File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is libresprite-
Only 2 of the 67 antivirus engines that checked it raised generic alerts, while broad prevalence, clean combined sandbox results, and fully checked host contacts favor a false…
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Moderate evidence · No engine flags it, but no publisher signature confirms who made it.
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Antivirus results
2 of 67 flagged
- Flagged 2
- No detection 65
- No result 8
- Code signing Unsigned
- Test run Completed
- First seen 25d ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
4 points against it and 5 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
The two generic detections are outweighed by 267 independent submitters, silence from major antivirus engines, and a clean combined sandbox verdict across four runs. The executable is unsigned and protected, so it should still be obtained from the project’s established release channel and scanned before installation.
Two of the 67 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the installer, but neither detection names a malware family and no major antivirus engines agreed. The file has been submitted by 267 sources, providing a substantial benign anchor despite being first seen on Oct 2, 2026. The combined sandbox verdict was clean, with no named injection target, persistence indicator, malicious child, or high-risk technique recorded. Reputation checks covered every observed contact and found no current malicious or suspicious host; the one historical record was stale and adds no weight. The executable is unsigned and protected with .NET Reactor, which warrants caution, but those properties do not overcome the stronger benign evidence.
What We Detected
DeepInstinct and Trapmine flagged the installer, accounting for 2 of the 67 antivirus engines that checked it. Their labels are generic, no major antivirus engines detected malware, and no engine consensus identified a real family. The file has also been submitted by 267 distinct sources.
Threat Behavior
The combined sandbox verdict was clean. The installer created temporary setup files and launched the installed application, but no named process-injection target, persistence mechanism, malicious child, or high-risk technique was recorded. Reputation checks covered all observed contacts and found no current malicious or suspicious host.
What To Do Now
Prefer the project’s established release channel and verify that the download source and version match what you intended to install. Keep security software enabled and rescan the installer before running it, particularly because it is unsigned and uses code protection.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- The Windows executable is unsigned and protected with .NET Reactor, reducing publisher assurance and making its code harder to inspect.
- DeepInstinct and Trapmine flagged the file, although neither supplied a named malware family and no major antivirus engines agreed.
- One behaviour rule associated packing and a network request with a possible downloader profile, but the evidence from the test run did not show a downloaded stage or other high-risk technique.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- Only 2 of the 67 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file, and no major antivirus engines detected it.
- The file was submitted by 267 distinct sources a total of 293 times.
- The combined sandbox verdict was clean without a named injection target or persistence mechanism.
- All observed contacts received reputation coverage, with no current malicious or suspicious host found.
- The only child with a saved reference verdict was present in a known-software reference set.
- The executable is unsigned, so there is no verified publisher identity attached to these bytes.
- Two engines raised generic alerts.
- The executable uses .NET Reactor protection, which makes code inspection more difficult.
- One behaviour rule associated the combination of protection and a network request with possible downloader activity, although no downloaded payload was observed.
6 sources checked · all complete. See every source
Chapter 03
What it did in our test
It ran in 4 isolated tests; no test environment rated what it did as risky.
Test run summary
Capture complete- 4isolated sandbox runs
- 15sandbox rule tags
- 6spawned processes
- 1network contact
- 23filesystem & mutex artifacts
What this file did when executed
This file was detonated in 4 sandboxes and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Sandbox verdicts
1- VT: CLEANclean
Techniques observed in the sandbox
15MITRE ATT&CK techniques the sandbox mapped. Highlighted ones are rare in normal software; the others are common in legitimate programs too.
- T1027· Obfuscated code
- T1027.002· Obfuscated code
- T1033· Reads user info
- T1036
- T1055· Process injection
- T1069
- T1070· Covers its tracks
- T1071· Application protocol
- T1082· System recon
- T1129· Loads modules
- T1485
- T1497· Sandbox evasion
- T1553
- T1553.002
- T1574· Execution hijack
Observed activity
Processes started
6Programs the file ran, with their command lines.
