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Is rsclient.exe safe?

Verdict
Safe

Only 3 of 75 engines raised generic low-trust alerts, while all 17 reporting tier-1 engines and the completed sandbox supplied no corroborating malware evidence.

The three detections come exclusively from low-trust engines and use generic labels, while all 17 reporting tier-1 engines remained silent. One completed sandbox observed only routine system-information discovery, with no offensive techniques, malicious sandbox conclusion, dropped files, or network contacts recorded.

Run with normal care

Use the file only if it came from the expected official source, and verify its SHA-256 where possible. Keep antivirus and endpoint protection enabled.

Read the full analysis
Saved file evidenceAntivirus consensus
3of 75 flagged
Flagged 3No detection 72
Digital specimenrsclient.exeae9a52149ba2f61465…c3aa33c52a8dd1
Size64.0 KB
Code signingUnsigned
SandboxRuntime complete
First seen4mo ago
Evidence2 priority signals
3 of 75 antivirus engines flagged the file, including Bkav and Cylance.

Recommended next actions

01

Before running

Run it only when it came from the developer's official site or another source you independently trust.

02

If you already ran it

Keep normal device protection enabled and stop if the file behaves unexpectedly.

Chapter 02

Intelligence

The saved assessment, checked against the scan evidence and recorded coverage.

MT AI Engine · Verdict analysis

The reasoning behind this verdict

This section explains the evidence supporting the verdict and keeps conflicting or missing signals visible.

86%Confidence
Very high
Analyst conclusion

The three detections come exclusively from low-trust engines and use generic labels, while all 17 reporting tier-1 engines remained silent. One completed sandbox observed only routine system-information discovery, with no offensive techniques, malicious sandbox conclusion, dropped files, or network contacts recorded.

Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
  • signing.signed=false for an executable where signing.applicable=true, so no publisher identity or certificate history supports the file.
  • Bkav reported W32.Malware.86F697FF, Cylance reported Unsafe, and Trapmine reported malicious.high.ml.score, although all are low-trust generic detections.
  • contactedHosts=null means no complete host-reputation cross-check is available, though the completed sandbox recorded no contacted domains, IPs, or URLs.

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

Recommended action

Use the file only if it came from the expected official source, and verify its SHA-256 where possible. Keep antivirus and endpoint protection enabled.

Scan transparency

Coverage & freshness

4 of 5 complete

Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.

  • Antivirus

    Complete

    3 of 75 engines flagged the file.

  • Sandbox

    Complete

    1 isolated runtime environment contributed observations.

  • Network

    Not run

    No contacted-host reputation check is recorded.

    No timestamp recorded

  • YARA

    Complete

    Rule evaluation completed with no recorded matches.

  • External intel

    Complete

    3 of 3 independent reference sources completed.

Chapter 03

Behavior

Plain-English impact first, then the observed runtime evidence.

Runtime flight recorder

Capture complete
  • 1isolated sandbox run
  • 1MITRE ATT&CK techniques
  • 2spawned processes
  • 0network contacts
  • 0filesystem & mutex artifacts
Recorded behavior

Attack story

Runtime observations grouped by analysis stage. Arrows organize the stages; they do not claim chronology or causality.

ObservedDerived

3 recorded facts from one runtime window. Every fact remains independently traceable in Analyst mode.

Chapter 04

Detection & Forensics

Consensus, attribution, signatures, code structure, prevalence, and identity.

Chapter 05

Safety & 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.

  1. Recovery step 01

    Run it only when it came from the developer's official site or another source you independently trust.

  2. Recovery step 02

    A clean result reduces known risk, but it cannot guarantee that every new or targeted threat has been detected.

  3. Recovery step 03

    Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on so you stay protected.

Safety FAQ

Direct answers grounded in the saved verdict and evidence in this report.

6 evidence-based answers
Is rsclient.exe safe?
Evidence-based answer
rsclient.exe appears safe. 3 of 75 antivirus engines flagged it; the 3 detections were treated as non-decisive after the wider evidence was weighed. Run it only when it came from the developer's official site or another source you independently trust.
What is rsclient.exe?
Evidence-based answer
rsclient.exe is a Windows executable program, about 64 KB. Our analysis did not identify a verdict-driving threat signal. A file's name can be reused by different files, so we identify it by its cryptographic hash (below).
How many antivirus engines detected rsclient.exe?
Evidence-based answer
3 of 75 antivirus engines flagged rsclient.exe, 3 of them as outright malicious. The raw count alone does not establish safety or danger; we also weigh which engines flagged it and corroborating behavior, identity, reputation, and rule evidence.
What is the SHA-256 hash of rsclient.exe?
Evidence-based answer
The SHA-256 hash of rsclient.exe is ae9a52149ba2f61465fcd2b06c6b64ec174375585481494d13c3aa33c52a8dd1, and its MD5 is c5efb33936341406d46c0ff4369f217a. This hash is the file's unique fingerprint — two files with the same SHA-256 are identical. Use it to confirm you're looking at exactly this file (not just one with the same name) when comparing against antivirus databases or a download's published checksum.
Is it safe to run rsclient.exe?
Evidence-based answer
Based on the recorded evidence, rsclient.exe has a low observed risk. The important caveat is source: make sure you downloaded it from the official website or a trusted store, because attackers sometimes distribute malware-laced copies under a legitimate file's name. If your own antivirus flags it, verify the source and the exact hash before overriding the warning.
How up to date is this analysis of rsclient.exe?
Evidence-based answer
This report reflects the scan run on September 10, 2026. Because a file's hash never changes, the identity of rsclient.exe is fixed — but antivirus coverage improves over time, so a file that looks clean today can pick up detections later (and vice-versa). If you need the latest picture, MalwareTips staff can re-run the analysis from scratch.
Chapter 06

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