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Verdict Low Risk

Analyzed , 2 hours ago

Is README.md safe? Not fully confirmed.

This HTML file named as a README drew no detections from 75 engines, but its contents were never inspected and a third-party note tags it obfuscated.

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Why not Safe? We could not confirm who made it.

Limited evidence · Nothing points to a problem, but little confirms who made it.

Keep normal caution and get it from the official source

Open it in a text editor instead of a browser to check what it contains, and do not follow links or enter credentials on any page it shows.

Good practice2 tips

Low Risk: no threat found, but we could not fully confirm this file.

  1. Get it from the publisher's own website or app store, not from a re-upload or a link someone sent you.

  2. Keep your security software on, and stop if the file does anything you didn't expect.

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README.md: Low Risk — MalwareTips file scan

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

Antivirus results

0 of 60 flagged

  • Flagged 0
  • No detection 60
  • No result 15
FileREADME.md9.9 kBSHA-256 d0f2dd68f65d…56fbac
  • Code signing Not applicable
  • Test run Not run
  • First seen 1mo ago
None of the 60 antivirus engines that checked it flag it.

Chapter 02

Why we think so

3 points against it and 3 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.

MT AI Engine · Verdict analysis

The reasoning behind this verdict

Analyst conclusion

None of the 60 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this HTML file, and it is absent from the malware databases we check. However, HTML can carry scripts and links, nobody inspected its contents, and one outside annotation describes it as obfuscated, so the evidence is too thin for a firm call.

Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
  • A third-party community annotation tags the content as obfuscated, though it also reported no threat and no engine flagged it.
  • With no detections and no reference-database listings, the file may well be an ordinary documentation page.

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

Chapter 03

Technical details

None of the 60 antivirus engines that checked it flag it.

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 enginesCompletePositive signal: 0 of 60 engines flagged it · 15 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

File fingerprint

Last analyzed
Oct 26, 2026, 9:57 AM UTC
SHA-256
d0f2dd68f65db7ea22506a758696a1b33993214b3d32dde536960e66c356fbac
SHA-1
1f48a10c32f7326872d89fbf48989014cf0bc67a
MD5
6d61932710dd285754eb95cfc18759d3

About this file

README.md is an HTML file of 9.9 kB.

Type and size
HTML · 9.9 kB
Signer
Not applicable
First seen
Sep 5, 2026On VirusTotal.
Submitted by
28 distinct sources

First scanned

Chapter 04

Questions & answers

Short answers to the 5 questions people ask most about this file.

Is README.md safe?
README.md is rated Low Risk: we found no threat, but we could not fully confirm this file. None of the 60 antivirus engines that checked it flag it, but that alone is not enough to call it Safe. Keep normal caution and get it from the official source.
What is README.md?
README.md is a saved web page, about 9.9 kB. VirusTotal first saw it on Sep 5, 2026.
How many antivirus engines detected README.md?
None of the 60 antivirus engines that checked it flag README.md. That is a good sign, but not proof, so we also weigh who made it, how widely it is used and what it did in a test run.
What is the SHA-256 hash of README.md?
The SHA-256 fingerprint of README.md is d0f2dd68f65db7ea22506a758696a1b33993214b3d32dde536960e66c356fbac, and its MD5 is 6d61932710dd285754eb95cfc18759d3. 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 README.md?
This report reflects the scan on Oct 26, 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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