File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is steam_
This small text configuration file drew no detections from 75 engines, and available external intelligence found no malware-specific match.
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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 59 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 59
- No result 16
- Code signing Not applicable
- Test run Not applicable
- First seen 3y ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
2 points against it and 4 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
The file is a 2,854-byte text configuration file, not an executable, and none of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flagged it. Available external intelligence also produced no malware-family or malware-specific rule match, although no runtime or complete network-reputation assessment was available.
The sample is a small text file with an INI-style filename, so it does not directly execute as a Windows program. None of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flagged it, including Microsoft, Kaspersky, ESET, and BitDefender. Available external intelligence found neither a malware repository match nor malware-specific YARA corroboration. No sandbox run was completed, so behavior in the test run cannot be characterized. The file has limited prevalence, but its age and the absence of any hostile evidence make that a minor uncertainty rather than a threat indicator.
What We Detected
The sample is a 2,854-byte text file named like an INI configuration file. None of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flagged it, and the available external checks found no malware-family or malware-specific rule match.
Threat Behavior
No completed sandbox observation is available, so no behavior in the test run can be described. A complete reputation check for contacted hosts is also unavailable; this is missing coverage rather than evidence of benign networking.
What To Do Now
The file itself presents no identified malware indicators. If it arrived with software from an untrusted source, inspect the accompanying executables separately because a configuration file can alter another program's settings without being executable itself.
Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
- Only one submission from one source is recorded, so broad real-world prevalence is not established.
- No completed sandbox observation or complete contacted-host reputation check is 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.
- None of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file.
- It is a small non-executable text configuration file.
- Available external intelligence found no malware repository or malware-specific rule match.
- The sample was first observed more than three years ago without any recorded detection.
- The file has been submitted only once, so its broader prevalence is not established.
- No completed observation from the test run or complete contacted-host reputation assessment is available.
6 sources checked · 4 complete · 2 not needed or not applicable. See every source
Chapter 03
Technical details
None of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flag it.
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · 4 complete · 2 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 9, 2026, 10:23 PM UTC
- SHA-256
c57ceca9f936f82d44f49fd4044df5b86b6d2667ec90d1ae8abf91c025654ec0- SHA-1
a616aa65de4a9a9a509d38ab81f4dcd439f064a3- MD5
94232070227c23aea15786f2329b515c
About this file
steam_emu.ini is a Text file of 2.9 kB.
- Type and size
- Text · 2.9 kB
- Signer
- Not applicable
- First seen
- Sep 4, 2023On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 1 sourceRarely seen: few people have submitted this exact file.
First scanned
Antivirus consensus
0 of 59 engines flagged this file
16 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-231 engines0flagged
- Low-trust10 engines0flagged
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- AcronisClean
- AhnLab-V3Clean
- AlibabaNo result
- ALYacClean
- Antiy-AVLClean
- APEXNo result
- ArcabitClean
- AvastClean
- Avast-MobileNo result
- AVGClean
- AviraClean
- BaiduClean
- BitDefenderClean
- BitDefenderFalxNo result
- BitDefenderThetaClean
- BkavClean
- CAT-QuickHealClean
- ClamAVClean
- CMCClean
- CrowdStrikeNo result
- CybereasonNo result
- CylanceNo result
- CynetClean
- CyrenClean
- DeepInstinctNo result
- DrWebClean
- ElasticNo result
- EmsisoftClean
- ESET-NOD32Clean
- F-SecureClean
- FireEyeClean
- FortinetClean
- GDataClean
- GoogleClean
- GridinsoftClean
- IkarusClean
- JiangminClean
- K7AntiVirusClean
- K7GWClean
- KasperskyClean
- LionicClean
- MalwarebytesClean
- MAXClean
- MaxSecureClean
- McAfeeClean
- McAfee-GW-EditionClean
- MicrosoftClean
- MicroWorld-eScanClean
- NANO-AntivirusClean
- PaloaltoNo result
- PandaClean
- RisingClean
- SangforClean
- SentinelOneNo result
- SophosClean
- SUPERAntiSpywareClean
- SymantecClean
- SymantecMobileInsightNo result
- TACHYONClean
- tehtrisNo result
- TencentClean
- TrapmineNo result
- TrendMicroClean
- TrendMicro-HouseCallClean
- TrustlookNo result
- VBA32Clean
- VIPREClean
- VirITClean
- ViRobotClean
- WebrootNo result
- XcitiumClean
- YandexClean
- ZillyaClean
- ZoneAlarmClean
- ZonerClean
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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