Is DIG_POWERGRID_Disturbance_Investigator_and_Galvanizer_TIME_VARYING_IMPEDANCE.zip safe?
No antivirus engine or external intelligence source identified a threat, although the newly observed ZIP lacks runtime and complete network evidence.
All 75 antivirus engines returned without a malicious or suspicious finding, including 17 tier-one engines reporting clean. No external-intelligence match was found, but the archive is newly observed and was not executed in a sandbox, so its source and extracted contents should still be verified.
ddef83ed3605a9d144…895f99c2b1eebaRecommended next actions
Before opening or extracting
Open or extract it only when its sender or download source has been independently verified.
If you already opened or extracted it
Keep normal device protection enabled and stop if the file behaves unexpectedly.
Intelligence
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The reasoning behind this verdict
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All 75 antivirus engines returned without a malicious or suspicious finding, including 17 tier-one engines reporting clean. No external-intelligence match was found, but the archive is newly observed and was not executed in a sandbox, so its source and extracted contents should still be verified.
Static scanning produced no malicious or suspicious findings across 75 engines, with all 17 reporting tier-one engines returning clean. MalwareBazaar, YARAify, and CIRCL supplied no corroborating threat match. The archive is newly observed and has only one recorded submission, so established reputation is limited. No completed sandbox observation exists, and no comprehensive contacted-host result is available. Five earlier ZIP samples received clean assessments, but those file-type-only matches provide only weak supporting context.
What We Detected
The ZIP archive received 0 malicious and 0 suspicious findings from 75 antivirus engines. All 17 reporting tier-one engines, including Microsoft, Kaspersky, BitDefender, ESET-NOD32, and Fortinet, returned without a detection. MalwareBazaar, YARAify, and CIRCL also produced no matching threat intelligence.
Threat Behavior
No completed sandbox observation is available, so execution behavior and the safety of files inside the archive were not dynamically verified. A comprehensive contacted-host reputation result is also unavailable. The archive is newly observed and has only one recorded submission, which limits historical confidence.
What To Do Now
Confirm that the archive came from the expected source, scan extracted files before opening them, and keep endpoint protection enabled. Exercise additional caution with scripts, executables, shortcuts, or macro-enabled documents found inside.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- The file is newly observed with prevalence.classification=rare_new, so its clean static scan has little historical reputation behind it.
- No sandbox run completed and contactedHosts is null, leaving archive contents, execution behavior, and network reputation unverified.
- The five prior safe records are filetype-only matches; sharing the ZIP format does not establish common contents or origin.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- 0/75 antivirus engines reported malicious or suspicious findings
- 17 tier-one engines reported clean
- MalwareBazaar hit=false
- YARAify ruleCount=0
- CIRCL hit=false
- Newly observed archive with only one recorded source and submission
- No completed sandbox execution
- No comprehensive contacted-host reputation result
- ZIP contents are not independently described in the available evidence
Verify the download source and scan the extracted contents before opening them. Keep endpoint protection enabled, especially if the archive contains executable or script files.
Coverage & freshness
Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.
Antivirus
Complete0 of 75 engines flagged the file.
Sandbox
PartialRuntime data is present, but no completed sandbox environment is recorded.
Network
Not runNo contacted-host reputation check is recorded.
No timestamp recordedYARA
CompleteRule evaluation completed with no recorded matches.
External intel
Complete3 of 3 independent reference sources completed.
Behavior
Plain-English impact first, then the observed runtime evidence.
Runtime behavior was not available
The report does not treat a missing runtime observation as a clean result.
Detection & Forensics
Consensus, attribution, signatures, code structure, prevalence, and identity.
Evidence integrity
Chain of custody for the facts preserved in this report.
- 0rule hits recorded
- 0 / 75engines flagged
- 1sources in submission history
Why these facts are shown
Each statement identifies whether it was directly recorded or derived from saved scan facts.
- 01
0 of 75 antivirus engines flagged the file.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceObservedSourceAntivirus analysisObserved at - 02
No completed runtime observation is available for this file.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceRuntime coverageObserved at - 03
The hash has been submitted 1 time from 1 source.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceSaved report factsObserved at
Detection sources at a glance
The available sources did not agree on a named threat category.
MalwareBazaar, YARAify, and CIRCL hashlookup completed and returned no entries for this hash.
YARA rules
No matchesThe rule pass completed without a saved public match.
0 of 75 engines flagged this file
View all 75 engine results
PE structure
Not applicablePE structure analysis applies to Windows executable formats, not this file type.
How widely this file has been seen
Barely seen in the wild and first surfaced recently. That limits reputation evidence, but rarity alone is not proof of malware.
Fingerprint and provenance
- File name
- DIG_POWERGRID_Disturbance_Investigator_and_Galvanizer_TIME_VARYING_IMPEDANCE.zip
- Format
- ZIP
- Code signing
- Not applicable to this file type
- Size
- 112.4 KB
- Last analyzed
- Sep 24, 2026, 11:04 AM UTC
ddef83ed3605a9d1443fa093f663c301e2ccfbba9cbcb448bd895f99c2b1eebaSafety & FAQ
Complete recovery guidance and answers for the next decision.
What to do now
This file appears low risk based on the evidence available now.
- Recovery step 01
Open or extract it only when its sender or download source has been independently verified.
- Recovery step 02
A clean result reduces known risk, but it cannot guarantee that every new or targeted threat has been detected.
- Recovery step 03
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on so you stay protected.
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