File scan report
Verdict Suspicious
Is Krypton Client Plus. jar safe? Treat it as suspicious.
This Java game-client archive is flagged by 4 of the 65 antivirus engines that checked it, including ESET and Fortinet, with a stealer label, and one sandbox run returned…
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Why Suspicious? 4 antivirus engines flag it and one sandbox test run rated it malicious while another found nothing.
Moderate evidence · More than one sign points to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful.
Avoid running this file. If you already ran it, scan your system and change passwords for your game, Discord and browser accounts from a clean device.
What to do now4 steps
Some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. Treat it with caution.
What to do
Don't open or run it unless you're sure where it came from.
Check where you got it: an unexpected attachment, a link someone sent you or a re-upload is a red flag.
If you can't confirm where it came from, delete it. If you need the program, download it again from the publisher's own website.
If you already opened or ran it
Stop using it, run a full scan with your antivirus and watch for unexpected behavior or security alerts.
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Antivirus results
4 of 65 flagged
- Flagged 4
- No detection 61
- No result 10
- Code signing Not applicable
- Test run Completed
- First seen 12d ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
5 points against it and 3 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
Two major antivirus engines, ESET and Fortinet, detect the same Java trojan signature, and a third engine labels it a Java stealer. Our sandbox runs disagreed: one returned malicious and another returned clean, and no injection target or malicious network contact was recorded. Most major engines stayed silent.
ESET-NOD32 and Fortinet both report the same Java/Agent.AET signature, which is meaningful agreement between major antivirus engines. Huorong adds a Java stealer label that matches the overall community label. Against this, 16 other major antivirus engines did not flag the file, and no public malware database or rule set lists it. The sandbox runs split between malicious and clean. Unofficial Java game clients are a common way to spread stealers, so the detections deserve caution, but the evidence is not strong enough to call the file confirmed malware.
What We Detected
4 of the 65 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this Java archive. ESET-NOD32 and Fortinet report Java/Agent.AET, Huorong reports a Java stealer, and AlibabaCloud reports a generic Java trojan. No named malware family is agreed on, and no public malware database or rule set lists the file.
Threat Behavior
The sample was run in sandboxes. One run returned malicious and another returned clean. The runs show Java launching the archive, but no named injection target, no persistence and no network contact beyond the analysis machine's own background traffic. Tags show checks for debugging environments and CPU names, which some stealers use to evade analysis.
What To Do Now
Do not run this client unless it comes from the project's official source. If you already ran it, scan your system with an up-to-date antivirus and change passwords for game, Discord and browser accounts from a clean device.
Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
- 16 major antivirus engines, including Kaspersky, BitDefender and Microsoft, did not flag the file.
- One sandbox run returned clean, and no injection target, persistence or malicious network contact was recorded.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- 16 major antivirus engines, including Kaspersky, BitDefender and Microsoft, did not flag it
- One sandbox run returned clean with no injection or persistence recorded
- No listing in public malware databases or rule sets
- Two major antivirus engines detect the same Java trojan signature
- A third engine labels the file a Java stealer
- One sandbox run returned a malicious result
- It is an unofficial game client, a common lure for Java stealers
- It checks for debugging environments and the CPU name
6 sources checked · all complete. See every source
Chapter 03
What it did in our test
It ran in 5 isolated tests; 1 test environment rated what it did as risky.
Test run summary
Capture complete- 5isolated sandbox runs
- 16sandbox rule tags
- 4spawned processes
- 0network contacts
- 16filesystem & mutex artifacts
What the test run showed
What the file did on a test computer
Confirmed in the test run
Moderate concern: Contains packed or scrambled code that is harder to inspect (common in installers too).
Moderate concern: Ran commands or a script on the test computer.
Moderate concern: Hid files or windows on the test computer.
Note: Read basic details of the test computer, such as its Windows version.
Note: Loaded extra code modules while running.
Note: Checked which security software was installed on the test computer.
Sandbox labels we could not confirm (common in safe files too)
Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as code injection, but no injected program was recorded.
Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as downloading a file, but no download was recorded.
Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as creating a service; no new service was recorded.
Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as changing how Windows loads code; nothing confirms it.
