Is Spider-Man Web of Shadows.exe safe?
Zero detections across 76 engines, signed by Activision Publishing, and common since 2008.
No engine flagged the file. It carries an Activision Publishing signature from 2008 and shows only ambient behaviour in one sandbox run. The single heuristic on direct-IP traffic is explicitly noted as inconclusive for legitimate installers.
f03d4e2d52daadcea6…ce37746a42a8dbRecommended next actions
Before running
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If you already ran it
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Intelligence
The saved assessment, checked against the scan evidence and recorded coverage.
The reasoning behind this verdict
This section explains the evidence supporting the verdict and keeps conflicting or missing signals visible.
No engine flagged the file. It carries an Activision Publishing signature from 2008 and shows only ambient behaviour in one sandbox run. The single heuristic on direct-IP traffic is explicitly noted as inconclusive for legitimate installers.
All 76 engines returned clean results with zero tier-1 detections. The file is signed by Activision Publishing and has been submitted by 397 sources since 2008, placing it in the common_old prevalence class. Sandbox analysis recorded only ambient techniques and no malicious verdict. The triggered DirectIpC2 heuristic is tempered by its own guidance that such traffic occurs in legitimate installers. No external intelligence sources returned hits.
What We Detected
76 engines scanned the sample; none returned a malicious or suspicious result. The executable is signed by Activision Publishing with a 2008 timestamp. Sandbox execution produced 10 ambient MITRE techniques and no offensive techniques.
Threat Behavior
No malicious sandbox verdict, no dropped children, and no contacted domains. The single heuristic flagged direct-IP traffic, but the rule itself states this pattern can appear in legitimate installers and requires host-reputation correlation.
What To Do Now
The file shows no malicious indicators. Keep endpoint protection enabled and only run software from trusted sources.
Where this verdict could be wrong1 caveat
- signerStats not found for Activision Publishing — no historical sample count available to confirm long-term clean record.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- 0/76 engines flagged the sample
- common_old prevalence with 397 sources since 2008
- sandbox recorded only ambient behaviour
The evidence supports treating the file as clean; continue normal use with endpoint protection active.
Coverage & freshness
Complete means the check returned a usable result. It does not mean the file is safe.
Antivirus
Complete0 of 76 engines flagged the file.
Sandbox
Complete1 isolated runtime environment contributed observations.
Network
Partial20 runtime contacts were observed without a completed reputation cross-check.
YARA
Complete1 signature or behavior rule matched.
External intel
Complete3 of 3 independent reference sources completed.
Behavior
Plain-English impact first, then the observed runtime evidence.
Runtime flight recorder
Capture complete- 1isolated sandbox run
- 10MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- 2spawned processes
- 20network contacts
- 15filesystem & mutex artifacts
Attack story
Runtime observations grouped by analysis stage. Arrows organize the stages; they do not claim chronology or causality.
Input file
The submitted object
- FileObserved
Spider-Man Web of Shadows.exe
f03d4e2d52daadcea6adcd3caf5112274947320c2d962c04c5ce37746a42a8db
01Uploaded file
Processes
Runtime execution
- ProcessObserved
Observed process
%SAMPLEPATH%\f03d4e2d52daadcea6adcd3caf5112274947320c2d962c04c5ce37746a42a8db.exe
02Isolated runtime analysis - ProcessObserved
Observed process
C:\Windows\System32\wuapihost.exe
03Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
Network
Hosts contacted
- Contacted hostObserved
192.168.0.28
Contact observed during runtime.
04Isolated runtime analysis - Contacted hostObserved
20.62.24.77
Contact observed during runtime.
05Isolated runtime analysis - +1 more recorded observation in Analyst mode
5 recorded facts from one runtime window. Every fact remains independently traceable in Analyst mode.
What this file did when executed
This file was detonated in 1 sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Adversary techniques mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
- 192.168.0.28
- 20.62.24.77
- 23.216.147.76
- 23.216.147.64
- 20.99.133.109
- a83f:8110:2986:d901:beac:bf78:cce1:d301
- 20.99.184.37
- 192.229.211.108
- 20.99.186.246
- 20.99.185.48
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER18A3.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER19FB.tmp.csv
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER1A4A.tmp.txt
- C:\Windows\System32\spp\store\2.0\cache\cache.dat
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER29CB.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
Detection & Forensics
Consensus, attribution, signatures, code structure, prevalence, and identity.
Evidence integrity
Chain of custody for the facts preserved in this report.
- 1rule hit recorded
- 0 / 76engines flagged
- 397sources 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 76 antivirus engines flagged the file.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceObservedSourceAntivirus analysisObserved at - 02
The hash has a long, established submission history across 397 sources.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceDerivedSourceSubmission historyObserved at - 03
The hash has been submitted 500 times from 397 sources.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceSaved report factsObserved at - 04
Scanned file: Spider-Man Web of Shadows.exe — f03d4e2d52daadcea6adcd3caf5112274947320c2d962c04c5ce37746a42a8db
ProvenanceObservedSourceUploaded fileObserved at - 05
Observed process — %SAMPLEPATH%\f03d4e2d52daadcea6adcd3caf5112274947320c2d962c04c5ce37746a42a8db.exe
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 06
Observed process — C:\Windows\System32\wuapihost.exe
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 07
Contacted host: 192.168.0.28 — Contact observed during runtime.
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved at - 08
Contacted host: 20.62.24.77 — Contact observed during runtime.
ProvenanceObservedSourceIsolated runtime analysisObserved 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.
Signatures and behavior heuristics
Behavioral heuristics matched patterns associated with malware. Corroborating evidence determines how much weight they carry.
The sample contacted an external IP address directly and no application domain was recorded. Direct-IP traffic also occurs in legitimate installers and infrastructure, so this is supporting context only and requires corroboration from host reputation and other runtime evidence.
Evidence20.62.24.77 · 23.216.147.76 · 23.216.147.64
0 of 76 engines flagged this file
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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.
Fingerprint and provenance
- File name
- Spider-Man Web of Shadows.exe
- Format
- Win32 EXE
- Code signing
- Signature not verified: Activision Publishing
- Size
- 11.8 MB
- Last analyzed
- Aug 8, 2026, 7:32 AM UTC
f03d4e2d52daadcea6adcd3caf5112274947320c2d962c04c5ce37746a42a8dbSafety & 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
Run it only when it came from the developer's official site or another source you independently trust.
- 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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