Safe
Signed commercial installer from Bartels Media GmbH with zero engine detections and established prevalence.
89d9a6a8a00bdebae2…9cf02788faThe reasoning behind this verdict
The MT AI Engine weighs every signal from this scan — antivirus detections, sandbox behaviour, code signing, prevalence and historical matches — to reach a single, evidence-based verdict.
The complete absence of malicious engine detections combined with verified signing by a known publisher and high submission volume strongly indicates a legitimate product. Sandbox execution did not produce a malicious verdict even though several MITRE techniques were observed. The single similar-hash RAG entry also returned safe with the benign-signed-installer reason code. Heuristic triggers on process injection and LSASS access are noted but outweighed by the clean multi-tier engine consensus and lack of sandbox confirmation.
Each signal cites a concrete token from the evidence the arbiter saw — engine name, MITRE technique, signer string, or an exact count.
engines: 0 malicious detections out of 74 total, 17 tier-1 engines reported clean
signing.verified=true, signer='Bartels Media GmbH'
prevalence.classification='common_old' (3630 unique sources, 7504 submissions)
similarHashes[0].verdict='safe' with reasonCode='ai:benign_signed_installer'
behaviour.hasMaliciousSandboxVerdict=false, droppedChildren.hasMaliciousChild=false
- Zero malicious detections across all engine tiers
- Verified signature from Bartels Media GmbH
- High submission volume and common_old classification
- No malicious dropped children or sandbox verdict
- Sandbox observed process injection (T1055) and LSASS access
- Direct-IP connections without DNS resolution
Proceed with installation from a trusted source; the evidence indicates a clean, signed commercial product.
What to do now
This file looks safe based on everything we checked.
This file is safe to use.
Good habit: only download files from the official website or an app store.
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on so you stay protected.
What this file did when executed
This file was detonated in 1 sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Adversary techniques mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
- 192.168.0.186
- 20.69.140.28
- 23.196.193.245
- 20.99.133.109
- 23.55.140.42
- 23.53.122.214
- 192.168.0.48
- 192.168.0.37
- 184.27.218.92
- 23.32.75.154
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-RSNT5.tmp\software.tmp
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-TJOQG.tmp\_isetup\_setup64.tmp
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-TJOQG.tmp\_isetup\_isdecmp.dll
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Programs\MacroRecorder\MacroRecorder.exe
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Programs\MacroRecorder\mrkey.dll
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Programs\MacroRecorder\is-9CIJ0.tmp
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Programs\MacroRecorder\is-7E1FN.tmp
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Programs\MacroRecorder\is-1QQAJ.tmp
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Programs\MacroRecorder\is-89694.tmp
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Programs\MacroRecorder\is-0POR4.tmp
- cversions.3.m
- madExceptSettingsMtx$14a4
- HookTThread$14a4
- MacroRecorder
- \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\RstrMgr3887CAB8-533F-4C85-B0DC-3E5639F8D511
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 8 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.
- 388a796580234efc95f3…136f95Never scannednever seen before
- 8287d0e287a66ee78537…a57e64Never scannednever seen before
- 950700ef1be0456fb3f5…9298f5Never scannednever seen before
- e92e12209048ffdca0c9…dc529aNever scannednever seen before
- 659931b0a68cc61acb90…c29714Never scannednever seen before
- 52163799bf2ba7276a51…fe3e4bNever scannednever seen before
- 0eb76fb9d2bd9e218086…fe4e7eNever scannednever seen before
- c6a55c854821edec33f9…fef4f6Never scannednever seen before
YARA & heuristic rule matches
A researcher-curated or high-severity heuristic rule matched this sample. These rules target specific malware families and are near-definitive.
MITRE T1055 (Process Injection) observed — CreateRemoteThread / APC / reflective-DLL injection. The payload is being smuggled into a legitimate process to bypass AV hooks.