This file was run on a test computer (a sandbox), not on yours. Labels we could not confirm are listed so you can see them, but they are not treated as evidence against the file.
Recorded behavior
What happened in the test
Grouped by step. The order is not a timeline.
- 1
Input file
The submitted object
- Evidence 1 of 5: FileSeen in the test run
KryptonClientPlus.jar
c1759d863629d268fea8f72c859fbf13a4fdafb2438fd0ecf90ab99cd5c4a805
Uploaded file
- 2
Processes
What ran
- Evidence 2 of 5: ProcessSeen in the test run
javaw.exe
"C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaw.exe" -jar "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\download.jar"
Test run - Evidence 3 of 5: ProcessSeen in the test run
cmd.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_441\bin\java.exe" -jar "C:\Users\user\Desktop\sample.jar""
Test run - +1 more recorded observation
- 2
Files
Created or changed
- Evidence 4 of 5: Written fileSeen in the test run
3360
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\hsperfdata_<USER>\3360
Test run - Evidence 5 of 5: Written fileSeen in the test run
3903daac9bc4a3b7.timestamp
C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\.oracle_jre_usage\3903daac9bc4a3b7.timestamp
Test run - +1 more recorded observation
5 facts from the test run. See the full activity list.
What this file did when executed
This file was detonated in 5 sandboxes and the results were split: 1 returned "malicious" and 1 returned "clean".
Sandbox verdicts
2- VT: MALWARE, TROJANmalicious
- VT: CLEANclean
Techniques observed in the sandbox
16MITRE ATT&CK techniques the sandbox mapped. Highlighted ones are rare in normal software; the others are common in legitimate programs too.
- T1027· Obfuscated code
- T1055· Process injection
- T1059· Runs commands
- T1064
- T1074
- T1082· System recon
- T1105· Network file transfer
- T1106
- T1129· Loads modules
- T1202
- T1518.001· Checks your AV
- T1543.002· Service install
- T1564· Hides artifacts
- T1564.001· Hides artifacts
- T1564.003· Hides artifacts
- T1574· Execution hijack
Observed activity
Processes started
4Programs the file ran, with their command lines.
javaw.exe"C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaw.exe" -jar "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\download.jar"cmd.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_441\bin\java.exe" -jar "C:\Users\user\Desktop\sample.jar""java.exe"C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_441\bin\java.exe" -jar "C:\Users\user\Desktop\sample.jar"java/usr/bin/java -jar /tmp/runtime.jar
Files
16Files the file created, changed or deleted.
- Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\hsperfdata_<USER>\3360 - Written
C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\.oracle_jre_usage\3903daac9bc4a3b7.timestamp - Written
C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\.oracle_jre_usage\3d84e065e541d3cf.timestamp - Written
C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\hsperfdata_Administrator\3884 - Written
C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\.oracle_jre_usage\17dfc292991c8786.timestamp - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\hsperfdata_user
Show all 16 entries for files
- Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\hsperfdata_user\7016 - Written
\Device\ConDrv - Written
\Device\ConDrv\\Connect - Written
/proc/3552/coredump_filter - Written
/tmp/hsperfdata_root/3552 - Written
/var/log/auth.log.1.gz - Written
/var/log/kern.log.1.gz - Written
/var/log/syslog.1.gz - Deleted
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\hsperfdata_user\2648 - Deleted
/tmp/hsperfdata_root/3552
Sandbox background — not the file
14The analysis machine's own processes and connections, recorded in every run.
- VM process
icacls.exeC:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\.oracle_jre_usage /grant "everyone":(OI)(CI)M - VM process
conhost.exeC:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 - VM process
gzip/bin/gzip - VM process
sh/bin/sh sh -c "\n\t\tinvoke-rc.d --quiet cups restart > /dev/null\n" logrotate_script "/var/log/cups/*log " - VM process
invoke-rc.d/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d invoke-rc.d --quiet cups restart - VM process
runlevel/sbin/runlevel
Show all 14 entries for sandbox background — not the file
- VM process
systemctl/usr/bin/systemctl systemctl --quiet is-enabled cups.service - VM process
ls/usr/bin/ls ls /etc/rc[S2345].d/S[0-9][0-9]cups - VM process
systemctl/usr/bin/systemctl systemctl --quiet is-active cups.service - VM process
sh/bin/sh sh -c /usr/lib/rsyslog/rsyslog-rotate logrotate_script /var/log/syslog - VM process
rsyslog-rotate/usr/lib/rsyslog/rsyslog-rotate - VM host
a1672.dscr.akamai.net - VM host
eip-terr-na.cdp1.digicert.com.akahost.net - VM host
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 3 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache. 3 have no saved verdict and were not checked; that is missing coverage, not a finding.
