File scan report
Verdict Suspicious
Is setup.
An unsigned installer that 6 of the 68 antivirus engines that checked it flag, several of them identifying it as a software crack, with one malicious sandbox run contradicted by…
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Why Suspicious? 6 antivirus engines flag it and one sandbox test run rated it malicious while another found nothing.
Moderate evidence · More than one sign points to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful.
Do not run this installer. Obtain the software from its official publisher and keep your security protection enabled.
What to do now4 steps
Some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. Treat it with caution.
What to do
Don't install it unless you're sure where it came from.
Check where you got it: an unexpected attachment, a link someone sent you or a re-upload is a red flag.
If you can't confirm where it came from, delete it. If you need the program, download it again from the publisher's own website.
If you already installed it
Stop using it, run a full scan with your antivirus and watch for unexpected behavior or security alerts.
Not sure what to do?
Ask the MalwareTips community before you run it. If you already ran it, follow the cleanup guide.
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Antivirus results
6 of 68 flagged
- Flagged 6
- No detection 62
- No result 7
- Code signing Unsigned
- Test run Completed
- First seen 7d ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
4 points against it and 3 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
Six of the 68 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this unsigned installer, including Sophos and Trellix. Malwarebytes labels it a crack-style riskware tool. The sandbox runs disagreed: one returned malicious and another returned clean, and no hostile action was confirmed. Cracked software installers often carry hidden risks.
Six of the 68 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file. Two of them are major antivirus engines, but both used generic reputation labels and named no malware family. Malwarebytes calls it a crack, which matches the file's overall threat labelling. The installer is unsigned, so no publisher vouches for it. The sandbox runs showed a typical installer unpacking helper libraries, and a malicious verdict from one run was offset by a clean one, with no injection target or hostile network contact found. Although the file has many submitters, that does not establish it as safe given the crack labelling.
What We Detected
6 of the 68 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this unsigned installer, first seen on Oct 19, 2026. Sophos reports a reputation-based potentially unwanted program, Trellix reports a generic detection, and Malwarebytes labels it riskware associated with a software crack. No engine named a malware family, and no reference database lists the file.
Threat Behavior
The sandbox runs show an installer that extracts a temporary setup program and helper libraries. One run returned a malicious verdict and another returned a clean one. No process injection target, persistence or hostile network contact was confirmed.
What To Do Now
Avoid running cracked or unofficial installers. Get the software from its official publisher instead. If you have already run this file, scan your system with up-to-date security software and keep your protection enabled.
Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
- The file was submitted by about 1,175 distinct sources and most major antivirus engines (16) reported nothing, which suggests many people run it without a clear malware detection.
- No high-risk techniques were corroborated in the sandbox runs, and the observed processes look like an ordinary installer unpacking itself.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- Many distinct sources submitted the file.
- No corroborated high-risk behaviour or malicious network contact was observed.
- No listing in malware reference databases.
- Engines label the file as a software crack or riskware.
- Two major antivirus engines flagged it.
- The installer carries no digital signature.
- One sandbox run returned a malicious verdict.
6 sources checked · all complete. See every source
Chapter 03
What it did in our test
It ran in 6 isolated tests; 1 test environment rated what it did as risky.
Test run summary
Capture complete- 6isolated sandbox runs
- 20sandbox rule tags
- 5spawned processes
- 0network contacts
- 18filesystem & mutex artifacts
What the test run showed
What the file did on a test computer
Confirmed in the test run
Moderate concern: Contains packed or scrambled code that is harder to inspect (common in installers too).
Moderate concern: Ran commands or a script on the test computer.
Moderate concern: Checked whether it was running on a test computer.
Note: Read the user name of the test computer.
Note: Read basic details of the test computer, such as its Windows version.
Note: Looked through folders on the test computer (most installers do this).
Note: Loaded extra code modules while running.
Sandbox labels we could not confirm (common in safe files too)
Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as code injection, but no injected program was recorded.
Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as contacting a server, but no contacted host was recorded.
Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as changing how Windows loads code; nothing confirms it.
This file was run on a test computer (a sandbox), not on yours. Labels we could not confirm are listed so you can see them, but they are not treated as evidence against the file.
Recorded behavior
What happened in the test
Grouped by step. The order is not a timeline.
