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Verdict Suspicious

Analyzed , 17 days ago

Is hydra-installer.exe safe? Treat it as suspicious.

Three of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it raised generic alerts, but the unsigned, installer lacks evidence from the test run, publisher history, or a corroborated…

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Why Suspicious? 3 antivirus engines flag it, but no major engine agrees; nothing else confirms it.

Limited evidence · One sign points to a problem; nothing else confirms it.

Don't install it until you know where it came from

If it came from a link, an attachment or a stranger, delete it.

What to do now4 steps

Some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. Treat it with caution.

What to do

  1. Don't install it unless you're sure where it came from.

  2. Check where you got it: an unexpected attachment, a link someone sent you or a re-upload is a red flag.

  3. 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 installed it

  1. Stop using it, run a full scan with your antivirus and watch for unexpected behavior or security alerts.

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Ask the MalwareTips community before you run it. If you already ran it, follow the cleanup guide.

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hydra-installer.exe: Suspicious — MalwareTips file scan

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Antivirus results

3 of 71 flagged

  • Flagged 3
  • No detection 68
  • No result 4
Filehydra-installer.exe5.4 MBSHA-256 c77f46306068…228d7e
  • Code signing Unsigned
  • Test run Not run
  • First seen 17d ago
3 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag it, including Elastic and APEX.

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Why we think so

5 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

Elastic and two less reliable engines flagged the executable, while all 17 major antivirus engines remained silent and no family consensus formed. Because it is unsigned, and has no completed sandbox run, the limited detections cannot yet be confidently dismissed or corroborated.

Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
  • The absence of packed-level code entropy and the absence of packing indicators provide no evidence of packed or unusually entropic executable code.
  • The hash is not listed in the MalwareBazaar malware database and no community YARA rule matched, although absence of these hits does not establish benignness.

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 · 4 complete · 1 not run · 1 not needed or not applicable. See every source

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Technical details

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

Sources checked

Every check behind this verdict

6 sources checked · 4 complete · 1 not run · 1 not needed or not applicable. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.

SourceStatusResultChecked
Antivirus enginesVirusTotal · 75 enginesCompleteRisk signal: 3 of 71 engines flagged it · 4 gave no result Details for antivirus engines
Sandbox runVirusTotal sandboxesNot runNo sandbox run is recorded for this fileNo date recorded
Contacted hostsMalwareTips URL scannerNot neededNo sandbox run, so there were no contacted hosts to checkNo date recorded
Signature rulesYARAify community rules + MalwareTips rulesCompleteNo rule matched
Malware sample databaseabuse.ch MalwareBazaarCompleteNot listed
Known-software referenceCIRCL hashlookupCompleteNo match

Engines that flagged it 3

  • APEXMalicious
  • BkavW32.Malware.B0989AC2
  • Elasticmalicious (moderate confidence)

File fingerprint

Last analyzed
Oct 9, 2026, 2:12 AM UTC
SHA-256
c77f46306068e1bcadd09b87b3c1b2ef0eeb6f3ded2b883255abff8da7228d7e
SHA-1
d94485b2cd9d19fdd8250e5226ad569d47a0c1d7
MD5
6fd59a4c946a4fda82123b4e99d0fe48

About this file

hydra-installer.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 5.4 MB.

Type and size
Win32 EXE · 5.4 MB
Signer
UnsignedNo code signature.
First seen
Oct 9, 2026On VirusTotal.
Submitted by
2 distinct sourcesRarely seen: few people have submitted this exact file.
Packer
None detected
Entropy
7.79 of 8

First scanned

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Questions & answers

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

Is hydra-installer.exe safe, or is it malware?
hydra-installer.exe is rated Suspicious: some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. 3 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag it. Don't install it unless you're sure where it came from. If you need the software, download a fresh installer from the developer's own website.
What is hydra-installer.exe?
hydra-installer.exe is a software installer, about 5.4 MB. It carries no version information saying what it is or who made it. VirusTotal first saw it on Oct 9, 2026.
How many antivirus engines detected hydra-installer.exe?
3 of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag hydra-installer.exe, including Elastic and APEX. We weigh which engines flagged it and what else the scan found, not just the count.
What should I do if I already installed hydra-installer.exe?
No infection is confirmed: the rating is a caution, not a malware finding. 1) Check where it came from. If you can't confirm the source, delete it. 2) Run a full scan with your security software. 3) If the scan finds something, follow its removal steps and change passwords you typed on the device since then.
What is the SHA-256 hash of hydra-installer.exe?
The SHA-256 fingerprint of hydra-installer.exe is c77f46306068e1bcadd09b87b3c1b2ef0eeb6f3ded2b883255abff8da7228d7e, and its MD5 is 6fd59a4c946a4fda82123b4e99d0fe48. 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.
How up to date is this analysis of hydra-installer.exe?
This report reflects the scan on Oct 9, 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.
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