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Analyzed , 1 day ago

Is version.dll safe? No, we rate this exact file malicious.

An unsigned DLL that borrows the Windows version.dll name, fetches signed update manifests from api.lastyear.live and is flagged by 14 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it, including three major antivirus engines.

Strong evidence · Two or more major antivirus engines agree.

Don't use this component

Do not run or place this DLL next to any program, and remove it if it came with an unofficial mod, cheat or patch. Keep your antivirus protection enabled and scan the machine fully if the file has already been loaded.

What to do now4 steps

This file is harmful. Don't run it, and remove it.

If you haven't used it

  1. Don't use this component. Let your antivirus remove this component, then repair or reinstall the program it belongs to from its official website. Don't delete or replace the file by hand.

If you already used it

  1. Disconnect the device from the internet, then run a full antivirus scan. Microsoft Defender Offline (Windows Security > Virus & threat protection > Scan options) also finds malware that hides while Windows runs.

  2. If you typed passwords on the device after running it, change them from another device you trust.

  3. If the scan keeps finding it, or the device still acts strangely, scan again with a second-opinion scanner from another company; if that doesn't fix it, back up your personal files and reinstall Windows.

If you already ran it, do these in order.

If you opened or installed it

Avoid banking and sign-ins on that device until it is clean. These free MalwareTips guides walk you through it.

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Antivirus results

14 of 71 flagged

  • Flagged 14
  • No detection 57
  • No result 4
Fileversion.dll579.6 kBSHA-256 a028c5d39aff…23ce19
  • Code signing Unsigned
  • Test run Completed
  • First seen 5d ago
14 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag it, including Kaspersky and Bitdefender.

Chapter 02

Why we think so

6 points against it and 2 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.

MT AI Engine · Verdict analysis

The reasoning behind this verdict

Analyst conclusion

This is a DLL that takes the name of a core Windows library, the classic setup for hijacking whichever program loads it. It is unsigned, carries a large high-entropy resource block, and when it ran pulls manifest and DLL files from a remote server. Three major antivirus engines vendors flag it, one naming a DLL-hijack trojan.

Full reasoning

Fourteen of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag this DLL, and the votes do not collapse to a single licensing cluster: alongside the shared BitDefender engine, Kaspersky names a DLL-hijack trojan and Symantec returns a high-confidence machine-learning verdict, giving eight independent flagging vendors. The file is unsigned with no publisher history, and its resource section is 383 KB at very high entropy, which fits an embedded encrypted payload rather than ordinary version metadata. Observation from the test run adds a concrete lead: the DLL is loaded through rundll32 with the exported version APIs and immediately contacts a remote server for signed manifest and DLL files, creating an updater program markers while doing so. Against that, no sandbox run recorded a malicious verdict and neither contacted host has a malicious reputation record, so the delivered payload was not observed on this evidence. The combination of an unsigned hijack-named library, anti-analysis traits, a high-entropy embedded block and a live self-update channel outweighs those gaps.

Detailed assessment

What We Detected

This is a 64-bit Windows DLL that carries the name of a standard Windows library. Whichever program loads it will call the version-information functions it exports, and those exports were observed being invoked through rundll32 during analysis, which is how a hijacking module keeps the host program running normally while its own code executes. The file is unsigned, has no publisher history, and 14 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag it. Kaspersky names a DLL-hijack trojan, Symantec returns a high-confidence machine-learning verdict, and several vendors share one generic trojan signature.

The antivirus analysis also shows a 383 KB resource section with very high entropy, far above what ordinary icon or version resources contain, and consistent with an embedded compressed or encrypted payload. The overall file entropy is 7.25 with no recognised packer.

Threat Behaviour

During the sandbox runs the module contacted a server at api.lastyear.live and requested four files: a manifest, a signature for that manifest, a DLL list and a signature for that list. That is a self-update design — the loader checks for signed instructions and then retrieves replacement DLLs — and it created a program markers matching an updater name while doing so. Writes were also recorded toward a game content directory, which is consistent with a mod-style updater but also with a loader dropping files into an application folder.

