File scan report
Verdict Suspicious
Is artcraft-
None of the 54 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the installer, its signature verifies to Learning Machines Inc, and one sandbox run returned clean.
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Why Suspicious? The test run mapped possible process injection, although it did not identify a target process or method.
Limited evidence · One sign points to a problem; nothing else confirms it.
If it came from a link, an attachment or a stranger, delete it.
What to do now4 steps
Some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. Treat it with caution.
What to do
Don't install it unless you're sure where it came from.
Check where you got it: an unexpected attachment, a link someone sent you or a re-upload is a red flag.
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 installed it
Stop using it, run a full scan with your antivirus and watch for unexpected behavior or security alerts.
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Antivirus results
0 of 54 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 54
- No result 21
- Code signing Learning Machines Inc
- Test run Completed
- First seen 15d 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 test run mapped possible process injection, and three other installers from the same little-established signer received similar cautionary assessments, so the publisher should be verified before installation.
The strongest benign evidence is the absence of detections across 75 engines, including no major flags, together with a clean result from the one completed sandbox run. The file also has a valid Learning Machines Inc signature and broad early prevalence. However, that signer has only three historical samples and has not established a trusted track record. Evidence from the test run maps activity to T1055, although no injected target process or exact method was captured, which materially limits the finding. Three signer-matched installers previously received cautionary assessments for comparable unusual behaviour, so the pattern cannot be dismissed solely because antivirus detections are absent. No complete contacted-host reputation result is available, while the sole recorded IP was identified as sandbox background traffic rather than sample activity.
What We Detected
None of the 54 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the MSI, and no engine supplied a malware-family label. The installer is digitally signed by Learning Machines Inc, but the available signer history covers only three samples and has not reached trusted-publisher status.
Threat Behavior
One completed sandbox run returned clean. It nevertheless mapped activity to MITRE T1055, which can indicate process injection; no injected process, target, or specific injection method was recorded, so this remains an unresolved behavioural signal rather than proof of compromise. The only observed IP contact was classified as analysis-environment background traffic and is not attributed to the installer. A complete host-reputation cross-check was not available.
Context
The file has already appeared from 699 sources in 740 submissions, which supports ordinary distribution. At the same time, three other verified installers from the same signer received cautionary assessments involving unusual behaviour, making publisher verification important.
What To Do Now
Obtain the installer from the publisher's official release channel and verify its SHA-256 and certificate details before running it. Keep security software enabled and consider testing it in an isolated environment if the source cannot be independently confirmed.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- No antivirus engine detected the file, and the completed sandbox run returned clean.
- The installer is already broadly distributed, with 699 submitters and 740 submissions.
- The mapping does not identify an injected process or injection method, so it may be an analytical overclassification.
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 54 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the installer.
- The digital signature verifies to Learning Machines Inc.
- The completed sandbox run returned clean and recorded no injected target process.
- The installer has broad early prevalence, appearing from 699 sources across 740 submissions.
- No malicious file it created or malware-specific external intelligence match was found.
- The test run mapped possible process injection, although it did not identify a target process or method.
- The verified publisher has only three historical samples, which is too little to establish a dependable reputation.
- Three other installers signed by the same publisher received cautionary assessments for unusual behaviour.
- No complete reputation check was available for observed network hosts.
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
- 6filesystem & mutex artifacts
What the test run showed
What the file did on a test computer
Confirmed in the test run
Note: Read the user name of the 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 code injection, but no injected program was recorded.
Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as spreading through USB drives; nothing confirms it.
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.
- 1
Input file
The submitted object
- Evidence 1 of 5: FileSeen in the test run
artcraft-launcher-0.2.1-windows-x64.msi
891549bab5e8bef98ba9fb55a7ab19582aabcaf40946194c94237c3c6b9137e1
Uploaded file
- 2
Processes
What ran
- Evidence 2 of 5: ProcessSeen in the test run
msiexec.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe" /I "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\artcraft-launcher-0.2.1-windows-x64.msi" /qb ACCEPTEULA=1 LicenseAccepted=1
Test run - Evidence 3 of 5: ProcessSeen in the test run
msiexec.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\user\Desktop\artcraft-launcher-0.2.1-windows-x64.msi"
Test run - +1 more recorded observation
- 2
Files
Created or changed
- Evidence 4 of 5: Written fileSeen in the test run
MSI20c82.tmp
C:\MSI20c82.tmp
Test run - Evidence 5 of 5: Written fileSeen in the test run
77003E887FC21E505B9E28CBA30E18ED_8ACE642DC0A43382FABA7AE806561A50
C:\Users\user\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\77003E887FC21E505B9E28CBA30E18ED_8ACE642DC0A43382FABA7AE806561A50
Test run - +1 more recorded observation
5 facts from the test run. See the full activity list.
