File verdict·Decided by the MT AI Engine
Our call

Safe

Signed 2018 GOG installer with zero engine detections and long-standing prevalence despite two behavioural heuristics.

Verified · GOG Sp. z o.o.
Trust score82Moderate trust
MT AI confidence · 78%
setup_minecraft_story_mode_-_adventure_pass_2018-02-22_(18805).exe
746.1 KB
e69ce6a9c8814af64d60ea8ad5bd
Antivirus engines
0 of 75 flagged
Code signing
Signed by GOG Sp. z o.o.
Age
First seen 7y 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.

78%Confidence
High
Reasoning

Zero malicious detections across the entire engine set, including every tier-1 vendor, is the dominant signal. The GOG certificate and common_old classification further support legitimacy. The two triggered heuristics (T1055 and direct-IP) are the only counter-evidence, yet they appear in many legitimate installers that drop temporary processes. Similar-hash history is mixed but leans safe on the most recent match. No dropped malicious children or malicious hosts were observed.

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. engines: 0 malicious detections, tier1Malicious=0, tier1ReportedClean=17

  2. signing.verified=true, signer='GOG Sp. z o.o.'

  3. prevalence.classification='common_old' (1217 submitters)

  4. similarHashes[1].verdict='safe' (matchKind=imphash)

  5. triggeredHeuristics: MalwareTips.Synth.ProcessInjection (T1055) and MalwareTips.Synth.DirectIpC2

Points in its favour
  • 0/75 engines malicious
  • Signed by GOG Sp. z o.o.
  • common_old prevalence (1217 submitters)
  • No malicious dropped children or contacted hosts
Points against
  • Two behavioural heuristics flagged T1055 and direct-IP contact
What to do

Treat as safe; re-acquire from the official GOG distribution channel if any doubt remains.

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.

T1012T1027T1033T1036T1055T1059T1071T1082T1083T1129T1134T1140T1529T1614T1614.001
Spawned processes
15
$(unnamed)
"C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\file.exe"
$(unnamed)
"C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-OU21E.tmp\file.tmp" /SL5="$E00D6,185856,0,C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\file.exe"
$(unnamed)
%SAMPLEPATH%\e69ce6a9c8814af64d8bf4645eb127a1ca15f8e17a6355339ed52c60ea8ad5bd.exe
$(unnamed)
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\is-GHRRK.tmp\e69ce6a9c8814af64d8bf4645eb127a1ca15f8e17a6355339ed52c60ea8ad5bd.tmp
$(unnamed)
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\is-BV6JE.tmp\e69ce6a9c8814af64d8bf4645eb127a1ca15f8e17a6355339ed52c60ea8ad5bd.tmp
$(unnamed)
C:\Windows\System32\wuapihost.exe
$(unnamed)
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\is-CFLBB.tmp\e69ce6a9c8814af64d8bf4645eb127a1ca15f8e17a6355339ed52c60ea8ad5bd.tmp
$(unnamed)
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\is-V50QE.tmp\e69ce6a9c8814af64d8bf4645eb127a1ca15f8e17a6355339ed52c60ea8ad5bd.tmp
+7 more processes captured.
Network activity
20
IP addresses20
  • 23.216.147.64
  • 20.99.133.109
  • 192.229.211.108
  • 20.99.184.37
  • 23.216.147.76
  • a83f:8110:0:0:3000:0:0:0
  • 20.99.185.48
  • 184.25.191.235
  • 20.99.186.246
  • 192.168.0.77
+10 more
Filesystem & mutexes
40
Files written15
  • C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\is-NTF4K.tmp\996E.tmp
  • C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\Setup Log 2019-10-20 #001.txt
  • C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\is-Q6MGV.tmp\996E.tmp
  • C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\Setup Log 2019-10-27 #001.txt
  • C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\is-KLQ49.tmp\996E.tmp
+10 more
Files deleted15
  • C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER1DC4.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
  • C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER1DD5.tmp.csv
  • C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER1DE6.tmp.txt
  • C:\Windows\System32\spp\store\2.0\cache\cache.dat
  • C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERFDB9.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
+10 more
Mutexes created10
  • Local\SM0:5308:168:WilStaging_02
  • Local\SM0:3704:168:WilStaging_02
  • Local\RstrMgr3887CAB8-533F-4C85-B0DC-3E5639F8D511
  • Local\RstrMgr-3887CAB8-533F-4C85-B0DC-3E5639F8D511-Session0000
  • Local\SM0:3704:64:WilError_03
+5 more
Dropped payload

Files this sample writes at runtime

This file drops 3 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.

3 unseen
  • d1d45a999c1dbbbd5c0537c71dNever scanned
    never seen before
  • 388a796580234efc95f3136f95Never scanned
    never seen before
  • b0549aa6fceea430b0b5d95048Never 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× 1C2× 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:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\file.exe"
  • DirectIpC2medium

    Sample contacted 15 external IP address(es) and zero domains. Benign software virtually always uses DNS; no-DNS direct-IP C2 is a strong malware indicator because it bypasses reputation systems and dodges domain-based blocklists.

    Evidence
    23.216.147.64 · 20.99.133.109 · 192.229.211.108
Antivirus engine breakdown

0 detections across 75 engines

0 malicious0 suspicious75 clean
Tier-117 engines
0flag
Top commercial AVs (low FP rate)
Tier-241 engines
0flag
Mainstream engines with mixed FP rates
Low-trust17 engines
0flag
Heuristic / generic-AI engines (high FP rate)
All 75 engines report this file as clean.
Hash e69ce6a9c881… 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.

ent 7.94Unpacked
Section entropy8 sections
.text
6.38
.itext
5.73
.data
2.30
.bss
0.00
.idata
4.60
.tls
0.00
.rdata
0.20
.rsrc
6.76
0.0Packed threshold 7.28.0
Prevalence

How often this file shows up in the wild

Widely seen in the wild for a long time. High prior this is legitimate; isolated detections on common-old files are usually false positives.

Common & old
Unique uploaders
1,217
Hundreds of people have uploaded this — common.
Total submissions
1,367
Includes repeat uploads by the same source.
First seen by VT
7y ago
Oct 18, 2019
Prevalence quadrant
Rare · New
Targeted malware lives here
Common · New
Just-released software
Rare · Old
Niche or internal tooling
here
Common · Old
Trusted legitimate binaries
File identity

Forensic fingerprint

File biography
First seen (VT)
10/18/2019, 3:04:35 PM
First seen (MalwareBazaar)
Last analysis (VT)
5/18/2026, 8:33:45 PM
Scanned here
7/7/2026, 12:30:36 PM
File name
setup_minecraft_story_mode_-_adventure_pass_2018-02-22_(18805).exe
Size
746.1 KB
MIME type
(unknown)
Detected type
Win32 EXE
SHA-256
e69ce6a9c8814af64d8bf4645eb127a1ca15f8e17a6355339ed52c60ea8ad5bd
MD5
3e7d2ca62e2f2a6e87f8ffd084eabefe
SHA-1
da49ad8182deed178f1ae978c736654d104001c1
PE imphash
20dd26497880c05caed9305b3c8b9109
First seen (VT)
10/18/2019, 3:04:35 PM
Last analysis (VT)
5/18/2026, 8:33:45 PM
First scan (MalwareTips)
7/7/2026, 12:30:36 PM
Last scan (MalwareTips)
7/7/2026, 12:30:36 PM
Code signer
GOG Sp. z o.o.verified
Behavior tags
signedpeexeoverlay
Community classification

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