Is TazaursVrCScalingTool.exe safe?
Only two low-trust engines detected this unsigned executable, but possible process injection, LSASS interaction, and unresolved direct-IP traffic justify caution.
The antivirus pattern strongly suggests false positives: only 2 of 75 engines flagged the file, and no tier-1 engine detected it. However, one sandbox recorded indicators mapped to process injection, LSASS interaction, and direct-IP traffic, while the executable has no verified publisher and the contacted IP lacks a completed reputation check.
ac7b428177bb2ede43…f0be734ca1f2d8Recommended 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 antivirus pattern strongly suggests false positives: only 2 of 75 engines flagged the file, and no tier-1 engine detected it. However, one sandbox recorded indicators mapped to process injection, LSASS interaction, and direct-IP traffic, while the executable has no verified publisher and the contacted IP lacks a completed reputation check.
APEX and Bkav are the only two of 75 engines reporting malware, and neither contributes a high-trust detection or a corroborated family name. That detection pattern alone would normally favor a benign explanation. One completed sandbox run nevertheless produced evidence mapped to T1055 and possible LSASS targeting, plus communication with 140.82.113.6. The sandbox did not issue a malicious verdict, and none of the 10 inspected child files was identified as malware, although their individual verdicts remain unknown. The executable is unsigned, and no complete host-reputation check is available for its observed network contacts. These conflicting signals support containment and source verification rather than immediate execution.
What We Detected
Only 2 of 75 antivirus engines flagged the executable: APEX used a generic malicious label and Bkav reported W32.Malware.CADF1886. No tier-1 engine detected it, and there is no tier-1 family consensus. The file is unsigned and therefore lacks a verified publisher identity or supporting signer history.
Threat Behavior
One sandbox run recorded activity mapped to T1055 process injection and T1486, along with possible interaction involving lsass.exe. It also observed contact with 140.82.113.6. These behaviors can be security-relevant, but the sandbox did not produce a malicious verdict, and no complete reputation check is available for the contacted IP. Ten extracted child files were inspected without a malicious child finding, though all ten remain individually unclassified.
What To Do Now
Do not run the file on a production system until its origin and expected publisher can be verified. Keep endpoint protection enabled, obtain a fresh copy from the developer's official release channel, and test only in an isolated environment if business use requires further validation.
Where this verdict could be wrong4 caveats
- Only APEX and Bkav flagged the sample; 16 tier-1 engines reported no detection, making the two generic detections likely false positives.
- behaviour.hasMaliciousSandboxVerdict=false, and droppedChildren.hasMaliciousChild=false after 10 children were inspected.
- externalIntel.yaraify.ruleCount=0, externalIntel.circl.hit=false, and externalIntel.malwareBazaar.hit=false, though absence of matches does not establish benignity.
- peAnalysis.highEntropyCode=false and peAnalysis.likelyPacked=false, providing no static indication of packed executable code.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- Only 2/75 engines detected the file, both low-trust
- tier1Malicious=0 and 16 tier-1 engines reported no detection
- behaviour.hasMaliciousSandboxVerdict=false
- droppedChildren.hasMaliciousChild=false
- YARAify, CIRCL, and MalwareBazaar returned no matching intelligence
- Unsigned Win32 executable with no verified publisher history
- Runtime evidence mapped to T1055 process injection
- Possible LSASS-targeting activity reported by MalwareTips.Synth.CredentialDumper
- Direct-IP contact to 140.82.113.6 without a completed host-reputation result
- Two offensive-technique mappings, including T1486
- Ten extracted children remain individually unclassified
Quarantine the file pending source and publisher verification, and keep endpoint protection enabled. If the tool is required, download it again from its official developer channel and validate it in an isolated environment.
Coverage & freshness
Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.
Antivirus
Complete2 of 75 engines flagged the file.
Sandbox
Complete1 isolated runtime environment contributed observations.
Network
Partial2 runtime contacts were observed without a completed reputation cross-check.
YARA
Complete3 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
- 17MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- 11spawned processes
- 2network contacts
- 19filesystem & 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: Encrypted files or data, behaviour commonly associated with ransomware.
High concern: Manipulated how the operating system loads code, which can redirect execution.