The sample also carries anti-analysis traits: it sleeps for long periods, checks for user input, and probes for debugger environments. None of the sandbox runs returned a malicious verdict, and neither contacted host currently has a malicious reputation record.

What To Do Now

Do not load this DLL, and do not place it beside a game or application executable to make that program start. If it arrived as part of a mod, cheat or unofficial patch, treat the whole package as untrusted and delete it; obtain software only from the official publisher. Keep security software switched on, and if the file has already been run, run a full scan and check for new scheduled tasks or autostart entries created around that time.

Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
  • No sandbox run returned a malicious verdict, so the hostile picture rests on engine detections, the file's structure and its network behaviour rather than on an observed payload executing.
  • Neither of the two contacted hosts has a malicious or suspicious reputation record in our cache — freshly registered loader infrastructure would simply not be catalogued yet.
  • Most labels are generic trojan names rather than a specific family, so the exact payload the loader would install cannot be named from this evidence.

These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.

Points in its favour
  • No sandbox run returned a malicious verdict and no persistence entries or autostart changes were recorded.
  • Neither of the two contacted hosts currently has a malicious or suspicious reputation record in our cache.
Points against
  • Uses the name of a core Windows library while being an unsigned third-party module — a shape built to be loaded by another program and hijack it.
  • Fourteen engines flag the file, including major antivirus engines naming a DLL-hijack trojan and a high-confidence machine-learning verdict.
  • On execution it contacts a remote server for a signed manifest and a DLL list, giving whoever runs that server the ability to push new code to the machine.
  • The resource section is 383 KB at very high entropy, consistent with an embedded encrypted payload.
  • The file is tagged for anti-analysis behaviour: long sleeps, user-input checks and debugger detection.
  • No digital signature and no submission history for any publisher, so there is nothing to verify its origin.

6 sources checked · all complete. See every source

Chapter 03

What it did in our test

It ran in 4 isolated tests; no test environment rated what it did as risky.

Test run summary

Capture complete
  • 4isolated sandbox runs
  • 20sandbox rule tags
  • 15spawned processes
  • 2network contacts
  • 23filesystem & mutex artifacts

What the test run showed

What the file did on a test computer

Confirmed in the test run

  • Moderate concern: Contains packed or scrambled code that is harder to inspect (common in installers too).

  • Moderate concern: Ran commands or a script on the test computer.

  • Moderate concern: Checked whether it was running on a test computer.

  • Note: Read the user name of the test computer.

  • Note: Listed the programs running on the test computer.

  • Note: Read basic details of the test computer, such as its Windows version.

  • Note: Looked through folders on the test computer (most installers do this).

Sandbox labels we could not confirm (common in safe files too)

  • Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as code injection, but no injected program was recorded.

  • Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as recording keystrokes; no keylogging was confirmed.

  • Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as changing how Windows loads code; nothing confirms it.

This file was run on a test computer (a sandbox), not on yours. Labels we could not confirm are listed so you can see them, but they are not treated as evidence against the file.

Threat context

How downloaders work

This file is a delivery vehicle. On its own it can look small and harmless, but its job is to fetch and install the real payload, often a password stealer, ransomware or a bot, from a server the attacker controls.

Bottom line:Because the dangerous part arrives later, early scans can look cleaner than the threat really is.

Recorded behavior

What happened in the test

Grouped by step. The order is not a timeline.

Seen in the test runWorked out from other results

  1. Input file

    The submitted object

    1
    1. Evidence 1 of 7: FileSeen in the test run

      version.dll

      a028c5d39affeea1cda65eaff2277638e93dd877145225742d090e1c8623ce19

      Uploaded file

  2. Processes

    What ran

    2
    1. Evidence 2 of 7: ProcessSeen in the test run

      rundll32.exe

      "C:\Windows\sysnative\rundll32.exe" "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\version.dll",#1

      Test run
    2. Evidence 3 of 7: ProcessSeen in the test run

      loaddll64.exe

      C:\Windows\System32\loaddll64.exe loaddll64.exe "C:\Users\user\Desktop\version.dll"