- 1
Input file
The submitted object
- Evidence 1 of 5: FileSeen in the test run
setup.exe
7c1d65ed2ad431da2d7dfe9a0fca03e00e57588c903f4b6b8ffb1fdc9af4aef4
Uploaded file
- 2
Processes
What ran
- Evidence 2 of 5: ProcessSeen in the test run
setup.exe
"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\setup.exe"
Test run - Evidence 3 of 5: ProcessSeen in the test run
setup.tmp
"C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-FB5G2.tmp\setup.tmp" /SL5="$5006A,4435580,140800,C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\setup.exe"
Test run - +1 more recorded observation
- 2
Files
Created or changed
- Evidence 4 of 5: Written fileSeen in the test run
setup.tmp
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-FB5G2.tmp\setup.tmp
Test run - Evidence 5 of 5: Written fileSeen in the test run
_setup64.tmp
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-SAR5S.tmp\_isetup\_setup64.tmp
Test run - +1 more recorded observation
5 facts from the test run. See the full activity list.
What this file did when executed
This file was detonated in 6 sandboxes and the results were split: 1 returned "malicious" and 1 returned "clean".
Sandbox verdicts
2- VT: MALWAREmalicious
- VT: CLEANclean
Techniques observed in the sandbox
20MITRE ATT&CK techniques the sandbox mapped. Highlighted ones are rare in normal software; the others are common in legitimate programs too.
- T1012
- T1027· Obfuscated code
- T1027.002· Obfuscated code
- T1033· Reads user info
- T1036
- T1055· Process injection
- T1059· Runs commands
- T1071· Application protocol
- T1082· System recon
- T1083· Scans your files
- T1129· Loads modules
- T1134
- T1497· Sandbox evasion
- T1497.001· Sandbox evasion
- T1529
- T1553
- T1553.002
- T1574· Execution hijack
- T1614
- T1614.001
Observed activity
Processes started
5Programs the file ran, with their command lines.
setup.exe"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\setup.exe"setup.tmp"C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-FB5G2.tmp\setup.tmp" /SL5="$5006A,4435580,140800,C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\setup.exe"setup.exeC:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-24F2C.tmp\setup.tmp /SL5=$2017C,4435580,140800,C:\Users\<USER>\Downloads\setup.exesetup.exe"C:\Users\user\Desktop\setup.exe"setup.tmp"C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\is-50AHE.tmp\setup.tmp" /SL5="$10482,4435580,140800,C:\Users\user\Desktop\setup.exe"
Files
15Files the file created, changed or deleted.
- Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-FB5G2.tmp\setup.tmp - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-SAR5S.tmp\_isetup\_setup64.tmp - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-SAR5S.tmp\_isetup\_shfoldr.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-SAR5S.tmp\idp.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-SAR5S.tmp\innocallback.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-SAR5S.tmp\ISDone.dll
Show all 15 entries for files
- Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-SAR5S.tmp\wintb.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-SAR5S.tmp\BASS.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-SAR5S.tmp\cls-lollypop.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-SAR5S.tmp\cls-lollypop_x64.exe - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-SAR5S.tmp\cls-lollypop_x86.exe - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-SAR5S.tmp\cls-srep_x64.exe - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-SAR5S.tmp\cls-srep_x86.exe - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-SAR5S.tmp\cls-magic2.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-SAR5S.tmp\cls-magic2_x64.exe
Registry and auto-start
10Settings the file changed, including ways to start again after a restart.
- Set
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-575823232-3065301323-1442773979-1000\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\Owner - Set
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-575823232-3065301323-1442773979-1000\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\Sequence - Set
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-575823232-3065301323-1442773979-1000\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\SessionHash - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\MediaResources\DirectSound\Speaker Configuration\Speaker Configuration - Set
Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\Owner - Set
Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\SessionHash
Show all 10 entries for registry and auto-start
- Set
Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\Sequence - Set
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-4270068108-2931534202-3907561125-1001\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.exe\OpenWithProgids\exefile - Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager - Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000
Mutexes
3Named locks a program uses so only one copy runs; malware families often reuse them.
Local\DirectSound DllMain mutex (0x00000E58)\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\RstrMgr3887CAB8-533F-4C85-B0DC-3E5639F8D511\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\RstrMgr-3887CAB8-533F-4C85-B0DC-3E5639F8D511-Session0000
Sandbox background — not the file
2The analysis machine's own processes and connections, recorded in every run.
- VM host
a1672.dscr.akamai.net - VM host
162.159.36.2
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 10 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache. 9 have no saved verdict and were not checked; that is missing coverage, not a finding.
