File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is startup.
None of the 61 antivirus engines that checked it detected the small XML metadata file, and available threat-intelligence checks found no matching malware indicators.
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Moderate evidence · No engine flags it, but no publisher signature confirms who made it.
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Antivirus results
0 of 61 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 61
- No result 13
- Code signing Not applicable
- Test run Not run
- First seen 3mo ago
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Why we think so
2 points against it and 4 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
The 1,515-byte XML metadata file produced no detections from 74 antivirus engines, including 17 major antivirus engines. No threat-intelligence matches, suspicious rules, brand conflict, or known malicious family indicators were found, although no completed the test run is available.
The strongest evidence is complete agreement across the antivirus network: 0 of the 61 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the sample, including no detections from 17 major antivirus engines. The file is a small XML document, and code signing is not meaningful for this format. CIRCL, MalwareBazaar, and YARAify supplied no corroborating threat-intelligence match, while no rule-based rule fired. There is no family label, brand mismatch, or known malicious child in the supplied evidence. Behavior in the test run was not observed, and no complete contacted-host reputation result is available, which modestly limits certainty without creating a positive threat signal.
What We Detected
The file is a 1,515-byte XML metadata document named startup.meta. None of the 61 antivirus engines that checked it flagged it, and all 17 reporting major antivirus engines returned no detection. Available CIRCL, MalwareBazaar, and YARAify checks also produced no matching threat indicator.
Threat Behavior
No completed sandbox observation is available because behaviour is null. The contacted-host cross-check was also not completed or saved, so no conclusion can be drawn about network reputation. Static evidence contains no triggered heuristic, brand mismatch, malicious family label, or confirmed hacking tool indicator.
What To Do Now
No special remediation is indicated by the supplied evidence. Keep security software enabled and retain the file only if it came from an expected application or trusted workflow.
Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
- No completed sandbox run was recorded, so the file was not observed during a completed sandbox run.
- No contacted-host reputation result was saved, meaning no complete reputation cross-check exists for any potential network contacts.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- 0/61 antivirus engines detected the file.
- No CIRCL, MalwareBazaar, or YARAify match was found.
- No rule-based rules fired.
- The file is non-executable XML, so missing code signing is neutral.
- No completed observation from the test run is available.
- No complete contacted-host reputation result is available.
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.
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
- Sep 9, 2026, 10:01 PM UTC
- SHA-256
d932b8feb1282bf901986352d90a849f249c0a0d27133d930878981555bace14- SHA-1
872872a5f88d6c57cac2f9ffbe9725674f70ab4d- MD5
03be9c1d8253fc80a5dd9e50929ac582
About this file
startup.meta is an XML file of 1.5 kB.
- Type and size
- XML · 1.5 kB
- Signer
- Not applicable
- First seen
- Jul 16, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 5 distinct sourcesRarely seen: few people have submitted this exact file.
First scanned
Includes every engine result (74) and how widely the file has been seen.
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