Is Hackt1vator.exe safe?
Fourteen of 74 engines flagged this unsigned executable, including three tier-1 products, while sandbox activity included defense impairment and reflective code loading indicators.
The unsigned executable drew 14 detections among 74 engines, including Fortinet, Symantec, and TrendMicro-HouseCall. A sandbox also recorded T1562.001 and T1620, but no high-trust family consensus or malicious sandbox conclusion exists, so execution should be avoided pending stronger provenance or deeper analysis.
d0849de61cfa21552d…69157b6c415c58Recommended next actions
Before running
Do not run it until the source and publisher can be verified independently.
If you already ran it
Stop using it, scan the device, and watch for unexpected behavior or security alerts. Get a fresh copy from the developer's official site or an official app store.
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.
The unsigned executable drew 14 detections among 74 engines, including Fortinet, Symantec, and TrendMicro-HouseCall. A sandbox also recorded T1562.001 and T1620, but no high-trust family consensus or malicious sandbox conclusion exists, so execution should be avoided pending stronger provenance or deeper analysis.
Fourteen of 74 engines detected the sample, and three independent tier-1 products contributed generic threat or trojan labels. That is materially stronger than a low-trust-only false-positive pattern, although the engines did not converge on a specific family. One completed sandbox run recorded T1562.001 and T1620, techniques associated with impairing defenses and loading code reflectively. It also observed contact with 162.159.36.2, but no complete host-reputation result is available because the contacted-host check was not saved. The file is unsigned and has no established signer history, while the lack of malicious children, persistence, and external-intelligence hits provides some counterweight.
What We Detected
Fourteen of 74 antivirus engines flagged Hackt1vator.exe. Three tier-1 products participated: Fortinet reported PossibleThreat, Symantec reported Trojan Horse, and TrendMicro-HouseCall reported a generic MSIL trojan. These labels do not establish a specific family, but their independent high-trust support makes a routine false positive less likely.
Threat Behavior
One completed sandbox run recorded T1562.001, associated with impairing security controls, and T1620, associated with reflective code loading. The sample also contacted 162.159.36.2 directly. No complete reputation result is available for that address because the contacted-host cross-check was not completed or saved; no persistence or dropped payload was recorded.
What To Do Now
Do not run the executable on a production or personal system. Keep endpoint protection enabled, quarantine the file, and obtain a copy from a verifiable publisher or submit it for controlled specialist analysis if it is operationally necessary.
Where this verdict could be wrong5 caveats
- 13/16 reporting tier-1 engines did not detect the file, including Avast, BitDefender, ESET-NOD32, and F-Secure.
- engines.tier1FamilyConsensus.strong=false; no named family has strong high-trust agreement.
- behaviour.hasMaliciousSandboxVerdict=false and no persistence, written files, or dropped hashes were recorded in the single sandbox run.
- externalIntel.malwareBazaar.hit=false and externalIntel.yaraify.ruleCount=0, although absence of those hits does not establish benignity.
- peAnalysis.highEntropyCode=false and peAnalysis.likelyPacked=false.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- 13/16 reporting tier-1 engines did not detect the sample
- No strong tier-1 family consensus
- No malicious sandbox conclusion
- No dropped payload or persistence recorded
- No MalwareBazaar or YARAify hit
- 14/74 antivirus detections
- Three tier-1 engines flagged the file
- Unsigned Windows executable with no signer history
- Sandbox observed T1562.001 defense impairment
- Sandbox observed T1620 reflective code loading
- Direct-IP contact lacked a completed reputation check
Quarantine the file and do not execute it unless its origin and purpose can be independently verified. Keep antivirus and endpoint protection enabled, and use an isolated analysis environment if further examination is required.
Coverage & freshness
Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.
Antivirus
Complete14 of 74 engines flagged the file.
Sandbox
Complete1 isolated runtime environment contributed observations.
Network
Partial1 runtime contact was observed without a completed reputation cross-check.
YARA
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
- 9MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- 1spawned processes
- 1network contacts
- 0filesystem & mutex artifacts
What this file does
Observed actions and their security significance
High concern: Attempted to impair or bypass security controls.
High concern: Loaded code directly into memory instead of from a normal file.
Moderate concern: Contained obfuscated or packed code that makes inspection harder.
Moderate concern: Removed execution artefacts or logs, which can conceal activity.
Moderate concern: Communicated over a common application protocol; malware can use this for command-and-control.
Moderate concern: Checked the environment for virtualisation or analysis tools.
Note: Collects details about your system.
These are observed capabilities from an isolated analysis. A technique does not prove malicious intent on its own, and the file never ran on your device.
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
Hackt1vator.exe
d0849de61cfa21552d12d4fe8dd60707777a013c7560a0a07469157b6c415c58
01Uploaded file
Processes
Runtime execution
- ProcessObserved
Observed process
"C:\Users\user\Desktop\software.exe"
02Isolated runtime analysis
Network
Hosts contacted
- Contacted hostObserved
162.159.36.2
Contact observed during runtime.
03Isolated runtime analysis
3 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.
- 162.159.36.2
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
- 14 / 74engines flagged
- 14sources in submission history
Why these facts are shown
Each statement identifies whether it was directly recorded or derived from saved scan facts.
- 01
14 of 74 antivirus engines flagged the file, including APEX and CrowdStrike.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceObservedSourceAntivirus analysisObserved at - 02
The hash has been submitted 15 times from 14 sources.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceSaved report factsObserved at - 03
Scanned file: Hackt1vator.exe — d0849de61cfa21552d12d4fe8dd60707777a013c7560a0a07469157b6c415c58
ProvenanceObservedSourceUploaded fileObserved at - 04
Observed process — "C:\Users\user\Desktop\software.exe"
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 05
Contacted host: 162.159.36.2 — Contact observed during runtime.
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at
Detection sources at a glance
Category: generic-trojan
MalwareBazaar, YARAify, and CIRCL hashlookup completed and returned no entries for this hash.
Signatures and behavior heuristics
Low-severity pattern matches — worth noting but not on their own cause for alarm.
The sample contacted an external IP address directly and no application domain was recorded. Direct-IP traffic also occurs in legitimate installers and infrastructure, so this is supporting context only and requires corroboration from host reputation and other runtime evidence.
Evidence162.159.36.2
14 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
Moderate prevalence — neither rare nor common. No strong prior applies.
Fingerprint and provenance
- File name
- Hackt1vator.exe
- Format
- Win32 EXE
- Code signing
- No verified publisher
- Size
- 577.0 KB
- Last analyzed
- Sep 8, 2026, 10:53 AM UTC
d0849de61cfa21552d12d4fe8dd60707777a013c7560a0a07469157b6c415c58Safety & FAQ
Complete recovery guidance and answers for the next decision.
What to do now
We couldn't fully clear this file. Treat it with caution.
- Recovery step 01
Don't run it unless you're certain it came from a source you trust.
- Recovery step 02
Check where you got it — an unexpected attachment or a random download link is a red flag.
- Recovery step 03
If its origin cannot be confirmed, delete this file and use a fresh copy from a trusted source. Get a fresh copy from the developer's official site or an official app store.
- Recovery step 04
If you're still unsure, scan it again in a day or two — detections often catch up on newer files.
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