      Test run
    3. +1 more recorded observation

  3. Files

    Created or changed

    2
    1. Evidence 4 of 7: Written fileSeen in the test run

      LYServer_P.pak.next.tmp

      C:\Users\Content\Paks\LYServer_P.pak.next.tmp

      Test run
    2. Evidence 5 of 7: Written fileSeen in the test run

      Temp

      C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp

      Test run
    3. +1 more recorded observation

  4. Network

    Hosts contacted

    2
    1. Evidence 6 of 7: Contacted hostSeen in the test run

      api.lastyear.live

      Contacted during the test run.

      Test run
    2. Evidence 7 of 7: Contacted hostSeen in the test run

      201.58.134.127

      Contacted during the test run.

      Test run
    3. +1 more recorded observation

7 facts from the test run. See the full activity list.

Runtime behaviour

What this file did when executed

This file was detonated in 4 sandboxes and its runtime behaviour was observed.

Techniques observed in the sandbox

20

MITRE ATT&CK techniques the sandbox mapped. Highlighted ones are rare in normal software; the others are common in legitimate programs too.

  • T1010
  • T1027· Obfuscated code
  • T1027.002· Obfuscated code
  • T1033· Reads user info
  • T1036
  • T1055· Process injection
  • T1056· Keylogging
  • T1057· Lists programs
  • T1059· Runs commands
  • T1082· System recon
  • T1083· Scans your files
  • T1129· Loads modules
  • T1218.011
  • T1497· Sandbox evasion
  • T1518· Checks your AV
  • T1518.001· Checks your AV
  • T1542.003
  • T1553
  • T1553.002
  • T1574· Execution hijack

Observed activity

Processes started
15

Programs the file ran, with their command lines.

  • rundll32.exe"C:\Windows\sysnative\rundll32.exe" "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\version.dll",#1
  • loaddll64.exeC:\Windows\System32\loaddll64.exe loaddll64.exe "C:\Users\user\Desktop\version.dll"
  • cmd.exeC:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe cmd.exe /C rundll32.exe "C:\Users\user\Desktop\version.dll",#1
  • rundll32.exeC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe rundll32.exe "C:\Users\user\Desktop\version.dll",#1
  • rundll32.exeC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe rundll32.exe C:\Users\user\Desktop\version.dll,GetFileVersionInfoA
  • rundll32.exeC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe rundll32.exe C:\Users\user\Desktop\version.dll,GetFileVersionInfoByHandle
Show all 15 entries for processes started
  • rundll32.exeC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe rundll32.exe C:\Users\user\Desktop\version.dll,GetFileVersionInfoExA
  • rundll32.exeC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe rundll32.exe "C:\Users\user\Desktop\version.dll",GetFileVersionInfoA
  • rundll32.exeC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe rundll32.exe "C:\Users\user\Desktop\version.dll",GetFileVersionInfoByHandle
  • rundll32.exeC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe rundll32.exe "C:\Users\user\Desktop\version.dll",GetFileVersionInfoExA
  • rundll32.exeC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe rundll32.exe "C:\Users\user\Desktop\version.dll",VerQueryValueW
  • rundll32.exeC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe rundll32.exe "C:\Users\user\Desktop\version.dll",VerQueryValueA
  • rundll32.exeC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe rundll32.exe "C:\Users\user\Desktop\version.dll",VerLanguageNameW
  • rundll32.exeC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe rundll32.exe "C:\Users\user\Desktop\version.dll",VerLanguageNameA
  • rundll32.exeC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe rundll32.exe "C:\Users\user\Desktop\version.dll",VerInstallFileW
Network contacts
2

2 hosts, listed as 1 domain, 1 address, 4 links. Links show the host and path only.

  • Domainapi.lastyear.live
  • IP address201.58.134.127
  • URLhttps://api.lastyear.live/dist/manifest.txt
  • URLhttps://api.lastyear.live/dist/manifest.sig
  • URLhttps://api.lastyear.live/dist/dll.txt
  • URLhttps://api.lastyear.live/dist/dll.sig
Files
15

Files the file created, changed or deleted.

