File verdict·Decided by the MT AI Engine
Our call

Safe

Clean scan results across 61 engines with no detections; standard Outlook .msg email file shows no malicious indicators.

Trust score92High trust
MT AI confidence · 92%
Re_ PAB Engineering.msg
338.5 KB
7da855c87bbc5670c668257d70fd
Antivirus engines
0 of 74 flagged
Code signing
Unsigned
Age
First seen 28 days ago
MT AI Engine · our arbiter

The verdict, reasoned out.

Not a rules engine. The MT AI Engine reads every signal we collected, weighs them against history, and commits to an answer.

92%Confidence
Very high
Reasoning

High engine coverage returned universally clean results, with 17 tier-1 engines explicitly reporting clean. The file is a standard Outlook .msg format, a prevalent commodity type for email storage, lacking any heuristic triggers or filename red flags. No runtime data exists, but absence of dropped children, malicious contacts, or intel corroboration supports safety. Newness introduces minor uncertainty, but overwhelming clean signals dominate.

Key signals · 4

Each signal cites a concrete token from the evidence the arbiter saw — engine name, MITRE technique, signer string, or an exact count.

  1. 0/61 engines.malicious, engines.tier1Malicious=0 (e.g., BitDefender, ESET-NOD32, Kaspersky all 'undetected')

  2. file.fileType='Outlook', size=346624 bytes, common email container

  3. triggeredHeuristics=[] (none fired), externalIntel.yaraify.ruleCount=0

  4. prevalence.uniqueSources=1, timesSubmitted=1, firstSeen='2026-05-06'

Points in its favour
  • 0 malicious detections (61/74 engines reporting)
  • 17 tier1ReportedClean
  • Standard Outlook fileType
  • No triggeredHeuristics
  • No externalIntel hits
Points against
  • Brand new file (firstSeen='2026-05-06', ageDays=0)
  • Unsigned (signing.signed=false)
  • No sandbox behaviour data
What to do

This file is safe based on comprehensive clean scans. Proceed with normal handling, but extract and scan any attachments separately as a precaution for email files.

No researcher-database hits
External threat-intel sources were not collected for this scan.
Antivirus engine breakdown

0 detections across 74 engines

0 malicious0 suspicious74 clean
Tier-117 engines
0flag
Top commercial AVs (low FP rate)
Tier-238 engines
0flag
Mainstream engines with mixed FP rates
Low-trust19 engines
0flag
Heuristic / generic-AI engines (high FP rate)
All 74 engines report this file as clean.
Hash 7da855c87bbc… cross-referenced against 74 AV engines via our AV network.
Prevalence

How often this file shows up in the wild

Barely seen in the wild and first surfaced recently. This is the footprint of targeted malware the AV industry hasn't signatured yet — extra scrutiny is warranted.

Rare & new
Unique uploaders
1
Very few people have ever uploaded this — rare.
Total submissions
1
Includes repeat uploads by the same source.
First seen by VT
28d ago
May 6, 2026
Prevalence quadrant
here
Rare · New
Targeted malware lives here
Common · New
Just-released software
Rare · Old
Niche or internal tooling
Common · Old
Trusted legitimate binaries
File identity

Forensic fingerprint

File biography
First seen (VT)
5/6/2026, 2:50:23 PM
First seen (MalwareBazaar)
Last analysis (VT)
5/6/2026, 2:50:23 PM
Scanned here
5/6/2026, 2:51:21 PM
File name
Re_ PAB Engineering.msg
Size
338.5 KB
MIME type
application/octet-stream
Detected type
Outlook
SHA-256
7da855c87bbc5670c647586ff446ed8c62d8dfb8defd8dc5e7010068257d70fd
MD5
32989173770fa7bcbd2b619acf8f3cd4
SHA-1
409177c735d56c202e410ad989cdfbf4d39d5c75
First seen (VT)
5/6/2026, 2:50:23 PM
Last analysis (VT)
5/6/2026, 2:50:23 PM
First scan (MalwareTips)
5/6/2026, 2:51:22 PM
Last scan (MalwareTips)
5/6/2026, 2:51:21 PM
Behavior tags
outlook
Community classification

Reviews & malware reports(0)

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