File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is icon.
None of the 61 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this ICO image, no external intelligence listings exist, and no hostile behaviour rules matched, so it appears to be an…
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Moderate evidence · No engine flags it, but no publisher signature confirms who made it.
The file looks safe to use as an icon image. Keep your antivirus protection enabled as normal.
Good practice2 tips
We found nothing harmful in this file.
Open it only if you trust where it came from.
Keep your security software and system updates switched on.
No scanner can promise a file is 100% safe.
Antivirus results
0 of 61 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 61
- No result 15
- Code signing Not applicable
- Test run Not applicable
- First seen 1y 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
This is an icon image first seen on Dec 16, 2024. None of the 61 antivirus engines that checked it flagged it, and database lookups returned nothing. No evidence points to hostile content.
The antivirus engines returned no detections from any of the 61 engines that analysed the file, including 18 major antivirus engines. The file is an icon image whose name matches its type. Lookups in reference and malware-sample databases found no entries, and no behaviour rules matched. It has been submitted by 6 sources over a long period without any flags. No observation from the test run was available, which is not unusual for an inert image.
What We Detected
No engine flagged this ICO image, and no malware-specific community rules matched.
Threat Behavior
No data from the test run was available. Icon files are inert image data, and nothing in the evidence suggests hostile content.
What To Do Now
No action is needed. Keep your security software enabled as usual.
Where this verdict could be wrong1 caveat
- No sandbox run or static analysis of the uploaded bytes exists, and the 309 KB size is large for a plain icon, so unusual embedded content cannot be fully ruled out.
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 file.
- No listings in public malware databases.
- The file name matches its image type.
- Submitted by 6 sources since Dec 16, 2024 with no flags.
- No runtime or static analysis of the file's contents was available.
- The file is larger than a typical icon.
6 sources checked · 4 complete · 2 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 · 2 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 23, 2026, 9:40 PM UTC
- SHA-256
dd7ffe710c4972291baefb59e3e3d567388c9db730910343a52cd7bb2ecf92fa- SHA-1
bb7270d450d9b2cf7404e25e6f379f0816eca9c5- MD5
f46288c44255b7ef6a1aa81ea3d0b20c
About this file
icon.ico is an ICO file of 309.1 kB.
- Type and size
- ICO · 309.1 kB
- Signer
- Not applicable
- First seen
- Dec 16, 2024On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 6 distinct sourcesRarely seen: few people have submitted this exact file.
First scanned
Includes every engine result (76) and how widely the file has been seen.
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