Is VeloStrap.dll safe?
Only APEX flagged the file, but unsigned provenance, process-injection mapping, defense-impairment activity, and unresolved direct-IP contacts warrant caution pending further verification.
Only 1 of 75 engines flagged this file, and that detection came from low-trust APEX while all 17 tier-1 engines were silent. However, the unsigned executable produced runtime mappings to process injection and defense impairment, and its IP contacts lack a complete reputation check, so execution should be deferred until independently verified.
da0c5c185b5b06fd65…6416a3b89bf667Recommended next actions
Before using
Do not use it until the source and publisher can be verified independently.
If you already used it
Stop using it, scan the device, and watch for unexpected behavior or security alerts. Reinstall the parent software from the developer's official site instead of replacing this component by itself.
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.
Only 1 of 75 engines flagged this file, and that detection came from low-trust APEX while all 17 tier-1 engines were silent. However, the unsigned executable produced runtime mappings to process injection and defense impairment, and its IP contacts lack a complete reputation check, so execution should be deferred until independently verified.
The antivirus result strongly resembles a false positive: APEX alone flagged the sample, while no tier-1 engine detected it or agreed on a malware family. One sandbox run nevertheless mapped activity to T1055 process injection and T1562.001 defense impairment, which are materially concerning behaviors. The run did not produce a malicious sandbox verdict, and none of four inspected children was identified as malicious. Because host-reputation checking was not completed for the recorded IP contacts, the direct-no complete contacted-host reputation result was available or malicious. The file is also unsigned and lacks established publisher history, leaving the runtime concerns without provenance-based reassurance. Overall, the evidence is mixed and does not establish a named malware family.
What We Detected
APEX was the only engine to flag the sample: 1 of 75 engines. No tier-1 engine detected it, and there was no family consensus, making the lone generic detection likely to be a false positive.
Threat Behavior
One completed sandbox run mapped activity to T1055 process injection and T1562.001 defense impairment. It also recorded direct connections to multiple IP addresses, but no complete host-reputation result is available. The sandbox did not issue a malicious verdict, four inspected child files were not identified as malicious, and static PE analysis found neither likely packing nor high-entropy code.
What To Do Now
Do not run the file on a production or personal system until its source and expected publisher can be verified. Keep endpoint protection enabled, obtain a signed copy from the official release channel if available, and use an isolated environment for any necessary testing.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- The unsigned executable has no signer history, so the isolated APEX detection cannot be discounted using publisher provenance.
- Runtime mapping to T1055 and T1562.001 may indicate process injection and defense impairment, although no sandbox issued a malicious verdict.
- A communityComments[0] annotation calls the sample suspicious and attaches several threat tags, but it has zero votes and no independent technical corroboration.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- No tier-1 detections among 75 engines
- engines.onlyLowTrustFlagging=true
- No malicious sandbox verdict
- No malicious child among four inspected files
- peAnalysis.likelyPacked=false and peAnalysis.highEntropyCode=false
- Unsigned Windows executable with no established signer history
- Runtime mapping to T1055 process injection
- Runtime mapping to T1562.001 defense impairment
- Multiple direct IP contacts without complete host-reputation coverage
- Generic APEX detection on 1 of 75 engines
Avoid execution until the file's origin and publisher are independently verified, preferably by obtaining it from the project's official release channel. Keep security protection enabled and isolate any required testing.
Coverage & freshness
Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.
Antivirus
Complete1 of 75 engines flagged the file.
Sandbox
Complete1 isolated runtime environment contributed observations.
Network
Partial20 runtime contacts were observed without a completed reputation cross-check.
YARA
Complete2 signature or behavior rules matched.
External intel
PartialIndependent reference checks were attempted but are incomplete.
Behavior
Plain-English impact first, then the observed runtime evidence.
Runtime flight recorder
Capture complete- 1isolated sandbox run
- 13MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- 6spawned processes
- 20network contacts
- 16filesystem & mutex artifacts
What this file does
Observed actions and their security significance
High concern: Injected code into another process, a technique that can conceal execution.
High concern: Attempted to impair or bypass security controls.
High concern: Manipulated how the operating system loads code, which can redirect execution.
Moderate concern: Contained obfuscated or packed code that makes inspection harder.
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: Reads your Windows user-account details.
