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Verdict Suspicious

Analyzed , 4 months ago

Is Tracking.exe safe? Treat it as suspicious.

One antivirus engine (tehtris) flags this Windows program; nothing else confirms it is harmful.

Why Suspicious? One antivirus engine (tehtris) flags it; nothing else confirms it.

Limited evidence · One sign points to a problem; nothing else confirms it.

Don't run it until you know where it came from

Exercise caution and avoid execution on production systems; re-evaluate with additional context or updated scans.

What to do now4 steps

Some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. Treat it with caution.

What to do

  1. Don't run it unless you're sure where it came from.

  2. Check where you got it: an unexpected attachment, a link someone sent you or a re-upload is a red flag.

  3. If you can't confirm where it came from, delete it. If you need the program, download it again from the publisher's own website.

If you already ran it

  1. Stop using it, run a full scan with your antivirus and watch for unexpected behavior or security alerts.

Not sure what to do?

Ask the MalwareTips community before you run it. If you already ran it, follow the cleanup guide.

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Tracking.exe: Suspicious — MalwareTips file scan

The link always shows the latest result for this exact file (its SHA-256 fingerprint).

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Antivirus results

1 of 75 flagged

  • Flagged 1
  • No detection 74
  • No result 4
FileTracking.exe11.6 MBSHA-256 b3b424ab9344…095e2a
  • Code signing Unsigned
  • Test run Completed
  • First seen 2y ago
1 of the 75 antivirus engines that checked it flags it (tehtris).

Chapter 02

Why we think so

4 points against it and 4 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.

MT AI Engine · Verdict analysis

The reasoning behind this verdict

Analyst conclusion

Zero major detections, clean sandbox results, and no malicious files it created or external intel hits keep the overall risk moderate rather than confirmed malicious.

Where this verdict could be wrong1 caveat
  • Single smaller detection with 18 major clean reports and no sandbox malicious verdict could indicate a false positive or overly broad rule-based rather than confirmed malice.

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

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
  • 10sandbox rule tags
  • 9spawned processes
  • 0network contacts
  • 9filesystem & mutex artifacts

What the test run showed

What the file did on a test computer

Confirmed in the test run

  • Moderate concern: Contains packed or scrambled code that is harder to inspect (common in installers too).

  • Moderate concern: Ran commands or a script on the test computer.

  • Moderate concern: Checked whether it was running on a test computer.

  • Note: Read basic details of the test computer, such as its Windows version.

  • Note: Loaded extra code modules while running.

  • Note: Checked which security software was installed on the test computer.

Sandbox labels we could not confirm (common in safe files too)

  • Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as contacting a server, but no contacted host was recorded.

  • Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as changing how Windows loads code; nothing confirms it.

This file was run on a test computer (a sandbox), not on yours. Labels we could not confirm are listed so you can see them, but they are not treated as evidence against the file.

Recorded behavior

What happened in the test

Grouped by step. The order is not a timeline.

Seen in the test runWorked out from other results

  1. Input file

    The submitted object

    1
    1. Evidence 1 of 5: FileSeen in the test run

      Tracking.exe

      b3b424ab934451178eb5343cb4a9131a848f71badca5d8a1b5579d5be8095e2a

      Uploaded file

  2. Processes

    What ran

    2
    1. Evidence 2 of 5: ProcessSeen in the test run

      Tracking.exe

      "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\Tracking.exe"

      Test run
    2. Evidence 3 of 5: ProcessSeen in the test run

      Tracking.exe

      Test run
    3. +1 more recorded observation

  3. Files

    Created or changed

    2
    1. Evidence 4 of 5: Written fileSeen in the test run

      log.txt

      C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\log.txt

      Test run
    2. Evidence 5 of 5: Written fileSeen in the test run

      config.cfg

      C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\config.cfg

      Test run
    3. +1 more recorded observation

5 facts from the test run. See the full activity list.

Chapter 04

Technical details

1 of the 75 antivirus engines that checked it flags 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.

SourceStatusResultChecked
Antivirus enginesVirusTotal · 79 enginesCompleteWorth noting: 1 of 75 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

Engines that flagged it 1

  • tehtrisGeneric.Malware

File fingerprint

Last analyzed
Jun 7, 2026, 2:04 AM UTC
SHA-256
b3b424ab934451178eb5343cb4a9131a848f71badca5d8a1b5579d5be8095e2a
SHA-1
415fa88e99366972fe44d773b820a1e1eb61dcdb
MD5
d468098873adb090ea6252b3aabd9456

About this file

Tracking.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 11.6 MB.

Type and size
Win32 EXE · 11.6 MB
Signer
UnsignedNo code signature.
First seen
Aug 6, 2024On VirusTotal.
Submitted by
3 distinct sourcesRarely seen: few people have submitted this exact file.
Packer
None detected
Entropy
5.98 of 8

First scanned

Chapter 05

Questions & answers

Short answers to the 6 questions people ask most about this file.

Is Tracking.exe safe, or is it malware?
Tracking.exe is rated Suspicious: some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. 1 of the 75 antivirus engines that checked it flags it. Don't run it unless you're sure where it came from. If you need the program, download it again from the publisher's own website.
What is Tracking.exe?
Tracking.exe is a Windows program, about 11.6 MB. It carries no version information saying what it is or who made it. VirusTotal first saw it on Aug 6, 2024.
How many antivirus engines detected Tracking.exe?
1 of the 75 antivirus engines that checked it flags Tracking.exe (tehtris). We weigh which engines flagged it and what else the scan found, not just the count.
I already downloaded and ran Tracking.exe — what should I do?
No infection is confirmed: the rating is a caution, not a malware finding. 1) Check where it came from. If you can't confirm the source, delete it. 2) Run a full scan with your security software. 3) If the scan finds something, follow its removal steps and change passwords you typed on the device since then.
What is the SHA-256 hash of Tracking.exe?
The SHA-256 fingerprint of Tracking.exe is b3b424ab934451178eb5343cb4a9131a848f71badca5d8a1b5579d5be8095e2a, and its MD5 is d468098873adb090ea6252b3aabd9456. 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.
How up to date is this analysis of Tracking.exe?
This report reflects the scan on Jun 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.
Chapter 06

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