  • WrittenC:\Users\Content\Paks\LYServer_P.pak.next.tmp
  • WrittenC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp
  • WrittenC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\fda412d0-88f8-480d-ae9a-66dd931ab915
  • WrittenC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue
  • WrittenC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\3a700b58-2949-4ef0-9842-3314ee0f9f60
  • WrittenC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive
Show all 15 entries for files
  • WrittenC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\0ca16a67-58fa-4c27-a3c1-fb680a6463af
  • WrittenC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\0d08ee8e-71ed-4192-8214-6de705008ae0
  • WrittenC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\41faee5b-f6aa-4815-8400-5da6c8c48d64
  • WrittenC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\56abf9ba-d0ed-400e-961e-bdc072f14d46
  • WrittenC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\5d2ff89c-338b-4121-be53-85d2878fe341
  • WrittenC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\7da9df9c-ed5c-4b83-a2ae-61dde5ce99b5
  • WrittenC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\7ee8b0da-e54d-4470-9ffb-b0958698e1c7
  • WrittenC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\ba79b33e-4c9a-458f-8ffc-bc6c0fb25813
  • WrittenC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\c1f235e9-7e07-49d3-90a6-81a04c2d7763
Registry and auto-start
3

Settings the file changed, including ways to start again after a restart.

  • SetHKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-575823232-3065301323-1442773979-1000\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Root\Certificates\0174E68C97DDF1E0EEEA415EA336A163D2B61AFD\Blob
  • SetHKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-575823232-3065301323-1442773979-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\Debug\StoreLocation
  • Set\REGISTRY\A\{b5fcd11e-9d87-ec4e-f857-a8d01cb2771a}\Root\InventoryApplicationFile\PermissionsCheckTestKey
Mutexes
8

Named locks a program uses so only one copy runs; malware families often reuse them.

  • \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\LYServerModUpdater-fce360ff000f09b8
  • \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\WERReportingForProcess6208
  • \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\InventorySynchronizationInventoryApplicationFileMutex6716
  • \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\WERReportingForProcess960
  • \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\InventorySynchronizationInventoryApplicationFileMutex6600
  • \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\WERReportingForProcess4160
Show all 8 entries for mutexes
  • \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\WERReportingForProcess3464
  • \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\InventorySynchronizationInventoryApplicationFileMutex2740

Chapter 04

Technical details

14 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; no publisher signature.

Sources checked

Every check behind this verdict

6 sources checked · all complete. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.

SourceStatusResultChecked
Antivirus enginesVirusTotal · 75 enginesCompleteRisk signal: 14 of 71 engines flagged it · 4 gave no result Details for antivirus engines
Sandbox runVirusTotal sandboxes · C2AE, CAPA, CAPE SandboxComplete4 runs, no sandbox verdict recorded Details for sandbox run
Contacted hostsMalwareTips URL scannerComplete2 contacted hosts checked Details for contacted hosts
Signature rulesYARAify community rules + MalwareTips rulesComplete1 MalwareTips behaviour rule Details for signature rules
Malware sample databaseabuse.ch MalwareBazaarCompleteNot listed
Known-software referenceCIRCL hashlookupCompleteNo match

Engines that flagged it 14

  • BitDefender (major engine)Trojan.GenericKD.82076961
  • Emsisoft (major engine)Trojan.GenericKD.82076961 (B)
  • GData (major engine)Trojan.GenericKD.82076961
  • Kaspersky (major engine)Trojan.Win32.DLLhijack.axgn
  • Symantec (major engine)ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
  • ALYacTrojan.GenericKD.82076961
  • APEXMalicious
  • ArcabitTrojan.Generic.D4E46521
6 more in the full engine list

File fingerprint

Last analyzed
Nov 9, 2026, 7:34 PM UTC
SHA-256
a028c5d39affeea1cda65eaff2277638e93dd877145225742d090e1c8623ce19
SHA-1
42c25de1a97e52906be8b15b9af71bdab8cc7036
MD5
fe01a0b7f6b1cfe3ef23bd3528ef62b8

About this file

version.dll says it is LYServer mod updater for Last Year (keeps the LYServer_P.pak mod current; passes version.… (LYServer mod updater), 579.6 kB.

