Is NFSPatcher.exe safe?
Only 3 of 75 engines raised generic alerts, but unsigned packed code, T1562.001, and incompletely checked network activity warrant caution.
The detections are weak: 3 of 75 engines flagged the file, none were tier-1, and no malware family achieved consensus. However, it is unsigned and apparently packed, and one sandbox observed defense-evasion and network behavior, so obtain it only from the developer’s official release channel and keep endpoint protection enabled.
ac19786faa4aa0f6a5…7fceb572f71d97Recommended next actions
Before running
Do not run it until the source and publisher can be verified independently.
If you already ran it
Stop using it, scan the device, and watch for unexpected behavior or security alerts. Get a fresh copy from the developer's official site or an official app store.
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 detections are weak: 3 of 75 engines flagged the file, none were tier-1, and no malware family achieved consensus. However, it is unsigned and apparently packed, and one sandbox observed defense-evasion and network behavior, so obtain it only from the developer’s official release channel and keep endpoint protection enabled.
Three of 75 engines produced generic detections, while all 17 tier-1 engines reported no detection and no named malware family emerged. The file has also circulated for 765 days across 109 sources, which lowers the likelihood of an active, newly distributed trojan. A completed sandbox run did not issue a malicious verdict or record persistence or dropped files, and its GitHub request matches a version-check pattern. Nevertheless, T1562.001, direct-IP traffic, unsigned status, and high-entropy packed code are meaningful risk indicators. Host-reputation coverage was incomplete because only one host was inspected despite numerous observed IP contacts. The combined evidence favors a likely false alert but does not establish sufficiently trustworthy provenance for an unqualified benign assessment.
What We Detected
Three of 75 antivirus engines flagged the executable. CrowdStrike, Bkav, and MaxSecure used generic or heuristic labels, while tier1Malicious=0 and all 17 reporting tier-1 engines found no detection. No engine consensus identified a specific malware family.
Threat Behavior
One sandbox observed T1562.001 and network access, including a request to a raw GitHub file associated with NFSPatcher version information. It produced no malicious sandbox verdict, persistence indicators, or dropped files. The executable is unsigned and peAnalysis marks its code as high-entropy and likely packed, limiting static transparency. Only raw.githubusercontent.com received a cached host assessment; the other observed IP contacts were not comprehensively checked, so a complete network-reputation result is unavailable.
What To Do Now
Download the program only from the developer's official GitHub releases, compare its SHA-256 with any developer-published checksum, and scan it again before execution. Keep antivirus and endpoint protection enabled, and avoid running this copy if its source cannot be verified.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- The executable is unsigned and appears packed, which reduces confidence in its provenance and makes static inspection harder.
- The sandbox observed T1562.001 and direct-IP traffic, although it issued no malicious runtime verdict and recorded no dropped payload.
- contactedHosts marks raw.githubusercontent.com suspicious, but only 1 host was inspected and the cache assessment may reflect shared-hosting risk rather than this project specifically.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- All 17 tier-1 engines reported no detection
- No named malware-family consensus
- No malicious sandbox verdict
- No persistence indicators or dropped files recorded
- 109 sources and 124 submissions over 765 days
- Unsigned Win32 executable
- High-entropy code marked likely packed
- Sandbox-observed T1562.001 defense-evasion technique
- Direct-IP network activity
- Incomplete reputation coverage for observed network contacts
- Three generic antivirus detections
Use only a copy obtained from the developer’s official GitHub release channel and verify its hash where possible. Keep endpoint protection enabled and quarantine this copy if its origin is uncertain.
Coverage & freshness
Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.
Antivirus
Complete3 of 75 engines flagged the file.
Sandbox
Complete1 isolated runtime environment contributed observations.
Network
Partial1 of 16 contacted hosts were cross-checked; coverage is incomplete.
YARA
Complete2 signature or behavior rules matched.
External intel
PartialIndependent reference checks were attempted but are incomplete.
Behavior
Plain-English impact first, then the observed runtime evidence.
Runtime flight recorder
Capture complete- 1isolated sandbox run
- 20MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- 4spawned processes
- 17network contacts
- 7filesystem & mutex artifacts
What this file does
Observed actions and their security significance
High concern: Used an input-capture technique that can record credentials or keystrokes.
High concern: Attempted to impair or bypass security controls.
High concern: Manipulated how the operating system loads code, which can redirect execution.
