File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is Bitwarden-
Legitimate Bitwarden password manager installer, signed by trusted publisher, clean across the antivirus engines with expected installation behavior.
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Strong evidence · A verified publisher signature, and no engine flags it.
This file is safe and appears to be the genuine Bitwarden installer. Run it confidently if downloaded from official channels.
Good practice2 tips
We found nothing harmful in this file.
Install it only if it came from the developer's own website or an official app store.
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on.
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Antivirus results
0 of 72 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 72
- No result 4
- Code signing Bitwarden Inc.
- Test run Completed
- First seen 7mo ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
1 point against it and 5 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
This is the official Bitwarden installer for version 2026.2.1, verified by its authentic signature and clean scan results from all engines. It downloads from bitwarden.com artifacts and checks for running instances normally. Rule-based alerts on process activity are typical for NSIS-based installers and do not indicate threats.
No detections from 72 engines including 17 major antivirus engines confirm this file is safe. The Bitwarden Inc. signature matches our trusted publisher list, aligning with the filename and version. Sandbox behavior shows standard installer actions like tasklist checks and downloads from official domains/IPs, explaining the MITRE flags and heuristics. Medium prevalence supports it as commodity software without red flags from children, contacts, or intel.
What We Detected
Clean scan: 0/72 engines flag threats. Signed by verified 'Bitwarden Inc.' publisher.
Threat Behavior
Installer unpacks NSIS components, contacts bitwarden.com and Cloudflare for updates/CRLs. Process checks (tasklist for Bitwarden.exe) and svchost activity trigger rules but match legitimate patterns. No persistence, malicious drops, or a control server.
What To Do Now
Safe to install from official sources. Matches Bitwarden release patterns.
Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
- triggeredHeuristics include high-severity 'one of our behaviour rules' — but evidence (svchost.exe) aligns with NSIS installer unpacking, not evasion.
- behaviour.offensiveCount=3 (etc.) — but paired with 18 techniques common in legitimate software and no malicious runtime verdicts.
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- Trusted Bitwarden publisher match
- Zero malicious engine detections
- Official artifact downloads
- Medium prevalence (262 subs)
- No malicious sandbox/child verdicts
- Direct IP contacts (legit CDNs)
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 partial. 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- 21sandbox rule tags
- 5spawned processes
- 4network contacts
- 22filesystem & mutex artifacts
What this file did when executed
This file was run in a sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Techniques observed in the sandbox
21MITRE ATT&CK techniques the sandbox mapped. Highlighted ones are rare in normal software; the others are common in legitimate programs too.
- T1010
- T1012
- T1027· Obfuscated code
- T1055· Process injection
- T1057· Lists programs
- T1059· Runs commands
- T1071· Application protocol
- T1082· System recon
- T1083· Scans your files
- T1112
- T1115
- T1125
- T1129· Loads modules
- T1134
- T1202
- T1222
- T1485
- T1529
- T1539
- T1547.009· Auto-start
- T1573
Observed activity
Processes started
5Programs the file ran, with their command lines.
Bitwarden-Installer-2026.2.1_x86.exe"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\Bitwarden-Installer-2026.2.1_x86.exe"cmd.exe"C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c tasklist /FI "USERNAME eq %USERNAME%" /FI "IMAGENAME eq Bitwarden.exe" /FO csv | "C:\Windows\system32\find.exe" "Bitwarden.exe"tasklisttasklist /FI "USERNAME eq <USER>" /FI "IMAGENAME eq Bitwarden.exe" /FO csvfind.exe"C:\Windows\system32\find.exe" "Bitwarden.exe"Bitwarden-Installer-2026.2.1_x86.exe"C:\Users\user\Desktop\Bitwarden-Installer-2026.2.1_x86.exe"
Network contacts
44 hosts, listed as 2 addresses, 2 links. Links show the host and path only.
- IP address
199.232.197.91 - IP address
104.18.21.213 - URL
http://r13.c.lencr.org/68.crl - URL
https://artifacts.bitwarden.com/desktop/bitwarden-2026.2.1-x64.nsis.7z
Files
20Files the file created, changed or deleted.
- Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsmC38F.tmp\System.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsmC38F.tmp\UAC.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsmC38F.tmp\StdUtils.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsmC38F.tmp\modern-wizard.bmp - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsmC38F.tmp\nsDialogs.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsmC38F.tmp\nsExec.dll
Show all 20 entries for files
- Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsmC38F.tmp\INetC.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsmC38F.tmp\package.7z - Written
C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Local\FontCache\Fonts\Download-1.tmp - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsfD246.tmp\System.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsfD246.tmp\UAC.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsfD246.tmp\StdUtils.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsfD246.tmp\modern-wizard.bmp - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsfD246.tmp\nsDialogs.dll - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches - Deleted
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsmC38F.tmp\package.7z - Deleted
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nskD216.tmp - Deleted
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsfD246.tmp - Deleted
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\nsf80BA.tmp - Deleted
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\nsz8099.tmp
Mutexes
2Named locks a program uses so only one copy runs; malware families often reuse them.
173a9bac-6f0d-50c4-8202-4744c69d091a\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\173a9bac-6f0d-50c4-8202-4744c69d091a
Sandbox background — not the file
7The 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 LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -p -s StorSvc - VM process
lsass.exeC:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalService -s W32Time
Show all 7 entries for sandbox background — not the file
- VM host
162.159.36.2
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 7 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache. 7 have no saved verdict and were not checked; that is missing coverage, not a finding.
- 3eb38ae99653a7dbc724…f2eacaNot checkedno saved verdict
- 1e40211af65923c2f4fd…632172Not checkedno saved verdict
- ed04a4823f221e9197b8…6c810aNot checkedno saved verdict
- 35176dd40612d7542af4…1cacf8Not checkedno saved verdict
- 2f7f8fc05dc4fd0d5cda…52dc08Not checkedno saved verdict
- b72e9013a6204e9f0107…31601eNot checkedno saved verdict
- 5d9ceb1ce5f35aea5f9e…58b962Not checkedno saved verdict
Chapter 04
Technical details
None of the 72 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; signed by Bitwarden Inc..
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 partial. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- May 6, 2026, 12:23 PM UTC
- SHA-256
b8b932755a5de03ef41e13a0332c4cd50437dda2da10d7ec5633ed98a1ea5296- SHA-1
54f3734732ab0caecf0ca04b15c9de20c71d014d- MD5
70b52776f2167d8a0a224f244cf19450
About this file
Bitwarden-Installer-2026.2.1.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 732.0 kB.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 732.0 kB
- Signer
- Bitwarden Inc.Valid code signature.
- First seen
- Mar 5, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 240 distinct sources
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 8.00 of 8
First scanned Updated
Antivirus consensus
0 of 72 engines flagged this file
4 of the 76 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 engines0flagged
- Low-trust18 engines0flagged
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- Avast-MobileNo result
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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
No high-entropy executable section or known packer signature was detected. Data and resource sections can still have high entropy without indicating packed code.
How widely this file has been seen
Widely seen in the wild for a long time. High prior this is legitimate; isolated detections on common-old files are usually false positives.
Chapter 05
Questions & answers
Short answers to the 7 questions people ask most about this file.
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