Is BeingADIK.exe safe?
Unsigned executable with process-injection indicators yet zero engine detections and long-term wide distribution.
No antivirus engine flagged the sample, but the file is unsigned and exhibits process-injection and service-creation techniques. Its age and prevalence argue against a brand-new threat, yet the lack of a clean signer and incomplete host-reputation data leave the risk unresolved.
8f504a1dabd7e16f5c…1d8eda506b3a0eRecommended next actions
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Intelligence
The saved assessment, checked against the scan evidence and recorded coverage.
The reasoning behind this verdict
This section explains the evidence supporting the verdict and keeps conflicting or missing signals visible.
No antivirus engine flagged the sample, but the file is unsigned and exhibits process-injection and service-creation techniques. Its age and prevalence argue against a brand-new threat, yet the lack of a clean signer and incomplete host-reputation data leave the risk unresolved.
Seventy-five engines returned zero malicious detections, eliminating the usual tier-1 consensus signal. The binary is unsigned and shows MITRE T1055 and T1543.003 activity, which are offensive techniques. The file has circulated for nearly five years and appears in thousands of submissions, reducing the likelihood of a targeted campaign. Because contacted-host reputation was never completed, the 19 observed no complete contacted-host reputation result was available. The combination of capability evidence without detections places the file in the suspicious band.
What We Detected
Zero of 75 engines flagged the sample. The executable is unsigned and contains code that can inject into other processes and create services. Sandbox logs show direct-IP connections and writes to Windows Error Reporting folders, but no malicious child processes were dropped.
Threat Behavior
Process-injection capability (T1055) and service-installation (T1543.003) are present. These techniques are dual-use; they appear in both legitimate administrative tools and malware. No sandbox verdict labeled the run malicious, and no complete contacted-host reputation result was available or dropped children were observed.
What To Do Now
Keep endpoint protection enabled. If the file is required, run it only in a controlled environment and monitor for unexpected process creation or network activity. Consider obtaining a signed, vendor-distributed replacement if this binary is meant to be legitimate software.
Where this verdict could be wrong1 caveat
- communityComments contain researcher annotations labeling the file as malware, but these are third-party notes without corroborating engine detections.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- Zero engine detections across 75 scanners
- Widely submitted for nearly five years
- Unsigned PE
- Process-injection capability (T1055)
- Service-creation capability (T1543.003)
- Direct-IP network traffic observed
Treat the file as untrusted until a signed, vendor-supported version can be obtained or a complete host-reputation check is performed.
Coverage & freshness
Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.
Antivirus
Complete0 of 75 engines flagged the file.
Sandbox
Complete1 isolated runtime environment contributed observations.
Network
Partial20 runtime contacts were observed without a completed reputation cross-check.
YARA
Complete2 signature or behavior rules matched.
External intel
PartialIndependent reference checks were attempted but are incomplete.
Behavior
Plain-English impact first, then the observed runtime evidence.
Runtime flight recorder
Capture complete- 1isolated sandbox run
- 15MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- 15spawned processes
- 20network contacts
- 40filesystem & mutex artifacts
What this file does
Observed actions and their security significance
High concern: Injected code into another process, a technique that can conceal execution.
High concern: Created or modified a system service, which can keep code running.
High concern: Changed an auto-start location that can make code run after sign-in or restart.
High concern: Manipulated how the operating system loads code, which can redirect execution.
Moderate concern: Runs hidden system commands (script or shell).
Moderate concern: Communicated over a common application protocol; malware can use this for command-and-control.
Moderate concern: Communicates over the network in a non-standard way.
These are observed capabilities from an isolated analysis. A technique does not prove malicious intent on its own, and the file never ran on your device.
Attack story
Runtime observations grouped by analysis stage. Arrows organize the stages; they do not claim chronology or causality.
Input file
The submitted object
- FileObserved
BeingADIK.exe
8f504a1dabd7e16f5cbe6e4616d376dbbaad6371efdf57d3df1d8eda506b3a0e
01Uploaded file
Processes
Runtime execution
- ProcessObserved
Observed process
"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\software.exe"
02Isolated runtime analysis - ProcessObserved
Observed process
C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 5804 -s 460
03Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Files
Created or changed
- Written fileObserved
Temp
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp
04Isolated runtime analysis - Written fileObserved
95aa6010-4914-4bcc-b52d-c7ecea5e0852
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\95aa6010-4914-4bcc-b52d-c7ecea5e0852
05Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Network
Hosts contacted
- Contacted hostObserved
204.79.197.203
Contact observed during runtime.
06Isolated runtime analysis - Contacted hostObserved
a83f:8110:584a:b5b1:17cb:1ec8:0:0
Contact observed during runtime.
07Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
7 recorded facts from one runtime window. Every fact remains independently traceable in Analyst mode.
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.
