File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is Tales of the Moon.
None of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag this widely shared GameMaker-built game executable, and its single sandbox run finished clean without any identified…
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Strong evidence · Widely seen for a long time, and nothing harmful found.
This game executable can be run, but obtain it only from the developer's official distribution channel and keep your security software enabled.
Good practice2 tips
We found nothing harmful in this file.
Run it only if it came from the developer's own website or an official app store.
Keep your antivirus and Windows updates switched on.
No scanner can promise a file is 100% safe.
Antivirus results
0 of 71 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 71
- No result 4
- Code signing Unsigned
- Test run Completed
- First seen 8mo ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
2 points against it and 5 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
None of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this file, including all 17 major antivirus engines that returned results. It has been seen from over 700 sources across eight months, and its sandbox run was clean. It is unsigned, so get it from the game's official source.
No engine reports a detection, and every major antivirus engine that returned a result marked it clean. The file is common, with 729 unique submitters over 249 days, which fits a distributed indie game; it writes a GameMaker temp folder when it ran. All contacted hosts were checked against our URL cache with no malicious or suspicious results, and most were the analysis machine's own background traffic. A community tag list naming several unrelated malware families has no engine or intel corroboration and carries little weight.
What We Detected
None of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this 64-bit Windows executable. Malware-intel feeds and researcher YARA rule sets returned no matches. The file has been submitted from 729 unique sources since February 2026.
Threat Behavior
One sandbox run completed with a clean result. The program launched from the desktop and created a GameMaker temporary folder, typical of a GameMaker-built game. All 8 contacted hosts were checked with no known-bad results, and nearly all were background traffic from the analysis machine. Five dropped files have no saved verdict, which is neither good nor bad.
What To Do Now
The evidence supports running this game. Because it is unsigned, download it only from the developer's official page or a trusted storefront, and keep your antivirus enabled.
Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
- The executable is unsigned, so publisher identity cannot be confirmed from a certificate.
- The sandbox mapped process-injection and elevation-control techniques, though no injected process was recorded and game engines often trigger these mappings.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- None of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file.
- Widely seen: over 700 unique sources across eight months.
- The single sandbox run finished clean.
- All contacted hosts were checked with no malicious or suspicious results.
- No hits in malware-intel feeds or researcher YARA rules.
- The executable has no digital signature, so the publisher cannot be confirmed by certificate.
- The sandbox mapped process-injection and elevation-control techniques, though no injected process was observed.
6 sources checked · all complete. 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- 10sandbox rule tags
- 2spawned processes
- 0network contacts
- 19filesystem & mutex artifacts
What this file did when executed
This file was run in a sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Sandbox verdicts
1- VT: CLEANclean
Techniques observed in the sandbox
10MITRE ATT&CK techniques the sandbox mapped. Highlighted ones are rare in normal software; the others are common in legitimate programs too.
- T1027· Obfuscated code
- T1027.002· Obfuscated code
- T1036
- T1055· Process injection
- T1056· Keylogging
- T1057· Lists programs
- T1071· Application protocol
- T1082· System recon
- T1083· Scans your files
- T1548
Observed activity
Processes started
2Programs the file ran, with their command lines.
Tales of the Moon.exe"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\Tales of the Moon.exe"Tales of the Moon.exe"C:\Users\user\Desktop\Tales of the Moon.exe"
Files
9Files the file created, changed or deleted.
- Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\iconcache_idx.db - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\iconcache_16.db - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\iconcache_256.db - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\iconcache_48.db - Written
C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Local\FontCache\Fonts\Download-1.tmp - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches
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- Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\GameMaker.1770670138\ - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations
Registry and auto-start
16Settings the file changed, including ways to start again after a restart.
- Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\NodeSlots - Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\MRUListEx - Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\1\MRUListEx - Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\Shell\SniffedFolderType - Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}\Mode - Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}\LogicalViewMode
Show all 16 entries for registry and auto-start
- Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}\FFlags - Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}\IconSize - Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}\Sort - Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}\ColInfo - Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}\GroupView - Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}\GroupByKey:FMTID - Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}\GroupByKey:PID - Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}\GroupByDirection - Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\38\Shell\SniffedFolderType - Deleted
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}\GroupCollapseState
Mutexes
10Named locks a program uses so only one copy runs; malware families often reuse them.
Local\Shell.CMruPidlListLocal\SessionImmersiveColorMutexGlobal\SyncRootManagerLocal\Mutexf01b4d95cf55d32a.automaticDestinations-ms\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Global\C::Users:user:AppData:Local:Microsoft:Windows:Explorer:iconcache_idx.db!rwWriterMutex\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Global\C::Users:user:AppData:Local:Microsoft:Windows:Explorer:iconcache_16.db!dfMaintainer
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\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Global\C::Users:user:AppData:Local:Microsoft:Windows:Explorer:iconcache_32.db!dfMaintainer\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Global\C::Users:user:AppData:Local:Microsoft:Windows:Explorer:iconcache_48.db!dfMaintainer\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Global\C::Users:user:AppData:Local:Microsoft:Windows:Explorer:iconcache_96.db!dfMaintainer\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Global\C::Users:user:AppData:Local:Microsoft:Windows:Explorer:iconcache_256.db!dfMaintainer
Sandbox background — not the file
15The analysis machine's own processes and connections, recorded in every run.