What this file did when executed
This file was run in a sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Sandbox verdicts
1- VT: CLEANclean
Techniques observed in the sandbox
7MITRE ATT&CK techniques the sandbox mapped. Highlighted ones are rare in normal software; the others are common in legitimate programs too.
- T1033· Reads user info
- T1055· Process injection
- T1082· System recon
- T1091· USB spreading
- T1112
- T1120
- T1574· Execution hijack
Observed activity
Processes started
2Programs the file ran, with their command lines.
msiexec.exe"C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe" /I "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\artcraft-launcher-0.2.1-windows-x64.msi" /qb ACCEPTEULA=1 LicenseAccepted=1msiexec.exe"C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\user\Desktop\artcraft-launcher-0.2.1-windows-x64.msi"
Files
4Files the file created, changed or deleted.
- Written
C:\MSI20c82.tmp - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\77003E887FC21E505B9E28CBA30E18ED_8ACE642DC0A43382FABA7AE806561A50 - Written
C:\Windows\Fonts - Deleted
C:\MSI20c82.tmp
Registry and auto-start
2Settings the file changed, including ways to start again after a restart.
- Set
F40042E2E5F7E8EF8189FED15519AECE42C3BFA2\Blob - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\F40042E2E5F7E8EF8189FED15519AECE42C3BFA2\Blob
Mutexes
2Named locks a program uses so only one copy runs; malware families often reuse them.
Global\_MSIExecute\BaseNamedObjects\Local\SM0:2896:304:WilStaging_02
Sandbox background — not the file
7The 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 LocalService -s W32Time - VM process
lsass.exeC:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe - VM process
msiexec.exeC:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
Show all 7 entries for sandbox background — not the file
- VM host
162.159.36.2
Chapter 04
Technical details
None of the 54 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; signed by Learning Machines Inc.
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.
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Oct 12, 2026, 4:42 AM UTC
- SHA-256
891549bab5e8bef98ba9fb55a7ab19582aabcaf40946194c94237c3c6b9137e1- SHA-1
57808dd5d1a352570cb9c781cd8f3f1197248a22- MD5
2f50ccccc00e96c9b6c6bfca82e0a75d
About this file
artcraft-launcher-0.2.1-windows-x64.msi is a Windows Installer file of 9.0 MB.
- Type and size
- Windows Installer · 9.0 MB
- Signer
- Learning Machines IncValid code signature.
- First seen
- Oct 11, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 699 distinct sources
First scanned
Antivirus consensus
0 of 54 engines flagged this file
21 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-113 engines0flagged
- Tier-229 engines0flagged
- Low-trust12 engines0flagged
View all 75 engine results
- AcronisClean
- AhnLab-V3Clean
- AlibabaNo result
- alibabacloudClean
- ALYacClean
- Antiy-AVLClean
- APEXNo result
- ArcabitClean
- AvastNo result
- Avast-MobileNo result
- AVGNo result
- AviraClean
- BitDefenderClean
- BitDefenderFalxNo result
- BkavClean
- CAT-QuickHealNo result
- ClamAVNo result
- CMCClean
- CrowdStrikeClean
- CTXClean
- CylanceNo result
- CynetClean
- DeepInstinctNo result
- DrWebClean
- ElasticNo result
- EmsisoftClean
- ESET-NOD32Clean
- F-SecureClean
- FortinetClean
- GDataClean
- GoogleClean
- GridinsoftClean
- huorongClean
- IkarusClean
- JiangminClean
- K7AntiVirusClean
- K7GWClean
- KasperskyNo result
- KingsoftClean
- LionicClean
- MalwarebytesClean
- MaxSecureClean
- McAfeeDClean
- MicrosoftClean
- MicroWorld-eScanClean
- NANO-AntivirusClean
- PaloaltoNo result
- PandaClean
- RisingClean
- SangforClean
- SentinelOneClean
- SkyhighNo result
- SophosClean
- SUPERAntiSpywareClean
- SymantecClean
- SymantecMobileInsightNo result
- TACHYONClean
- tehtrisNo result
- TencentClean
- TrapmineClean
- TrellixENSNo result
- TrendMicroNo result
- TrendMicro-HouseCallClean
- TrustlookNo result
- VaristClean
- VBA32Clean
- VIPREClean
- VirITClean
- ViRobotClean
- WebrootNo result
- XcitiumClean
- YandexClean
- ZillyaNo result
- ZoneAlarmClean
- ZonerClean
Signatures and behavior heuristics
Low-severity pattern matches — worth noting but not on their own cause for alarm.
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)
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 7 questions people ask most about this file.
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