File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is Hardware
None of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this unsigned HardwareVisualizer installer, and the sandbox run showed only a normal installation into Program Files with…
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Moderate evidence · No engine flags it, but no publisher signature confirms who made it.
This installer appears clean. Because it is unsigned, obtain it from the project's official release channel, and keep your antivirus protection enabled.
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We found nothing harmful in this file.
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Antivirus results
0 of 59 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 59
- No result 16
- Code signing Unsigned
- Test run Completed
- First seen 5mo ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
2 points against it and 3 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
None of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this installer, including major engines such as Kaspersky, ESET, Microsoft and BitDefender. In the sandbox it installed a program and a Start Menu shortcut with no high-risk techniques. The installer is unsigned and rarely seen, so only use a copy from the project's official source.
None of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file, and 16 major antivirus engines returned a clean result. The sandbox runs recorded msiexec installing an executable, licence files and a shortcut under Program Files, with no named injection target and no high-risk techniques. No public malware database or malware-specific rule matched the hash. The installer is unsigned and was submitted by only three sources, which limits reputation but is not hostile evidence.
What We Detected
None of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this Windows Installer package. That includes major antivirus engines such as Kaspersky, ESET, Microsoft, BitDefender and Avira. No public malware database or malware-specific rule matched it. The package is unsigned and rarely seen, with three submitters.
Threat Behavior
The sandbox runs show a standard MSI installation. It wrote hardware-visualizer.exe, licence and notice files to Program Files and created a Start Menu shortcut. The sandbox recorded no persistence entries and no registry changes, and the sample made no network contacts. No reputation check of contacted hosts is available, but none were observed.
What To Do Now
The evidence does not indicate a threat. Because the installer is unsigned, download it only from the project's official release page. Keep your antivirus enabled during installation.
Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
- The installer is unsigned and seen by only three submitters, so there is no publisher identity or wide reputation to confirm who built it.
- The installed program file was not separately judged here, so a payload that evades all engines cannot be fully excluded.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- None of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file, including major antivirus engines.
- The sandbox runs showed only a normal installation into Program Files with no high-risk techniques.
- No match in public malware databases or malware-specific detection rules.
- The installer carries no digital signature, so its publisher cannot be verified.
- The file is rare and was only recently observed, with three submitters.
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 not needed or not applicable. See every source
Chapter 03
What it did in our test
It ran in our isolated test environment; no test environment rated what it did as risky.
Test run summary
Capture complete- 8sandbox rule tags
- 2spawned processes
- 0network contacts
- 25filesystem & mutex artifacts
What this file did when executed
This file was run in a sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Techniques observed in the sandbox
8MITRE ATT&CK techniques the sandbox mapped. Highlighted ones are rare in normal software; the others are common in legitimate programs too.
- T1033· Reads user info
- T1036
- T1055· Process injection
- T1071· Application protocol
- T1082· System recon
- T1091· USB spreading
- T1120
- T1548
Observed activity
Processes started
2Programs the file ran, with their command lines.
msiexec.exe"C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe" /I "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\HardwareVisualizer_1.8.1_x64_en-US.msi" /qb ACCEPTEULA=1 LicenseAccepted=1msiexec.exe"C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\user\Desktop\HardwareVisualizer_1.8.1_x64_en-US.msi"
Files
23Files the file created, changed or deleted.
- Written
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\ngen.log - Written
C:\Windows\Temp\~DF76BEA12B2B1B07C9.TMP - Written
C:\Windows\Temp\~DF761DEE14FD02EB44.TMP - Written
C:\Windows\Temp\~DFB1B372B70F233664.TMP - Written
C:\Windows\Temp\~DFD250934D3081A0A9.TMP - Written
C:\Config.Msi\dc96.rbs
Show all 23 entries for files
- Written
C:\Program Files\HardwareVisualizer\hardware-visualizer.exe - Written
C:\Program Files\HardwareVisualizer\LICENSE - Written
C:\Program Files\HardwareVisualizer\THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md - Written
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\HardwareVisualizer\HardwareVisualizer.lnk - Written
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\HardwareVisualizer\~ardwareVisualizer.tmp - Written
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\HardwareVisualizer\HardwareVisualizer.lnk~RFe3a9.TMP - Written
C:\Users\Public\Desktop\HardwareVisualizer.lnk - Written
C:\Program Files\HardwareVisualizer\Uninstall HardwareVisualizer.lnk - Written
C:\Windows\Temp\~DF6AABB6CF7379018F.TMP - Deleted
C:\Config.Msi\CMPE1C4.tmp - Deleted
C:\Config.Msi - Deleted
C:\Windows\Installer\dc97.msi - Deleted
C:\Config.Msi\CMPE55E.tmp - Deleted
C:\Config.Msi\dc96.rbs - Deleted
C:\Windows\Installer\dc94.msi - Deleted
C:\Windows\Installer\inprogressinstallinfo.ipi - Deleted
C:\MSI156a3.tmp
Mutexes
2Named locks a program uses so only one copy runs; malware families often reuse them.
