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Verdict Safe

Analyzed , 1 month ago

Is UnityPlayer safe? Yes, no threats found.

Unity Technologies signed DLL with zero detections across 75 engines and widespread legitimate distribution.

Strong evidence · A verified publisher signature, and no engine flags it.

Use it as usual if it came from the official source

Treat as a legitimate Unity Player component; no further action required.

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We found nothing harmful in this file.

  1. Use it only as part of a program you got from the developer's own website.

  2. Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on.

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Antivirus results

0 of 71 flagged

  • Flagged 0
  • No detection 71
  • No result 4
FileUnityPlayer33.7 MBSHA-256 b18b328000c7…298d04
  • Code signing Unity Technologies SF
  • Test run Completed
  • First seen 10mo ago
None of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag it.

Chapter 02

Why we think so

0 points against it and 3 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.

MT AI Engine · Verdict analysis

The reasoning behind this verdict

Analyst conclusion

All 71 antivirus engines that checked it returned clean results, including 17 major antivirus engines. The file is signed by Unity Technologies SF and has been submitted by 408 sources over 261 days with no malicious indicators.

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
  • 8spawned processes
  • 0network contacts
  • 5filesystem & mutex artifacts

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Technical details

None of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; signed by Unity Technologies SF.

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.

SourceStatusResultChecked
Antivirus enginesVirusTotal · 75 enginesCompletePositive signal: 0 of 71 engines flagged it · 4 gave no result Details for antivirus engines
Sandbox runVirusTotal sandboxesCompleteRuntime behaviour was recorded Details for sandbox run
Contacted hostsMalwareTips URL scannerNot neededThe sandbox recorded no contacted hosts to checkNo date recorded
Signature rulesYARAify community rules + MalwareTips rulesCompleteNo rule matched
Malware sample databaseabuse.ch MalwareBazaarCompleteNot listed
Known-software referenceCIRCL hashlookupCompleteNo match

File fingerprint

Last analyzed
Sep 7, 2026, 10:40 AM UTC
SHA-256
b18b328000c79f5dc1d3eb6762dfbc97cd878ae150eb8559b913dca2ea298d04
SHA-1
499c5636833c37ac725b12fc344b7a742dc1d031
MD5
461a7364b0cadec7bdcaab0bd7060d51

About this file

UnityPlayer is a Win32 DLL file of 33.7 MB.

Type and size
Win32 DLL · 33.7 MB
Signer
Unity Technologies SFValid code signature.
First seen
Dec 20, 2025On VirusTotal.
Submitted by
408 distinct sources
Packer
None detected
Entropy
7.62 of 8

First scanned

Chapter 05

Questions & answers

Short answers to the 7 questions people ask most about this file.

Is UnityPlayer safe?
We found nothing harmful in UnityPlayer. None of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag it. It has a valid digital signature from Unity Technologies SF. Use it only as part of a program you got from the developer's own website.
What is UnityPlayer?
UnityPlayer is a Windows library (DLL), about 33.7 MB. It carries no version information saying what it is or who made it. VirusTotal first saw it on Dec 20, 2025.
How many antivirus engines detected UnityPlayer?
None of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag UnityPlayer. That is a good sign, but not proof, so we also weigh who made it, how widely it is used and what it did in a test run.
Is UnityPlayer digitally signed?
Yes. UnityPlayer has a valid digital signature from Unity Technologies SF, which shows the file hasn't been changed since that publisher signed it. Malware is sometimes signed with stolen certificates, so a signature alone isn't proof of safety.
What is the SHA-256 hash of UnityPlayer?
The SHA-256 fingerprint of UnityPlayer is b18b328000c79f5dc1d3eb6762dfbc97cd878ae150eb8559b913dca2ea298d04, and its MD5 is 461a7364b0cadec7bdcaab0bd7060d51. Two files with the same SHA-256 are identical, so use it to check you have exactly this file, not just one with the same name.
Is it safe to use UnityPlayer?
We found nothing harmful in UnityPlayer, and its digital signature checks out. The main caveat is where you got it: attackers sometimes spread malware under the name of real software, so get it from the official website. If your own antivirus warns about it, check the source before you ignore the warning.
How up to date is this analysis of UnityPlayer?
This report reflects the scan on Sep 7, 2026. A file's fingerprint never changes, but antivirus engines keep learning, so a rating can change later. To get a newer result, scan the file again: we refresh the antivirus results when the saved ones are out of date.
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