File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is SPFL27_
Only 2 of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it raised generic alerts, while broad distribution and clean combined sandbox results strongly indicate false-positive detections.
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Moderate evidence · No engine flags it, but no publisher signature confirms who made it.
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Antivirus results
2 of 70 flagged
- Flagged 2
- No detection 68
- No result 5
- Code signing Unsigned
- Test run Completed
- First seen 6d ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
4 points against it and 5 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
The two generic detections are not corroborated by any major antivirus engine, named malware family, malicious runtime result, or threat-intelligence match. The installer has been submitted by 113 distinct sources, and the sandbox runs produced a combined clean verdict without recorded injection targets or sample network contacts.
Only 2 of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the executable, and none of the major antivirus engines detected it. Both alerts are generic, with one focused on obfuscation rather than a named malware family. The file has been submitted by 113 distinct sources, providing a meaningful benign anchor. The combined sandbox verdict was clean, with no high-risk techniques, named injection target, persistence indicator, or sample network contact recorded. .NET Reactor protection and the lack of a digital signature warrant some caution, but they do not outweigh the broader evidence that the two detections are false positives.
What We Detected
Two of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the executable. APEX used a generic malicious label, while Skyhigh reported behavior resembling an obfuscated Windows program; no major antivirus engines identified malware, and no real malware family was named.
Threat Behavior
The sandbox runs produced a combined clean verdict. No high-risk technique or named process-injection target was recorded, and the T1055 mapping lacked the artifact needed to establish injection. The sample made no recorded network contacts. The executable uses .NET Reactor protection, which can account for generic obfuscation alerts but makes manual inspection more difficult.
What To Do Now
Use the installer only if it came from the expected official distribution channel, and keep security software enabled. If its source cannot be verified, obtain a fresh copy from the publisher rather than relying on this executable.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- Two engines flagged the executable, including Skyhigh with a behavior-based obfuscation label.
- The executable is unsigned and protected with .NET Reactor, reducing transparency into its code.
- No complete contacted-host reputation result is available, although the sandbox runs recorded no sample network contacts.
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 major antivirus engines flagged the file.
- The file was submitted by 113 distinct sources across 133 submissions.
- The combined sandbox verdict was clean, with no named injection target or high-risk technique recorded.
- No malware-specific community rules or public malware-sample database entry matched the hash.
- No inspected file it created was identified as harmful.
- Two antivirus engines raised generic alerts.
- The executable is unsigned.
- The program is protected with .NET Reactor, which obscures its code.
- No complete reputation check was available for contacted hosts.
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 5 isolated tests; no test environment rated what it did as risky.
Test run summary
Capture complete- 5isolated sandbox runs
- 11sandbox rule tags
- 6spawned processes
- 0network contacts
- 20filesystem & mutex artifacts
What this file did when executed
This file was detonated in 5 sandboxes and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Sandbox verdicts
1- VT: CLEANclean
Techniques observed in the sandbox
11MITRE ATT&CK techniques the sandbox mapped. Highlighted ones are rare in normal software; the others are common in legitimate programs too.
- T1027· Obfuscated code
- T1027.002· Obfuscated code
- T1033· Reads user info
- T1036
- T1055· Process injection
- T1071· Application protocol
- T1082· System recon
- T1129· Loads modules
- T1553
- T1553.002
- T1574· Execution hijack
Observed activity
Processes started
6Programs the file ran, with their command lines.
SPFL27_setup.exe"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\SPFL27_setup.exe"SPFL27_setup.tmp"C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-M0H0M4ZHCY.tmp\SPFL27_setup.tmp" /SL5="$16018A,883712,0,C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\SPFL27_setup.exe"SPFL27_setup.exeC:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-PGGP9AO0MG.tmp\SPFL27_setup.tmp /SL5=$50152,883712,0,C:\Users\<USER>\Downloads\SPFL27_setup.exeb23feb646fa8d049221ff9fbb13a6192d05161e21516470eaabcb03b73a7c8de.exeC:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-M4BPII8GA3.tmp\b23feb646fa8d049221ff9fbb13a6192d05161e21516470eaabcb03b73a7c8de.tmp /SL5=$70160,883712,0,C:\Users\<USER>\Downloads\b23feb646fa8d049221ff9fbb13a6192d05161e21516470eaabcb03b73a7c8de.exeSPFL27_setup.exe"C:\Users\user\Desktop\SPFL27_setup.exe"SPFL27_setup.tmp"C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\is-U9J4ED592R.tmp\SPFL27_setup.tmp" /SL5="$10440,883712,0,C:\Users\user\Desktop\SPFL27_setup.exe"
Files
10Files the file created, changed or deleted.
- Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-M0H0M4ZHCY.tmp\SPFL27_setup.tmp - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-PGGP9AO0MG.tmp\SPFL27_setup.tmp - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-M4BPII8GA3.tmp\b23feb646fa8d049221ff9fbb13a6192d05161e21516470eaabcb03b73a7c8de.tmp - Written
C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience\Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\is-324BXVWPPZ.tmp
Show all 10 entries for files
- Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\is-324BXVWPPZ.tmp\_isetup - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\is-324BXVWPPZ.tmp\_isetup\_setup64.tmp - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\is-U9J4ED592R.tmp - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\is-U9J4ED592R.tmp\SPFL27_setup.tmp
Registry and auto-start
3Settings the file changed, including ways to start again after a restart.
- Set
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-4270068108-2931534202-3907561125-1001\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.exe\OpenWithProgids\exefile - Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager - Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000
Mutexes
10Named locks a program uses so only one copy runs; malware families often reuse them.
\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\RstrMgr3887CAB8-533F-4C85-B0DC-3E5639F8D511\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\RstrMgr-3887CAB8-533F-4C85-B0DC-3E5639F8D511-Session0000\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Global\C::Users:user:AppData:Local:Microsoft:Windows:Explorer:iconcache_idx.db!rwWriterMutex\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Global\C::Users:user:AppData:Local:Microsoft:Windows:Explorer:iconcache_16.db!dfMaintainer\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Global\C::Users:user:AppData:Local:Microsoft:Windows:Explorer:iconcache_32.db!dfMaintainer\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Global\C::Users:user:AppData:Local:Microsoft:Windows:Explorer:iconcache_48.db!dfMaintainer
Show all 10 entries for mutexes
\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Global\C::Users:user:AppData:Local:Microsoft:Windows:Explorer:iconcache_96.db!dfMaintainer\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Global\C::Users:user:AppData:Local:Microsoft:Windows:Explorer:iconcache_256.db!dfMaintainer\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Global\C::Users:user:AppData:Local:Microsoft:Windows:Explorer:iconcache_768.db!dfMaintainer\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Global\C::Users:user:AppData:Local:Microsoft:Windows:Explorer:iconcache_1280.db!dfMaintainer
Sandbox background — not the file
5The 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
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 1 child at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache. 1 has no saved verdict and was not checked; that is missing coverage, not a finding.
- 45e559a26cfbcda7dde1…6212b1Not checkedno saved verdict
Chapter 04
Technical details
2 of the 70 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.
Engines that flagged it 2
The Safe verdict weighed these detections and treats them as non-decisive.
- APEXMalicious
- SkyhighBehavesLike.Win32.ObfuscatedPoly.rh
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Nov 7, 2026, 10:35 AM UTC
- SHA-256
b23feb646fa8d049221ff9fbb13a6192d05161e21516470eaabcb03b73a7c8de- SHA-1
05464c738f669ef7cd072a43af70addeec95f8e4- MD5
72a3699857a19674dbbc563206508a97
About this file
SPFL27_setup.exe says it is SP Football Life 2027 Setup (SP Football Life 2027), 5.0 MB.
- Claims to be
- SP Football Life 2027 Setup (SP Football Life 2027)From the file's own version information, written by whoever built it.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 5.0 MB
- Signer
- UnsignedNo code signature.
- First seen
- Oct 31, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 113 distinct sources
- Packer
- .NET Reactor 2.X-3.X (DetectItEasy protector)Packing hides code; legitimate installers use it too.
- Entropy
- 6.36 of 8
First scanned
Antivirus consensus
2 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-236 engines1flagged
- Low-trust16 engines1flagged
View all 75 engine results
- APEXMalicious: Malicious
- SkyhighMalicious: BehavesLike.Win32.ObfuscatedPoly.rh
- AcronisClean
- AhnLab-V3Clean
- AlibabaClean
- alibabacloudClean
- ALYacClean
- Antiy-AVLClean
- 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
- RisingNo result
- SangforClean
- SentinelOneClean
- 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
A known packer signature (UPX / Themida / VMProtect / etc.) matched this file. Packers aren't malicious on their own, but most malware uses them.
Packers compress or encrypt the executable and only unpack it at runtime. Legitimate commercial software uses them too — but if the file is also unsigned and rare, it's a strong malware signal.
How widely this file has been seen
Lots of people are uploading this but it's recent — typical of newly-released legitimate software. Low prior for malware.
Chapter 05
Questions & answers
Short answers to the 6 questions people ask most about this file.
Is SPFL27_setup.exe safe?
What is SPFL27_setup.exe?
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