File verdict·Decided by the MT AI Engine
Our call

Suspicious

Unsigned JDownloader installer shows mixed AV signals with process injection behavior but benign drops and no malicious runtime verdicts.

Trust score55Caution
MT AI confidence · 75%
JDownloader2Setup_windows-x86_v11_0_29.exe
83.1 MB
de8b2bdfc61d6358535b502bd95e
Antivirus engines
9 of 75 flagged
Code signing
Unsigned
Age
First seen 29 days ago
MT AI Engine · our arbiter

The verdict, reasoned out.

Not a rules engine. The MT AI Engine reads every signal we collected, weighs them against history, and commits to an answer.

75%Confidence
High
Reasoning

The file matches a known legitimate installer for JDownloader, which uses install4j and extracts Java runtime components. Tier-1 detections are generic (FileRepMalware) common for recent files, outweighed by 14 clean tier-1 scans. Process injection (T1055) into svchost and LSASS heuristic are red flags but lack corroboration from sandbox verdicts or drops. Unsigned status and new age contribute to caution without strong malicious consensus.

Key signals · 5

Each signal cites a concrete token from the evidence the arbiter saw — engine name, MITRE technique, signer string, or an exact count.

  1. tier1FamilyConsensus.family='filerepmalware' (2 engines: Avast/AVG)

  2. triggeredHeuristics[0].rule='MalwareTips.Synth.ProcessInjection' fired=true severity=high evidence='svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -p'

  3. behaviour.filesWritten includes 'i4jruntime.jar' 'flatlaf.jar' 'java.exe -version'

  4. engines.tier1Malicious=3 vs tier1ReportedClean=14 (e.g., ESET-NOD32, Kaspersky, BitDefender undetected)

  5. droppedChildren.hasMaliciousChild=false (10 unknown)

Points in its favour
  • 14 tier-1 engines clean (ESET, Kaspersky, etc.)
  • Benign installer drops (install4j, JRE)
  • No malicious sandbox verdict
  • No malicious contacted hosts/children
  • Filename matches legit JDownloader installer
Points against
  • Unsigned executable
  • Recent first submission (2 days)
  • Process injection (T1055) into svchost
  • LSASS-targeting heuristic
  • 3 tier-1 malicious detections
  • Generic 'FileRepMalware' labels
What to do

Treat as potentially risky due to heuristics and detections; obtain from trusted official source and scan thoroughly. Avoid if possible until more scans agree clean.

Threat family attribution

filerepmalware corroborated by 1 source

  • VT (75 engines)
    filerepmalware
Runtime behaviour

What this file did when executed

This file was detonated in 1 sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.

MITRE ATT&CK
15

Adversary techniques mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

T1027T1027.002T1033T1055T1059T1071T1074T1082T1083T1105T1106T1129T1497T1539T1574
Spawned processes
10
$(unnamed)
"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\JDownloader2Setup_windows-x86_v11_0_29.exe"
$(unnamed)
C:\Windows\system32\services.exe
$(unnamed)
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -p
$(unnamed)
"C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp11FA.exe"
$(unnamed)
"c:\users\bruno\appdata\local\INSTAL~1\t\E4J498~1.TMP\jre\bin\java.exe" -version
$(unnamed)
C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p
$(unnamed)
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k UnistackSvcGroup
$(unnamed)
C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -p -s StorSvc
+2 more processes captured.
Filesystem & mutexes
21
Files written15
  • C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp11FA.exe
  • C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\install4j\t\i4j_nlog_1.log
  • C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\install4j\t\e4j4987.tmp_dir1778084974\i4jruntime.jar
  • C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\install4j\t\e4j4987.tmp_dir1778084974\i4jparams.conf
  • C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\install4j\t\e4j4987.tmp_dir1778084974\i4j_extf_2_69g5ss_14qfchv.png
+10 more
Files deleted4
  • C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\install4j\t\e4jtw29889004
  • C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\install4j\t\e4j4987.tmp_dir1778084974\jre.tar.gz
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\JDownloader\i4j_writeperm_test
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\JDownloader
Mutexes created2
  • A9A48A31
  • Global\OneSettingQueryMutex+compat+encapsulation
Dropped payload

Files this sample writes at runtime

This file drops 10 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.

