File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is setup.
None of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flag this widely seen, eight-year-old unsigned Inno Setup installer, and the sandbox runs showed only ordinary installer…
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Strong evidence · Widely seen for a long time, and nothing harmful found.
This installer shows no signs of malware. Because it is unsigned, use it only if it came from the official source, and keep your security software enabled.
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We found nothing harmful in this file.
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Antivirus results
0 of 70 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 70
- No result 5
- Code signing Unsigned
- Test run Completed
- First seen 8y ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
2 points against it and 4 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
None of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flag this installer, including 17 major antivirus engines that returned clean results. It has circulated since 2018 and was submitted by 870 distinct sources. The sandbox runs showed a typical installer extracting its helper libraries, with no high-risk techniques backed by evidence.
None of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file, and every major engine that analysed it reported it clean. The file has been in circulation since 2018 and was seen by 870 distinct submitters, which is typical of established software rather than a targeted threat. In the sandbox runs, the file extracted temporary setup helpers and skin libraries in the way an Inno Setup installer normally does. The direct IP contacts mostly belong to the analysis machine's own background traffic, and no host-reputation result is available for them. The main limitation is that the installer is unsigned, so the publisher cannot be confirmed.
What We Detected
None of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this installer. Major antivirus engines such as Kaspersky, ESET and BitDefender returned clean results. The file was first seen in 2018 and has been submitted by 870 distinct sources. It carries no digital signature.
Threat Behavior
The sandbox runs showed an Inno Setup installer unpacking its temporary setup files and interface libraries. No injected process, persistence or high-risk technique was backed by evidence. Our behaviour rules noted direct IP connections, but most of these addresses are the analysis machine's own background traffic, and no complete host-reputation result is available for them. The high overall entropy comes from the installer's compressed data, not from packed code.
What To Do Now
The file appears to be an ordinary installer. Because it is unsigned, run it only if you obtained it from the software's official source, and keep your antivirus protection enabled.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- The installer is unsigned, so no publisher identity backs it.
- A behaviour rule noted direct IP contacts without a domain, and no host-reputation check was completed for those addresses.
- Other installers built with the same framework were previously judged questionable, some as game-hack software, although that similarity only reflects the shared installer framework.
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 70 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file.
- It has circulated since 2018 and was seen by 870 distinct submitters.
- The sandbox runs showed typical installer unpacking with no high-risk techniques backed by evidence.
- No injected processes or persistence changes were recorded.
- The installer carries no digital signature, so its publisher cannot be verified.
- Direct IP connections were noted without a completed host-reputation check.
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 partial. 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- 18sandbox rule tags
- 13spawned processes
- 4network contacts
- 40filesystem & mutex artifacts
Includes 18 mapped techniques, every process, file, registry and network entry and 10 dropped files.
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Technical details
None of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; no publisher signature.
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 partial. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Sep 7, 2026, 10:44 AM UTC
- SHA-256
7add3ea9df1e1341d5ee379847f2e86015f33cb1fdf395773c73afef8994ea9f- SHA-1
5e5044fea7a711ecac1245e25dd7c9508700a2df- MD5
a7c549538896ab0578c729851e7dd6f0
About this file
setup.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 2.9 MB.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 2.9 MB
- Signer
- UnsignedNo code signature.
- First seen
- May 1, 2018On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 870 distinct sources
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 8.00 of 8
First scanned Updated
Verdict history
- Suspicious
- Safeafter a re-check of the saved evidence
Ratings change when antivirus engines, our checks or MalwareTips staff learn more about a file.
Includes every engine result (75), 1 matched signature rule, PE section entropy and packers and how widely the file has been seen.
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