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Verdict Suspicious

Analyzed , 1 month ago

Is Hackt1vator.exe safe? Treat it as suspicious.

The unsigned executable drew 14 detections among 74 engines, including Fortinet, Symantec, and TrendMicro-HouseCall.

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Why Suspicious? 14 antivirus engines flag it; nothing else confirms it.

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

Don't run 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 run 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 ran it

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

Not sure what to do?

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

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Hackt1vator.exe: Suspicious — MalwareTips file scan

The link always shows the latest result for this exact file (its SHA-256 fingerprint).

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

Antivirus results

14 of 70 flagged

  • Flagged 14
  • No detection 56
  • No result 4
FileHackt1vator.exe590.8 kBSHA-256 d0849de61cfa…415c58
  • Code signing Unsigned
  • Test run Completed
  • First seen 4mo ago
14 of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flag it, including Symantec (Norton) and Trend Micro.

Chapter 02

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

A sandbox also recorded and T1620, but no major family consensus or malicious sandbox conclusion exists, so execution should be avoided pending stronger provenance or deeper analysis.

Where this verdict could be wrong5 caveats
  • 13/16 reporting major antivirus engines did not detect the file, including Avast, BitDefender, ESET-NOD32, and F-Secure.
  • Major antivirus engines do not agree on one malware family; no named family has strong major agreement.
  • No sandbox returned a malicious verdict and no persistence, written files, or dropped hashes were recorded in the single sandbox run.
  • The hash is not listed in the MalwareBazaar malware database and no community YARA rule matched, although absence of those hits does not establish benignity.
  • No code section has packed-level entropy and the file does not appear packed.

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 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
  • 9sandbox rule tags
  • 1spawned processes
  • 0network contacts
  • 0filesystem & mutex artifacts

What the test run showed

What the file did on a test computer

Confirmed in the test run

  • Moderate concern: Contains packed or scrambled code that is harder to inspect (common in installers too).

  • Moderate concern: Checked whether it was running on a test computer.

  • Note: Deleted files or logs during the test run (installers often clean up after themselves).

  • Note: Read basic details of the test computer, such as its Windows version.

Sandbox labels we could not confirm (common in safe files too)

  • Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as contacting a server, but no contacted host was recorded.

  • Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as weakening security settings; no setting change was recorded.

  • Not confirmed: A sandbox rule tagged this run as loading code in memory; nothing confirms it.

This file was run on a test computer (a sandbox), not on yours. Labels we could not confirm are listed so you can see them, but they are not treated as evidence against the file.

Recorded behavior

What happened in the test

Grouped by step. The order is not a timeline.

Seen in the test runWorked out from other results

  1. Input file

    The submitted object

    1
    1. Evidence 1 of 2: FileSeen in the test run

      Hackt1vator.exe

      d0849de61cfa21552d12d4fe8dd60707777a013c7560a0a07469157b6c415c58

      Uploaded file

  2. Processes

    What ran

    1
    1. Evidence 2 of 2: ProcessSeen in the test run

      software.exe

      "C:\Users\user\Desktop\software.exe"

      Test run

2 facts from the test run. See the full activity list.

Chapter 04

Technical details

14 of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; no publisher signature.

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.

SourceStatusResultChecked
Antivirus enginesVirusTotal · 74 enginesCompleteRisk signal: 14 of 70 engines flagged it · 4 gave no result Details for antivirus engines
Sandbox runVirusTotal sandboxesCompleteRuntime behaviour was recorded Details for sandbox run
Contacted hostsMalwareTips URL scannerNot neededThe sandbox recorded 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 14

  • Fortinet (major engine)PossibleThreat
  • Symantec (major engine)Trojan Horse
  • TrendMicro-HouseCall (major engine)Trojan.MSIL.Gen.TL0101FP26ZV
  • APEXMalicious
  • CrowdStrikewin/malicious_confidence_70% (W)
  • CylanceUnsafe
  • DeepInstinctMALICIOUS
  • Elasticmalicious (moderate confidence)
6 more in the full engine list

File fingerprint

Last analyzed
Sep 8, 2026, 10:53 AM UTC
SHA-256
d0849de61cfa21552d12d4fe8dd60707777a013c7560a0a07469157b6c415c58
SHA-1
8f2474415b1397ad4140220fddbd43473fdf084f
MD5
e8d7ba6f70e8e13ebee2f387ff254cb9

About this file

Hackt1vator.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 590.8 kB.

Type and size
Win32 EXE · 590.8 kB
Signer
UnsignedNo code signature.
First seen
Jun 20, 2026On VirusTotal.
Submitted by
14 distinct sources
Packer
None detected
Entropy
6.41 of 8

First scanned

Chapter 05

Questions & answers

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

Is Hackt1vator.exe safe, or is it malware?
Hackt1vator.exe is rated Suspicious: some signs point to a problem, but nothing confirms it is harmful. 14 of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flag it. Don't run it unless you're sure where it came from. If you need the program, download it again from the publisher's own website.
What is Hackt1vator.exe?
Hackt1vator.exe is a Windows program, about 590.8 kB. It carries no version information saying what it is or who made it. VirusTotal first saw it on Jun 20, 2026.
How many antivirus engines detected Hackt1vator.exe?
14 of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flag Hackt1vator.exe, including Symantec (Norton) and Trend Micro. We weigh which engines flagged it and what else the scan found, not just the count.
I already downloaded and ran Hackt1vator.exe — what should I do?
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 Hackt1vator.exe?
The SHA-256 fingerprint of Hackt1vator.exe is d0849de61cfa21552d12d4fe8dd60707777a013c7560a0a07469157b6c415c58, and its MD5 is e8d7ba6f70e8e13ebee2f387ff254cb9. 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 Hackt1vator.exe?
This report reflects the scan on Sep 8, 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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