Is Pokemon Red (UE) [S][!].zip safe?
No antivirus engine detected a threat, and the longstanding, widely submitted ZIP archive has no corroborating threat-intelligence matches.
None of 76 antivirus engines flagged this ZIP archive, including all 17 tier-1 engines that reported results. Its more than 11-year history, broad submission footprint, and lack of external threat-intelligence matches strongly support a benign assessment, although no runtime analysis was completed.
f24efcf9c08e997d98…a056d7d570acf6Recommended next actions
Before opening or extracting
Open or extract it only when its sender or download source has been independently verified.
If you already opened or extracted it
Keep normal device protection enabled and stop if the file behaves unexpectedly.
Intelligence
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The reasoning behind this verdict
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None of 76 antivirus engines flagged this ZIP archive, including all 17 tier-1 engines that reported results. Its more than 11-year history, broad submission footprint, and lack of external threat-intelligence matches strongly support a benign assessment, although no runtime analysis was completed.
The archive received zero malicious or suspicious detections among 76 antivirus engines. Seventeen tier-1 engines reported no detection, including Microsoft, Kaspersky, BitDefender, ESET-NOD32, and Avast. It has circulated for more than 11 years, with 224 sources and 247 submissions, without acquiring a malware label. No MalwareBazaar, YARAify, or CIRCL match adds contrary evidence. Code signing is not applicable to a ZIP archive, while the lack of runtime and contacted-host analysis remains a coverage limitation rather than evidence of risk.
What We Detected
None of 76 antivirus engines flagged the ZIP archive as malicious or suspicious. All 17 reporting tier-1 engines returned no detection, and no threat family was identified.
Threat Behavior
No completed sandbox observation is available, so runtime behavior cannot be characterized. No complete contacted-host reputation result is available either. External checks produced no MalwareBazaar, YARAify, or CIRCL match.
What To Do Now
The archive has a longstanding and broadly submitted history consistent with an established benign file. Keep endpoint protection enabled and scan any extracted contents before opening them, especially if the download source is unfamiliar.
Where this verdict could be wrong2 caveats
- behaviour=null, so the archive and its contents were not observed executing in a completed sandbox run.
- contactedHosts=null, meaning no complete host-reputation cross-check is available.
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 reported a malicious or suspicious result.
- engines.tier1ReportedClean=17 and engines.tier1Malicious=0.
- Observed for 4013 days across 224 unique sources and 247 submissions.
- externalIntel.malwareBazaar.hit=false and externalIntel.yaraify.ruleCount=0.
- No brand mismatch, adversarial text, or fired heuristic was recorded.
- No completed sandbox execution was available.
- No complete contacted-host reputation cross-check was available.
- The ZIP archive may contain files that require separate inspection after extraction.
Keep endpoint protection enabled and scan extracted files before opening them. Prefer a trusted download source and verify the archive hash when one is published.
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
PartialRuntime data is present, but no completed sandbox environment is recorded.
Network
Not runNo contacted-host reputation check is recorded.
No timestamp recordedYARA
CompleteRule evaluation completed with no recorded matches.
External intel
Complete3 of 3 independent reference sources completed.
Behavior
Plain-English impact first, then the observed runtime evidence.
Runtime behavior was not available
The report does not treat a missing runtime observation as a clean result.
Detection & Forensics
Consensus, attribution, signatures, code structure, prevalence, and identity.
Evidence integrity
Chain of custody for the facts preserved in this report.
- 0rule hits recorded
- 0 / 76engines flagged
- 224sources 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 224 sources.
Verdict inputView chapterProvenanceDerivedSourceSubmission historyObserved at - 03
No completed runtime observation is available for this file.
ProvenanceDerivedSourceRuntime coverageObserved 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.
YARA rules
No matchesThe rule pass completed without a saved public match.
0 of 76 engines flagged this file
View all 76 engine results
PE structure
Not applicablePE structure analysis applies to Windows executable formats, not this file type.
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
- Pokemon Red (UE) [S][!].zip
- Format
- ZIP
- Code signing
- Not applicable to this file type
- Size
- 370.0 KB
- Last analyzed
- Oct 5, 2026, 5:41 PM UTC
f24efcf9c08e997d98fe76934922f80e004a4efa8e3f3292bfa056d7d570acf6Safety & 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
Open or extract it only when its sender or download source has been independently verified.
- 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.
Safety FAQ
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