Moderate concern: Runs hidden system commands (script or shell).
Moderate concern: Removed execution artefacts or logs, which can conceal activity.
Moderate concern: Communicated over a common application protocol; malware can use this for command-and-control.
Moderate concern: Scans through your files and folders.
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.
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
NFSPatcher.exe
ac19786faa4aa0f6a5d6f1e2c56c6d43c11bd982cca9cd8d7c7fceb572f71d97
01Uploaded file
Processes
Runtime execution
- ProcessObserved
Observed process
"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\software.exe"
02Isolated runtime analysis - ProcessObserved
Observed process
C:\Windows\system32\services.exe
03Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Files
Created or changed
- Written fileObserved
Roaming
C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming
04Isolated runtime analysis
Network
Hosts contacted
- Contacted hostDerived
raw.githubusercontent.com
Saved reputation verdict: suspicious.
05Contacted-host cross-check - Contacted hostObserved
185.199.109.133
Contact observed during runtime.
06Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
6 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.
- 185.199.109.133
- 142.250.125.94
- 185.199.111.133
- 23.59.198.43
- 20.99.185.48
- 20.99.133.109
- 23.216.81.152
- 23.198.171.50
- 20.99.186.246
- 151.101.22.172
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com:443/KilLo445/NFSPatcher/main/Remote/latest-version.txt
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KilLo445/NFSPatcher/main/Remote/latest-version.txt
- C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming
- C:\Windows\System32\wbem\Performance\WmiApRpl.h
- C:\Windows\System32\wbem\Performance\WmiApRpl.ini
- Local\__DDrawExclMode__
- Local\__DDrawCheckExclMode__
- \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\__DDrawExclMode__
- \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\__DDrawCheckExclMode__
Servers this file contacts
This file contacts 1 host we've flagged suspicious in our own URL scanner.
Detection & Forensics
Consensus, attribution, signatures, code structure, prevalence, and identity.
Evidence integrity
Chain of custody for the facts preserved in this report.
- 2rule hits recorded
- 3 / 75engines flagged
- 109sources in submission history
Why these facts are shown
Each statement identifies whether it was directly recorded or derived from saved scan facts.
- 01
1 high-confidence signature or behavior rule matched this file.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceDerivedSourceSignature and behavior rulesObserved at - 02
3 of 75 antivirus engines flagged the file, including Bkav and CrowdStrike.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceObservedSourceAntivirus analysisObserved at - 03
The hash has a long, established submission history across 109 sources.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceSubmission historyObserved at - 04
Scanned file: NFSPatcher.exe — ac19786faa4aa0f6a5d6f1e2c56c6d43c11bd982cca9cd8d7c7fceb572f71d97
ProvenanceObservedSourceUploaded fileObserved at - 05
Observed process — "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\software.exe"
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 06
Observed process — C:\Windows\system32\services.exe
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 07
File written: Roaming — C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 08
Contacted host: raw.githubusercontent.com — Saved reputation verdict: suspicious.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceContacted-host cross-checkObserved at - 09
Contacted host: 185.199.109.133 — Contact observed during runtime.
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at
Detection sources at a glance
The available sources did not agree on a named threat category.
Available reference checks returned no match, but at least one source was unavailable. This is not a clean result.
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 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.
Evidence185.199.109.133 · 142.250.125.94 · 185.199.111.133Unsigned, 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.
Evidencehttps://raw.githubusercontent.com:443/KilLo445/NFSPatcher/main/Remote/latest-version.txt
3 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
- NFSPatcher.exe
- Format
- Win32 EXE
- Code signing
- No verified publisher
- Size
- 10.5 MB
- Last analyzed
- Sep 16, 2026, 10:55 AM UTC
ac19786faa4aa0f6a5d6f1e2c56c6d43c11bd982cca9cd8d7c7fceb572f71d97Safety & FAQ
Complete recovery guidance and answers for the next decision.
What to do now
We couldn't fully clear this file. Treat it with caution.
- Recovery step 01
Don't run it unless you're certain it came from a source you trust.
- Recovery step 02
Check where you got it — an unexpected attachment or a random download link is a red flag.
- Recovery step 03
If its origin cannot be confirmed, delete this file and use a fresh copy from a trusted source. Get a fresh copy from the developer's official site or an official app store.
- Recovery step 04
If you're still unsure, scan it again in a day or two — detections often catch up on newer files.
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