File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is Security
Microsoft-signed Windows Security Health installer with zero detections across 75 engines, thousands of submitters over more than two years, and a clean sandbox run.
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Strong evidence · A verified publisher signature, and no engine flags it.
This matches the genuine Microsoft Windows Security installer; verify the Microsoft signature in the file properties before running, and keep your security software enabled.
Good practice2 tips
We found nothing harmful in this file.
Run it only if it came from the developer's own website or an official app store.
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on.
No scanner can promise a file is 100% safe.
Antivirus results
0 of 70 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 70
- No result 5
- Code signing Microsoft Windows Publisher
- Test run Completed
- First seen 2y ago
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Why we think so
1 point against it and 5 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
None of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this file, and it carries a verified Microsoft Windows Publisher signature. It has been seen from over 3,400 sources since early 2024, and its single sandbox run finished clean. It matches the official installer used to restore the Windows Security app.
None of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file, including all 17 major antivirus engines that returned a result. The code signature is verified and belongs to Microsoft Windows Publisher, matching our curated trusted-publisher list, with no brand mismatch. The file is widely distributed, with more than 3,400 independent submitters over about 955 days, which rules out a rare lookalike impersonating security software. The one sandbox run returned clean; the service-creation and token techniques it mapped are consistent with an installer registering a Windows service, and every contacted host checked against our cache came back without malicious or suspicious hits.
What We Detected
None of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this file. It is signed with a verified Microsoft Windows Publisher certificate and has been submitted by more than 3,400 independent sources since March 2024. Its name and signer are consistent with the official Windows Security Health setup package.
Threat Behavior
One sandbox run completed and returned clean. The run mapped service creation and token-related techniques, which are expected for a system installer that registers a Windows service. Updater processes seen in the run appear to belong to the analysis environment. All contacted hosts we checked had no malicious or suspicious record, and the network traffic matched Microsoft infrastructure and the VM's background activity.
What To Do Now
If you downloaded this to repair a missing Windows Security app, it matches the genuine Microsoft-signed package. Confirm the digital signature shows Microsoft before running it, and keep your antivirus protection enabled.
Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
- The sandbox run mapped token manipulation and service creation and recorded injection into updater processes, but these match an installer registering a system service and the VM's own updater activity, and the run itself returned clean.
- A third-party community annotation gave a high threat score, but the comments block contained instruction-like text and was downweighted; no engine corroborates it.
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
- Verified Microsoft Windows Publisher code signature on our trusted-publisher list
- Widely distributed, with over 3,400 independent submitters over more than two years
- The sandbox run finished with a clean result
- Hosts contacted during analysis had no malicious or suspicious reputation in our records
- The sandbox run recorded service creation and token-related techniques, which are expected for a system installer but are worth noting.
6 sources checked · all complete. 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- 15sandbox rule tags
- 3spawned processes
- 3network contacts
- 30filesystem & mutex artifacts
Includes the sandbox verdicts, 15 mapped techniques and every process, file, registry and network entry.
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Technical details
None of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; signed by Microsoft Windows Publisher.
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.
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Oct 16, 2026, 1:56 PM UTC
- SHA-256
85ed8506f3ea081c12a0eab17edfbd8f900af0fbaa43a42ca46d8e5ad8c2e8b5- SHA-1
e16941e14861a6d24750ecdf05c548189b33182a- MD5
96258c71f00cc9528f18049f60ed7360
About this file
SecurityHealthSetup.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 19.0 MB.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 19.0 MB
- Signer
- Microsoft Windows PublisherValid code signature.
- First seen
- Mar 5, 2024On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 3,425 distinct sources
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 7.58 of 8
First scanned Updated
Includes every engine result (75), PE section entropy and packers and how widely the file has been seen.
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