Is amd_ags_x64.dll safe?
No antivirus engine detected this verified CD PROJEKT DLL, and its broad, established prevalence outweighs two uncorroborated behavioral technique mappings.
All 74 antivirus engines returned no detection, including 17 tier-1 engines, and the DLL carries a verified CD PROJEKT S.A. signature. Although one sandbox mapped activity to process injection and defense impairment techniques, it produced no malicious verdict, and five signer-matched files previously received clean assessments.
c1f0bd493b470fa369…2ea0be214b3384Recommended next actions
Before using
Use it only as part of software obtained from the developer's official site or another source you independently trust.
If you already used it
Keep normal device protection enabled and stop if the file behaves unexpectedly.
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 74 antivirus engines returned no detection, including 17 tier-1 engines, and the DLL carries a verified CD PROJEKT S.A. signature. Although one sandbox mapped activity to process injection and defense impairment techniques, it produced no malicious verdict, and five signer-matched files previously received clean assessments.
The strongest evidence is unanimous antivirus silence: 0 of 74 engines flagged the sample, including all 17 participating tier-1 engines. Its signature verifies to CD PROJEKT S.A., with no detected conflict between the claimed brand and signer. The file is established rather than newly observed, appearing across 170 sources and 192 submissions, while five signer-matched samples previously received clean assessments. One sandbox mapped activity to T1055 and T1562.001, but those technique mappings were not accompanied by a malicious sandbox verdict, persistence, malicious child, or observed network contact. No complete contacted-host reputation result is available, but the broader evidence strongly supports a legitimate game-related library.
What We Detected
No antivirus engine flagged the DLL: 0 of 74 detections, with all 17 participating tier-1 engines reporting no threat. The file has a verified digital signature from CD PROJEKT S.A., and no publisher-brand mismatch was identified. It has also been observed across 170 sources and submitted 192 times, indicating established distribution.
Threat Behavior
One completed sandbox mapped activity to MITRE techniques T1055 and T1562.001. These mappings can be security-relevant, but the run produced no malicious sandbox verdict, no persistence indicators, and no malicious dropped child among eight inspected files. It recorded no contacted domains, IP addresses, or URLs; a separate host-reputation cross-check was not available.
What To Do Now
Use the DLL when it comes from the expected CD PROJEKT installation or official update location and its signature remains valid. If it appeared in an unrelated directory or arrived separately from the associated software, verify the installation source before loading it.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- The completed sandbox mapped activity to T1055 and T1562.001, including a possible process-injection indicator, although it produced no malicious sandbox verdict.
- signing.signerStats has only 1 historical sample, so its 100% safe rate is not independently robust.
- contactedHosts=null means no separate host-reputation cross-check was completed or retained.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- 0/74 engines detected a threat.
- 17 tier-1 engines reported no detection.
- Verified signature from CD PROJEKT S.A.
- 170 unique sources and 192 submissions indicate established prevalence.
- 5/5 signer-matched historical samples received 'safe' verdicts.
- Sandbox activity mapped to MITRE T1055 process injection.
- Sandbox activity mapped to MITRE T1562.001 defense impairment.
- signing.signerStats.totalSamples=1 provides limited historical depth.
- contactedHosts=null leaves the separate host-reputation check unavailable.
Keep endpoint protection enabled and retain the file if it belongs to an official CD PROJEKT installation with a valid signature. Reinstall from the official release channel if its location or origin is unexpected.
Coverage & freshness
Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.
Antivirus
Complete0 of 74 engines flagged the file.
Sandbox
Complete1 isolated runtime environment contributed observations.
Network
Not runNo contacted-host reputation check is recorded.
