File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is Cat.
No antivirus engine detected this small XML file, including 17 major antivirus engines, and independent intelligence sources supplied no malware corroboration.
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Moderate evidence · No engine flags it, but no publisher signature confirms who made it.
No remediation is indicated by the available evidence. Keep security protection enabled and use normal caution if the file came from an unexpected source.
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Antivirus results
0 of 62 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 62
- No result 14
- Code signing Not applicable
- Test run Not run
- First seen 7mo ago
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Why we think so
3 points against it and 5 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
All 62 antivirus engines that checked it returned no malicious or suspicious detection, with 17 major antivirus engines also finding nothing. The file is a small XML document and has no corroborating external-intelligence hit, although its limited submission history and lack of the test run leave some residual uncertainty.
The strongest evidence is the absence of detections across 76 antivirus engines, including 17 major antivirus engines. The sample is a 1,704-byte XML file, for which executable code signing is not applicable. MalwareBazaar, YARAify, and CIRCL supplied no matching intelligence, and no rule-based rule fired. The file has appeared only once, so there is limited reputation history. No sandbox run or complete contacted-host check is available, meaning the assessment rests primarily on static scanning and external intelligence.
What We Detected
No malicious or suspicious result was reported by any of the 76 antivirus engines. Seventeen major antivirus engines, including BitDefender, ESET-NOD32, Kaspersky, Microsoft, and Avast, reported no detection. No YARAify rule, MalwareBazaar record, CIRCL match, brand mismatch, or triggered rule was present.
Threat Behavior
No completed sandbox observation is available because behaviour is null. The contacted-host reputation check is also unavailable, so no conclusion can be drawn about possible network activity. Static evidence identifies the sample as a small 1,704-byte XML file rather than a signed executable.
What To Do Now
The available evidence does not indicate malware. Keep security software enabled and open the file only with an application expected to handle its format, especially if it arrived unexpectedly or from an untrusted sender.
Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
- The "rare but long known" prevalence rating reflects only 1 source and 1 submission, so the file has little reputation history.
- The absence of a completed sandbox run and the missing contacted-host reputation result mean activity in the test run and contacted-host reputation were not evaluated.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- 0/62 engines reported malicious or suspicious results.
- 17 major antivirus engines reported it clean and no major antivirus engines flagged it.
- No community YARA rule matched and the hash is not listed in the MalwareBazaar malware database.
- triggeredHeuristics is empty.
- brandMismatch is null.
- A count of 1 distinct submitter and a count of 1 submission indicate limited reputation history.
- The absence of a completed sandbox run means no completed observation from the test run is available.
- The missing contacted-host reputation result means no comprehensive host-reputation result is available.
6 sources checked · 4 complete · 1 not run · 1 not needed or not applicable. See every source
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Technical details
None of the 62 antivirus engines that checked it flag 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.
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Oct 9, 2026, 4:24 AM UTC
- SHA-256
79f626fc2da2b606cfea4aed4dff9d32bca97e93e225104d8b86bcfa725c18ed- SHA-1
d89667bc6b14aa0c6310a6cb285c21c77a4cf3cd- MD5
19fa8e11affc5f373ab6505d20591377
About this file
Cat.amc is an XML file of 1.7 kB.
- Type and size
- XML · 1.7 kB
- Signer
- Not applicable
- First seen
- Mar 6, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 1 sourceRarely seen: few people have submitted this exact file.
First scanned
Includes every engine result (76) and how widely the file has been seen.
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