Global\_MSIExecute\BaseNamedObjects\Local\SM0:6996:304:WilStaging_02
Sandbox background — not the file
8The analysis machine's own processes and connections, recorded in every run.
- VM process
services.exeC:\Windows\system32\services.exe - VM process
msiexec.exeC:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V - 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 LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -p -s StorSvc - VM process
lsass.exeC:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe
Show all 8 entries for sandbox background — not the file
- VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalService -s W32Time - VM process
msiexec.exeC:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
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.
- 8fdc8d3d12876b6c9dc8…9a3191Not checkedno saved verdict
- 24aa985d01d4123e0b3f…e17263Not checkedno saved verdict
- 01960077670b151ba514…ea9708Not checkedno saved verdict
- 31ef6d0daf229a90ed46…ceee49Not checkedno saved verdict
- ca286b2289d28013520c…8704bbNot checkedno saved verdict
- 325b0aa212d9245293f0…25922cNot checkedno saved verdict
- dd591596e8f8f1658e75…eea0d2Not checkedno saved verdict
- 1c119febd5f388f46b91…37a319Not checkedno saved verdict
Chapter 04
Technical details
None of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; no publisher signature.
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 not needed or not applicable. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- May 23, 2026, 11:26 AM UTC
- SHA-256
afe11244e96c0e3fa8d60b1c58a587aa5cb063eac18a2d075d498842836798e5- SHA-1
f0a687430a41b5f04bd26b39502b36e1d4ca1730- MD5
c2e2b57ddcf92a2d9ad6bf9018ead90e
About this file
HardwareVisualizer_1.8.1_x64_en-US.msi is a Windows Installer file of 6.5 MB.
- Type and size
- Windows Installer · 6.5 MB
- Signer
- UnsignedNo code signature.
- First seen
- May 11, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 3 distinct sourcesRarely seen: few people have submitted this exact file.
First scanned Updated
Verdict history
- Suspicious
- Safeafter a re-check of the saved evidence
Ratings change when antivirus engines, our checks or MalwareTips staff learn more about a file.
Antivirus consensus
0 of 59 engines flagged this file
16 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-116 engines0flagged
- Tier-233 engines0flagged
- Low-trust10 engines0flagged
View all 75 engine results
- AcronisClean
- AhnLab-V3Clean
- AlibabaNo result
- alibabacloudClean
- ALYacClean
- Antiy-AVLClean
- APEXNo result
- ArcabitClean
- AvastNo result
- Avast-MobileNo result
- AVGNo result
- AviraClean
- BitDefenderClean
- BitDefenderFalxNo result
- BkavNo result
- CAT-QuickHealClean
- ClamAVClean
- CMCClean
- CrowdStrikeClean
- CTXClean
- CylanceNo result
- CynetClean
- DeepInstinctNo result
- DrWebClean
- ElasticNo result
- 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
- PaloaltoNo result
- PandaClean
- RisingClean
- SangforClean
- SentinelOneClean
- SkyhighClean
- SophosClean
- SUPERAntiSpywareClean
- SymantecClean
- SymantecMobileInsightNo result
- TACHYONClean
- tehtrisNo result
- TencentClean
- TrapmineNo result
- TrellixENSClean
- TrendMicroClean
- TrendMicro-HouseCallClean
- TrustlookNo result
- VaristClean
- VBA32Clean
- VIPREClean
- VirITClean
- ViRobotClean
- WebrootNo result
- 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)
How widely this file has been seen
Rarely uploaded, and first seen more than two weeks ago. Often niche legitimate software or internal tooling; not a strong malware signal on its own.
Chapter 05
Questions & answers
Short answers to the 6 questions people ask most about this file.
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