File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is EPlan
Only APEX flagged this established unsigned executable, while major antivirus engines found nothing; observed privilege and direct-IP activity warrants ordinary caution.
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Strong evidence · Widely seen for a long time, and nothing harmful found.
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Antivirus results
1 of 70 flagged
- Flagged 1
- No detection 69
- No result 5
- Code signing Unsigned
- Test run Completed
- First seen 5y ago
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Why we think so
4 points against it and 5 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
Only 1 of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file, and that detection came from less reliable APEX without a named malware family. The file is established and unpacked, but its unsigned status, activity, and unchecked IP reputation mean it should only be obtained from a trusted source.
The antivirus result is dominated by non-detections: APEX alone flagged the sample, while no major antivirus engines did. Its five-year history and distribution across 120 sources make an emerging malware campaign less likely. One completed sandbox run observed and direct-IP connections, but it produced no malicious sandbox verdict. The three dropped files were not identified as malicious, although their individual verdicts remain unknown. Because the executable is unsigned and complete reputation results for contacted IPs are unavailable, the evidence does not justify treating it as fully trusted.
What We Detected
Only 1 of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the executable. The sole detection came from less reliable APEX and used the generic label “Malicious”; no major antivirus engines detected it and no malware-family consensus exists. The sample has circulated since 2021, with 120 sources and 144 submissions, and its PE sections do not indicate packing or unusually high-entropy code.
Threat Behavior
One sandbox run observed the privilege-related MITRE technique T1548 and multiple direct-IP connections. The run did not produce a malicious sandbox verdict, and none of three inspected files it created was identified as malicious, though all three child verdicts remain unresolved. Because contactedHosts is unavailable, no complete reputation assessment exists for the observed IP addresses.
What To Do Now
Use the executable only if its origin and intended licensing are legitimate and verifiable. Keep security software enabled, scan it locally before execution, and avoid running it with administrator privileges or on a production system if its source is uncertain.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- The executable is unsigned despite the applicability of code signing, so its publisher cannot be authenticated.
- The sandbox observed and multiple direct-IP contacts; the missing contacted-host reputation result means no complete host-reputation result is available.
- The filename EPlanKeygen.exe suggests a license-bypass utility, but no hacking-tool label is corroborated and no engine supplied a corroborated hacking tool family label.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- Only 1/70 engines detected the sample
- No major antivirus engines flagged it
- Established since 2021 across 120 sources
- No malicious sandbox verdict
- No packing or high-entropy code detected
- Unsigned Win32 executable with no authenticated publisher
- Sandbox observed MITRE technique T1548
- Direct-IP traffic lacked a complete host-reputation check
- Filename suggests a license-generation or bypass utility
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 partial. 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- 18sandbox rule tags
- 2spawned processes
- 1network contact
- 24filesystem & mutex artifacts
Includes 18 mapped techniques, every process, file, registry and network entry and 3 dropped files.
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Technical details
1 of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flags it; no publisher signature.
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 partial. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
Engines that flagged it 1
The saved verdict treats these detections as likely false positives.
- APEXMalicious
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Sep 8, 2026, 5:35 PM UTC
- SHA-256
8fbe6f4af777d691d3dd03d8867c85ed6d0f6fc96f0817f8a0250ba0bd07ead2- SHA-1
8910f935a1a3528d658eda21bb27931bc2b9d43c- MD5
efd159b9622b259ca969ec422364e5e1
About this file
EPlanKeygen.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 2.4 MB.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 2.4 MB
- Signer
- UnsignedNo code signature.
- First seen
- Sep 29, 2021On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 120 distinct sources
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 6.55 of 8
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