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Verdict Safe

Analyzed , 3 months ago

Is project-zomboid-0-1-4c.zip safe? Yes, no threats found.

Zero-engine detection on a 14-year-old, widely submitted game archive with only a single unconfirmed heuristic.

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Strong evidence · Widely seen for a long time, and nothing harmful found.

Open or extract it as usual if it came from the official source

Treat the archive as safe; extract and execute only from trusted sources.

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We found nothing harmful in this file.

  1. Open it only if you trust the person or website you got it from.

  2. Keep your security software and system updates switched on.

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project-zomboid-0-1-4c.zip: Safe — MalwareTips file scan

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Antivirus results

0 of 66 flagged

  • Flagged 0
  • No detection 66
  • No result 7
Fileproject-zomboid-0-1-4c.zip24.7 MBSHA-256 dddf61d4cd15…b50488
  • Code signing Not applicable
  • Test run Completed
  • First seen 14y ago
None of the 66 antivirus engines that checked it flag it.

Chapter 02

Why we think so

0 points against it and 5 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.

MT AI Engine · Verdict analysis

The reasoning behind this verdict

Analyst conclusion

All 66 antivirus engines that checked it returned clean results on this 2012-era Project Zomboid archive.

6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 not needed or not applicable. See every source

Chapter 03

What it did in our test

It ran in our isolated test environment; no test environment rated what it did as risky.

Test run summary

Capture complete
  • 19sandbox rule tags
  • 12spawned processes
  • 0network contacts
  • 35filesystem & mutex artifacts

Chapter 04

Technical details

None of the 66 antivirus engines that checked it flag it.

Sources checked

Every check behind this verdict

6 sources checked · 5 complete · 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 · 73 enginesCompletePositive signal: 0 of 66 engines flagged it · 7 gave no result Details for antivirus engines
Sandbox runVirusTotal sandboxesCompleteRuntime behaviour was recorded Details for sandbox run
Contacted hostsMalwareTips URL scannerNot neededThe sandbox recorded 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
Jul 23, 2026, 10:08 PM UTC
SHA-256
dddf61d4cd155605ff5ed240c1e4cea969d32346bb700ea202048455e4b50488
SHA-1
7502ee52dc926a485235d17b544d17785df90dec
MD5
84d3ec972fe2a82c3ab10852f8fd753a

About this file

project-zomboid-0-1-4c.zip is a ZIP file of 24.7 MB.

Type and size
ZIP · 24.7 MB
Signer
Not applicable
First seen
Mar 31, 2012On VirusTotal.
Submitted by
1,626 distinct sources

First scanned

Chapter 05

Questions & answers

Short answers to the 6 questions people ask most about this file.

Is project-zomboid-0-1-4c.zip safe?
We found nothing harmful in project-zomboid-0-1-4c.zip. None of the 66 antivirus engines that checked it flag it. Open it only if you trust the person or website you got it from.
What is project-zomboid-0-1-4c.zip?
project-zomboid-0-1-4c.zip is a ZIP archive, about 24.7 MB. VirusTotal first saw it on Mar 31, 2012.
How many antivirus engines detected project-zomboid-0-1-4c.zip?
None of the 66 antivirus engines that checked it flag project-zomboid-0-1-4c.zip. 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 project-zomboid-0-1-4c.zip?
The SHA-256 fingerprint of project-zomboid-0-1-4c.zip is dddf61d4cd155605ff5ed240c1e4cea969d32346bb700ea202048455e4b50488, and its MD5 is 84d3ec972fe2a82c3ab10852f8fd753a. 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.
Is it safe to open or extract project-zomboid-0-1-4c.zip?
We found nothing harmful in project-zomboid-0-1-4c.zip. The main caveat is where you got it: attackers sometimes spread malware under the name of real software, so get it from the official website. If your own antivirus warns about it, check the source before you ignore the warning.
How up to date is this analysis of project-zomboid-0-1-4c.zip?
This report reflects the scan on Jul 23, 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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