Is 7ot65ycxe.exe safe?
Forty-nine of 75 engines flag this unsigned, packed executable, with confirmed keygen or patcher labels and runtime evidence of offensive system techniques.
The executable is consistently identified as a keygen, crack tool, or patcher by 49 of 75 engines, including eight tier-1 detections. Confirmed hacktool labeling, process-injection evidence, defense-impairment activity, packing, and the absence of a signature make execution an unacceptable risk.
9ff4ec39624d3b8924…a96517d7d27f6dRecommended next actions
Before running
Do not run it. Delete this file from the device, then empty the Recycle Bin or Trash.
If you already ran it
Disconnect from the internet, start a full or offline antivirus scan, then secure important accounts from a clean device.
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.
The executable is consistently identified as a keygen, crack tool, or patcher by 49 of 75 engines, including eight tier-1 detections. Confirmed hacktool labeling, process-injection evidence, defense-impairment activity, packing, and the absence of a signature make execution an unacceptable risk.
The strongest evidence is the confirmed hacktool classification: Microsoft, TrendMicro, BitDefender, Emsisoft, GData, and other engines independently identify keygen or patcher functionality. Overall, 49 of 75 engines detect the file, including eight tier-1 detections and strong tier-1 agreement on the Keygen family. One completed sandbox recorded T1055, T1543.003, and T1562.001, covering process injection, service-related activity, and impairment of defenses, although it did not issue its own malware verdict. The executable is unsigned and likely packed, with entropy 8 in its UPX1 section, increasing the risk that its code is intentionally obscured. No external-research hit or confirmed malicious child was found, but those counter-signals do not outweigh the corroborated hacktool labels and offensive runtime techniques.
What We Detected
Forty-nine of 75 antivirus engines flagged this executable. Eight tier-1 engines detected it, and three tier-1 engines reached strong family agreement on Keygen. Microsoft identified HackTool:Win32/Patcher, TrendMicro identified HackTool.Win32.Keygen.VLP, and BitDefender identified Application.HackTool.BMF. This is corroborated offensive-tool labeling rather than an isolated generic alert.
Threat Behavior
A completed sandbox run mapped activity to T1055 process injection, T1543.003 Windows service activity, and T1562.001 impairment of defenses. The file is unsigned and likely packed; its UPX1 code section has entropy 8, indicating substantial code concealment. Five dropped files were inspected, but all remain unclassified. Four contacted hosts had no cached malicious or suspicious hits, although that check did not cover every observed contact, so no complete network-reputation conclusion is available.
What To Do Now
Do not run the executable or grant it elevated privileges. Quarantine or remove it while keeping endpoint protection enabled; if it has already executed, isolate the system, run a full scan, and review services, security settings, and unexpected processes for changes.
Where this verdict could be wrong5 caveats
- behaviour.hasMaliciousSandboxVerdict=false, so the completed sandbox did not independently issue a malware verdict.
- externalIntel.yaraify.ruleCount=0, externalIntel.circl.hit=false, and externalIntel.malwareBazaar.hit=false; these absences may reflect coverage gaps.
- prevalence.uniqueSources=926 and timesSubmitted=1082 since 2019-03-28, showing the sample is old and widely encountered rather than newly observed.
- droppedChildren.hasMaliciousChild=false, although all five inspected children remain unclassified.
- contactedHosts.inspected=4 returned no cached malicious or suspicious hits, but coverage was incomplete relative to the observed contacts.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- behaviour.hasMaliciousSandboxVerdict=false
- externalIntel.yaraify.ruleCount=0
- externalIntel.circl.hit=false
- externalIntel.malwareBazaar.hit=false
- droppedChildren.hasMaliciousChild=false
- 49/75 antivirus detections
- Eight tier-1 malicious detections
- Confirmed keygen and patcher hacktool labels
- T1055 process-injection evidence
- T1562.001 impairment-of-defenses evidence
- Unsigned Win32 executable
Quarantine or delete the file and keep endpoint protection enabled. If it was executed, isolate the device, perform a full security scan, and inspect services and security-control settings for unauthorized changes.
Coverage & freshness
Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.
Antivirus
Complete49 of 75 engines flagged the file.
Sandbox
Complete1 isolated runtime environment contributed observations.
Network
Partial4 of 24 contacted hosts were cross-checked; coverage is incomplete.
YARA
Complete4 signature or behavior rules matched.
External intel
Complete3 of 3 independent reference sources completed.
Behavior
Plain-English impact first, then the observed runtime evidence.
Runtime flight recorder
Capture complete- 1isolated sandbox run
- 18MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- 15spawned processes
- 28network 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: Used an input-capture technique that can record credentials or keystrokes.
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: Attempted to impair or bypass security controls.
Moderate concern: Contained obfuscated or packed code that makes inspection harder.
Moderate concern: Communicated over a common application protocol; malware can use this for command-and-control.
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.
Threat context
How hacktools are abused
This is a hacking or cracking tool — the kind used to bypass software licences, generate fake keys, or attack other systems. Even when the tool 'works', these downloads very often carry hidden malware.
Bottom line:Running one means trusting an anonymous author with full access to your PC — rarely worth the risk.
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
7ot65ycxe.exe
9ff4ec39624d3b89247a7156accc30fbd64110b0670b63ac08a96517d7d27f6d
01Uploaded file
Processes
Runtime execution
- ProcessObserved
Observed process
%SAMPLEPATH%\9ff4ec39624d3b89247a7156accc30fbd64110b0670b63ac08a96517d7d27f6d.exe
02Isolated runtime analysis - ProcessObserved
Observed process
C:\Windows\System32\wuapihost.exe
03Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Files
Created or changed
- Written fileObserved
BaseNamedObjects
\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects
04Isolated runtime analysis - Written fileObserved
WERA81B.tmp
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERA81B.tmp
05Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Network
Hosts contacted
- Contacted hostObserved
209.197.3.8
Contact observed during runtime.