Claims to be
LYServer mod updater for Last Year (keeps the LYServer_P.pak mod current; passes version.… (LYServer mod updater)From the file's own version information, written by whoever built it.
Original name
version.dllMatches the shared file name.
Type and size
Win32 DLL · 579.6 kB
Signer
UnsignedNo code signature.
First seen
Nov 5, 2026On VirusTotal.
Submitted by
12 distinct sources
Packer
None detected
Entropy
7.25 of 8

First scanned

Antivirus consensus

14 of 71 engines flagged this file

14 malicious0 suspicious57 not flagged4 no result

4 of the 75 engines returned no result for this file (file type not supported, or the scan did not finish), so they did not check it.

The 14 detections come from 8 independent scan engines: several vendors license the same engine, so their results are one vote.

  • Tier-118 engines
    3flagged
    5 vendors sharing 3 engines
  • Tier-236 engines
    4flagged
    7 vendors sharing 4 engines
  • Low-trust17 engines
    2flagged
View all 75 engine results
  • ALYacMalicious: Trojan.GenericKD.82076961
  • APEXMalicious: Malicious
  • ArcabitMalicious: Trojan.Generic.D4E46521
  • BitDefenderMalicious: Trojan.GenericKD.82076961
  • CrowdStrikeMalicious: win/malicious_confidence_60% (D)
  • CTXMalicious: dll.trojan.generic
  • EmsisoftMalicious: Trojan.GenericKD.82076961 (B)
  • GDataMalicious: Trojan.GenericKD.82076961
  • KasperskyMalicious: Trojan.Win32.DLLhijack.axgn
  • MicroWorld-eScanMalicious: Trojan.GenericKD.82076961
  • RisingMalicious: Trojan.DLLhijack!8.1B50 (CLOUD)
  • SkyhighMalicious: BehavesLike.Win64.Injector.hc
  • SymantecMalicious: ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
  • VIPREMalicious: Trojan.GenericKD.82076961
  • AcronisClean
  • AhnLab-V3Clean
  • AlibabaClean
  • alibabacloudClean
  • Antiy-AVLClean
  • AvastClean
  • Avast-MobileNo result
  • AVGClean
  • AviraClean
  • BitDefenderFalxNo result
  • BkavClean
  • CAT-QuickHealClean
  • ClamAVClean
  • CMCClean
  • CylanceClean
  • CynetClean
  • DeepInstinctClean
  • DrWebClean
  • ElasticClean
  • ESET-NOD32Clean
  • F-SecureClean
  • FortinetClean
  • GoogleClean
  • GridinsoftClean
  • huorongClean
  • IkarusClean
  • JiangminClean
  • K7AntiVirusClean
  • K7GWClean
  • KingsoftClean
  • LionicClean
  • MalwarebytesClean
  • MaxSecureClean
  • McAfeeDClean
  • MicrosoftClean
  • NANO-AntivirusClean
  • PaloaltoClean
  • PandaClean
  • SangforClean
  • SentinelOneClean
  • SophosClean
  • SUPERAntiSpywareClean
  • SymantecMobileInsightNo result
  • TACHYONClean
  • tehtrisClean
  • TencentClean
  • TrapmineClean
  • TrellixENSClean
  • TrendMicroClean
  • TrendMicro-HouseCallClean
  • TrustlookNo result
  • VaristClean
  • VBA32Clean
  • VirITClean
  • ViRobotClean
  • WebrootClean
  • XcitiumClean
  • YandexClean
  • ZillyaClean
  • ZoneAlarmClean
  • ZonerClean
Rule-based evidence

Signatures and behavior heuristics

Low-severity pattern matches — worth noting but not on their own cause for alarm.