libresprite-v1.3-windows-x86_64-installer.exe"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\libresprite-v1.3-windows-x86_64-installer.exe"libresprite-v1.3-windows-x86_64-installer.tmp"C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-Q6YAGC4OVB.tmp\libresprite-v1.3-windows-x86_64-installer.tmp" /SL5="$5003C,30049534,843776,C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\libresprite-v1.3-windows-x86_64-installer.exe"libresprite.exe"C:\Program Files\LibreSprite\libresprite.exe"7e03e5b1e7b08081333ca685b91cf6b0b141f7bdaf1d6fce938f7fb422de036d.exeC:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-4YTWJOB06J.tmp\7e03e5b1e7b08081333ca685b91cf6b0b141f7bdaf1d6fce938f7fb422de036d.tmp /SL5=$20174,30049534,843776,C:\Users\<USER>\Downloads\7e03e5b1e7b08081333ca685b91cf6b0b141f7bdaf1d6fce938f7fb422de036d.exelibresprite-v1.3-windows-x86_64-installer.exe"C:\Users\user\Desktop\libresprite-v1.3-windows-x86_64-installer.exe"libresprite-v1.3-windows-x86_64-installer.tmp"C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\is-S9GDSM74OH.tmp\libresprite-v1.3-windows-x86_64-installer.tmp" /SL5="$20426,30049534,843776,C:\Users\user\Desktop\libresprite-v1.3-windows-x86_64-installer.exe"
Network contacts
11 host, listed as 1 domain. Links show the host and path only.
- Domain
api.msn.com
Files
13Files the file created, changed or deleted.
- Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-Q6YAGC4OVB.tmp\libresprite-v1.3-windows-x86_64-installer.tmp - Written
\Device\ConDrv\Connect - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\LibreSprite\sessions\20261002-105603-5776\pid - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\LibreSprite\sessions\20261002-105603-5776\ver - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\LibreSprite\palettes\default.ase - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-4YTWJOB06J.tmp\7e03e5b1e7b08081333ca685b91cf6b0b141f7bdaf1d6fce938f7fb422de036d.tmp
Show all 13 entries for files
- Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-E4NDM854U6.tmp\_isetup\_setup64.tmp - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\is-3W1N40SJML.tmp - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\is-3W1N40SJML.tmp\_isetup - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\is-3W1N40SJML.tmp\_isetup\_setup64.tmp - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\is-S9GDSM74OH.tmp - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\is-S9GDSM74OH.tmp\libresprite-v1.3-windows-x86_64-installer.tmp
Registry and auto-start
8Settings 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
Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\Owner - Set
Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\SessionHash - Set
Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\Sequence
Show all 8 entries for registry and auto-start
- Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager - Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000
Mutexes
10Named locks a program uses so only one copy runs; malware families often reuse them.
Local\FmsRegMutex\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\RstrMgr3887CAB8-533F-4C85-B0DC-3E5639F8D511\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\RstrMgr-3887CAB8-533F-4C85-B0DC-3E5639F8D511-Session0000\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Global\C::Users:user:AppData:Local:Microsoft:Windows:Explorer:iconcache_idx.db!rwWriterMutex\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Global\C::Users:user:AppData:Local:Microsoft:Windows:Explorer:iconcache_16.db!dfMaintainer\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Global\C::Users:user:AppData:Local:Microsoft:Windows:Explorer:iconcache_32.db!dfMaintainer
Show all 10 entries for mutexes
\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Global\C::Users:user:AppData:Local:Microsoft:Windows:Explorer:iconcache_48.db!dfMaintainer\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Global\C::Users:user:AppData:Local:Microsoft:Windows:Explorer:iconcache_96.db!dfMaintainer\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Global\C::Users:user:AppData:Local:Microsoft:Windows:Explorer:iconcache_256.db!dfMaintainer\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Global\C::Users:user:AppData:Local:Microsoft:Windows:Explorer:iconcache_768.db!dfMaintainer
Sandbox background — not the file
9The analysis machine's own processes and connections, recorded in every run.
- VM process
services.exeC:\Windows\system32\services.exe - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k UnistackSvcGroup - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -p -s StorSvc - VM process
lsass.exeC:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalService -s W32Time
Show all 9 entries for sandbox background — not the file
- VM host
atm.teams.mira.tm.svc.cloud.microsoft - VM host
assets.msn.com - VM host
162.159.36.2
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 4 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache. 3 have no saved verdict and were not checked; that is missing coverage, not a finding.
