Is IMG-20260915-WA0005.jpg safe?
No engine among 75 flagged this JPEG, and external intelligence found no malware association, although its newness and absent runtime data limit certainty.
All 75 engines were free of malicious or suspicious detections, including every tier-1 engine that completed analysis. The file is newly observed, and no runtime analysis or complete host-reputation check is available, so ordinary caution remains appropriate.
6d81d1b26652eabe05…a5f28836d3351fRecommended next actions
Before viewing
View it only when its sender or download source is one you trust.
If you already viewed it
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Intelligence
The saved assessment, checked against the scan evidence and recorded coverage.
The reasoning behind this verdict
This section explains the evidence supporting the verdict and keeps conflicting or missing signals visible.
All 75 engines were free of malicious or suspicious detections, including every tier-1 engine that completed analysis. The file is newly observed, and no runtime analysis or complete host-reputation check is available, so ordinary caution remains appropriate.
The sample is identified as a 133,211-byte JPEG, for which code signing is not applicable. None of 75 engines produced a malicious or suspicious detection, and 10 tier-1 engines completed analysis without flagging it. Research intelligence also returned no matching malware record or YARA rule. No runtime observation was completed, and contacted-host reputation was not checked or saved, so those areas cannot be characterized. Because the hash has only one recorded submission, the strong static scan result is tempered by limited history.
What We Detected
The 133,211-byte JPEG received no malicious or suspicious detections from 75 engines. Ten tier-1 engines completed analysis without flagging it, and no engine supplied a malware-family label.
Threat Behavior
No completed sandbox observation is available, so runtime behavior cannot be assessed. The contacted-host reputation block is also unavailable, meaning no complete network-reputation conclusion can be drawn. External intelligence returned no matching MalwareBazaar record, CIRCL entry, or YARAify rule.
What To Do Now
The evidence supports treating the image as benign under normal use. Because it is newly observed, keep endpoint protection enabled and avoid opening it if it came from an unexpected or untrusted sender.
Where this verdict could be wrong4 caveats
- prevalence.classification=rare_new: the file has only one recorded submission and no established history.
- behaviour=null, so no completed runtime observation is available.
- Nine engines timed out, including Avast, BitDefender, Kaspersky, DrWeb, and Emsisoft.
- contactedHosts=null, so no complete host-reputation cross-check is available.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- 0/75 engines reported malicious or suspicious results
- engines.tier1Malicious=0
- Ten tier-1 engines completed analysis without detection
- externalIntel.malwareBazaar.hit=false
- externalIntel.yaraify.ruleCount=0
- Newly observed hash with only one recorded submission
- No completed runtime observation
- Nine engine timeouts
- No complete contacted-host reputation result
Normal handling is reasonable, but verify the sender if the image arrived unexpectedly. Keep endpoint protection enabled and rescan if the file changes or later intelligence becomes available.
Coverage & freshness
Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.
Antivirus
Complete0 of 75 engines flagged the file.
Sandbox
PartialRuntime data is present, but no completed sandbox environment is recorded.
Network
Not runNo contacted-host reputation check is recorded.
No timestamp recordedYARA
CompleteRule evaluation completed with no recorded matches.
External intel
Complete3 of 3 independent reference sources completed.
Behavior
Plain-English impact first, then the observed runtime evidence.
Runtime behavior was not available
The report does not treat a missing runtime observation as a clean result.
Detection & Forensics
Consensus, attribution, signatures, code structure, prevalence, and identity.
Evidence integrity
Chain of custody for the facts preserved in this report.
- 0rule hits recorded
- 0 / 75engines flagged
- 1sources in submission history
Why these facts are shown
Each statement identifies whether it was directly recorded or derived from saved scan facts.
- 01
0 of 75 antivirus engines flagged the file.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceObservedSourceAntivirus analysisObserved at - 02
No completed runtime observation is available for this file.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceRuntime coverageObserved at - 03
The hash has been submitted 1 time from 1 source.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceSaved report factsObserved at
Detection sources at a glance
The available sources did not agree on a named threat category.
MalwareBazaar, YARAify, and CIRCL hashlookup completed and returned no entries for this hash.
YARA rules
No matchesThe rule pass completed without a saved public match.
0 of 75 engines flagged this file
View all 75 engine results
PE structure
Not applicablePE structure analysis applies to Windows executable formats, not this file type.
How widely this file has been seen
Barely seen in the wild and first surfaced recently. That limits reputation evidence, but rarity alone is not proof of malware.
Fingerprint and provenance
- File name
- IMG-20260915-WA0005.jpg
- Format
- JPEG
- Code signing
- Not applicable to this file type
- Size
- 130.1 KB
- Last analyzed
- Sep 25, 2026, 9:11 AM UTC
6d81d1b26652eabe050456c710bdc9de2e6d2edd46e216586ba5f28836d3351fSafety & FAQ
Complete recovery guidance and answers for the next decision.
What to do now
This file appears low risk based on the evidence available now.
- Recovery step 01
View it only when its sender or download source is one you trust.
- Recovery step 02
A clean result reduces known risk, but it cannot guarantee that every new or targeted threat has been detected.
- Recovery step 03
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on so you stay protected.
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