File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is Discord.
None of the 61 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this Windows shortcut, although its very limited history and absence of the test run warrant ordinary source verification.
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Moderate evidence · No engine flags it, but no publisher signature confirms who made it.
Good practice2 tips
We found nothing harmful in this file.
Open it only if you trust the person or website it came from.
Keep your security software and system updates switched on.
No scanner can promise a file is 100% safe.
Antivirus results
0 of 61 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 61
- No result 14
- Code signing Not applicable
- Test run Not run
- First seen 13d ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
3 points against it and 4 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
None of the 61 antivirus engines that checked it detected a threat, including all 17 reporting major antivirus engines, and no external malware intelligence corroborated harmful content. However, the shortcut is and was not executed in a sandbox, so confirm that it came from an expected source before opening it.
The strongest evidence is the absence of detections across 75 engines, with Microsoft, Kaspersky, ESET, BitDefender, and other major antivirus engines reporting no detection. No malware-family label, malicious child, or external researcher-rule match supports a threat finding. Five prior file-type matches also received clean outcomes, though file-type similarity alone is weak evidence. The file has only one submission and was first observed on Oct 12, 2026, so it lacks established reputation. No completed observation from the test run or complete host-reputation cross-check is available, meaning the shortcut's eventual target was not behaviorally verified.
What We Detected
None of the 61 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the 2,300-byte Windows shortcut. All 17 reporting major antivirus engines returned no detection, and no malware-family consensus or external malware-intelligence match was present.
Threat Behavior
No completed sandbox run is available, so the shortcut's target, command line, programs it started, and network activity were not observed. A complete contacted-host reputation cross-check is also unavailable. The file is with only one submission, which limits reputation-based assurance.
What To Do Now
Verify that the shortcut came from the expected installer or trusted sender and inspect its Properties target before opening it. Keep security software enabled and rescan if the shortcut launches an unexpected script, command shell, or downloaded executable.
Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
- The shortcut is and has only one submission, so reputation history is minimal.
- No sandbox execution or complete contacted-host reputation result is available; a shortcut's target and command line were not behaviorally validated.
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 61 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file.
- All 17 reporting major antivirus engines returned no detection.
- No malware-specific researcher rules or malware-repository matches were found.
- Five previous file-type comparisons received clean outcomes.
- The shortcut was first observed on Oct 12, 2026 and has only one recorded submission.
- No sandbox run examined what command or program the shortcut launches.
- No complete reputation check is available for any destination the shortcut might contact.
6 sources checked · 4 complete · 1 not run · 1 not needed or not applicable. See every source
Chapter 03
Technical details
None of the 61 antivirus engines that checked it flag it.
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · 4 complete · 1 not run · 1 not needed or not applicable. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Oct 12, 2026, 6:09 PM UTC
- SHA-256
b50e8e3ae6dcbc7f7da05d49be5fce9671ce554676053211b461fa761d0466c5- SHA-1
faac474906fffe27712243db55afd45f4c9c7e3b- MD5
da46c204352b102253b462a004464e7d
About this file
Discord.lnk is a Windows shortcut file of 2.3 kB.
- Type and size
- Windows shortcut · 2.3 kB
- Signer
- Not applicable
- First seen
- Oct 12, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 1 sourceRarely seen: few people have submitted this exact file.
First scanned
Antivirus consensus
0 of 61 engines flagged this file
14 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-232 engines0flagged
- Low-trust11 engines0flagged
View all 75 engine results
- AcronisClean
- AhnLab-V3Clean
- AlibabaNo result
- alibabacloudClean
- ALYacClean
- Antiy-AVLClean
- APEXNo result
- ArcabitClean
- AvastClean
- Avast-MobileNo result
- AVGClean
- AviraClean
- BitDefenderClean
- BitDefenderFalxNo result
- BkavClean
- CAT-QuickHealClean
- ClamAVClean
- CMCClean
- CrowdStrikeClean
- CTXClean
- CylanceNo result
- CynetClean
- DeepInstinctNo result
- DrWebClean
- ElasticNo result
- EmsisoftClean
- ESET-NOD32Clean
- F-SecureClean
- FortinetClean
- GDataClean
- GoogleClean
- GridinsoftClean
- huorongClean
- IkarusClean
- JiangminClean
- K7AntiVirusClean
- K7GWClean
- KasperskyClean
- KingsoftClean
- LionicClean
- MalwarebytesClean
- MaxSecureClean
- McAfeeDClean
- MicrosoftClean
- MicroWorld-eScanClean
- NANO-AntivirusNo result
- PaloaltoNo result
- PandaClean
- RisingClean
- SangforClean
- SentinelOneClean
- SkyhighClean
- SophosClean
- SUPERAntiSpywareClean
- SymantecClean
- SymantecMobileInsightNo result
- TACHYONClean
- tehtrisNo result
- TencentClean
- TrapmineNo result
- TrellixENSClean
- TrendMicroClean
- TrendMicro-HouseCallClean
- TrustlookNo result
- VaristClean
- VBA32Clean
- VIPREClean
- VirITClean
- ViRobotClean
- WebrootNo result
- XcitiumClean
- YandexClean
- ZillyaClean
- ZoneAlarmClean
- ZonerClean
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.
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