- d5cab13723d3202eb96f…402f9fNot checkedno saved verdict
- 9c193c604ad7de942961…08f41bCleantrust 85known-software reference set · not scanned here
- 84ea86efb077b49eb161…407cfeNot checkedno saved verdict
- 1b7ebb8d6c83588729eb…c445a5Not checkedno saved verdict
Chapter 04
Technical details
2 of the 67 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 2
The Safe verdict weighed these detections and treats them as non-decisive.
- DeepInstinctMALICIOUS
- Trapminesuspicious.low.ml.score
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Oct 27, 2026, 10:15 PM UTC
- SHA-256
7e03e5b1e7b08081333ca685b91cf6b0b141f7bdaf1d6fce938f7fb422de036d- SHA-1
0174db4e6c4b3e735df24a53019d4cbc829f18e3- MD5
9c335add609602dc873d0b67cbb0666c
About this file
libresprite-v1.3-windows-x86_64-installer.exe says it is LibreSprite Setup (LibreSprite), 31.3 MB.
- Claims to be
- LibreSprite Setup (LibreSprite)From the file's own version information, written by whoever built it.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 31.3 MB
- Signer
- UnsignedNo code signature.
- First seen
- Oct 2, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 267 distinct sources
- Packer
- .NET Reactor 2.X-3.X (DetectItEasy protector)Packing hides code; legitimate installers use it too.
- Entropy
- 6.31 of 8
First scanned
Antivirus consensus
2 of 67 engines flagged this file
8 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-116 engines0flagged
- Tier-234 engines1flagged
- Low-trust17 engines1flagged
View all 75 engine results
- DeepInstinctMalicious: MALICIOUS
- TrapmineMalicious: suspicious.low.ml.score
- AcronisClean
- AhnLab-V3Clean
- AlibabaClean
- alibabacloudClean
- ALYacClean
- Antiy-AVLClean
- APEXClean
- ArcabitClean
- AvastNo result
- Avast-MobileNo result
- AVGNo result
- AviraClean
- BitDefenderClean
- BitDefenderFalxNo result
- BkavClean
- CAT-QuickHealClean
- ClamAVClean
- CMCClean
- CrowdStrikeClean
- CTXNo result
- CylanceClean
- CynetClean
- DrWebClean
- ElasticClean
- EmsisoftClean
- ESET-NOD32Clean
- F-SecureClean
- FortinetClean
- GDataClean
- GoogleClean
- GridinsoftClean
- huorongClean
- IkarusClean
- JiangminClean
- K7AntiVirusClean
- K7GWClean
- KasperskyClean
- KingsoftClean
- LionicClean
- MalwarebytesClean
- MaxSecureClean
- McAfeeDClean
- MicrosoftClean
- MicroWorld-eScanClean
- NANO-AntivirusClean
- PaloaltoClean
- PandaClean
- RisingClean
- SangforClean
- SentinelOneClean
- SkyhighNo result
- SophosClean
- SUPERAntiSpywareClean
- SymantecClean
- SymantecMobileInsightNo result
- TACHYONClean
- tehtrisClean
- TencentClean
- TrellixENSClean
- TrendMicroClean
- TrendMicro-HouseCallClean
- TrustlookNo result
- VaristClean
- VBA32Clean
- VIPREClean
- VirITClean
- ViRobotClean
- WebrootClean
- XcitiumClean
- YandexClean
- ZillyaClean
- ZoneAlarmClean
- ZonerClean
Signatures and behavior heuristics
A community signature or high-severity behavioral heuristic matched. Signatures identify known patterns; heuristics are strong leads but are not proof on their own.
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)Unsigned, packed PE with sandbox-observed network activity. The packing step hides the payload until execution; the network call fetches / reports for the next stage. Classic dropper / stager behaviour.
Evidenceapi.msn.com
Section entropy & packers
A known packer signature (UPX / Themida / VMProtect / etc.) matched this file. Packers aren't malicious on their own, but most malware uses them.
Packers compress or encrypt the executable and only unpack it at runtime. Legitimate commercial software uses them too — but if the file is also unsigned and rare, it's a strong malware signal.
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.
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