Moderate concern: Contained obfuscated or packed code that makes inspection harder.
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.
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
TazaursVrCScalingTool.exe
ac7b428177bb2ede43beac902a256f29e19f804a8d02a60511f0be734ca1f2d8
01Uploaded file
Processes
Runtime execution
- ProcessObserved
Observed process
"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\TazaursVrCScalingTool.exe"
02Isolated runtime analysis - ProcessObserved
Observed process
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "ver"
03Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Files
Created or changed
- Written fileObserved
_avif.cp312-win_amd64.pyd
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI55042\PIL\_avif.cp312-win_amd64.pyd
04Isolated runtime analysis - Written fileObserved
_imaging.cp312-win_amd64.pyd
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI55042\PIL\_imaging.cp312-win_amd64.pyd
05Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Network
Hosts contacted
- Contacted hostObserved
140.82.113.6
Contact observed during runtime.
06Isolated runtime analysis - Contacted hostObserved
224.0.0.251
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.
- 140.82.113.6
- 224.0.0.251
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI55042\PIL\_avif.cp312-win_amd64.pyd
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI55042\PIL\_imaging.cp312-win_amd64.pyd
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI55042\PIL\_imagingcms.cp312-win_amd64.pyd
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI55042\PIL\_imagingmath.cp312-win_amd64.pyd
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI55042\PIL\_imagingtk.cp312-win_amd64.pyd
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\ys3i6mln
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp7suxm1i_.ico
- TazaursVrCScalingTool_Mutex
- Global\OneSettingQueryMutex+compat+encapsulation
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 10 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.
- 48f4a239c25354f0e9f8…17ecedNever scannednever seen before
- 3271d39d7b4dcd841e8e…efe5e5Never scannednever seen before
- cb71909bf01a3a7a4c73…d46e13Never scannednever seen before
- 6a99bc0128e0c7d6cbbf…cbc6c8Never scannednever seen before
- 98074c85650a420a095a…b084e9Never scannednever seen before
- 81eca6840b87f2def9fc…d7aaaaNever scannednever seen before
- 4f05f31ca026bbfeeee4…7ab5deNever scannednever seen before
- 3130bf26da0c840c1e02…5a3539Never scannednever seen before
- 47576cae321c80e69c7f…ac6b91Never scannednever seen before
- 165be658ab7d61ffc3df…d3acd7Never 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.
- 3rule hits recorded
- 2 / 75engines flagged
- 5sources 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
2 of 75 antivirus engines flagged the file, including APEX and Bkav.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceObservedSourceAntivirus analysisObserved at - 03
The hash has been submitted 6 times from 5 sources.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceSaved report factsObserved at - 04
Scanned file: TazaursVrCScalingTool.exe — ac7b428177bb2ede43beac902a256f29e19f804a8d02a60511f0be734ca1f2d8
ProvenanceObservedSourceUploaded fileObserved at - 05
Observed process — "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\TazaursVrCScalingTool.exe"
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 06
Observed process — C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "ver"
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 07
File written: _avif.cp312-win_amd64.pyd — C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI55042\PIL\_avif.cp312-win_amd64.pyd
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 08
File written: _imaging.cp312-win_amd64.pyd — C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI55042\PIL\_imaging.cp312-win_amd64.pyd
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 09
Contacted host: 140.82.113.6 — Contact observed during runtime.
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 10
Contacted host: 224.0.0.251 — Contact observed during runtime.
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved 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.
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.
EvidenceC:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -pSandbox observed process activity targeting LSASS (Windows credential store). Legitimate software has no business reading LSASS memory — this is Mimikatz-shape behaviour.
EvidenceC:\Windows\system32\lsass.exeThe 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.
Evidence140.82.113.6
2 of 75 engines flagged this file
View all 75 engine results
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.
How widely this file has been seen
Moderate prevalence — neither rare nor common. No strong prior applies.
Fingerprint and provenance
- File name
- TazaursVrCScalingTool.exe
- Format
- Win32 EXE
- Code signing
- No verified publisher
- Size
- 21.4 MB
- Last analyzed
- Sep 19, 2026, 9:53 PM UTC
ac7b428177bb2ede43beac902a256f29e19f804a8d02a60511f0be734ca1f2d8Safety & 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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