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
VeloStrap.dll
da0c5c185b5b06fd65cc65d6baf9174f68dedcc4c1591736126416a3b89bf667
01Uploaded file
Processes
Runtime execution
- ProcessObserved
Observed process
"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\VeloStrap.exe"
02Isolated runtime analysis - ProcessObserved
Observed process
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --single-argument https://aka.ms/dotnet-core-applaunch?framework=Microsoft.NETCore.App&framework_version=6.0.0&arch=x64&rid=win-x64&os=win10&gui=true
03Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Files
Created or changed
- Written fileObserved
netcore,securifybv.PropertyStore,0.1.0
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\NetFramework\BreadcrumbStore\netcore,securifybv.PropertyStore,0.1.0
04Isolated runtime analysis - Written fileObserved
netcore,CommunityToolkit.Mvvm
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\NetFramework\BreadcrumbStore\netcore,CommunityToolkit.Mvvm
05Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Network
Hosts contacted
- Contacted hostObserved
23.38.253.142
Contact observed during runtime.
06Isolated runtime analysis - Contacted hostObserved
150.171.109.183
Contact observed during runtime.
07Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
7 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.
- 23.38.253.142
- 150.171.109.183
- 150.171.73.13
- 20.9.155.148
- 4.153.187.221
- 150.171.27.10
- 20.80.37.232
- 172.217.214.132
- 151.101.193.91
- 23.215.15.215
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\NetFramework\BreadcrumbStore\netcore,securifybv.PropertyStore,0.1.0
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\NetFramework\BreadcrumbStore\netcore,CommunityToolkit.Mvvm
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\NetFramework\BreadcrumbStore\netcore,Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x64
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\NetFramework\BreadcrumbStore\netcore,CommunityToolkit.Mvvm,8.4.0
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\NetFramework\BreadcrumbStore\netcore,runtime.win-x64.Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetHostPolicy
- \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\DBWinMutex
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 4 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.
- 5de63511e147b318d350…645e64Never scannednever seen before
- 0d20debb26fc8b2bc84f…798941Never scannednever seen before
- e3b0c44298fc1c149afb…52b855Never scannednever seen before
- 40afea62dcdb261b4b0e…2aa6bfNever scannednever seen before
Detection & Forensics
Consensus, attribution, signatures, code structure, prevalence, and identity.
Evidence integrity
Chain of custody for the facts preserved in this report.
- 2rule hits recorded
- 1 / 75engines flagged
- 138sources in submission history
Why these facts are shown
Each statement identifies whether it was directly recorded or derived from saved scan facts.
- 01
1 high-confidence signature or behavior rule matched this file.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceDerivedSourceSignature and behavior rulesObserved at - 02
1 of 75 antivirus engines flagged the file, including APEX.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceObservedSourceAntivirus analysisObserved at - 03
The hash has been submitted 150 times from 138 sources.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceSaved report factsObserved at - 04
Scanned file: VeloStrap.dll — da0c5c185b5b06fd65cc65d6baf9174f68dedcc4c1591736126416a3b89bf667
ProvenanceObservedSourceUploaded fileObserved at - 05
Observed process — "C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\VeloStrap.exe"
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 06
Observed process — "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --single-argument https://aka.ms/dotnet-core-applaunch?framework=Microsoft.NETCore.App&framework_version=6.0.0&arch=x64&rid=win-x64&os=win10&gui=true
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 07
File written: netcore,securifybv.PropertyStore,0.1.0 — C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\NetFramework\BreadcrumbStore\netcore,securifybv.PropertyStore,0.1.0
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 08
File written: netcore,CommunityToolkit.Mvvm — C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\NetFramework\BreadcrumbStore\netcore,CommunityToolkit.Mvvm
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 09
Contacted host: 23.38.253.142 — Contact observed during runtime.
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 10
Contacted host: 150.171.109.183 — Contact observed during runtime.
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at
Detection sources at a glance
The available sources did not agree on a named threat category.
Available reference checks returned no match, but at least one source was unavailable. This is not a clean result.
Signatures and behavior heuristics
A community signature or high-severity behavioral heuristic matched. Signatures identify known patterns; heuristics are strong leads but are not proof on their own.
The saved runtime evidence maps this activity to MITRE T1055 (Process Injection). The mapping supports possible process injection, but it does not prove the exact injection method or the operator's intent.
Evidence"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\VeloStrap.exe"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.
Evidence23.38.253.142 · 150.171.109.183 · 150.171.73.13
1 of 75 engines flagged this file
View all 75 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
- VeloStrap.dll
- Format
- Win32 EXE
- Code signing
- No verified publisher
- Size
- 15.3 MB
- Last analyzed
- Sep 14, 2026, 4:03 AM UTC
da0c5c185b5b06fd65cc65d6baf9174f68dedcc4c1591736126416a3b89bf667Safety & 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 use 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
Do not delete or replace the component manually. Quarantine it with your antivirus or repair the parent software from its official source. Reinstall the parent software from the developer's official site instead of replacing this component by itself.
- 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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