Is PBSetup.exe safe?
No antivirus engine detected PBSetup.exe, but its unsigned status and sandbox indications of process injection and LSASS access warrant caution.
All 75 antivirus engines were non-detecting, including 17 tier-1 products, and no named malware family was identified. However, one sandbox run indicated possible process injection and LSASS targeting, while the executable lacks a verified signature and its direct-IP contact was not reputation-checked.
ba6f860eaac3930cd7…d0dd886ae56958Recommended next actions
Before running
Do not run it until the source and publisher can be verified independently.
If you already ran it
Stop using it, scan the device, and watch for unexpected behavior or security alerts. Get a fresh copy from the developer's official site or an official app store.
Intelligence
The saved assessment, checked against the scan evidence and recorded coverage.
The reasoning behind this verdict
This section explains the evidence supporting the verdict and keeps conflicting or missing signals visible.
All 75 antivirus engines were non-detecting, including 17 tier-1 products, and no named malware family was identified. However, one sandbox run indicated possible process injection and LSASS targeting, while the executable lacks a verified signature and its direct-IP contact was not reputation-checked.
Static scanning found no detection across 75 engines, including all 17 tier-1 products, which substantially lowers the likelihood of established malware. One completed sandbox run nevertheless mapped activity to T1055 and recorded apparent interaction with LSASS, both of which are unusual for an installer. The sample also contacted 162.159.36.2 directly, but no complete host-reputation result is available because the host cross-check was not saved. The executable is unsigned, leaving no authenticated publisher identity to explain these behaviors. No malicious sandbox verdict, known malicious child, named family, or external-intelligence match corroborates the concerning heuristics, so the evidence remains mixed.
What We Detected
PBSetup.exe received no detections from 75 antivirus engines, including 17 tier-1 products. It is an unsigned Windows installer, and no named threat family or researcher-curated rule matched it.
Threat Behavior
One sandbox run indicated possible process injection (T1055), privilege-related activity, destructive-technique mappings, and apparent access involving LSASS. It also recorded a direct connection to 162.159.36.2. These observations deserve caution, but the sandbox itself did not issue a malicious verdict, and no complete reputation check is available for the contacted IP. Ten dropped files were inspected without a known malicious result, although their individual verdicts remain unknown.
What To Do Now
Keep endpoint protection enabled and obtain the installer only from its official publisher or release channel. If its origin cannot be verified, avoid running it on a production system and submit the dropped components for further analysis.
Where this verdict could be wrong4 caveats
- All 75 engines were non-detecting, including 17 tier-1 engines, which weighs strongly against a recognized malware family.
- behaviour.hasMaliciousSandboxVerdict=false, so the completed sandbox did not independently label the execution as malicious.
- droppedChildren.hasMaliciousChild=false, but all 10 inspected children have unknown verdicts rather than confirmed benign results.
- externalIntel.yaraify.ruleCount=0 and externalIntel.circl.hit=false provide no researcher-curated corroboration.
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 antivirus detections
- All 17 tier-1 engines reported no detection
- No malicious sandbox verdict
- No confirmed malicious dropped child
- No CIRCL, MalwareBazaar, or YARAify hit
- Unsigned executable with no verified publisher identity
- Sandbox mapping to process injection technique T1055
- Apparent LSASS-targeting activity
- Five offensive MITRE technique mappings
- Direct-IP contact to 162.159.36.2 without a completed reputation cross-check
- All 10 dropped-child verdicts remain unknown
Keep protection enabled and run the file only if its source and publisher can be independently verified. Otherwise, quarantine it and seek further analysis of the installer and its dropped components.
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
Complete1 isolated runtime environment contributed observations.
Network
Partial1 runtime contact was observed without a completed reputation cross-check.
YARA
Complete3 signature or behavior rules matched.
External intel
Complete3 of 3 independent reference sources completed.
Behavior
Plain-English impact first, then the observed runtime evidence.
Runtime flight recorder
Capture complete- 1isolated sandbox run
- 22MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- 12spawned processes
- 1network contacts
- 34filesystem & mutex artifacts
What this file does
Observed actions and their security significance
High concern: Injected code into another process, a technique that can conceal execution.
High concern: Used removable-media replication behaviour that can spread files between devices.
High concern: Encrypted files or data, behaviour commonly associated with ransomware.
High concern: Manipulated how the operating system loads code, which can redirect execution.
Moderate concern: Contained obfuscated or packed code that makes inspection harder.
Moderate concern: Removed execution artefacts or logs, which can conceal activity.
Moderate concern: Communicated over a common application protocol; malware can use this for command-and-control.
These are observed capabilities from an isolated analysis. A technique does not prove malicious intent on its own, and the file never ran on your device.
Attack story
Runtime observations grouped by analysis stage. Arrows organize the stages; they do not claim chronology or causality.