- d92f7c60256509f74e36…62ea29Not checkedno saved verdict
- 450b9b0ba25bf068afbc…fd0105Not checkedno saved verdict
- f84677643d9977aa1e8a…61f824Not checkedno saved verdict
- ed8a485b9984997306ea…c78ee9Not checkedno saved verdict
- 9884e9d1b4f8a873ccbd…360d87Cleantrust 85known-software reference set · not scanned here
- 98139a7fd59bf3d6597e…b6a6bcNot checkedno saved verdict
- 49bdf4c437cf51ed0b36…840119Not checkedno saved verdict
- 6ea07aa4f5565ac28940…c091a9Not checkedno saved verdict
- a4cc6683393795f7b84d…ffe0b8Not checkedno saved verdict
- 11b7f29a32948a164a3f…259e54Not checkedno saved verdict
Chapter 04
Technical details
6 of the 68 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; no publisher signature.
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.
Engines that flagged it 6
- Sophos (major engine)Generic Reputation PUA (PUA)
- TrellixENS (major engine)Artemis!BEC1842DED3A
- BkavW32.Malware.FD36495B
- MalwarebytesRiskWare.Crack
- Paloaltogeneric.ml
- VBA32Trojan.Win32.Generic
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Oct 25, 2026, 2:11 PM UTC
- SHA-256
7c1d65ed2ad431da2d7dfe9a0fca03e00e57588c903f4b6b8ffb1fdc9af4aef4- SHA-1
c77abca67086fc7d6cae3f331ef1c2265905f2f1- MD5
bec1842ded3a188e65e35b99bc3c0804
About this file
setup.exe says it is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Setup (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4), 5.0 MB.
- Claims to be
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Setup (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4)From the file's own version information, written by whoever built it.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 5.0 MB
- Signer
- UnsignedNo code signature.
- First seen
- Oct 19, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 1,175 distinct sources
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 5.55 of 8
First scanned
Antivirus consensus
6 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-118 engines2flagged
- Tier-233 engines1flagged
- Low-trust17 engines3flagged
View all 75 engine results
- BkavMalicious: W32.Malware.FD36495B
- MalwarebytesMalicious: RiskWare.Crack
- PaloaltoMalicious: generic.ml
- SophosMalicious: Generic Reputation PUA (PUA)
- TrellixENSMalicious: Artemis!BEC1842DED3A
- VBA32Malicious: Trojan.Win32.Generic
- AcronisClean
- AhnLab-V3Clean
- AlibabaClean
- alibabacloudClean
- ALYacClean
- Antiy-AVLClean
- APEXClean
- ArcabitClean
- AvastClean
- Avast-MobileNo result
- AVGClean
- AviraClean
- BitDefenderClean
- BitDefenderFalxNo result
- CAT-QuickHealClean
- ClamAVClean
- CMCClean
- CrowdStrikeClean
- CTXNo result
- CylanceClean
- CynetClean
- DeepInstinctNo result
- DrWebClean
- ElasticClean
- EmsisoftClean
- ESET-NOD32Clean
- F-SecureClean
- FortinetClean
- GDataClean
- GoogleNo result
- GridinsoftClean
- huorongClean
- IkarusClean
- JiangminClean
- K7AntiVirusClean
- K7GWClean
- KasperskyClean
- KingsoftClean
- LionicClean
- MaxSecureClean
- McAfeeDClean
- MicrosoftClean
- MicroWorld-eScanClean
- NANO-AntivirusClean
- PandaClean
- RisingClean
- SangforClean
- SentinelOneClean
- SkyhighClean
- SUPERAntiSpywareClean
- SymantecClean
- SymantecMobileInsightNo result
- TACHYONClean
- tehtrisClean
- TencentClean
- TrapmineClean
- TrendMicroClean
- TrendMicro-HouseCallClean
- TrustlookNo result
- VaristClean
- VIPREClean
- VirITClean
- ViRobotClean
- WebrootClean
- XcitiumClean
- YandexClean
- ZillyaClean
- ZoneAlarmClean
- ZonerClean
Signatures and behavior heuristics
Low-severity pattern matches — worth noting but not on their own cause for alarm.
VirusTotal's sandbox summary maps this run to MITRE T1055 (Process Injection), but no injected process of the sample's own was recorded (the analysis VM's own WMI adapter, crash handlers and Chrome updater are not counted). VirusTotal maps T1055 on about half of all files no engine flags, so the mapping alone is not evidence of injection.
EvidenceT1055 (sandbox MITRE mapping)
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
Lots of people are uploading this but it's recent — typical of newly-released legitimate software. Low prior for malware.
Chapter 05
Questions & answers
Short answers to the 6 questions people ask most about this file.
Is setup.exe safe, or is it malware?
What is setup.exe?
How many antivirus engines detected setup.exe?
What should I do if I already installed setup.exe?
What is the SHA-256 hash of setup.exe?
How up to date is this analysis of setup.exe?
Community
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