Is FOLIO-22305-nAKMea.pdf safe?
No engine detected this PDF, and independent intelligence found no known threat match, though its newness and absent runtime analysis warrant ordinary caution.
None of 75 antivirus engines flagged the PDF, including all 17 reporting tier-1 engines. No known-malware or research-rule match was found, but the file is newly observed and was not executed in a sandbox, so open it only if its source and purpose are expected.
9fe443614cf724e0fa…fd0a20eb9d07e3Recommended next actions
Before opening
Open it only when its sender or download source is one you independently trust.
If you already opened it
Keep normal device protection enabled and stop if the file behaves unexpectedly.
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.
None of 75 antivirus engines flagged the PDF, including all 17 reporting tier-1 engines. No known-malware or research-rule match was found, but the file is newly observed and was not executed in a sandbox, so open it only if its source and purpose are expected.
Static scanning produced no malicious or suspicious result among 75 engines. All 17 reporting tier-1 engines were non-detecting, and no engine assigned a malware family. Independent intelligence checks returned no known-malware or research-rule match. The five historical comparisons were also assessed as benign, although they share only the PDF file type and therefore provide limited support. Confidence is moderated because the sample has only one submission, no completed runtime observation, and no saved contacted-host reputation check.
What We Detected
None of 75 antivirus engines flagged the PDF, and all 17 reporting tier-1 engines returned no detection. External checks also found no MalwareBazaar match, CIRCL hit, or YARAify rule match.
Threat Behavior
No completed sandbox observation is available, so the document's runtime behavior was not observed. The contacted-host reputation cross-check was also not completed or saved, and therefore provides no network-risk conclusion.
What To Do Now
If the document came from an expected sender or trusted download source, it can be handled with normal PDF precautions. Keep endpoint protection and the PDF reader enabled and updated; if the source is unexpected, verify it before opening links or embedded content.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- prevalence.classification=rare_new means the file has only just appeared and lacks an established history.
- behaviour=null, so potentially active PDF content was not observed in a completed sandbox run.
- contactedHosts=null, so no complete host-reputation result is available.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- 0/75 engines reported a malicious or suspicious result
- All 17 reporting tier-1 engines returned no detection
- No MalwareBazaar, CIRCL, or YARAify hit
- No brand mismatch or adversarial-input flag
- Five file-type comparisons had prior safe verdicts
- Newly observed sample with only one recorded submission
- No completed sandbox observation
- No complete contacted-host reputation result
- Similar-file support is based only on file type
Open the PDF only when its source and context are expected, using an updated reader with endpoint protection enabled. Verify an unexpected sender before interacting with links or embedded content.
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
PartialRuntime data is present, but no completed sandbox environment is recorded.
Network
Not runNo contacted-host reputation check is recorded.
No timestamp recordedYARA
CompleteRule evaluation completed with no recorded matches.
External intel
Complete3 of 3 independent reference sources completed.
Behavior
Plain-English impact first, then the observed runtime evidence.
Runtime behavior was not available
The report does not treat a missing runtime observation as a clean result.
Detection & Forensics
Consensus, attribution, signatures, code structure, prevalence, and identity.
Evidence integrity
Chain of custody for the facts preserved in this report.
- 0rule hits recorded
- 0 / 75engines flagged
- 1sources in submission history
Why these facts are shown
Each statement identifies whether it was directly recorded or derived from saved scan facts.
- 01
0 of 75 antivirus engines flagged the file.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceObservedSourceAntivirus analysisObserved at - 02
No completed runtime observation is available for this file.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceRuntime coverageObserved at - 03
The hash has been submitted 1 time from 1 source.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceSaved report factsObserved at
Detection sources at a glance
The available sources did not agree on a named threat category.
MalwareBazaar, YARAify, and CIRCL hashlookup completed and returned no entries for this hash.
YARA rules
No matchesThe rule pass completed without a saved public match.
0 of 75 engines flagged this file
View all 75 engine results
PE structure
Not applicablePE structure analysis applies to Windows executable formats, not this file type.
How widely this file has been seen
Barely seen in the wild and first surfaced recently. That limits reputation evidence, but rarity alone is not proof of malware.
Fingerprint and provenance
- File name
- FOLIO-22305-nAKMea.pdf
- Format
- Code signing
- Not applicable to this file type
- Size
- 91.9 KB
- Last analyzed
- Sep 29, 2026, 7:35 PM UTC
9fe443614cf724e0fa7c908f2c5044dd0a619686c826d7360efd0a20eb9d07e3Safety & FAQ
Complete recovery guidance and answers for the next decision.
What to do now
This file appears low risk based on the evidence available now.
- Recovery step 01
Open it only when its sender or download source is one you independently trust.
- Recovery step 02
A clean result reduces known risk, but it cannot guarantee that every new or targeted threat has been detected.
- Recovery step 03
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on so you stay protected.
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