File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is Hexium
Only APEX flagged this unsigned launcher, while major antivirus engines found nothing and evidence from the test run did not corroborate malware activity.
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Moderate evidence · No engine flags it, but no publisher signature confirms who made it.
Keep security protection enabled and use the file only if it came from the expected source. Rescan the launcher and downloaded archive after more reputation data becomes available.
Good practice2 tips
We found nothing harmful in this file.
Run it only if it came from the developer's own website or an official app store.
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on.
No scanner can promise a file is 100% safe.
Antivirus results
1 of 70 flagged
- Flagged 1
- No detection 69
- No result 5
- Code signing Unsigned
- Test run Completed
- First seen 10d ago
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Why we think so
3 points against it and 5 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
Only 1 of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file, and that detection came from less reliable APEX with no named family. One sandbox mapped possible process injection, but recorded no target process, malicious verdict, malicious contacted host, or confirmed malicious child.
The scan pattern is dominated by a single generic APEX detection, while none of the major antivirus engines flagged the sample. The test run mapped T1055, but did not identify an injected process or return a malicious sandbox verdict. The observed sample host was not present in the available malicious or suspicious URL-cache records, and the other recorded IP was identified as sandbox background traffic. No malware-specific YARA rules, MalwareBazaar record, confirmed malicious child, packing, or high-entropy code corroborated the detection. Confidence is moderated because this is an unsigned executable first observed on Oct 16, 2026 and ten dropped files remain individually unclassified.
What We Detected
APEX was the only engine to flag the file among 75 engines, using a generic malicious label. No major antivirus engines reported a detection, and no engine family consensus was present.
Threat Behavior
One sandbox mapped activity to MITRE T1055, which can indicate process injection. However, it recorded no injected target process and produced no malicious sandbox verdict. The contacted-host cross-check covered the distinct observed sample domain and non-background IP without finding a cached malicious or suspicious host; 8.8.8.8 was identified as analysis-environment background traffic. The launcher also downloaded files and wrote installation-related data, but no file it created had a confirmed malicious verdict.
What To Do Now
Keep security software enabled and obtain the launcher only from a source you trust. Because the executable is unsigned, and its dropped files lack saved verdicts, consider rescanning it and the downloaded player archive after security vendors have had more time to analyze them.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- The executable is unsigned and was first observed on Oct 16, 2026, so it lacks established publisher and age-based trust.
- One sandbox mapped activity to process injection technique T1055, although no injected target process or malicious sandbox verdict was recorded.
- Ten dropped files have no saved verdict, leaving their individual safety unresolved.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- Only 1 of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file, and the sole detection came from less reliable APEX.
- None of the 17 major antivirus engines reported a detection.
- The sandbox produced no malicious verdict and recorded no injected target process.
- The complete observed-host cross-check found no cached malicious or suspicious host.
- No malware-specific YARA match, MalwareBazaar record, confirmed malicious child, or packing indicator was found.
- The executable is unsigned and has no established publisher history.
- It was first observed on Oct 16, 2026.
- A sandbox mapped possible process injection, although no target process was identified.
6 sources checked · all complete. See every source
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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- 18sandbox rule tags
- 2spawned processes
- 2network contacts
- 22filesystem & mutex artifacts
Includes 18 mapped techniques, every process, file, registry and network entry and 10 dropped files.
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Technical details
1 of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flags it; no publisher signature.
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · all complete. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
Engines that flagged it 1
The saved verdict treats these detections as likely false positives.
- APEXMalicious
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Oct 17, 2026, 5:37 PM UTC
- SHA-256
b50c701a37932e02e26f02bf8cec6d31ee088f96be69d5754f608f44fe7ee01a- SHA-1
feccc08e9ad001525b1e343d16844ee00fc9b0b7- MD5
2e63366a73bada1d6b2f1a9e8542dcd5
About this file
HexiumLauncher.dll is a Win32 EXE file of 69.2 MB.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 69.2 MB
- Signer
- UnsignedNo code signature.
- First seen
- Oct 16, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 7 distinct sourcesRarely seen: few people have submitted this exact file.
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 6.26 of 8
First scanned
Includes every engine result (75), 1 matched signature rule, PE section entropy and packers and how widely the file has been seen.
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