File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is artcraft-
A validly signed ArtCraft launcher with no antivirus detections, clean sandbox runs and only its own app-folder activity; the publisher has no malicious history with us.
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Strong evidence · A verified publisher signature, and no engine flags it.
The launcher can be used normally. Obtain future versions from the publisher's official source and keep your antivirus enabled.
Good practice2 tips
We found nothing harmful in this file.
Run it only if it came from the developer's own website or an official app store.
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on.
No scanner can promise a file is 100% safe.
Antivirus results
0 of 70 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 70
- No result 5
- Code signing Learning Machines Inc
- Test run Completed
- First seen 8d ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
0 points against it and 5 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
None of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this launcher. It carries a valid signature from Learning Machines Inc, and the publisher's other files carry no malicious verdicts with us. The combined sandbox verdict was clean, and the program only wrote logs and cache files in its own folder.
No engine flags the file, including all 18 major antivirus engines. The signature from Learning Machines Inc is valid, and none of the six earlier files from this publisher was rated malicious. The combined sandbox verdict was clean and recorded no high-risk techniques. The contacted hosts were checked against our URL reputation data and none is known-bad. The publisher's history is short, and that is the only point of doubt.
What We Detected
None of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this file, which was first seen on Oct 18, 2026 and submitted by 42 sources. It is validly signed by Learning Machines Inc. No reference-database or community-rule hits were found.
Threat Behavior
In the sandbox, the launcher wrote log, feed and cache files under its own ArtCraft Launcher folder. It contacted the publisher's API, GitHub and certificate-status servers, and none of those hosts is known-bad in our reputation data. The combined sandbox verdict was clean, and no high-risk techniques were recorded.
What To Do Now
The file looks like a legitimate launcher. Download updates only from the publisher's official channel.
Where this verdict could be wrong1 caveat
- The publisher has only a short history with us, and two earlier launcher builds from the same signer were rated suspicious. Those builds also had no engine detections.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- No detections from any of the 75 engines
- Valid code signature from Learning Machines Inc, with no malicious files from this publisher on record
- Clean combined sandbox verdict with only app-folder file activity
- No known-bad hosts among the contacted servers
- Other files from this publisher were rated safe
6 sources checked · all complete. See every source
Chapter 03
What it did in our test
It ran in 2 isolated tests; no test environment rated what it did as risky.
Test run summary
Capture complete- 2isolated sandbox runs
- 20sandbox rule tags
- 2spawned processes
- 8network contacts
- 20filesystem & mutex artifacts
What this file did when executed
This file was detonated in 2 sandboxes and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Sandbox verdicts
1- VT: CLEANclean
Techniques observed in the sandbox
20MITRE ATT&CK techniques the sandbox mapped. Highlighted ones are rare in normal software; the others are common in legitimate programs too.
- T1012
- T1027· Obfuscated code
- T1027.002· Obfuscated code
- T1033· Reads user info
- T1036
- T1055· Process injection
- T1056· Keylogging
- T1057· Lists programs
- T1069
- T1071· Application protocol
- T1082· System recon
- T1095· Custom network
- T1105· Network file transfer
- T1485
- T1497· Sandbox evasion
- T1553
- T1553.002
- T1562· Disables security
- T1573
- T1574· Execution hijack
Observed activity
Processes started
2Programs the file ran, with their command lines.
program.exe"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\program.exe"software.exe"C:\Users\user\Desktop\software.exe"
Network contacts
88 hosts, listed as 4 domains, 4 addresses. Links show the host and path only.
- Domain
api.storyteller.ai - Domain
api.github.com - Domain
ocsp.sectigo.com - Domain
ocsp.comodoca.com.cdn.cloudflare.net - IP address
172.67.74.105 - IP address
140.82.112.6
Show all 8 entries for network contacts
- IP address
140.82.114.6 - IP address
74.125.132.94
Files
19Files the file created, changed or deleted.
- Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\ArtCraft Launcher\logs\artcraft-launcher.2.log - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\ArtCraft Launcher\logs\artcraft-launcher.1.log - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\ArtCraft Launcher\logs\artcraft-launcher.log - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\D3DSCache - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\D3DSCache\973b7abe704abb81\F4EB2D6C-ED2B-4BDD-AD9D-F913287E6768.lock - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\D3DSCache\973b7abe704abb81\F4EB2D6C-ED2B-4BDD-AD9D-F913287E6768.idx
Show all 19 entries for files
- Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\D3DSCache\973b7abe704abb81\F4EB2D6C-ED2B-4BDD-AD9D-F913287E6768.val - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\ArtCraft Launcher\.tmpTPL2Os - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\ArtCraft Launcher\feed.json - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\ArtCraft Launcher\.tmpZeAkJH - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\ArtCraft Launcher\releases.json - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\ai.storyteller.artcraft-launcher\data\app.ron - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\1F4E5DEECE6C3828271EEAA915CE0365 - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\1F4E5DEECE6C3828271EEAA915CE0365 - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\ArtCraft Launcher - Deleted
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\ArtCraft Launcher\logs\artcraft-launcher.1.log - Deleted
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\ArtCraft Launcher\logs\artcraft-launcher.log - Deleted
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\ArtCraft Launcher\.tmpTPL2Os - Deleted
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\ArtCraft Launcher\.tmpZeAkJH
Mutexes
1Named locks a program uses so only one copy runs; malware families often reuse them.