EvidenceC:\Windows\Explorer.EXESandbox observed process activity targeting LSASS (Windows credential store). Legitimate software has no business reading LSASS memory — this is Mimikatz-shape behaviour.
EvidenceC:\Windows\system32\lsass.exeSample contacted 10 external IP address(es) and zero domains. Benign software virtually always uses DNS; no-DNS direct-IP C2 is a strong malware indicator because it bypasses reputation systems and dodges domain-based blocklists.
Evidence20.69.140.28 · 23.196.193.245 · 20.99.133.109
0 detections across 74 engines
Section entropy & packers
Section-level entropy and packer detection from the PE header. Nothing suspicious here — entropy is within the normal range for unpacked code.
How widely this file has been seen
Widely seen in the wild for a long time. High prior this is legitimate; isolated detections on common-old files are usually false positives.
Forensic fingerprint
- File name
- MacroRecorderSetup.exe
- Size
- 46.27 MB
- MIME type
- (unknown)
- Detected type
- Win32 EXE
- SHA-256
- 89d9a6a8a00bdebae267f65339a5015c3d84273f8be91e37acde1f9cf02788fa
- MD5
- 74be5c43536437aad73c2e12172db6f6
- SHA-1
- ef5e39f1eb449ac4c06a081ada56a7bdffd786b2
- PE imphash
- efd455830ba918de67076b7c65d86586
- First seen (VT)
- 8/18/2025, 4:16:29 AM
- Last analysis (VT)
- 7/13/2026, 2:56:50 PM
- First scan (MalwareTips)
- 7/14/2026, 9:12:42 AM
- Last scan (MalwareTips)
- 7/14/2026, 9:12:42 AM
- Code signer
- Bartels Media GmbHverified
Safety FAQ
Common questions about MacroRecorderSetup.exe, answered from the scan data above.
- MacroRecorderSetup.exe appears safe. 74 of 74 antivirus engines report it clean. It carries a verified digital signature from Bartels Media GmbH. As a habit, only run files you downloaded from the official source, since attackers sometimes distribute trojanised copies of legitimate software under the same name.
- MacroRecorderSetup.exe is a Windows executable program, about 46.3 MB. Our analysis found no threat indicators for it. It carries a verified digital signature from Bartels Media GmbH. A file's name can be reused by different files, so we identify it by its cryptographic hash (below).
- None — all 74 antivirus engines we queried report MacroRecorderSetup.exe as clean. That's reassuring, though brand-new malware can briefly evade detection before vendors add signatures, so we also weigh the file's behaviour and reputation.
- Yes — MacroRecorderSetup.exe carries a valid digital signature from Bartels Media GmbH, which confirms the file hasn't been tampered with since that publisher signed it. A valid signature is a positive signal, but note that malware is occasionally signed with stolen or abused certificates, so it isn't proof of safety on its own.
- The SHA-256 hash of MacroRecorderSetup.exe is 89d9a6a8a00bdebae267f65339a5015c3d84273f8be91e37acde1f9cf02788fa, and its MD5 is 74be5c43536437aad73c2e12172db6f6. This hash is the file's unique fingerprint — two files with the same SHA-256 are identical. Use it to confirm you're looking at exactly this file (not just one with the same name) when comparing against antivirus databases or a download's published checksum.
- Based on this scan, yes — MacroRecorderSetup.exe shows no threat indicators and is properly signed. The important caveat is source: make sure you downloaded it from the official website or a trusted store, because attackers sometimes distribute malware-laced copies under a legitimate file's name. If your own antivirus flags it while we report it clean, that is most often a false positive, but verify the source before overriding your antivirus.
- This report reflects the scan run on July 14, 2026. Because a file's hash never changes, the identity of MacroRecorderSetup.exe is fixed — but antivirus coverage improves over time, so a file that looks clean today can pick up detections later (and vice-versa). If you need the latest picture, MalwareTips staff can re-run the analysis from scratch.
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