File verdict·Decided by the MT AI Engine
Our call

Safe

Zero engine detections on a 4213-day-old Tolstoy ebook with medium prevalence and no malicious indicators.

Trust score92High trust
The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories (Leo Tolstoy, Anthony Briggs, David McDuff etc.) (z-library.sk, 1lib.sk, z-lib.sk).epub
341.4 KB
9b0e2441eb4b52c3ad45d86662ed
Antivirus engines
0 of 75 flagged
Code signing
Unsigned
Age
First seen 12y ago
MT AI Engine · Verdict analysis

The 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.

90%Confidence
Very high
Reasoning

The complete absence of malicious detections across tier-1, tier-2, and low-trust engines combined with the file's age and prevalence classification indicates a benign ebook. No signing, behaviour, or external intelligence signals contradict this assessment. Filename analysis shows no adversarial patterns or security-tool mimicry. The long submission history without any flagged incidents supports a safe classification.

Key signals · 4

Each signal cites a concrete token from the evidence the arbiter saw — engine name, MITRE technique, signer string, or an exact count.

  1. engines: 0 malicious out of 75 total with tier1Malicious=0

  2. prevalence.classification=medium (23 submitters, 4213 days old)

  3. file.fileType=E-book with filename containing Tolstoy literary work

  4. signing.signed=false and no triggeredHeuristics or externalIntel hits

Points in its favour
  • Zero engine detections across all tiers
  • 4213-day established history with medium prevalence
  • No adversarial filename or injection flags
Recommended action

Open with any standard EPUB reader; the file presents no security risk.

What to do now

This file looks safe based on everything we checked.

  1. This file is safe to use.

  2. Good habit: only download files from the official website or an app store.

  3. Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on so you stay protected.

No researcher-database hits
External threat-intel sources were not collected for this scan.
Antivirus engine breakdown

0 detections across 75 engines

0 malicious0 suspicious75 clean
Tier-117 engines
0flag
Top commercial AVs (low FP rate)
Tier-241 engines
0flag
Mainstream engines with mixed FP rates
Low-trust17 engines
0flag
Heuristic / generic-AI engines (high FP rate)
All 75 engines report this file as clean.
Hash 9b0e2441eb4b… cross-referenced against 75 AV engines via our AV network.
Prevalence

How widely this file has been seen

Moderate prevalence — neither rare nor common. No strong prior applies.

Medium
Unique uploaders
23
Moderate upload volume.
Total submissions
23
Includes repeat uploads by the same source.
First seen
12y ago
Jan 8, 2015
Prevalence quadrant
Rare · New
Targeted malware lives here
Common · New
Just-released software
Rare · Old
Niche or internal tooling
Common · Old
Trusted legitimate binaries
File identity

Forensic fingerprint

File biography
First seen (VT)
1/8/2015, 6:30:51 AM
First seen (MalwareBazaar)
Last analysis (VT)
6/7/2026, 6:11:29 PM
Scanned here
7/21/2026, 10:52:35 PM
File name
The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories (Leo Tolstoy, Anthony Briggs, David McDuff etc.) (z-library.sk, 1lib.sk, z-lib.sk).epub
Size
341.4 KB
MIME type
(unknown)
Detected type
E-book
SHA-256
9b0e2441eb4b52c3ad92adfd0049fbd042e0a88bfdca374e09e42b45d86662ed
MD5
6ddfb1c2916febea774ae8afab79380c
SHA-1
b821d8d1a398e281689280d456af49d8ed3c532a
First seen (VT)
1/8/2015, 6:30:51 AM
Last analysis (VT)
6/7/2026, 6:11:29 PM
First scan (MalwareTips)
7/21/2026, 10:52:35 PM
Last scan (MalwareTips)
7/21/2026, 10:52:35 PM
Behavior tags
ebook
Frequently asked

Safety FAQ

Common questions about The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories (Leo Tolstoy, Anthony Briggs, David McDuff etc.) (z-library.sk, 1lib.sk, z-lib.sk).epub, answered from the scan data above.

  • The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories (Leo Tolstoy, Anthony Briggs, David McDuff etc.) (z-library.sk, 1lib.sk, z-lib.sk).epub appears safe. 75 of 75 antivirus engines report it clean. As a habit, only open files you downloaded from the official source, since attackers sometimes distribute trojanised copies of legitimate software under the same name.
  • The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories (Leo Tolstoy, Anthony Briggs, David McDuff etc.) (z-library.sk, 1lib.sk, z-lib.sk).epub is a file, about 341 KB. Our analysis found no threat indicators for it. A file's name can be reused by different files, so we identify it by its cryptographic hash (below).
  • None — all 75 antivirus engines we queried report The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories (Leo Tolstoy, Anthony Briggs, David McDuff etc.) (z-library.sk, 1lib.sk, z-lib.sk).epub 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.
  • The SHA-256 hash of The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories (Leo Tolstoy, Anthony Briggs, David McDuff etc.) (z-library.sk, 1lib.sk, z-lib.sk).epub is 9b0e2441eb4b52c3ad92adfd0049fbd042e0a88bfdca374e09e42b45d86662ed, and its MD5 is 6ddfb1c2916febea774ae8afab79380c. 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 — The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories (Leo Tolstoy, Anthony Briggs, David McDuff etc.) (z-library.sk, 1lib.sk, z-lib.sk).epub shows no threat indicators. 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 21, 2026. Because a file's hash never changes, the identity of The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories (Leo Tolstoy, Anthony Briggs, David McDuff etc.) (z-library.sk, 1lib.sk, z-lib.sk).epub 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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