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Verdict Safe

Analyzed , 1 month ago

Is Stained.to.Beacon.Lantern.zip safe? Yes, no threats found.

A ZIP archive with zero detections across 76 engines and medium prevalence.

Moderate evidence · No engine flags it, but no publisher signature confirms who made it.

Open or extract it as usual if it came from the official source

The file presents no observable malicious indicators and can be considered safe.

Good practice2 tips

We found nothing harmful in this file.

  1. Open it only if you trust the person or website you got it from.

  2. Keep your security software and system updates switched on.

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Stained.to.Beacon.Lantern.zip: Safe — MalwareTips file scan

The link always shows the latest result for this exact file (its SHA-256 fingerprint).

Reads the latest antivirus results for this file's hash. Nothing is uploaded.

Antivirus results

0 of 64 flagged

  • Flagged 0
  • No detection 64
  • No result 12
FileStained.to.Beacon.Lantern.zip20.6 kBSHA-256 bdbe61a8a0b6…3fba34
  • Code signing Not applicable
  • Test run Not run
  • First seen 7mo ago
None of the 64 antivirus engines that checked it flag it.

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Why we think so

0 points against it and 3 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.

MT AI Engine · Verdict analysis

The reasoning behind this verdict

Analyst conclusion

No antivirus engine flagged the file. The archive has been submitted by 28 sources over six months and shows no external-intel or rule-based hits.

6 sources checked · 4 complete · 1 not run · 1 not needed or not applicable. See every source

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Technical details

None of the 64 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.

SourceStatusResultChecked
Antivirus enginesVirusTotal · 76 enginesCompletePositive signal: 0 of 64 engines flagged it · 12 gave no result Details for antivirus engines
Sandbox runVirusTotal sandboxesNot runNo sandbox run is recorded for this fileNo date recorded
Contacted hostsMalwareTips URL scannerNot neededNo sandbox run, so there were no contacted hosts to checkNo date recorded
Signature rulesYARAify community rules + MalwareTips rulesCompleteNo rule matched
Malware sample databaseabuse.ch MalwareBazaarCompleteNot listed
Known-software referenceCIRCL hashlookupCompleteNo match

File fingerprint

Last analyzed
Sep 3, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
SHA-256
bdbe61a8a0b66cacd33505a76d4dba7828b232fc0a67e577e57e275d073fba34
SHA-1
0a1067f8f99b10168aefbb976f8f70fc4d7da464
MD5
73577d521b30200d98275ae38a5b1b66

About this file

Stained.to.Beacon.Lantern.zip is a ZIP file of 20.6 kB.

Type and size
ZIP · 20.6 kB
Signer
Not applicable
First seen
Mar 8, 2026On VirusTotal.
Submitted by
28 distinct sources

First scanned

Chapter 04

Questions & answers

Short answers to the 6 questions people ask most about this file.

Is Stained.to.Beacon.Lantern.zip safe?
We found nothing harmful in Stained.to.Beacon.Lantern.zip. None of the 64 antivirus engines that checked it flag it. Open it only if you trust the person or website you got it from.
What is Stained.to.Beacon.Lantern.zip?
Stained.to.Beacon.Lantern.zip is a ZIP archive, about 20.6 kB. VirusTotal first saw it on Mar 8, 2026.
How many antivirus engines detected Stained.to.Beacon.Lantern.zip?
None of the 64 antivirus engines that checked it flag Stained.to.Beacon.Lantern.zip. That is a good sign, but not proof, so we also weigh who made it, how widely it is used and what it did in a test run.
What is the SHA-256 hash of Stained.to.Beacon.Lantern.zip?
The SHA-256 fingerprint of Stained.to.Beacon.Lantern.zip is bdbe61a8a0b66cacd33505a76d4dba7828b232fc0a67e577e57e275d073fba34, and its MD5 is 73577d521b30200d98275ae38a5b1b66. Two files with the same SHA-256 are identical, so use it to check you have exactly this file, not just one with the same name.
Is it safe to open or extract Stained.to.Beacon.Lantern.zip?
We found nothing harmful in Stained.to.Beacon.Lantern.zip. The main caveat is where you got it: attackers sometimes spread malware under the name of real software, so get it from the official website. If your own antivirus warns about it, check the source before you ignore the warning.
How up to date is this analysis of Stained.to.Beacon.Lantern.zip?
This report reflects the scan on Sep 3, 2026. A file's fingerprint never changes, but antivirus engines keep learning, so a rating can change later. To get a newer result, scan the file again: we refresh the antivirus results when the saved ones are out of date.
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