File scan report

Verdict Safe

Analyzed , 3 months ago

Is WindowTitleChanger.exe safe? Yes, no threats found.

Only 2 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it raised generic rule-based detections, while long-term prevalence, major results, and observed behavior provide no corroborating…

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Strong evidence · Widely seen for a long time, and nothing harmful found.

Run it as usual if it came from the official source

The evidence supports treating the two generic detections as false positives. Keep security protection enabled and use a copy obtained from the original distribution source.

Good practice2 tips

We found nothing harmful in this file.

  1. Run it only if it came from the developer's own website or an official app store.

  2. Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on.

No scanner can promise a file is 100% safe.

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

Antivirus results

2 of 71 flagged

  • Flagged 2
  • No detection 69
  • No result 4
FileWindowTitleChanger.exe13.3 kBSHA-256 c2d5d156ef4e…2ac6c5
  • Code signing Unsigned
  • Test run Completed
  • First seen 13y ago
It has a long history: seen by 299 sources over more than six months.

Chapter 02

Why we think so

3 points against it and 5 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.

MT AI Engine · Verdict analysis

The reasoning behind this verdict

Analyst conclusion

The two detections appear more likely to be false positives than evidence of a trojan. The file has circulated since Apr 30, 2013 across 299 submitters, no major antivirus engines flagged it, and the sandbox summary recorded no high-risk technique with supporting artefacts.

Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
  • Two independent engines flagged the executable with generic trojan rules, so a false-positive interpretation is not certain.
  • The executable is unsigned, leaving no verified publisher identity to support its provenance.
  • A complete reputation check for all observed network contacts was not available.

These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.

6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 partial. See every source

Chapter 03

What it did in our test

It ran in our isolated test environment; no test environment rated what it did as risky.

Test run summary

Capture complete
  • 8sandbox rule tags
  • 2spawned processes
  • 2network contacts
  • 26filesystem & mutex artifacts

Chapter 04

Technical details

2 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; no publisher signature.

Sources checked

Every check behind this verdict

6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 partial. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.

SourceStatusResultChecked
Antivirus enginesVirusTotal · 75 enginesCompleteWorth noting: 2 of 71 engines flagged it · 4 gave no result · treated as non-decisive Details for antivirus engines
Sandbox runVirusTotal sandboxesCompleteRuntime behaviour was recorded Details for sandbox run
Contacted hostsMalwareTips URL scannerPartial2 hosts contacted in the test run had no completed reputation check Details for contacted hosts
Signature rulesYARAify community rules + MalwareTips rulesComplete1 MalwareTips behaviour rule Details for signature rules
Malware sample databaseabuse.ch MalwareBazaarCompleteNot listed
Known-software referenceCIRCL hashlookupCompleteNo match

Engines that flagged it 2

The Safe verdict weighed these detections and treats them as non-decisive.

  • MaxSecureTrojan.Malware.300983.susgen
  • VirITTrojan.Win32.MSIL_Heur.A

File fingerprint

Last analyzed
Jul 22, 2026, 2:37 PM UTC
SHA-256
c2d5d156ef4e5e09ed8811655df989d757b3e1ddd3c68d98ff66d24a292ac6c5
SHA-1
731997a449d530ab5208ebb048def355c9bb0eba
MD5
42257edf7d67f3dc5fc4b98b3f274da9

About this file

WindowTitleChanger.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 13.3 kB.

Type and size
Win32 EXE · 13.3 kB
Signer
UnsignedNo code signature.
First seen
Apr 30, 2013On VirusTotal.
Submitted by
299 distinct sources
Packer
None detected
Entropy
5.08 of 8

First scanned Updated

Verdict history

  1. Suspicious
  2. Safeafter a re-check of the saved evidence

Ratings change when antivirus engines, our checks or MalwareTips staff learn more about a file.

Chapter 05

Questions & answers

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

Is WindowTitleChanger.exe safe?
We found nothing harmful in WindowTitleChanger.exe. 2 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; after weighing the other evidence we treat those alerts as false alarms. Run it only if it came from the developer's own website or an official app store.
What is WindowTitleChanger.exe?
WindowTitleChanger.exe is a Windows program, about 13.3 kB. It carries no version information saying what it is or who made it. VirusTotal first saw it on Apr 30, 2013.
How many antivirus engines detected WindowTitleChanger.exe?
2 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag WindowTitleChanger.exe, including VirIT and MaxSecure. We weigh which engines flagged it and what else the scan found, not just the count.
What is the SHA-256 hash of WindowTitleChanger.exe?
The SHA-256 fingerprint of WindowTitleChanger.exe is c2d5d156ef4e5e09ed8811655df989d757b3e1ddd3c68d98ff66d24a292ac6c5, and its MD5 is 42257edf7d67f3dc5fc4b98b3f274da9. 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 run WindowTitleChanger.exe?
We found nothing harmful in WindowTitleChanger.exe. 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 WindowTitleChanger.exe?
This report reflects the scan on Jul 22, 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.
Chapter 06

Community

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