- VM process
services.exeC:\Windows\system32\services.exe - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k UnistackSvcGroup - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -p -s StorSvc - VM process
lsass.exeC:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalService -s W32Time
Show all 15 entries for sandbox background — not the file
- VM host
windows.msn.com-ion.edgesuite.net - VM host
a1672.dscr.akamai.net - VM host
svc.ha-teams.office.com - VM host
svc.ms-acdc-teams.office.com - VM host
assets.msn.com - VM host
assets.msn.com-ion.edgesuite.net - VM host
a1666.dscr.akamai.net - VM host
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com - VM host
162.159.36.2
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 5 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache. 5 have no saved verdict and were not checked; that is missing coverage, not a finding.
- cf0d3dae55d231b9a524…7c4e86Not checkedno saved verdict
- 3f286e564d94ca87a665…b0f967Not checkedno saved verdict
- c6b4b3ba5fcd97ca75a7…8c808fNot checkedno saved verdict
- 571e44807e4f16626540…af755cNot checkedno saved verdict
- bf298de82f0df0f01454…e6b454Not checkedno saved verdict
Chapter 04
Technical details
None of the 71 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; no publisher signature.
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · all complete. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Oct 16, 2026, 6:34 PM UTC
- SHA-256
e7f2a5ea8ca62b298a7b5b38e32f5b6a7b89138f614d956ddfa6d3f2656139ac- SHA-1
559235f44be33d879b6783369f2ee56cca15584e- MD5
7f0e7614230174eb7f600e0a4022abc5
About this file
Tales of the Moon.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 8.2 MB.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 8.2 MB
- Signer
- UnsignedNo code signature.
- First seen
- Feb 9, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 729 distinct sources
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 6.04 of 8
First scanned
Antivirus consensus
0 of 71 engines flagged this file
4 of the 75 engines returned no result for this file (file type not supported, or the scan did not finish), so they did not check it.
- Tier-118 engines0flagged
- Tier-236 engines0flagged
- Low-trust17 engines0flagged
View all 75 engine results
- AcronisClean
- AhnLab-V3Clean
- AlibabaClean
- alibabacloudClean
- ALYacClean
- Antiy-AVLClean
- APEXClean
- ArcabitClean
- AvastClean
- Avast-MobileNo result
- AVGClean
- AviraClean
- BitDefenderClean
- BitDefenderFalxNo result
- BkavClean
- CAT-QuickHealClean
- ClamAVClean
- CMCClean
- CrowdStrikeClean
- CTXClean
- CylanceClean
- CynetClean
- DeepInstinctClean
- DrWebClean
- ElasticClean
- EmsisoftClean
- ESET-NOD32Clean
- F-SecureClean
- FortinetClean
- GDataClean
- GoogleClean
- GridinsoftClean
- huorongClean
- IkarusClean
- JiangminClean
- K7AntiVirusClean
- K7GWClean
- KasperskyClean
- KingsoftClean
- LionicClean
- MalwarebytesClean
- MaxSecureClean
- McAfeeDClean
- MicrosoftClean
- MicroWorld-eScanClean
- NANO-AntivirusClean
- PaloaltoClean
- PandaClean
- RisingClean
- SangforClean
- SentinelOneClean
- SkyhighClean
- SophosClean
- SUPERAntiSpywareClean
- SymantecClean
- SymantecMobileInsightNo result
- TACHYONClean
- tehtrisClean
- TencentClean
- TrapmineClean
- TrellixENSClean
- TrendMicroClean
- TrendMicro-HouseCallClean
- TrustlookNo result
- VaristClean
- VBA32Clean
- VIPREClean
- VirITClean
- ViRobotClean
- WebrootClean
- XcitiumClean
- YandexClean
- ZillyaClean
- ZoneAlarmClean
- ZonerClean
Signatures and behavior heuristics
Low-severity pattern matches — worth noting but not on their own cause for alarm.
VirusTotal's sandbox summary maps this run to MITRE T1055 (Process Injection), but no injected process of the sample's own was recorded (the analysis VM's own WMI adapter, crash handlers and Chrome updater are not counted). VirusTotal maps T1055 on about half of all files no engine flags, so the mapping alone is not evidence of injection.
EvidenceT1055 (sandbox MITRE mapping)
Section entropy & packers
No high-entropy executable section or known packer signature was detected. Data and resource sections can still have high entropy without indicating packed code.
How widely this file has been seen
Widely seen in the wild for a long time. High prior this is legitimate; isolated detections on common-old files are usually false positives.
Chapter 05
Questions & answers
Short answers to the 6 questions people ask most about this file.
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Community
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