File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is Apx
No antivirus engine detected ApxSvc.dll, and the antivirus analysis found neither packing nor offensive indicators, though its unsigned status and limited history warrant source…
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Moderate evidence · No engine flags it, but no publisher signature confirms who made it.
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Antivirus results
0 of 69 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 69
- No result 6
- Code signing Unsigned
- Test run Partial
- First seen 2mo ago
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Why we think so
5 points against it and 5 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
All 69 antivirus engines that checked it produced no malicious or suspicious detection, including 16 reporting major antivirus engines. The antivirus analysis also found no packing or offensive indicators, but the DLL is unsigned, recently observed, and lacks completed the test run, so obtain it only from a trusted source.
The strongest evidence is complete detector silence: 0 of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the DLL, including no major detections. Static PE inspection found no high-entropy code, recognized packer, or offensive technique. However, no sandbox completed execution, so the two routine MITRE entries cannot establish normal behavior in the test run. The file is unsigned and has only four submissions from three sources during its first 14 days, which limits provenance confidence. Host-reputation checking was not saved, and two external-intelligence services were skipped, so those areas provide no assurance.
What We Detected
None of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it reported ApxSvc.dll as malicious or suspicious. Static PE inspection found no recognized packer, high-entropy code, family label, or brand mismatch.
Threat Behavior
No sandbox run completed, so behavior in the test run was not observed. The listed T1083 and T1129 techniques are routine indicators rather than high-risk behavior, but they cannot be interpreted as evidence of a normal execution. No complete contacted-host reputation result is available.
What To Do Now
Confirm that the DLL came from the expected software vendor or installation package before loading it. Keep security software enabled, and quarantine or remove the file if its origin is unexpected or the associated application behaves abnormally.
Where this verdict could be wrong4 caveats
- The DLL is unsigned and has no established signer history, limiting publisher-based assurance.
- Only 3 sources submitted the file during its first 14 days, so its distribution history is still limited.
- The absence of a sandbox run and the missing contacted-host reputation result mean there is no completed observation from the test run or complete host-reputation result.
- MalwareBazaar and YARAify checks were skipped, leaving gaps in external-intelligence coverage.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- 0/69 engines reported a malicious or suspicious result
- No major antivirus engines flagged it with 16 major antivirus engines reporting no detection
- No code section has packed-level entropy and the file does not appear packed
- No offensive techniques were mapped
- brandMismatch was not detected
- Unsigned Win32 DLL with the signer's lack of a saved history
- Limited prevalence: 3 sources and 4 submissions over 14 days
- No completed observation from the test run because no sandbox run was recorded
- No complete host-reputation result because no contacted-host reputation result was saved
- MalwareBazaar and YARAify coverage was skipped
6 sources checked · 4 complete · 1 partial · 1 not needed or not applicable. See every source
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Technical details
None of the 69 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; no publisher signature.
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · 4 complete · 1 partial · 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
- Sep 11, 2026, 3:41 AM UTC
- SHA-256
c0906b70831dabff775212910e27001103a7811fe652451d26bf9e4201443514- SHA-1
b5c2fb5631cae744708225943e62e45f53a1e586- MD5
0401835fe2202775cfe5d0aff15274b3
About this file
ApxSvc.dll is a Win32 DLL file of 73.7 kB.
- Type and size
- Win32 DLL · 73.7 kB
- Signer
- UnsignedNo code signature.
- First seen
- Aug 28, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 3 distinct sourcesRarely seen: few people have submitted this exact file.
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 4.05 of 8
First scanned
Antivirus consensus
0 of 69 engines flagged this file
6 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-117 engines0flagged
- Tier-236 engines0flagged
- Low-trust16 engines0flagged
View all 75 engine results
- AcronisClean
- AhnLab-V3Clean
- AlibabaClean
- alibabacloudClean
- ALYacClean
- Antiy-AVLClean
- APEXClean
- ArcabitClean
- AvastClean
- Avast-MobileNo result
- AVGClean
- AviraClean
- BitDefenderClean
- BitDefenderFalxNo result
- BkavClean
- CAT-QuickHealClean
- ClamAVClean
- CMCClean
- CrowdStrikeClean
- CTXClean
- CylanceClean
- CynetClean
- DeepInstinctClean
- DrWebClean
- ElasticClean
- EmsisoftClean
- ESET-NOD32Clean
- F-SecureClean
- FortinetClean
- GDataClean
- GoogleClean
- GridinsoftClean
- huorongClean
- IkarusNo result
- JiangminClean
- K7AntiVirusClean
- K7GWClean
- KasperskyClean
- KingsoftClean
- LionicClean
- MalwarebytesClean
- MaxSecureNo result
- McAfeeDClean
- MicrosoftClean
- MicroWorld-eScanClean
- NANO-AntivirusClean
- PaloaltoClean
- PandaClean
- RisingClean
- SangforClean
- SentinelOneClean
- SkyhighClean
- SophosClean
- SUPERAntiSpywareClean
- SymantecClean
- SymantecMobileInsightNo result
- TACHYONClean
- tehtrisClean
- TencentClean
- TrapmineClean
- TrellixENSClean
- TrendMicroClean
- TrendMicro-HouseCallClean
- TrustlookNo result
- VaristClean
- VBA32Clean
- VIPREClean
- VirITClean
- ViRobotClean
- WebrootClean
- XcitiumClean
- YandexClean
- ZillyaClean
- ZoneAlarmClean
- ZonerClean
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
Rarely uploaded, and first seen more than two weeks ago. Often niche legitimate software or internal tooling; not a strong malware signal on its own.
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