Safe
Old, widely submitted CAB file with zero engine detections and NSRL reference.
bd3581f52a75fc9f0f…753224f0adThe reasoning behind this verdict
The MT AI Engine weighs every signal from this scan — antivirus detections, sandbox behaviour, code signing, prevalence and historical matches — to reach a single, evidence-based verdict.
The complete absence of malicious detections across tier-1, tier-2, and low-trust engines combined with long-term prevalence and an NSRL reference strongly indicates a benign legacy file. No sandbox, dropped-child, or host-contact signals exist to contradict the clean engine picture. The file's age and distribution pattern match typical commodity software rather than malware campaigns.
Each signal cites a concrete token from the evidence the arbiter saw — engine name, MITRE technique, signer string, or an exact count.
engines: 0 malicious detections (tier1Malicious=0, lowTrustMalicious=0)
prevalence.classification=common_old (278 sources, 340 submissions)
externalIntel.circl.hit=true from nsrl_legacy with knownMalicious=null
file.ageDays=6324, tags include nsrl and known-distributor
- Zero engine detections across all tiers
- Long-term prevalence (common_old)
- NSRL reference with no malicious flag
The file shows no malicious indicators and can be considered safe.
What to do now
This file looks safe based on everything we checked.
This file is safe to use.
Good habit: only download files from the official website or an app store.
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on so you stay protected.
1 corroborating signal from researcher-curated sources
0 detections across 73 engines
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.
Forensic fingerprint
- File name
- engine32.cab
- Size
- 408.5 KB
- MIME type
- (unknown)
- Detected type
- CAB
- SHA-256
- bd3581f52a75fc9f0f044d239e152a2d542efa552131662ab32edc753224f0ad
- MD5
- b31f0800ecb5f3cdce497d16b5f4c08b
- SHA-1
- 79b6a66e67e770bd6e56378909fa1f281a45ee36
- First seen (VT)
- 3/26/2009, 4:12:25 AM
- Last analysis (VT)
- 6/22/2026, 11:23:15 AM
- First scan (MalwareTips)
- 7/19/2026, 7:54:08 AM
- Last scan (MalwareTips)
- 7/19/2026, 7:54:08 AM
- Community reputation
- +48trusted
Safety FAQ
Common questions about engine32.cab, answered from the scan data above.
- engine32.cab appears safe. 73 of 73 antivirus engines report it clean. As a habit, only open files you downloaded from the official source, since attackers sometimes distribute trojanised copies of legitimate software under the same name.
- engine32.cab is a compressed archive, about 408 KB. Our analysis found no threat indicators for it. A file's name can be reused by different files, so we identify it by its cryptographic hash (below).
- None — all 73 antivirus engines we queried report engine32.cab as clean. That's reassuring, though brand-new malware can briefly evade detection before vendors add signatures, so we also weigh the file's behaviour and reputation.
- The SHA-256 hash of engine32.cab is bd3581f52a75fc9f0f044d239e152a2d542efa552131662ab32edc753224f0ad, and its MD5 is b31f0800ecb5f3cdce497d16b5f4c08b. This hash is the file's unique fingerprint — two files with the same SHA-256 are identical. Use it to confirm you're looking at exactly this file (not just one with the same name) when comparing against antivirus databases or a download's published checksum.
- Based on this scan, yes — engine32.cab shows no threat indicators. The important caveat is source: make sure you downloaded it from the official website or a trusted store, because attackers sometimes distribute malware-laced copies under a legitimate file's name. If your own antivirus flags it while we report it clean, that is most often a false positive, but verify the source before overriding your antivirus.
- This report reflects the scan run on July 19, 2026. Because a file's hash never changes, the identity of engine32.cab is fixed — but antivirus coverage improves over time, so a file that looks clean today can pick up detections later (and vice-versa). If you need the latest picture, MalwareTips staff can re-run the analysis from scratch.
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