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Verdict Safe
Is windowsdesktop-
No engines flagged this verified .NET-signed runtime installer, and five closely related samples previously received clean assessments with matching signer evidence.
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Strong evidence · A verified publisher signature, and no engine flags it.
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Antivirus results
0 of 70 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 70
- No result 5
- Code signing .NET
- Test run Completed
- First seen 1mo ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
2 points against it and 5 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
None of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the executable, including all 17 major contributors. Its verified .NET signature, clean signer history, substantial prevalence, related-file history, and non-hostile sandbox result strongly support an authentic runtime installer, although complete host and extracted-child reputation coverage is unavailable.
The antivirus result is consistently favorable: none of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file, and all 17 major contributors returned no detection. The signature verifies under .NET, and the available signer history contains five clean samples with no malicious examples. Five related files also received clean assessments, including two sharing both the import-table fingerprint and signer and three matching the signer. One sandbox run produced no malicious verdict, and its sole network contact was identified as analysis-environment background traffic rather than sample activity. Although three offensive-capable MITRE techniques were mapped, their service, startup, and token-related activity is plausible for an installer and lacks corroborating threat evidence. Host-reputation checking was not completed, and extracted children lack saved verdicts, but these coverage gaps do not outweigh the strong independent evidence.
What We Detected
None of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the executable, including all 17 major contributors. The file carries a verified signature from .NET, and the available publisher history contains five clean samples and no malicious samples. Five closely related files also received clean assessments, including two with the same import-table fingerprint and matching signer.
Threat Behavior
One completed sandbox run did not return a malicious verdict. It mapped T1134, T1543.003, and T1547.001, but service installation and startup configuration can occur during legitimate runtime installation, and no engine detection or hostile child verdict corroborates abuse. The only recorded IP contact was identified as background traffic generated by the analysis environment, not by the sample. A complete host-reputation check is unavailable, and the ten extracted files have no saved verdicts, so those areas remain unverified rather than clean.
What To Do Now
Use the file if it came from the expected Microsoft or .NET distribution channel and its signature remains valid on your system. Keep security software enabled, and obtain a fresh copy from the official source if the download origin is uncertain.
Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
- The sandbox mapped T1134, T1543.003, and T1547.001, which can represent token manipulation, service installation, and startup persistence; in an installer context, these are not corroborated by detections or a hostile sandbox verdict.
- No complete contacted-host reputation result is available, and the ten extracted files it created have no saved verdicts.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- None of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the executable.
- The code signature verifies under .NET.
- All five available samples in the signer history were clean.
- Five related files previously received clean assessments.
- The file has been submitted 2,911 times by 2,520 sources.
- The sandbox mapped token manipulation, service installation, and startup persistence techniques, though these were not corroborated as hostile.
- Complete reputation checking was unavailable for network hosts and the ten extracted files.
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 not needed or not applicable. 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- 25sandbox rule tags
- 5spawned processes
- 0network contacts
- 15filesystem & mutex artifacts
What this file did when executed
This file was run in a sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Sandbox verdicts
1- VT: CLEANclean
Techniques observed in the sandbox
25MITRE ATT&CK techniques the sandbox mapped. Highlighted ones are rare in normal software; the others are common in legitimate programs too.
- T1007
- T1012
- T1027· Obfuscated code
- T1027.002· Obfuscated code
- T1033· Reads user info
- T1036
- T1059· Runs commands
- T1071· Application protocol
- T1082· System recon
- T1083· Scans your files
- T1087
- T1105· Network file transfer
- T1112
- T1129· Loads modules
- T1134
- T1222
- T1489· Stops services
- T1497.001· Sandbox evasion
- T1543.003· Service install
- T1547.001· Auto-start
- T1564· Hides artifacts
- T1564.003· Hides artifacts
- T1569.002
- T1574· Execution hijack
- T1614.001
Observed activity
Processes started
5Programs the file ran, with their command lines.
windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.31-win-x64.exe"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.31-win-x64.exe"windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.31-win-x64.exe"C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\{539FF41C-542C-4269-B4A3-4B41BBB4E948}\.cr\windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.31-win-x64.exe" -burn.clean.room="C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.31-win-x64.exe" -burn.filehandle.attached=788 -burn.filehandle.self=800c375dfd80a967405cfeff634912c1fccc56261ce3d9209ea473f60a21184d1cc.exeC:\Windows\Temp\{629F7C99-3D5F-438D-80F3-45EEA1A74560}\.cr\c375dfd80a967405cfeff634912c1fccc56261ce3d9209ea473f60a21184d1cc.exe -burn.clean.room=C:\Users\<USER>\Downloads\c375dfd80a967405cfeff634912c1fccc56261ce3d9209ea473f60a21184d1cc.exe -burn.filehandle.attached=388 -burn.filehandle.self=396windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.31-win-x64.exe"C:\Users\user\Desktop\windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.31-win-x64.exe"windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.31-win-x64.exe"C:\Windows\Temp\{2A9B590F-99B6-4133-9DEE-B88523626984}\.cr\windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.31-win-x64.exe" -burn.clean.room="C:\Users\user\Desktop\windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.31-win-x64.exe" -burn.filehandle.attached=720 -burn.filehandle.self=716
Files
15Files the file created, changed or deleted.
- Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\{539FF41C-542C-4269-B4A3-4B41BBB4E948}\.cr\windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.31-win-x64.exe - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\{313D1B8E-221C-40E5-9C78-BCD6DE3B99AF}\.ba\wixstdba.dll - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\{313D1B8E-221C-40E5-9C78-BCD6DE3B99AF}\.ba\thm.xml - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\{313D1B8E-221C-40E5-9C78-BCD6DE3B99AF}\.ba\thm.wxl - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\{313D1B8E-221C-40E5-9C78-BCD6DE3B99AF}\.ba\bg.png - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\{313D1B8E-221C-40E5-9C78-BCD6DE3B99AF}\.ba\1028\thm.wxl
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- Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\{313D1B8E-221C-40E5-9C78-BCD6DE3B99AF}\.ba\1029\thm.wxl - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\{313D1B8E-221C-40E5-9C78-BCD6DE3B99AF}\.ba\1031\thm.wxl - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\{313D1B8E-221C-40E5-9C78-BCD6DE3B99AF}\.ba\1033\thm.wxl - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\{313D1B8E-221C-40E5-9C78-BCD6DE3B99AF}\.ba\1036\thm.wxl - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\{313D1B8E-221C-40E5-9C78-BCD6DE3B99AF}\.ba\1040\thm.wxl - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\{313D1B8E-221C-40E5-9C78-BCD6DE3B99AF}\.ba\1041\thm.wxl - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\{313D1B8E-221C-40E5-9C78-BCD6DE3B99AF}\.ba\1042\thm.wxl - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\{313D1B8E-221C-40E5-9C78-BCD6DE3B99AF}\.ba\1045\thm.wxl - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\{313D1B8E-221C-40E5-9C78-BCD6DE3B99AF}\.ba\1046\thm.wxl
Registry and auto-start
1Settings the file changed, including ways to start again after a restart.
- Set
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-4270068108-2931534202-3907561125-1001\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.exe\OpenWithProgids\exefile
Sandbox background — not the file
1The analysis machine's own processes and connections, recorded in every run.
- VM host
162.159.36.2
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 10 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache. 10 have no saved verdict and were not checked; that is missing coverage, not a finding.
- 72f2e7b06c562f1dd6cb…54824aNot checkedno saved verdict
- 9095bf7b6baa0107b40a…141e79Not checkedno saved verdict
- 4d6a2d306abe77e7dbdb…f64384Not checkedno saved verdict
- 285e32e649eb71a68f29…0e7633Not checkedno saved verdict
- 344acd0d3665ba489eb3…8d5557Not checkedno saved verdict
- 6af5c2bc88b1e5ce188a…f44f22Not checkedno saved verdict
- 7ba44ecc5b4db03c51ab…3ba3fcNot checkedno saved verdict
- dcea15f3710822ffc262…a45640Not checkedno saved verdict
- 83ca096f7ba2c83fc3b3…c78e63Not checkedno saved verdict
- 1b1b0700aa6677afe358…78e1cfNot checkedno saved verdict
Chapter 04
Technical details
None of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; signed by .NET.
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 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
- Oct 12, 2026, 2:05 PM UTC
- SHA-256
c375dfd80a967405cfeff634912c1fccc56261ce3d9209ea473f60a21184d1cc- SHA-1
a9fac0a002fe3df0fb08cb7ab3dcafabe7630e55- MD5
a06c4e22fdef62c2822cc3bc97bc0af2
About this file
windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.31-win-x64.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 58.7 MB.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 58.7 MB
- Signer
- .NETValid code signature.
- First seen
- Sep 8, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 2,520 distinct sources
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 6.10 of 8
First scanned
Antivirus consensus
0 of 70 engines flagged this file
5 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 engines0flagged
- Tier-235 engines0flagged
- Low-trust17 engines0flagged
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- 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
- ElasticNo result
- EmsisoftClean
- ESET-NOD32Clean
- F-SecureClean
- FortinetClean
- GDataClean
- GoogleClean
- GridinsoftClean
- huorongClean
- IkarusClean
- JiangminClean
- K7AntiVirusClean
- K7GWClean
- KasperskyClean
- KingsoftClean
- LionicClean
- MalwarebytesClean
- MaxSecureClean
- 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
Widely uploaded, but first seen within the last six months. No strong prior applies.
Chapter 05
Questions & answers
Short answers to the 7 questions people ask most about this file.
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