- bfb114e559ff644ba6b5…536404Not checkedno saved verdict
- 86abedb4f59f141650d0…b72b36Not checkedno saved verdict
- 0a323469cc51d923789c…44ceb7Not checkedno saved verdict
Chapter 04
Technical details
4 of the 65 antivirus engines that checked it flag it.
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · all complete. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
Engines that flagged it 4
- ESET-NOD32 (major engine)Java/Agent.AET trojan
- Fortinet (major engine)Java/Agent.AET!tr
- alibabacloudTrojan:Java/Agent.AAB
- huorongTrojanSpy/JAVA.Stealer.p
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Oct 22, 2026, 8:14 AM UTC
- SHA-256
c1759d863629d268fea8f72c859fbf13a4fdafb2438fd0ecf90ab99cd5c4a805- SHA-1
18163b7f58328588f623f7890279ffb7a3eb76df- MD5
ae8182dece27cf7a699971bb728475be
About this file
KryptonClientPlus.jar is a JAR file of 5.7 MB.
- Type and size
- JAR · 5.7 MB
- Signer
- Not applicable
- First seen
- Oct 13, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 24 distinct sources
First scanned
Antivirus consensus
4 of 65 engines flagged this file
10 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-118 engines2flagged
- Tier-234 engines1flagged
- Low-trust13 engines1flagged
View all 75 engine results
- alibabacloudMalicious: Trojan:Java/Agent.AAB
- ESET-NOD32Malicious: Java/Agent.AET trojan
- FortinetMalicious: Java/Agent.AET!tr
- huorongMalicious: TrojanSpy/JAVA.Stealer.p
- AcronisClean
- AhnLab-V3Clean
- AlibabaClean
- ALYacClean
- Antiy-AVLClean
- APEXNo result
- ArcabitClean
- AvastClean
- Avast-MobileClean
- AVGClean
- AviraClean
- BitDefenderClean
- BitDefenderFalxNo result
- BkavClean
- CAT-QuickHealClean
- ClamAVClean
- CMCClean
- CrowdStrikeClean
- CTXClean
- CylanceNo result
- CynetClean
- DeepInstinctNo result
- DrWebClean
- ElasticNo result
- EmsisoftClean
- F-SecureClean
- GDataClean
- GoogleClean
- GridinsoftClean
- IkarusClean
- JiangminClean
- K7AntiVirusClean
- K7GWClean
- KasperskyClean
- KingsoftClean
- LionicClean
- MalwarebytesClean
- MaxSecureClean
- McAfeeDClean
- MicrosoftClean
- MicroWorld-eScanClean
- NANO-AntivirusClean
- PaloaltoNo result
- PandaClean
- RisingClean
- SangforClean
- SentinelOneNo result
- SkyhighClean
- SophosClean
- SUPERAntiSpywareClean
- SymantecClean
- SymantecMobileInsightNo result
- TACHYONClean
- tehtrisNo result
- TencentClean
- TrapmineNo result
- TrellixENSClean
- TrendMicroClean
- TrendMicro-HouseCallClean
- TrustlookClean
- VaristClean
- VBA32Clean
- VIPREClean
- VirITClean
- ViRobotClean
- WebrootClean
- XcitiumClean
- YandexClean
- ZillyaClean
- ZoneAlarmClean
- ZonerClean
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)
How widely this file has been seen
Moderate prevalence — neither rare nor common. No strong prior applies.
Chapter 05
Questions & answers
Short answers to the 6 questions people ask most about this file.
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