No timestamp recordedYARA
Complete1 signature or behavior rule 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
- 11MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- 15spawned processes
- 0network contacts
- 39filesystem & mutex artifacts
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
amd_ags_x64.dll
c1f0bd493b470fa369d681c370bbd46e019a7196dbe03d91272ea0be214b3384
01Uploaded file
Processes
Runtime execution
- ProcessObserved
Observed process
"C:\Windows\sysnative\rundll32.exe" "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\amd_ags_x64.dll",#1
02Isolated runtime analysis - ProcessObserved
Observed process
C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 2776 -s 500
03Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Files
Created or changed
- Written fileObserved
Temp
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp
04Isolated runtime analysis - Written fileObserved
517e7c69-75c9-484f-be2a-1603418d4436
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\517e7c69-75c9-484f-be2a-1603418d4436
05Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
5 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.
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\517e7c69-75c9-484f-be2a-1603418d4436
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\6258e8ed-486d-47a6-acfd-f125a54701fb
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERC478.tmp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERCD24.tmp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERCF0A.tmp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERC478.tmp.dmp
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERCD24.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
- Local\WERReportingForProcess2776
- Global\AmiProviderMutex_InventoryApplicationFile
- Global\d6531d34-1e20-468d-8c0a-7b4205de63fa
- \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\SessionImmersiveColorMutex
- \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\WERReportingForProcess2164
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 8 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.
- 5bff522fb5247de97a66…0cdcddNever scannednever seen before
- e22cc6810dc457356b38…c24bd0Never scannednever seen before
- 0c6eb3a4ea91fe360f33…607e70Never scannednever seen before
- 3625e25852fe90ba6165…83e25cNever scannednever seen before
- 0f54bdd6112f28c1ec11…c0c4c5Never scannednever seen before
- eb964a03eb5da4e04bc3…5c9ad8Never scannednever seen before
- 294758fdfe4fb6894501…6eaf55Never scannednever seen before
- e1c8851ebb1340ac4818…db6120Never 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.
- 1rule hit recorded
- 0 / 74engines flagged
- 170sources in submission history
Why these facts are shown
Each statement identifies whether it was directly recorded or derived from saved scan facts.
- 01
0 of 74 antivirus engines flagged the file.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceObservedSourceAntivirus analysisObserved at - 02
The hash has a long, established submission history across 170 sources.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceDerivedSourceSubmission historyObserved at - 03
The file has a valid code signature from CD PROJEKT S.A..
ProvenanceObservedSourceCode-signing metadataObserved at - 04
Scanned file: amd_ags_x64.dll — c1f0bd493b470fa369d681c370bbd46e019a7196dbe03d91272ea0be214b3384
ProvenanceObservedSourceUploaded fileObserved at - 05
Observed process — "C:\Windows\sysnative\rundll32.exe" "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\amd_ags_x64.dll",#1
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 06
Observed process — C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 2776 -s 500
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 07
File written: Temp — C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 08
File written: 517e7c69-75c9-484f-be2a-1603418d4436 — C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\517e7c69-75c9-484f-be2a-1603418d4436
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.
Evidence"C:\Windows\sysnative\rundll32.exe" "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\amd_ags_x64.dll",#1
0 of 74 engines flagged this file
View all 74 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
Widely seen in the wild for a long time. High prior this is legitimate; isolated detections on common-old files are usually false positives.
Fingerprint and provenance
- File name
- amd_ags_x64.dll
- Format
- Win32 DLL
- Code signing
- Signature valid: CD PROJEKT S.A.
- Size
- 172.6 KB
- Last analyzed
- Sep 23, 2026, 4:50 AM UTC
c1f0bd493b470fa369d681c370bbd46e019a7196dbe03d91272ea0be214b3384Safety & FAQ
Complete recovery guidance and answers for the next decision.
What to do now
This file appears low risk based on the evidence available now.
- Recovery step 01
Use it only as part of software obtained from the developer's official site or another source you independently trust.
- Recovery step 02
A clean result reduces known risk, but it cannot guarantee that every new or targeted threat has been detected.
- Recovery step 03
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on so you stay protected.
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