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Verdict Suspicious

Analyzed , 3 months ago

Is [tcheats.com]asdfHookHL_March_27.rar safe? Treat it as suspicious.

Single major antivirus engine flags a 2012 RAR containing a password-protected game cheat executable.

Why Suspicious? One antivirus engine (Fortinet) flags it; nothing else confirms it.

Limited evidence

Don't open or extract it until you know where it came from

Treat the archive as untrusted; avoid running the extracted executable and monitor any systems that have already done so.

What to do now4 steps

Some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. Treat it with caution.

What to do

  1. Don't open or extract it unless you're sure where it came from.

  2. Check where you got it: an unexpected attachment, a link someone sent you or a re-upload is a red flag.

  3. 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 opened or extracted it

  1. Stop using it, run a full scan with your antivirus and watch for unexpected behavior or security alerts.

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[tcheats.com]asdfHookHL_March_27.rar: Suspicious — MalwareTips file scan

The link always shows the latest result for this exact file (its SHA-256 fingerprint).

Reads the latest antivirus results for this file's hash. Nothing is uploaded.

Antivirus results

1 of 47 flagged

  • Flagged 1
  • No detection 46
  • No result 28
File[tcheats.com]asdfHookHL_March_27.rar270.4 kBSHA-256 871d2e5f6371…110d5f
  • Code signing Not applicable
  • Test run Completed
  • First seen 14y ago
1 of the 47 antivirus engines that checked it flags it (Fortinet).

Chapter 02

Why we think so

4 points against it and 4 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.

MT AI Engine · Verdict analysis

The reasoning behind this verdict

Analyst conclusion

One of the 47 antivirus engines that checked it (Fortinet) labels the archive W32/Zbot.FG. Sandbox extraction shows asdfHookHL.exe and cheat-related shortcuts; no malicious child verdict or external-intel hits. Mixed signals keep the file in suspicious territory.

Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
  • One detection from a major antivirus engine without family consensus could be a rule-based false positive on a long-lived game-cheat archive.
  • No sandbox malicious verdict and no malicious files it created observed despite extraction of asdfHookHL.exe.
  • No external-intel hits (CIRCL, MalwareBazaar, YARAify) despite 5109-day 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.

6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 not needed or not applicable. See every source

Chapter 03

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
  • 7sandbox rule tags
  • 2spawned processes
  • 0network contacts
  • 9filesystem & mutex artifacts

What the test run showed

What the file did on a test computer

Confirmed in the test run

  • Moderate concern: Checked whether it was running on a test computer.

  • Note: Read basic details of the test computer, such as its Windows version.

Sandbox labels we could not confirm (common in safe files too)

  • Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as recording keystrokes; no keylogging was confirmed.

  • 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 weakening security settings; no setting change 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.

Seen in the test runWorked out from other results

  1. Input file

    The submitted object

    1
    1. Evidence 1 of 5: FileSeen in the test run

      [tcheats.com]asdfHookHL_March_27.rar

      871d2e5f63716d6a451e3a0e782fa4e57c8bcf270a80dca41efb6ef087110d5f

      Uploaded file

  2. Processes

    What ran

    2
    1. Evidence 2 of 5: ProcessSeen in the test run

      unarchiver.exe

      "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\unarchiver.exe" "C:\Users\user\Desktop\[tobys.dk]asdfHookHL_March_27_2.rar"

      Test run
    2. Evidence 3 of 5: ProcessSeen in the test run

      7za.exe

      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\7za.exe "C:\Windows\System32\7za.exe" x -pinfected -y -o"C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\j2jgnq5h.uha" "C:\Users\user\Desktop\[tobys.dk]asdfHookHL_March_27_2.rar"

      Test run
    3. +1 more recorded observation

  3. Files

    Created or changed

    2
    1. Evidence 4 of 5: Written fileSeen in the test run

      j2jgnq5h.uha

      C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\j2jgnq5h.uha

      Test run
    2. Evidence 5 of 5: Written fileSeen in the test run

      asdfHookHL March 27

      C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\j2jgnq5h.uha\asdfHookHL March 27

      Test run
    3. +1 more recorded observation

5 facts from the test run. See the full activity list.