06Isolated runtime analysis - Contacted hostObserved
8.253.203.126
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.
- 209.197.3.8
- 8.253.203.126
- 192.168.0.124
- a83f:8110:0:0:64ca:1f00:0:0
- a83f:8110:0:0:100:0:1800:0
- a83f:8110:0:0:0:0:0:2840
- 23.215.176.152
- a83f:8110:0:0:a0:ddfc:8ac2:ffff
- a83f:8110:0:0:1400:1400:2800:3800
- 72.21.81.240
- http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh/sBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAH9o+tuynXIiEOLckvPvJE=
- http://armmf.adobe.com/arm-manifests/win/ArmManifest3.msi
- http://crl4.digicert.com/DigiCertGlobalRootCA.crl
- http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTfqhLjKLEJQZPin0KCzkdAQpVYowQUsT7DaQP4v0cB1JgmGggC72NkK8MCEAPxtOFfOoLxFJZ4s9fYR1w=
- http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSPwl+rBFlJbvzLXU1bGW08VysJ2wQUj+h+8G0yagAFI8dwl2o6kP9r6tQCEAEfOaImGpk90VF22m/k++o=
- http://armmf.adobe.com/arm-manifests/win/ServicesUpdater/DC/RdrManifest2.msi
- \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERA81B.tmp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERA81B.tmp.csv
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERAACC.tmp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERAACC.tmp.txt
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERF963.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERFA1F.tmp.csv
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERFA5E.tmp.txt
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER1E0.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER1E1.tmp.csv
- Local\MidiMapper_modLongMessage_RefCnt
- Local\MSCTF.Asm.MutexDefault1
- \BaseNamedObjects\Local\SM0:4368:304:WilStaging_02
- \BaseNamedObjects\Local\SM0:6444:304:WilStaging_02
- \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\SapiOneCoreServerStartingOrConnecting
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 5 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.
- 65f054d3600070ff9ab8…881010Never scannednever seen before
- 2a3819d6c50dc7e01829…e044faNever scannednever seen before
- d54d4a4aa4f7651fd81e…bebea8Never scannednever seen before
- 865f7e5cee363758119c…88e9ceNever scannednever seen before
- cf0dfba540ce159ae89c…b6208dNever 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.
- 4rule hits recorded
- 49 / 75engines flagged
- 926sources in submission history
Why these facts are shown
Each statement identifies whether it was directly recorded or derived from saved scan facts.
- 01
2 high-confidence signature or behavior rules matched this file.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceDerivedSourceSignature and behavior rulesObserved at - 02
49 of 75 antivirus engines flagged the file, including AhnLab-V3 and Alibaba.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceObservedSourceAntivirus analysisObserved at - 03
The hash has a long, established submission history across 926 sources.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceSubmission historyObserved at - 04
Scanned file: 7ot65ycxe.exe — 9ff4ec39624d3b89247a7156accc30fbd64110b0670b63ac08a96517d7d27f6d
ProvenanceObservedSourceUploaded fileObserved at - 05
Observed process — %SAMPLEPATH%\9ff4ec39624d3b89247a7156accc30fbd64110b0670b63ac08a96517d7d27f6d.exe
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 06
Observed process — C:\Windows\System32\wuapihost.exe
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 07
File written: BaseNamedObjects — \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 08
File written: WERA81B.tmp — C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERA81B.tmp
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 09
Contacted host: 209.197.3.8 — Contact observed during runtime.
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 10
Contacted host: 8.253.203.126 — Contact observed during runtime.
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at
Detection sources at a glance
Category: hacktool
MalwareBazaar, YARAify, and CIRCL hashlookup completed and returned no entries for this hash.
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%SAMPLEPATH%\9ff4ec39624d3b89247a7156accc30fbd64110b0670b63ac08a96517d7d27f6d.exePE is packed (high-entropy code or known packer) AND unsigned AND at least one engine flagged it. Packing alone is common in legit software; packing + unsigned + signal is the malware-dropper pattern.
Evidencehigh-entropy code sectionThe 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.
Evidence209.197.3.8 · 8.253.203.126 · a83f:8110:0:0:64ca:1f00:0:0Unsigned, packed PE with sandbox-observed network activity. The packing step hides the payload until execution; the network call fetches / reports for the next stage. Classic dropper / stager behaviour.
Evidencehttp://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh/sBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAH9o+tuynXIiEOLckvPvJE=
49 of 75 engines flagged this file
View all 75 engine results
Section entropy & packers
Executable sections have high entropy (7.2+) — the code is compressed or encrypted and only decrypted at runtime. Classic packing behaviour.
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
- 7ot65ycxe.exe
- Format
- Win32 EXE
- Code signing
- No verified publisher
- Size
- 1.8 MB
- Last analyzed
- Sep 8, 2026, 8:43 AM UTC
9ff4ec39624d3b89247a7156accc30fbd64110b0670b63ac08a96517d7d27f6dSafety & FAQ
Complete recovery guidance and answers for the next decision.
What to do now
This file is dangerous. Treat it as harmful and remove it.
- Recovery step 01
Don't run this file. Delete this file from the device, then empty the Recycle Bin or Trash.
- Recovery step 02
If you already ran it, disconnect from the internet and start with a full antivirus scan or Microsoft Defender Offline scan. If compromise is suspected or the problem persists, use a reputable second-opinion scanner and follow incident-recovery or clean-reinstall guidance.
- Recovery step 03
From a different, clean device, change the passwords on your important accounts (email and banking first) and turn on two-factor authentication.
- Recovery step 04
Get a fresh copy from the developer's official site or an official app store.
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