.
Where this verdict could be wrong1 caveat
- Unsigned DLL with no signer history leaves open the theoretical possibility of a malicious payload that simply evaded all engines; however, the complete absence of detections, sandbox malice, and external intel makes this unlikely.
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- Zero malicious detections from 71 engines
- Clean sandbox behaviour with no offensive techniques
- Medium prevalence over 481 days
- No external intelligence hits
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 not needed or not applicable. See every source
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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- 13sandbox rule tags
- 7spawned processes
- 0network contacts
- 1filesystem & mutex artifacts
Includes 13 mapped techniques, every process, file, registry and network entry and 1 dropped file.
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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.
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Jul 11, 2026, 4:00 AM UTC
- SHA-256
6ba86018ac060effa78e1597310c83408eb5c9f9cacdf86511c442a6f7bc5464- SHA-1
dc2ae0fbcc0e92e073e5224466690b95012ac761- MD5
a8ee4d01df3cde6a0fed85c278b5ebb8
About this file
win32api.pyd is a Win32 DLL file of 132.6 kB.
- Type and size
- Win32 DLL · 132.6 kB
- Signer
- UnsignedNo code signature.
- First seen
- Mar 17, 2025On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 4 distinct sourcesRarely seen: few people have submitted this exact file.
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 5.39 of 8
First scanned
Includes every engine result (75), PE section entropy and packers and how widely the file has been seen.
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