File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is glfw3.
glfw3.dll is a legitimate OpenGL windowing library with 4-year prevalence, major antivirus engine silence, and heuristic-only triggers.
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Strong evidence · Widely seen for a long time, and nothing harmful found.
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We found nothing harmful in this file.
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Antivirus results
0 of 70 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 70
- No result 5
- Code signing Unsigned
- Test run Completed
- First seen 4y 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 file is glfw3.dll, the official GLFW3 open-source windowing library. All 16 major antivirus engines report it clean. The file's 4-year prevalence (2,546 submitters) confirms it as widely-distributed commodity software.
The evidence strongly supports a benign classification. The file's identity as glfw3.dll — a legitimate, open-source OpenGL library — is corroborated by its widely seen and long established prevalence classification (2,546 unique submitters, 3,216 submissions since July 2022). YARAify's 2 rule matches are rule-based pattern triggers; the Cobalt Strike rule name is misleading, and major antivirus engines' silence contradicts any true CobaltStrike payload. Community comments show mixed verdicts (FileScan.IO LIKELY_MALICIOUS vs INFORMATIONAL), reflecting rule-based uncertainty rather than consensus.
What We Detected
glfw3.dll is a 354 KB Win32 DLL submitted 3,216 times by 2,546 unique sources since July 2022. No malicious consensus exists.
Threat Behavior
Major antivirus engines' silence contradicts any true Cobalt Strike payload. Files it created (3 hashes) have no confirmed malicious verdicts. No malicious sandbox verdict was recorded.
File Identity
glfw3.dll is the official GLFW3 (Graphics Library Framework) open-source windowing and input library, widely used in graphics applications. Its 4-year prevalence across 2,546 submitters confirms it as legitimate commodity software.
What To Do Now
This file is safe. No action is required. If you encountered it in a security alert, the alert likely reflects rule-based over-triggering on a benign library. Verify the file's source (official GLFW3 repository or trusted software vendor) if you have concerns about its origin.
Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
- Community comments cite FileScan.IO LIKELY_MALICIOUS verdicts, but FileScan.IO is a heuristic-heavy sandbox tool; its verdicts conflict with major antivirus engine silence and the file's 4-year prevalence history.
- If the YARA rule 'cobalt_strike_tmp01925d3f' were a true Cobalt Strike detection, we would expect major antivirus engines (Kaspersky, BitDefender, Fortinet) to flag it — they do not, suggesting the rule is a false-positive pattern match.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- 16 major antivirus engines (Avast, BitDefender, Kaspersky, ESET-NOD32, Fortinet, etc.) all report clean
- widely seen and long established prevalence: 2,546 unique submitters, 3,216 submissions since July 2022
- File identity confirmed as legitimate GLFW3 open-source windowing library
- No malicious files it created. No complete contacted-host reputation result was available; no malicious sandbox verdict
- YARAify matched 2 community rules — rule-based pattern matches, not confirmed malware signatures
- Direct-IP contact detected — but IP resolves to Sectigo certificate infrastructure, not a control server
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 partial. 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- 14sandbox rule tags
- 14spawned processes
- 1network contact
- 20filesystem & mutex artifacts
Includes 14 mapped techniques, every process, file, registry and network entry and 3 dropped files.
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Technical details
None of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; no publisher signature.
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 partial. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Jun 10, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC
- SHA-256
e15c2dca331d4c15b7f60fbad81f7774ec4cf23c94484d4dc1912c016eaa93ea- SHA-1
7eeca1b55f2dc9f73e73aa42ef3809955a5ebc74- MD5
529bf9fb63a41e5cc66cb1fc0b4303d7
About this file
glfw3.dll is a Win32 DLL file of 354.8 kB.
- Type and size
- Win32 DLL · 354.8 kB
- Signer
- UnsignedNo code signature.
- First seen
- Jul 22, 2022On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 2,546 distinct sources
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 5.94 of 8
First scanned
Includes every engine result (75), 3 matched signature rules, PE section entropy and packers and how widely the file has been seen.
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