Is Pokemon - FireRed Version (USA, Europe) (Rev 1).gba safe?
Widely submitted 16-year-old GBA ROM with zero engine detections and clean sandbox behaviour.
No antivirus engine flagged the file. It is a common, long-standing Pokémon ROM with no malicious indicators in sandbox or external-intel sources.
729041b940afe03130…98678d0ca4d059Recommended next actions
Before opening
Open it only when its sender or download source is one you independently trust.
If you already opened it
Keep normal device protection enabled and stop if the file behaves unexpectedly.
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.
No antivirus engine flagged the file. It is a common, long-standing Pokémon ROM with no malicious indicators in sandbox or external-intel sources.
All 75 engines returned clean, including 17 tier-1 engines. The file has been submitted thousands of times since 2010 and shows only ambient behaviour in its single sandbox run. No dropped malicious children or external-intel hits exist. The lone heuristic on direct-IP traffic is inconclusive without host reputation data.
What We Detected
75/75 engines clean; 17 tier-1 engines explicitly marked harmless. File is a 16 MB GBA ROM first seen in 2010.
Threat Behavior
One sandbox execution recorded ambient Office-related activity and a single direct-IP connection; no offensive MITRE techniques, no malicious children, no persistence mechanisms.
What To Do Now
The file can be considered safe for use. Keep endpoint protection enabled as usual.
Where this verdict could be wrong1 caveat
- contactedHosts=null — host-reputation cross-check incomplete; cannot confirm whether 52.110.2.131 is 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.
- Zero engine detections across 75 scanners
- Long history with thousands of clean submissions
- No malicious sandbox verdict or dropped children
The file is safe to keep and run; no further action required.
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
Complete1 isolated runtime environment contributed observations.
Network
Partial1 runtime contact was observed without a completed reputation cross-check.
YARA
Complete1 signature or behavior rule matched.
External intel
Complete3 of 3 independent reference sources completed.
Behavior
Plain-English impact first, then the observed runtime evidence.
Runtime flight recorder
Capture complete- 1isolated sandbox run
- 4MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- 1spawned processes
- 1network contacts
- 12filesystem & mutex artifacts
Attack story
Runtime observations grouped by analysis stage. Arrows organize the stages; they do not claim chronology or causality.
Input file
The submitted object
- FileObserved
Pokemon - FireRed Version (USA, Europe) (Rev 1).gba
729041b940afe031302d630fdbe57c0c145f3f7b6d9b8eca5e98678d0ca4d059
01Uploaded file
Processes
Runtime execution
- ProcessObserved
Observed process
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\document.doc" /q
02Isolated runtime analysis
Files
Created or changed
- Written fileObserved
{9094D1BC-5F3B-4524-8DB1-1739122C3B86} - OProcSessId.dat
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\{9094D1BC-5F3B-4524-8DB1-1739122C3B86} - OProcSessId.dat
03Isolated runtime analysis - Written fileObserved
B52D25A9-CFB8-4E4F-8E14-686401596CE9
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\WebServiceCache\AllUsers\officeclient.microsoft.com\B52D25A9-CFB8-4E4F-8E14-686401596CE9
04Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Network
Hosts contacted
- Contacted hostObserved
52.110.2.131
Contact observed during runtime.
05Isolated runtime analysis
5 recorded facts from one runtime window. Every fact remains independently traceable in Analyst mode.
What this file did when executed
This file was detonated in 1 sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Adversary techniques mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
- 52.110.2.131
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\{9094D1BC-5F3B-4524-8DB1-1739122C3B86} - OProcSessId.dat
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\WebServiceCache\AllUsers\officeclient.microsoft.com\B52D25A9-CFB8-4E4F-8E14-686401596CE9
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\winword.exe_Rules.xml
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Normal.dotm
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\~$Normal.dotm
- Local\10MU_ACBPIDS_S-1-5-5-0-144651
- Local\10MU_ACB10_S-1-5-5-0-144651
- Global\552FFA80-3393-423d-8671-7BA046BB5906
- Local\2BF388D5-6F8C-40A0-A7EE-996D005C4E14_Office16
- Local\F99C425F-9135-43ed-BD7D-396DE488DC53_Office16
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 6 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.
- b235f76cc2cbc437a2ad…7845e1Never scannednever seen before
- 98e5b7239aaaaa661439…c36c3fNever scannednever seen before
- 97da3c982874ec87dcba…014346Never scannednever seen before
- 18896bfd8ccb21dfb3f7…08fa9bNever scannednever seen before
- e46f43faa5f92a1d5b91…2adca5Never scannednever seen before
- c88a0b907419a70c27ab…94aecfNever scannednever seen before
Detection & Forensics
Consensus, attribution, signatures, code structure, prevalence, and identity.
Evidence integrity
Chain of custody for the facts preserved in this report.
- 1rule hit recorded
- 0 / 75engines flagged
- 2,974sources 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
The hash has a long, established submission history across 2,974 sources.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceDerivedSourceSubmission historyObserved at - 03
The hash has been submitted 4,042 times from 2,974 sources.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceSaved report factsObserved at - 04
Scanned file: Pokemon - FireRed Version (USA, Europe) (Rev 1).gba — 729041b940afe031302d630fdbe57c0c145f3f7b6d9b8eca5e98678d0ca4d059
ProvenanceObservedSourceUploaded fileObserved at - 05
Observed process — "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\document.doc" /q
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 06
File written: {9094D1BC-5F3B-4524-8DB1-1739122C3B86} - OProcSessId.dat — C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\{9094D1BC-5F3B-4524-8DB1-1739122C3B86} - OProcSessId.dat
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 07
File written: B52D25A9-CFB8-4E4F-8E14-686401596CE9 — C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\WebServiceCache\AllUsers\officeclient.microsoft.com\B52D25A9-CFB8-4E4F-8E14-686401596CE9
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 08
Contacted host: 52.110.2.131 — Contact observed during runtime.
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved 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.
Signatures and behavior heuristics
Low-severity pattern matches — worth noting but not on their own cause for alarm.
The sample contacted an external IP address directly and no application domain was recorded. Direct-IP traffic also occurs in legitimate installers and infrastructure, so this is supporting context only and requires corroboration from host reputation and other runtime evidence.
Evidence52.110.2.131
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
Widely seen in the wild for a long time. High prior this is legitimate; isolated detections on common-old files are usually false positives.
Fingerprint and provenance
- File name
- Pokemon - FireRed Version (USA, Europe) (Rev 1).gba
- Format
- unknown
- Code signing
- Not applicable to this file type
- Size
- 16.0 MB
- Last analyzed
- Sep 7, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC
729041b940afe031302d630fdbe57c0c145f3f7b6d9b8eca5e98678d0ca4d059Safety & 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
Open it only when its sender or download source is one you independently 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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