Is North Carolina State Firefighters' Association.pdf safe?
No antivirus engine detected a threat in this PDF, although its encrypted form content and lack of runtime observation warrant normal document-handling caution.
All 75 antivirus engines returned without a malicious or suspicious finding, including 17 high-trust engines reporting no detection. The PDF is encrypted and newly observed, and no runtime analysis or complete host-reputation check is available, so open it only if the document was expected.
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Before opening
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If you already opened it
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Intelligence
The saved assessment, checked against the scan evidence and recorded coverage.
The reasoning behind this verdict
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All 75 antivirus engines returned without a malicious or suspicious finding, including 17 high-trust engines reporting no detection. The PDF is encrypted and newly observed, and no runtime analysis or complete host-reputation check is available, so open it only if the document was expected.
Static scanning produced no malicious or suspicious detections across 75 engines, with all 17 reporting high-trust engines returning no detection. Research intelligence also produced no MalwareBazaar, CIRCL, or YARAify match. The encrypted and AcroForm tags are legitimate PDF features but can reduce inspection visibility and permit interactive content. No completed sandbox observation is available, and contacted-host reputation was not checked or saved. Five previous PDF-only matches received safe decisions, although file-type similarity is weak supporting evidence.
What We Detected
The file is a 35,194-byte PDF with encrypted and AcroForm tags. None of 75 antivirus engines flagged it as malicious or suspicious, and 17 high-trust engines reported no detection. MalwareBazaar, CIRCL, and YARAify supplied no corroborating threat match.
Threat Behavior
No completed sandbox run is available, so the document's runtime actions were not observed. A complete reputation check for any contacted hosts is also unavailable. Encryption and form support can be legitimate, but they may conceal content from static inspection or enable interactive document features.
What To Do Now
If the document was expected and came through a trusted channel, it can be handled with routine caution. Keep endpoint protection and the PDF reader's security features enabled, update the reader, and avoid enabling embedded actions or following unexpected links.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- prevalence.classification=rare_new with 1 submitter and 1 submission — the file has almost no established history.
- file.tags includes encrypted and acroform, which can limit static inspection and support interactive PDF content.
- behaviour=null and contactedHosts=null, so runtime actions and contacted-host reputation were not assessed.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- 0/75 engines reported malicious or suspicious findings
- 17 high-trust engines reported no detection
- No MalwareBazaar, CIRCL, or YARAify hit
- No heuristic rules fired
- 5/5 file-type comparisons had prior safe verdicts
- Newly observed file with only 1 submission
- Encrypted PDF content may reduce static visibility
- AcroForm permits interactive document elements
- No completed runtime observation
- No complete contacted-host reputation result
Open the PDF only if it was expected and obtained from a trusted source. Keep endpoint protection and PDF-reader safeguards enabled, and avoid unexpected links or embedded actions.
Coverage & freshness
Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.
Antivirus
Complete0 of 75 engines flagged the file.
Sandbox
PartialRuntime data is present, but no completed sandbox environment is recorded.
Network
Not runNo contacted-host reputation check is recorded.
No timestamp recordedYARA
CompleteRule evaluation completed with no recorded matches.
External intel
Complete3 of 3 independent reference sources completed.
Behavior
Plain-English impact first, then the observed runtime evidence.
Runtime behavior was not available
The report does not treat a missing runtime observation as a clean result.
Detection & Forensics
Consensus, attribution, signatures, code structure, prevalence, and identity.
Evidence integrity
Chain of custody for the facts preserved in this report.
- 0rule hits recorded
- 0 / 75engines flagged
- 1sources in submission history
Why these facts are shown
Each statement identifies whether it was directly recorded or derived from saved scan facts.
- 01
0 of 75 antivirus engines flagged the file.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceObservedSourceAntivirus analysisObserved at - 02
No completed runtime observation is available for this file.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceRuntime coverageObserved at - 03
The hash has been submitted 1 time from 1 source.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceSaved report factsObserved at
Detection sources at a glance
The available sources did not agree on a named threat category.
MalwareBazaar, YARAify, and CIRCL hashlookup completed and returned no entries for this hash.
YARA rules
No matchesThe rule pass completed without a saved public match.
0 of 75 engines flagged this file
View all 75 engine results
PE structure
Not applicablePE structure analysis applies to Windows executable formats, not this file type.
How widely this file has been seen
Barely seen in the wild and first surfaced recently. That limits reputation evidence, but rarity alone is not proof of malware.
Fingerprint and provenance
- File name
- North Carolina State Firefighters' Association.pdf
- Format
- Code signing
- Not applicable to this file type
- Size
- 34.4 KB
- Last analyzed
- Sep 24, 2026, 7:27 PM UTC
b4035189ded70defc878c10cb60d4acf91357d7dbcef055bad27ff34978e983dSafety & 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.
- Recovery step 01
Open it only when its sender or download source is one you independently trust.
- Recovery step 02
A clean result reduces known risk, but it cannot guarantee that every new or targeted threat has been detected.
- Recovery step 03
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on so you stay protected.
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