File scan report
Verdict Suspicious
Is assignments1.
Single major rule on a rare ZIP with no sandbox or network signals.
Why Suspicious? One antivirus engine (Kaspersky) flags it; nothing else confirms it.
Limited evidence
Treat the archive as unverified; open only in a controlled environment after local inspection.
What to do now4 steps
Some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. Treat it with caution.
What to do
Don't open or extract it unless you're sure where it came from.
Check where you got it: an unexpected attachment, a link someone sent you or a re-upload is a red flag.
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 opened or extracted it
Stop using it, run a full scan with your antivirus and watch for unexpected behavior or security alerts.
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Antivirus results
1 of 65 flagged
- Flagged 1
- No detection 64
- No result 9
- Code signing Not applicable
- Test run Not run
- First seen 3mo ago
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Why we think so
3 points against it and 3 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
One engine flagged a possible script trojan inside the archive while 65 others remained silent. No sandbox execution data, no dropped files, and no external intelligence hits are available. Low submission count and lack of corroboration leave the nature of the archive undetermined.
The single Kaspersky detection is a generic rule-based label without family consensus or support from any other major antivirus engine. The file is unsigned, only 11 days old, and has been submitted by just three sources, placing it in the rare and category. No sandbox behaviour, contacted hosts, or YARA/CIRCL matches exist to confirm malicious activity. Because the evidence is limited and no decisive malicious signals are present, the appropriate classification is unknown rather than safe or malicious.
What We Detected
One major antivirus engine (Kaspersky) reported HEUR:Trojan.Script.Generic on the ZIP archive. All remaining 65 reporting engines returned undetected or clean. No sandbox execution trace, files it created, or network connections were recorded.
Threat Behavior
Without sandbox results it is impossible to determine whether the archive contains executable scripts, macros, or benign documents. The filename assignments1.zip and portable flag suggest a user-submitted academic file rather than a known malware distribution vector.
What To Do Now
Extract the archive in an isolated environment and inspect contained files with local antivirus or script scanners. Avoid opening any scripts or executables until additional analysis is performed.
Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
- One rule-based detection from a major antivirus engine could indicate a genuine script-based threat inside the ZIP, but lack of corroboration from any other engine or sandbox keeps the signal weak.
- rare and prevalence with only 3 submissions means the file has not been widely tested; absence of detections may reflect coverage gaps rather than confirmed cleanliness.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- No sandbox malicious verdict
- No contacted malicious hosts
- No external intelligence hits
- One rule-based detection from a major antivirus engine
- Archive
- rare and prevalence
6 sources checked · 4 complete · 1 not run · 1 not needed or not applicable. See every source
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Technical details
1 of the 65 antivirus engines that checked it flags it.
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · 4 complete · 1 not run · 1 not needed or not applicable. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
Engines that flagged it 1
- Kaspersky (major engine)HEUR:Trojan.Script.Generic
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Jul 12, 2026, 7:29 PM UTC
- SHA-256
6ebea28b7fe1c783c496c0a64c09398770d75f27bb38c39770357fe87516c720- SHA-1
bea4de325c76fc39e0043c11fa9c4c0365c9940f- MD5
0be538769b0e48a8fffcaa00e6e45b7d
About this file
assignments1.zip is a ZIP file of 206.5 kB.
- Type and size
- ZIP · 206.5 kB
- Signer
- Not applicable
- First seen
- Jul 1, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 3 distinct sourcesRarely seen: few people have submitted this exact file.
First scanned
Includes every engine result (74) and how widely the file has been seen.
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