Chapter 04

Technical details

1 of the 47 antivirus engines that checked it flags it.

Sources checked

Every check behind this verdict

6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 not needed or not applicable. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.

SourceStatusResultChecked
Antivirus enginesVirusTotal · 75 enginesCompleteRisk signal: 1 of 47 engines flagged it · 28 gave no result Details for antivirus engines
Sandbox runVirusTotal sandboxesCompleteRuntime behaviour was recorded Details for sandbox run
Contacted hostsMalwareTips URL scannerNot neededThe sandbox recorded no contacted hosts to checkNo date recorded
Signature rulesYARAify community rules + MalwareTips rulesCompleteNo rule matched
Malware sample databaseabuse.ch MalwareBazaarCompleteNot listed
Known-software referenceCIRCL hashlookupCompleteNo match

Engines that flagged it 1

  • Fortinet (major engine)W32/Zbot.FG

File fingerprint

Last analyzed
Jul 25, 2026, 11:34 AM UTC
SHA-256
871d2e5f63716d6a451e3a0e782fa4e57c8bcf270a80dca41efb6ef087110d5f
SHA-1
f1bb745e4b6a4a0f1b062a53c8b9e0b3a7ce07b6
MD5
35568388e0dae2afb41a3278466a86aa

About this file

[tcheats.com]asdfHookHL_March_27.rar is an RAR file of 270.4 kB.

Type and size
RAR · 270.4 kB
Signer
Not applicable
First seen
Jul 28, 2012On VirusTotal.
Submitted by
258 distinct sources

First scanned

Chapter 05

Questions & answers

Short answers to the 6 questions people ask most about this file.

Is [tcheats.com]asdfHookHL_March_27.rar safe, or is it malware?
[tcheats.com]asdfHookHL_March_27.rar is rated Suspicious: some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. 1 of the 47 antivirus engines that checked it flags it, most as zbot. Don't open or extract it unless you're sure where it came from. If you need what's inside, download it again from the original website.
What is [tcheats.com]asdfHookHL_March_27.rar?
[tcheats.com]asdfHookHL_March_27.rar is a RAR archive, about 270.4 kB. VirusTotal first saw it on Jul 28, 2012.
How many antivirus engines detected [tcheats.com]asdfHookHL_March_27.rar?
1 of the 47 antivirus engines that checked it flags [tcheats.com]asdfHookHL_March_27.rar (Fortinet). We weigh which engines flagged it and what else the scan found, not just the count.
What should I do if I already opened or extracted [tcheats.com]asdfHookHL_March_27.rar?
No infection is confirmed: the rating is a caution, not a malware finding. 1) Check where it came from. If you can't confirm the source, delete it. 2) Run a full scan with your security software. 3) If the scan finds something, follow its removal steps and change passwords you typed on the device since then.
What is the SHA-256 hash of [tcheats.com]asdfHookHL_March_27.rar?
The SHA-256 fingerprint of [tcheats.com]asdfHookHL_March_27.rar is 871d2e5f63716d6a451e3a0e782fa4e57c8bcf270a80dca41efb6ef087110d5f, and its MD5 is 35568388e0dae2afb41a3278466a86aa. Two files with the same SHA-256 are identical, so use it to check you have exactly this file, not just one with the same name.
How up to date is this analysis of [tcheats.com]asdfHookHL_March_27.rar?
This report reflects the scan on Jul 25, 2026. A file's fingerprint never changes, but antivirus engines keep learning, so a rating can change later. To get a newer result, scan the file again: we refresh the antivirus results when the saved ones are out of date.
Chapter 06

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