1 heuristic
MITRE ATT&CK profile
Defense evasion× 1
Behavior heuristics
Deterministic patterns derived from scan data and observed runtime behavior
  • ProcessInjection
    T1055
    low

    VirusTotal's sandbox summary maps this run to MITRE T1055 (Process Injection), but no injected process of the sample's own was recorded (the analysis VM's own WMI adapter, crash handlers and Chrome updater are not counted). VirusTotal maps T1055 on about half of all files no engine flags, so the mapping alone is not evidence of injection.

    Evidence
    T1055 (sandbox MITRE mapping)
PE forensics

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.

ent 7.25Unpacked
Section entropy7 sections
.text
6.48
.rdata
5.06
.data
1.96
.pdata
5.04
.fptable
0.00
.rsrc
7.92
.reloc
4.94
0.0Packed threshold 7.28.0
Prevalence

How widely this file has been seen

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

Medium
Unique uploaders
12
Moderate upload volume.
Total submissions
14
Includes repeat uploads by the same source.
First seen
5d ago
Nov 5, 2026
Prevalence quadrant
Rare · New
Needs evidence-led scrutiny
Common · New
Just-released software
Rare · Old
Niche or internal tooling
Common · Old
Often established software

Chapter 05

Questions & answers

Short answers to the 8 questions people ask most about this file.

Is version.dll a virus?
Yes. This copy of version.dll (SHA-256 a028c5d3…ce19) is malicious. Other files with the same name can be different, so check the hash. Don't use it. Let your antivirus remove this component, then repair or reinstall the program it belongs to from its official website. Don't delete or replace the file by hand. 14 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag it. Antivirus engines classify it as a downloader whose job is to fetch more malware onto the device. If you've already used it, see the steps below.
What is version.dll?
version.dll is a Windows library (DLL), about 579.6 kB. Its version information says it is “LYServer mod updater for Last Year (keeps the LYServer_P.pak mod current; passes version.dll through)” (LYServer mod updater). Version information is written by whoever built the file, so it is a claim, not proof of who made it. VirusTotal first saw it on Nov 5, 2026.
How many antivirus engines detected version.dll?
14 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag version.dll, including Kaspersky and Bitdefender. We weigh which engines flagged it and what else the scan found, not just the count. The rating comes from all the evidence together, not from this count alone.
What should I do if I already used version.dll?
Act quickly. 1) Disconnect the device from the internet. 2) Run a full scan with your antivirus and let it remove what it finds. 3) Change your important passwords from another device you trust, starting with email and banking, and turn on two-step verification. 4) If you bank or shop on this device, watch your accounts and tell your bank about payments you don't recognise. 5) If the scan keeps finding it, back up your personal files and reinstall Windows.
How do I remove version.dll?
To remove version.dll: 1) run a full scan with your antivirus and let it remove what it finds. 2) Let your antivirus remove this component, then repair or reinstall the program it belongs to from its official website. Don't delete or replace the file by hand. 3) Check Settings > Apps, your browser extensions, startup apps (Task Manager > Startup apps) and scheduled tasks for anything you don't recognise. 4) Restart and scan again. If it keeps coming back, scan from Safe Mode with Networking, or back up your files and reinstall Windows.
What kind of malware is version.dll?
Antivirus engines classify version.dll as a downloader whose job is to fetch more malware onto the device.
What is the SHA-256 hash of version.dll?
The SHA-256 fingerprint of version.dll is a028c5d39affeea1cda65eaff2277638e93dd877145225742d090e1c8623ce19, and its MD5 is fe01a0b7f6b1cfe3ef23bd3528ef62b8. Two files with the same SHA-256 are identical, so use it to check you have exactly this file, not just one with the same name.
How up to date is this analysis of version.dll?
This report reflects the scan on Nov 9, 2026. A file's fingerprint never changes, but antivirus engines keep learning, so a rating can change later. To get a newer result, scan the file again: we refresh the antivirus results when the saved ones are out of date.
Chapter 06

Community

Member reviews and reports for this exact file hash.

Related file reports

Other files people checked with the same name, and recent reports with the same rating. A matching name does not make two files the same: only the SHA-256 fingerprint identifies a file.

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