Input file
The submitted object
- FileObserved
PBSetup.exe
ba6f860eaac3930cd715078d642d88fdb1d1d476fa60b94287d0dd886ae56958
01Uploaded file
Processes
Runtime execution
- ProcessObserved
Observed process
"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\PBSetup.exe"
02Isolated runtime analysis - ProcessObserved
Observed process
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
03Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Files
Created or changed
- Written fileObserved
vise32ex.dll
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\~vis0000\vise32ex.dll
04Isolated runtime analysis - Written fileObserved
English.vlg
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\~vis0000\English.vlg
05Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Network
Hosts contacted
- Contacted hostObserved
162.159.36.2
Contact observed during runtime.
06Isolated runtime analysis
6 recorded facts from one runtime window. Every fact remains independently traceable in Analyst mode.
What this file did when executed
This file was detonated in 1 sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Adversary techniques mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
- 162.159.36.2
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\~vis0000\vise32ex.dll
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\~vis0000\English.vlg
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\~vis0000\miscdata.xyz
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\~vis0000\rebootnt.exe
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\~vis0000\uninst32.exe
- C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\~vis0000\miscdata.xyz
- C:\Program Files (x86)\PeedyBUDDY\xxxxxxxx.yyy
- C:\Program Files (x86)\PeedyBUDDY\
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\VIS70c6.TMP
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\VIS70d5.TMP
- Local\Shell.CMruPidlList
- cversions.3.m
- Global\SyncRootManager
- Local\Mutexf01b4d95cf55d32a.automaticDestinations-ms
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 10 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.
- e8307150077289b0cee6…3a55b1Never scannednever seen before
- 7b3da7b15152345c683b…0c9659Never scannednever seen before
- de70908938ed443449af…92d823Never scannednever seen before
- 4887ff02f8e45f5e03e3…81dedeNever scannednever seen before
- 51d0efea836528cb1379…b11c57Never scannednever seen before
- 56dbafcfa4a628fcd20e…452c3aNever scannednever seen before
- 4cb9302984eafbed4f05…444714Never scannednever seen before
- ea6b0454ac40794ce46a…f64d1dNever scannednever seen before
- 9949cd15179c85253552…a5640eNever scannednever seen before
- 288f313a78bf27d773b8…23cec4Never scannednever seen before
Detection & Forensics
Consensus, attribution, signatures, code structure, prevalence, and identity.
Evidence integrity
Chain of custody for the facts preserved in this report.
- 3rule hits recorded
- 0 / 75engines flagged
- 18sources in submission history
Why these facts are shown
Each statement identifies whether it was directly recorded or derived from saved scan facts.
- 01
1 high-confidence signature or behavior rule matched this file.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceDerivedSourceSignature and behavior rulesObserved at - 02
0 of 75 antivirus engines flagged the file.
ProvenanceObservedSourceAntivirus analysisObserved at - 03
The hash has been submitted 20 times from 18 sources.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceSaved report factsObserved at - 04
Scanned file: PBSetup.exe — ba6f860eaac3930cd715078d642d88fdb1d1d476fa60b94287d0dd886ae56958
ProvenanceObservedSourceUploaded fileObserved at - 05
Observed process — "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\PBSetup.exe"
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 06
Observed process — C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 07
File written: vise32ex.dll — C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\~vis0000\vise32ex.dll
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 08
File written: English.vlg — C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\~vis0000\English.vlg
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 09
Contacted host: 162.159.36.2 — Contact observed during runtime.
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved 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.
Signatures and behavior heuristics
A community signature or high-severity behavioral heuristic matched. Signatures identify known patterns; heuristics are strong leads but are not proof on their own.
The saved runtime evidence maps this activity to MITRE T1055 (Process Injection). The mapping supports possible process injection, but it does not prove the exact injection method or the operator's intent.
EvidenceC:\Windows\Explorer.EXESandbox observed process activity targeting LSASS (Windows credential store). Legitimate software has no business reading LSASS memory — this is Mimikatz-shape behaviour.
EvidenceC:\Windows\system32\lsass.exeThe sample contacted an external IP address directly and no application domain was recorded. Direct-IP traffic also occurs in legitimate installers and infrastructure, so this is supporting context only and requires corroboration from host reputation and other runtime evidence.
Evidence162.159.36.2
0 of 75 engines flagged this file
View all 75 engine results
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
Moderate prevalence — neither rare nor common. No strong prior applies.
Fingerprint and provenance
- File name
- PBSetup.exe
- Format
- Win32 EXE
- Code signing
- No verified publisher
- Size
- 18.2 MB
- Last analyzed
- Sep 14, 2026, 3:44 AM UTC
ba6f860eaac3930cd715078d642d88fdb1d1d476fa60b94287d0dd886ae56958Safety & FAQ
Complete recovery guidance and answers for the next decision.
What to do now
We couldn't fully clear this file. Treat it with caution.
- Recovery step 01
Don't run it unless you're certain it came from a source you trust.
- Recovery step 02
Check where you got it — an unexpected attachment or a random download link is a red flag.
- Recovery step 03
If its origin cannot be confirmed, delete this file and use a fresh copy from a trusted source. Get a fresh copy from the developer's official site or an official app store.
- Recovery step 04
If you're still unsure, scan it again in a day or two — detections often catch up on newer files.
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