File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is Steam
The verified Valve installer has no detections across 74 engines and extensive long-term prevalence, while its YARA matches identify ordinary NSIS packaging.
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Strong evidence · A verified publisher signature, and no engine flags it.
Proceed only when the file came from Steam's official channel and its Valve Corp. signature validates locally. Keep security protection enabled and replace the installer if either check fails.
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We found nothing harmful in this file.
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Antivirus results
0 of 68 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 68
- No result 6
- Code signing Valve Corp.
- Test run Completed
- First seen 2y ago
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Why we think so
4 points against it and 4 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
All 68 antivirus engines that checked it produced no malware or suspicious detection, including 17 major antivirus engines, and the executable carries a verified Valve Corp. signature. Its extensive distribution history and installer-specific YARA matches outweigh isolated sandbox rule-based mappings, though downloading a fresh copy from Steam remains prudent.
The executable is verified as signed by Valve Corp., and none of the 68 antivirus engines that checked it flagged it. It has also accumulated 229,229 submissions from 3,701 sources over 847 days, which strongly supports an established commercial installer. The four YARA matches describe NSIS packaging and digital certificates rather than a malware family. One sandbox mapped several concerning techniques, including and possible access to the Windows password store, but issued no malicious verdict and found installation activity involving Steam.exe and SteamService.exe. Ten files it created were inspected without a malicious child finding, although their individual verdicts remain unknown. Taken together, the behavioural rules lack corroboration against the much stronger identity, prevalence, and antivirus evidence.
What We Detected
The executable is signed with a verified certificate naming Valve Corp. None of the 68 antivirus engines that checked it reported malware or suspicious content, including all 17 major antivirus engines. The file is also well established, with 229,229 submissions from 3,701 sources over 847 days.
Threat Behavior
One completed sandbox run showed Steam installation activity, including writing Steam.exe and SteamService.exe and installing the Steam Client Service. The four YARA matches identify NSIS installer structures and digital-certificate data, not a malware family. Ten dropped files were checked without identifying a malicious child; however, their individual results remain unknown. The host-reputation check covered only five observed hosts and was not complete for every recorded contact.
What To Do Now
Use the installer only if it came from Steam's official distribution channel, and confirm that Windows still shows a valid Valve Corp. digital signature. Keep security software enabled and obtain a fresh official copy if the source or signature differs.
Where this verdict could be wrong4 caveats
- The completed sandbox mapped activity to and reported possible targeting of the Windows password store, which is concerning, but no malicious sandbox verdict corroborated those rule-based mappings.
- A count of 9 mapped offensive techniques includes T1485, T1486, and T1562.001, although the recorded process and file activity principally reflects Steam installation and service setup.
- The cross-check of 5 hosts does not cover every distinct IP and URL recorded under behaviour, so no complete host-reputation result is available.
- The signer-history record contains only 2 historical samples and this signer is not auto-trusted from its history, limiting the independent strength of signer history.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- 0/68 engines reported malware or suspicious content.
- Verified digital signature from Valve Corp.
- 229,229 submissions from 3,701 sources over 847 days.
- No malicious sandbox verdict and no malicious file it created.
- Sandbox rules mapped activity to process injection.
- Nine offensive-technique mappings included T1485, T1486, and T1562.001.
- Host-reputation coverage was incomplete for all recorded network contacts.
- All 10 inspected files it created have unknown individual verdicts.
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 partial. See every source
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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- 39sandbox rule tags
- 6spawned processes
- 8network contacts
- 40filesystem & mutex artifacts
Includes 39 mapped techniques, every process, file, registry and network entry and 9 dropped files.
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Technical details
None of the 68 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; signed by Valve Corp..
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 14, 2026, 5:49 PM UTC
- SHA-256
7d3654531c32d941b8cae81c4137fc542172bfa9635f169cb392f245a0a12bcb- SHA-1
da5995070737ec655824c92622333c489eb6bce4- MD5
1b54b70beef8eb240db31718e8f7eb5d
About this file
SteamSetup.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 2.4 MB.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 2.4 MB
- Signer
- Valve Corp.Valid code signature.
- First seen
- May 20, 2024On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 3,701 distinct sources
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 8.00 of 8
First scanned Updated
Includes every engine result (74), 6 matched signature rules, PE section entropy and packers and how widely the file has been seen.
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