Is aStarterepcX (1).rar safe?
No antivirus engine detected the RAR archive, including all 17 tier-1 engines, though its recent submission and absent runtime analysis limit certainty.
All 75 antivirus engines returned no malicious or suspicious detection, including 17 tier-1 products. No external intelligence or heuristic signal contradicts that result, but the archive is newly submitted and has no completed runtime analysis, so its extracted contents should still be handled cautiously.
a13496328db07b0968…4612b2adee5ae9Recommended next actions
Before opening or extracting
Open or extract it only when its sender or download source has been independently verified.
If you already opened or extracted 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.
All 75 antivirus engines returned no malicious or suspicious detection, including 17 tier-1 products. No external intelligence or heuristic signal contradicts that result, but the archive is newly submitted and has no completed runtime analysis, so its extracted contents should still be handled cautiously.
The archive received zero malicious and zero suspicious detections across 75 antivirus engines. All 17 tier-1 engines that assessed it reported no detection, and no engine supplied a malware-family label. MalwareBazaar and YARAify provided no corroborating intelligence, while no heuristic or brand-mismatch signal fired. However, the file was submitted very recently and no sandbox execution was completed, so the behavior of any extracted contents remains unknown. No complete contacted-host reputation result is available because contactedHosts is null.
What We Detected
No malicious or suspicious result appeared among 75 antivirus engines. All 17 tier-1 engines reported no detection, including BitDefender, ESET-NOD32, Kaspersky, Microsoft, and Avast. MalwareBazaar returned no match, YARAify returned zero rules, and no heuristic or brand-mismatch evidence fired.
Threat Behavior
No completed sandbox observation is available for this RAR archive, so its extracted files and runtime behavior were not observed. The contacted-host cross-check is also unavailable, rather than confirmed clear. These coverage limits matter because the archive was submitted recently.
What To Do Now
Keep endpoint protection enabled and scan the extracted files before opening or executing them. If the archive came from an unexpected or untrusted source, verify its origin and avoid launching embedded executables until each one has been inspected.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- file.ageDays=0 means the sample has little observation history despite 0/75 detections.
- behaviour=null leaves the archive's extracted contents and runtime activity unobserved.
- contactedHosts=null means no complete contacted-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.
- tier1Malicious=0 and all 17 tier-1 engines reported no detection.
- externalIntel.malwareBazaar.hit=false.
- externalIntel.yaraify.ruleCount=0.
- triggeredHeuristics is empty.
- file.ageDays=0 indicates a newly submitted sample with limited observation history.
- behaviour=null means no completed runtime observation is available.
- contactedHosts=null means host-reputation coverage was not completed or saved.
- RAR archives can contain files that require separate extraction and scanning.
Keep endpoint protection enabled and scan every extracted file before opening it. Treat unexpected executables or scripts inside the archive cautiously, especially because no runtime observation is available.
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
- 4sources 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 5 times from 4 sources.
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
Moderate prevalence — neither rare nor common. No strong prior applies.
Fingerprint and provenance
- File name
- aStarterepcX (1).rar
- Format
- RAR
- Code signing
- Not applicable to this file type
- Size
- 86.7 MB
- Last analyzed
- Oct 7, 2026, 7:08 PM UTC
a13496328db07b0968a66ef00426b809e8dd39d749ba3796504612b2adee5ae9Safety & 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 or extract it only when its sender or download source has been independently verified.
- 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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