Is Mechwarrior - MechWarrior 2nd Edition.pdf safe?
No antivirus engine detected a threat in this long-observed PDF, and available external intelligence found no malware-family or matching-rule evidence.
All 72 antivirus engines returned without a malicious or suspicious finding, including 17 tier-1 products. The PDF has also been observed for over twelve years without corroborating threat intelligence, although no runtime analysis or complete host-reputation check is available.
768eb53fc70d5cf035…8d481c75814856Recommended 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.
All 72 antivirus engines returned without a malicious or suspicious finding, including 17 tier-1 products. The PDF has also been observed for over twelve years without corroborating threat intelligence, although no runtime analysis or complete host-reputation check is available.
The strongest evidence is complete agreement across 72 antivirus engines, with no malicious or suspicious detections. Seventeen tier-1 engines, including BitDefender, ESET-NOD32, Kaspersky, and Microsoft, reported no detection. The file has a history spanning 4,543 days and ten submissions, reducing concern that it is an unobserved new sample. MalwareBazaar, CIRCL, and YARAify supplied no corroborating threat evidence, and no heuristic rule fired. No sandbox data or complete contacted-host reputation result is available, so the conclusion rests primarily on static scanning and historical evidence.
What We Detected
None of the 72 antivirus engines flagged this PDF as malicious or suspicious. The non-detecting set includes 17 tier-1 products, such as Avast, BitDefender, ESET-NOD32, Kaspersky, and Microsoft. No malware family was identified, no heuristic rule fired, and the available MalwareBazaar, CIRCL, and YARAify checks produced no corroborating hit.
Threat Behavior
No completed sandbox observation is available, so the document's behavior when opened was not observed. The contacted-host cross-check was also unavailable, meaning no complete network-reputation conclusion can be made. The file is tagged as a PDF containing an AcroForm, but that feature alone is not evidence of harmful behavior.
What To Do Now
Normal document precautions are appropriate: open it with an updated PDF reader and keep endpoint protection enabled. If the document unexpectedly requests credentials, launches external content, or asks for unusual permissions, close it and investigate the source.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- behaviour=null, so no completed sandbox run confirms how active PDF content would behave when opened.
- contactedHosts=null, meaning no complete contacted-host reputation result is available.
- The PDF carries the file.tags value 'acroform', indicating form content that warrants normal document-opening precautions.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- 0/72 engines reported a malicious or suspicious result.
- 17 tier-1 engines reported no detection.
- Observed for 4,543 days across 10 submissions.
- No MalwareBazaar, CIRCL, or YARAify hit.
- No triggered heuristic or brand mismatch.
- No completed sandbox runtime observation is available.
- No complete contacted-host reputation cross-check is available.
- The PDF has an AcroForm tag, indicating interactive form content.
Open the document only with an updated PDF reader while keeping endpoint protection enabled. Avoid entering sensitive information if its source or expected contents cannot be verified.
Coverage & freshness
Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.
Antivirus
Complete0 of 72 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 / 72engines flagged
- 10sources 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 72 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 10 times from 10 sources.
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 72 engines flagged this file
View all 72 engine results
PE structure
Not applicablePE structure analysis applies to Windows executable formats, not this file type.
How widely this file has been seen
Moderate prevalence — neither rare nor common. No strong prior applies.
Fingerprint and provenance
- File name
- Mechwarrior - MechWarrior 2nd Edition.pdf
- Format
- Code signing
- Not applicable to this file type
- Size
- 19.7 MB
- Last analyzed
- Sep 25, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC
768eb53fc70d5cf03513273b6fe1a9096702712ccd7b67b7328d481c75814856Safety & 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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