- 204.79.197.203
- a83f:8110:584a:b5b1:17cb:1ec8:0:0
- 13.107.4.52
- a83f:8110:0:0:6f02:100:0:0
- a83f:8110:0:0:1b00:100:2800:0
- 192.168.0.120
- a83f:8110:0:0:1400:1400:2800:3800
- a83f:8110:2b64:97ff:2a63:96ff:2c64:95ff
- a83f:8110:6500:7200:6e00:6500:7400:2000
- 209.197.3.8
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\95aa6010-4914-4bcc-b52d-c7ecea5e0852
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\cd6887c8-c684-4b6c-a482-d033ebb3dd97
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER33E7.tmp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER3791.tmp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER38AC.tmp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER33E7.tmp.dmp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER3791.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
- Local\WERReportingForProcess5804
- Global\AmiProviderMutex_InventoryApplicationFile
- Global\8e42a697-8503-4732-9322-9ae1ce8290f1
- \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\WERReportingForProcess6876
- \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Global\AmiProviderMutex_InventoryApplicationFile
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 10 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.
- 6ce89f46527a870351d8…f83381Never scannednever seen before
- 7c83f5c8206d6a60e609…7911ddNever scannednever seen before
- 9120ba6c41d99eac35cf…0b3022Never scannednever seen before
- a132c01221103384459d…4811c7Never scannednever seen before
- 6833e5e10283a24721b2…5de303Never scannednever seen before
- e200a3edf06763fd480a…5ed24aNever scannednever seen before
- 08a1f053248718aed247…0f60caNever scannednever seen before
- ffcf19501d61ebcd85c7…9fd60fNever scannednever seen before
- 54a3af70601abbe159d5…5c64deNever scannednever seen before
- bce83a5cc2aa7a22a0fa…f6947bNever scannednever seen before
Detection & Forensics
Consensus, attribution, signatures, code structure, prevalence, and identity.
Evidence integrity
Chain of custody for the facts preserved in this report.
- 2rule hits recorded
- 0 / 75engines flagged
- 2,952sources in submission history
Why these facts are shown
Each statement identifies whether it was directly recorded or derived from saved scan facts.
- 01
1 high-confidence signature or behavior rule matched this file.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceDerivedSourceSignature and behavior rulesObserved at - 02
0 of 75 antivirus engines flagged the file.
ProvenanceObservedSourceAntivirus analysisObserved at - 03
The hash has a long, established submission history across 2,952 sources.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceSubmission historyObserved at - 04
Scanned file: BeingADIK.exe — 8f504a1dabd7e16f5cbe6e4616d376dbbaad6371efdf57d3df1d8eda506b3a0e
ProvenanceObservedSourceUploaded fileObserved at - 05
Observed process — "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\software.exe"
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 06
Observed process — C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 5804 -s 460
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 07
File written: Temp — C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 08
File written: 95aa6010-4914-4bcc-b52d-c7ecea5e0852 — C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\95aa6010-4914-4bcc-b52d-c7ecea5e0852
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 09
Contacted host: 204.79.197.203 — Contact observed during runtime.
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 10
Contacted host: a83f:8110:584a:b5b1:17cb:1ec8:0:0 — Contact observed during runtime.
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at
Detection sources at a glance
The available sources did not agree on a named threat category.
Available reference checks returned no match, but at least one source was unavailable. This is not a clean result.
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.
The saved runtime evidence maps this activity to MITRE T1055 (Process Injection). The mapping supports possible process injection, but it does not prove the exact injection method or the operator's intent.
Evidence"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\software.exe"The sample contacted an external IP address directly and no application domain was recorded. Direct-IP traffic also occurs in legitimate installers and infrastructure, so this is supporting context only and requires corroboration from host reputation and other runtime evidence.
Evidence204.79.197.203 · a83f:8110:584a:b5b1:17cb:1ec8:0:0 · 13.107.4.52
0 of 75 engines flagged this file
View all 75 engine results
Section entropy & packers
No high-entropy executable section or known packer signature was detected. Data and resource sections can still have high entropy without indicating packed 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.
Fingerprint and provenance
- File name
- BeingADIK.exe
- Format
- Win32 EXE
- Code signing
- No verified publisher
- Size
- 42.5 KB
- Last analyzed
- Aug 17, 2026, 2:20 PM UTC
8f504a1dabd7e16f5cbe6e4616d376dbbaad6371efdf57d3df1d8eda506b3a0eSafety & FAQ
Complete recovery guidance and answers for the next decision.
What to do now
We couldn't fully clear this file. Treat it with caution.
- Recovery step 01
Don't run it unless you're certain it came from a source you trust.
- Recovery step 02
Check where you got it — an unexpected attachment or a random download link is a red flag.
- Recovery step 03
If its origin cannot be confirmed, delete this file and use a fresh copy from a trusted source. Get a fresh copy from the developer's official site or an official app store.
- Recovery step 04
If you're still unsure, scan it again in a day or two — detections often catch up on newer files.
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