File scan report
Verdict Low Risk
Is safe file.
This small PowerShell script drew no detections from any of 75 engines, but it is has no observation from the test run and has no reputation history yet.
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Why not Safe? It has no verified publisher signature, only one source had seen it when we scanned it and no sandbox test run results are available.
Limited evidence · Nothing points to a problem, but little confirms who made it.
Read the script's contents and confirm its source before running it. If you did not write it or obtain it from someone you trust, do not execute it.
Good practice2 tips
Low Risk: no threat found, but we could not fully confirm this file.
Get it from the publisher's own website or app store, not from a re-upload or a link someone sent you.
Keep your security software on, and stop if the file does anything you didn't expect.
Reads the latest antivirus results for this file's hash. Nothing is uploaded.
Antivirus results
0 of 61 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 61
- No result 14
- Code signing Unsigned
- Test run Not run
- First seen 7d ago
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Why we think so
2 points against it and 2 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
None of the 61 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this PowerShell script, and no reference database or malware rule matched it. However, it was first seen on Oct 19, 2026 from a single submitter, and we have no sandbox run showing what it does.
Static scanning came back clean: none of the 61 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the script, including every major antivirus engine. No malware-specific rules or public malware database listings matched it. The script was submitted once, today, so it has no reputation history. No sandbox run is available to show what it actually does when executed. PowerShell scripts are short and easy to change, so a clean scan of a fresh, rarely seen script is not strong proof that it is benign. The script's name suggesting it is safe carries no weight.
What We Detected
None of the 61 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this 1 KB PowerShell script. Malware-specific rules and public malware databases returned no matches.
Threat Behavior
No observation from the test run is available, so we cannot describe what the script does when run. The file is rare and recently observed, with a single submission.
What To Do Now
Open the script in a text editor and read it before running it. Look in particular for downloads, encoded commands, or attempts to change security settings. Run it only if you trust its source, and keep your antivirus protection enabled.
Where this verdict could be wrong1 caveat
- No engine, rule or database flagged the script, which supports a benign file. Small new scripts can still evade signature scanning.
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 61 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the script.
- No matches in malware rule sets or public malware databases.
- The script is and was submitted only once.
- No sandbox execution shows what the script does when it ran.
6 sources checked · 4 complete · 1 not run · 1 not needed or not applicable. See every source
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Technical details
None of the 61 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.
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Oct 19, 2026, 1:15 AM UTC
- SHA-256
d0aecc01967237553d1e4ac8267672142cc53cf3a7d77a0577c87ad65e791b3b- SHA-1
f2310eac6a407034c4618eafc0e75cc215df974f- MD5
f4640ea6c4dcbf39a83c9577fd177d80
About this file
safe file.ps1 is a Powershell file of 1.1 kB.
- Type and size
- Powershell · 1.1 kB
- Signer
- UnsignedNo code signature.
- First seen
- Oct 19, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 1 sourceRarely seen: few people have submitted this exact file.
First scanned
Includes every engine result (75) and how widely the file has been seen.
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