Global\OneSettingQueryMutex+compat+encapsulation
Sandbox background — not the file
9The analysis machine's own processes and connections, recorded in every run.
- VM process
services.exeC:\Windows\system32\services.exe - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k UnistackSvcGroup - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalService -s W32Time - VM process
lsass.exeC:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -p -s WdiSystemHost
Show all 9 entries for sandbox background — not the file
- VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -p -s PcaSvc - VM host
c.pki.goog - VM URL
http://c.pki.goog/we1/SybVBxla0S4.crl
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 8 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache. 8 have no saved verdict and were not checked; that is missing coverage, not a finding.
- df54a5f2553792be1617…688402Not checkedno saved verdict
- 37c086df7dcedc6f4f1c…4a8367Not checkedno saved verdict
- 43ed1fddff88ac00d49a…a8e338Not checkedno saved verdict
- 211a50f297d8dc4dee0f…4e0d93Not checkedno saved verdict
- e2358ddeef0ae7ccff10…c95a82Not checkedno saved verdict
- 2e94c3004a016b8c1de9…89fe26Not checkedno saved verdict
- 778412b81d2d1b42a839…c7891cNot checkedno saved verdict
- 06bd1a81785129bf5e73…b89affNot checkedno saved verdict
Chapter 04
Technical details
None of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; signed by Learning Machines Inc.
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.
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Oct 23, 2026, 2:46 PM UTC
- SHA-256
ae89d6316cb18ca136c6332a43ace5340651cc66b32846842d180ac3f65bb3e6- SHA-1
eab3b36ebdaf3224f22b016c2b4349ea11e1e30b- MD5
3c93158786fa0ab6f26ad9216d0e9487
About this file
artcraft-launcher.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 23.0 MB.
- Claims to be
- ArtCraft LauncherFrom the file's own version information, written by whoever built it.
- Original name
- artcraft-launcher.exeMatches the shared file name.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 23.0 MB
- Signer
- Learning Machines IncValid code signature.
- First seen
- Oct 18, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 42 distinct sources
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 6.44 of 8
First scanned
Antivirus consensus
0 of 70 engines flagged this file
5 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.
- Tier-118 engines0flagged
- Tier-235 engines0flagged
- Low-trust17 engines0flagged
View all 75 engine results
- AcronisClean
- AhnLab-V3Clean
- AlibabaClean
- alibabacloudClean
- ALYacClean
- Antiy-AVLClean
- APEXClean
- ArcabitClean
- AvastClean
- Avast-MobileNo result
- AVGClean
- AviraClean
- BitDefenderClean
- BitDefenderFalxNo result
- BkavClean
- CAT-QuickHealClean
- ClamAVClean
- CMCClean
- CrowdStrikeClean
- CTXClean
- CylanceClean
- CynetClean
- DeepInstinctClean
- DrWebClean
- ElasticClean
- EmsisoftClean
- ESET-NOD32Clean
- F-SecureClean
- FortinetClean
- GDataClean
- GoogleClean
- GridinsoftClean
- huorongClean
- IkarusClean
- JiangminClean
- K7AntiVirusClean
- K7GWClean
- KasperskyClean
- KingsoftClean
- LionicClean
- MalwarebytesClean
- MaxSecureClean
- McAfeeDClean
- MicrosoftClean
- MicroWorld-eScanClean
- NANO-AntivirusClean
- PaloaltoClean
- PandaClean
- RisingClean
- SangforClean
- SentinelOneClean
- SkyhighNo result
- SophosClean
- SUPERAntiSpywareClean
- SymantecClean
- SymantecMobileInsightNo result
- TACHYONClean
- tehtrisClean
- TencentClean
- TrapmineClean
- TrellixENSClean
- TrendMicroClean
- TrendMicro-HouseCallClean
- TrustlookNo result
- VaristClean
- VBA32Clean
- VIPREClean
- VirITClean
- ViRobotClean
- WebrootClean
- XcitiumClean
- YandexClean
- ZillyaClean
- ZoneAlarmClean
- ZonerClean
Signatures and behavior heuristics
Low-severity pattern matches — worth noting but not on their own cause for alarm.
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.
EvidenceT1055 (sandbox MITRE mapping)
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.
Chapter 05
Questions & answers
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