10 unseen
  • da63081db591b7346d44129e67Never scanned
    never seen before
  • 48a4a9a7ebca4f7b88409533ccNever scanned
    never seen before
  • 71c44233dd548b0e504206ad15Never scanned
    never seen before
  • d816710152ba53e1a1a59ddfdeNever scanned
    never seen before
  • 231290d6ac51b2b5639fec68a9Never scanned
    never seen before
  • 34833b22dff8186f79204af4cbNever scanned
    never seen before
  • 073ed831ed3eadfd87f4998093Never scanned
    never seen before
  • 652479f4613baa3782ac7df640Never scanned
    never seen before
  • 88c0cddf6b8b3e28d548fd495cNever scanned
    never seen before
  • bedcce48ca63cc72b24b323c5aNever scanned
    never seen before
No researcher-database hits
External threat-intel sources were not collected for this scan.
Signature matches

YARA + heuristic rules that fired

A researcher-curated or high-severity heuristic rule matched this sample. These rules target specific malware families and are near-definitive.

2 synthesis
MITRE ATT&CK profile
Defense evasion× 1Cred access× 1
MalwareTips synthesis rules
Our heuristics on VT data + sandbox behaviour
  • ProcessInjectionhigh

    MITRE T1055 (Process Injection) observed — CreateRemoteThread / APC / reflective-DLL injection. The payload is being smuggled into a legitimate process to bypass AV hooks.

    Evidence
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -p
  • CredentialDumpermedium

    Sandbox observed process activity targeting LSASS (Windows credential store). Legitimate software has no business reading LSASS memory — this is Mimikatz-shape behaviour.

    Evidence
    C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe
Antivirus engine breakdown

9 detections across 75 engines

9 malicious0 suspicious66 clean
Tier-117 engines
3flag
Top commercial AVs (low FP rate)
Tier-238 engines
1flag
Mainstream engines with mixed FP rates
Low-trust20 engines
5flag
Heuristic / generic-AI engines (high FP rate)
Avast
malicious
FileRepMalware [Misc]
AVG
malicious
FileRepMalware [Misc]
Bkav
malicious
W32.Malware.3A071CB4
DeepInstinct
malicious
MALICIOUS
Google
malicious
Detected
Ikarus
malicious
Trojan.Win64.Krypt
McAfeeD
malicious
ti!DE8B2BDFC61D
Rising
malicious
Trojan.Kryptik@AI.80 (RDML:235PalrdQqZJ5gQtK0qWtw)
Trapmine
malicious
suspicious.low.ml.score
Hash de8b2bdfc61d… cross-referenced against 75 AV engines via our AV network.
PE forensics

Section entropy & packers

Section-level entropy and packer detection from the PE header. Nothing suspicious here — entropy is within the normal range for unpacked code.

Unpacked
Section entropy7 sections
.text
6.49
.rdata
4.67
.data
2.30
.pdata
4.87
.fptable
0.00
.rsrc
8.00
.reloc
4.94
0.0Packed threshold 7.28.0
Prevalence

How often this file shows up in the wild

Moderate prevalence — neither rare nor common. No strong prior applies.

Medium
Unique uploaders
9
Moderate upload volume.
Total submissions
10
Includes repeat uploads by the same source.
First seen by VT
28d ago
May 6, 2026
Prevalence quadrant
Rare · New
Targeted malware lives here
Common · New
Just-released software
Rare · Old
Niche or internal tooling
Common · Old
Trusted legitimate binaries
File identity

Forensic fingerprint

File biography
First seen (VT)
5/6/2026, 4:28:13 AM
First seen (MalwareBazaar)
Last analysis (VT)
5/8/2026, 7:36:02 AM
Scanned here
5/8/2026, 1:16:29 PM
File name
JDownloader2Setup_windows-x86_v11_0_29.exe
Size
83.12 MB
MIME type
(unknown)
Detected type
Win32 EXE
SHA-256
de8b2bdfc61d63585329b8cfca2a012476b46387435410b995aeae5b502bd95e
MD5
d3b398a757b424f91e645985ade00516
SHA-1
c5997e6a28a46041180780eb52842b668a65e4e2
PE imphash
cebbab50025aad300d9290d50864f4ef
First seen (VT)
5/6/2026, 4:28:13 AM
Last analysis (VT)
5/8/2026, 7:36:02 AM
First scan (MalwareTips)
5/8/2026, 7:33:43 AM
Last scan (MalwareTips)
5/8/2026, 1:16:29 PM
Community reputation
-1flagged
Behavior tags
peexe64bits
Community classification

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