File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is Helios.
None of the 68 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the signed executable, and one sandbox run found no offensive activity, persistence, files it created, or disreputable…
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Strong evidence · A verified publisher signature, and no engine flags it.
Good practice2 tips
We found nothing harmful in this file.
Run it only if it came from the developer's own website or an official app store.
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on.
No scanner can promise a file is 100% safe.
Antivirus results
0 of 68 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 68
- No result 7
- Code signing Input Sense Inc.
- Test run Completed
- First seen 10d ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
3 points against it and 5 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
None of the 68 antivirus engines that checked it detected a threat, including all 17 major antivirus engines, and the executable carries a valid Input Sense Inc. signature. One sandbox run showed no offensive techniques, persistence, injection, dropped files, or known-bad contacts, although the file and signer lack an established history.
The strongest evidence is broad detection silence: none of the 68 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the executable, including all 17 major antivirus engines. Its Input Sense Inc. signature verifies correctly, though the publisher is not curated and has no recorded sample history. One completed sandbox run produced a clean result and showed no offensive techniques, process injection, persistence, file writes, or files it created. Reputation coverage included all three observed hosts and found none known to be malicious or suspicious; two domains and the sole IP were identified as analysis-environment background traffic. No malware-specific YARA rules, MalwareBazaar record, suspicious packing, brand mismatch, or hostile file it created provides contrary evidence. The main uncertainty is that this file was first observed on Oct 15, 2026, has only one submission, and has only one completed behavioral run.
What We Detected
None of the 68 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this executable, including all 17 major antivirus engines. The file is signed by Input Sense Inc., and the signature verifies correctly. No malware-family label, malware-specific YARA rule, MalwareBazaar record, suspicious packer, or brand mismatch was found.
Threat Behavior
One completed sandbox run returned a clean result. It recorded no offensive techniques, injected processes, persistence indicators, written files, or files it created. All three observed hosts received reputation coverage and none was known to be malicious or suspicious; two domains and the sole IP were analysis-environment background contacts rather than sample activity.
What To Do Now
The evidence supports normal use if the file came from the expected publisher or an official distribution channel. Because it was first observed on Oct 15, 2026 and the signer has no established history in our records, keep security software enabled and verify the download source before execution on sensitive systems.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- The file was first observed on Oct 15, 2026 and has only one submission, so its reputation is not yet established.
- The signer has no recorded sample history and is not on the curated trusted-publisher list, limiting the assurance supplied by the valid signature.
- Only one completed sandbox run is available, so behavior coverage is limited.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- None of the 68 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file, including all 17 major antivirus engines.
- The Input Sense Inc. digital signature verifies correctly.
- The completed sandbox run found no offensive behavior, persistence, injection, file writes, or files it created.
- Reputation coverage for all observed hosts found none known to be malicious or suspicious.
- No suspicious packing, brand mismatch, or malware-specific external intelligence was found.
- The executable was first observed on Oct 15, 2026 and has only one recorded submission.
- The signing publisher has no established sample history in our records and is not on the curated trusted-publisher list.
- Behavioral evidence comes from only one completed sandbox run.
6 sources checked · all complete. 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- 15sandbox rule tags
- 2spawned processes
- 0network contacts
- 0filesystem & mutex artifacts
What this file did when executed
This file was run in a sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Sandbox verdicts
1- VT: CLEANclean
Techniques observed in the sandbox
15MITRE ATT&CK techniques the sandbox mapped. Highlighted ones are rare in normal software; the others are common in legitimate programs too.
- T1027· Obfuscated code
- T1027.002· Obfuscated code
- T1033· Reads user info
- T1036
- T1059· Runs commands
- T1070· Covers its tracks
- T1070.006· Covers its tracks
- T1071· Application protocol
- T1082· System recon
- T1083· Scans your files
- T1129· Loads modules
- T1553
- T1553.002
- T1574· Execution hijack
- T1614
Observed activity
Processes started
2Programs the file ran, with their command lines.
Helios.exe"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\Helios.exe"Helios.exe"C:\Users\user\Desktop\Helios.exe"
Sandbox background — not the file
4The analysis machine's own processes and connections, recorded in every run.
- VM host
a1672.dscr.akamai.net - VM host
eip-terr-na.cdp1.digicert.com.akahost.net - VM host
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com - VM host
162.159.36.2
Chapter 04
Technical details
None of the 68 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; signed by Input Sense Inc..
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · all complete. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Oct 16, 2026, 5:48 AM UTC
- SHA-256
6f286590e68a877168d1db896d8d27e921048a86746fda1e52a9dd161a988843- SHA-1
17a01da45d3dcdf54e98c5d11de028c8c2cad8ad- MD5
10d35351eb7cdb6dbfec92f0176fc81a
About this file
Helios.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 406.8 kB.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 406.8 kB
- Signer
- Input Sense Inc.Valid code signature.
- First seen
- Oct 15, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 1 sourceRarely seen: few people have submitted this exact file.
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 6.35 of 8
First scanned
Antivirus consensus
0 of 68 engines flagged this file
7 of the 75 engines returned no result for this file (file type not supported, or the scan did not finish), so they did not check it.
- Tier-117 engines0flagged
- Tier-234 engines0flagged
- Low-trust17 engines0flagged
View all 75 engine results
- AcronisClean
- AhnLab-V3Clean
- AlibabaClean
- alibabacloudClean
- ALYacClean
- Antiy-AVLClean
- APEXClean
- ArcabitClean
- AvastClean
- Avast-MobileNo result
- AVGClean
- AviraClean
- BitDefenderClean
- BitDefenderFalxNo result
- BkavClean
- CAT-QuickHealClean
- ClamAVNo result
- CMCClean
- CrowdStrikeClean
- CTXClean
- CylanceClean
- CynetClean
- DeepInstinctClean
- DrWebClean
- ElasticClean
- EmsisoftClean
- ESET-NOD32Clean
- F-SecureClean
- FortinetClean
- GDataClean
- GoogleClean
- GridinsoftClean
- huorongClean
- IkarusClean
- JiangminClean
- K7AntiVirusClean
- K7GWClean
- KasperskyClean
- KingsoftClean
- LionicClean
- MalwarebytesClean
- MaxSecureClean
- McAfeeDClean
- MicrosoftClean
- MicroWorld-eScanClean
- NANO-AntivirusClean
- PaloaltoClean
- PandaClean
- RisingClean
- SangforClean
- SentinelOneClean
- SkyhighNo result
- SophosClean
- SUPERAntiSpywareClean
- SymantecClean
- SymantecMobileInsightNo result
- TACHYONClean
- tehtrisClean
- TencentClean
- TrapmineClean
- TrellixENSNo result
- TrendMicroClean
- TrendMicro-HouseCallClean
- TrustlookNo result
- VaristClean
- VBA32Clean
- VIPREClean
- VirITClean
- ViRobotClean
- WebrootClean
- XcitiumClean
- YandexClean
- ZillyaClean
- ZoneAlarmClean
- ZonerClean
Section entropy & packers
No high-entropy executable section or known packer signature was detected. Data and resource sections can still have high entropy without indicating packed code.
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.
Chapter 05
Questions & answers
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