File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is releases.
This small JSON data file was flagged by none of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it, and our static analysis found only release download links hosted on GitHub, with no…
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Moderate evidence · No engine flags it, but no publisher signature confirms who made it.
The JSON file can be kept or opened safely. Scan any program downloaded from its links separately before running it.
Good practice2 tips
We found nothing harmful in this file.
Open it only if you trust the person or website it came from.
Keep your security software and system updates switched on.
No scanner can promise a file is 100% safe.
Antivirus results
0 of 59 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 59
- No result 16
- Code signing Not applicable
- Test run Not applicable
- First seen 3d ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
1 point against it and 5 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
Our static analysis found no risky patterns, only a list of links pointing to GitHub release downloads. It is plain data and cannot run by itself.
The file is an 8.7 KB JSON document, a plain text data format that does not execute. Our static analysis matched no rules and found no decisive findings. Its only network indicators are links on GitHub, several of which point to downloadable programs, which fits a software release listing. Public malware databases and community rule sets had no entries for it. It was first seen on Oct 23, 2026 and submitted by a single source, which is normal for a small data file.
What We Detected
None of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this JSON file, and all 18 major antivirus engines returned a clean result. Our static analysis matched no rules. Public malware databases and community rule sets held no listing for this file.
Threat Behavior
JSON is a data format and does not run on its own. This file contains about 36 links, all on GitHub, and 8 of them point to downloadable programs. That pattern fits a list of software releases. No sandbox run was performed, which is expected for an inert data file.
What To Do Now
The JSON file itself poses no risk. If you download any program it links to, scan that program separately before running it.
Where this verdict could be wrong1 caveat
- The file lists links to downloadable executables. Our analysis covers this JSON text only, not the programs those links point to.
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 59 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file.
- All 18 major antivirus engines reported it clean.
- Our static analysis found no risky patterns.
- Its links point only to GitHub.
- It is a plain data file that cannot execute.
- The file links to downloadable programs that were not part of this scan.
7 sources checked · 5 complete · 2 not needed or not applicable. See every source
Chapter 03
Technical details
None of the 59 antivirus engines that checked it flag it.
No risky structure found
We opened the uploaded script / text in an isolated sandbox and read its structure without running it.
36 links found, 8 pointing at a program or script. Only domains are shown; paths and query strings are never published.
Checked on Oct 23, 2026 while the file was uploaded. MalwareTips deleted its copy afterwards; VirusTotal keeps the uploaded file.
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
7 sources checked · 5 complete · 2 not needed or not applicable. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Oct 23, 2026, 2:49 PM UTC
- SHA-256
f8e42adbffad3213f1d7a38b8a1703fdd0eb76a9ba4495610b5300530f1b4573- SHA-1
73788f3179e405c661be8f739e4e989ea41511ba- MD5
1eb277309489cba4ee9c467a70fd43b0
About this file
releases.json is a JSON file of 8.8 kB.
- Type and size
- JSON · 8.8 kB
- Signer
- Not applicable
- First seen
- Oct 23, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 1 sourceRarely seen: few people have submitted this exact file.
First scanned
Antivirus consensus
0 of 59 engines flagged this file
16 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-231 engines0flagged
- Low-trust10 engines0flagged
View all 75 engine results
- AcronisClean
- AhnLab-V3Clean
- AlibabaNo result
- alibabacloudClean
- ALYacClean
- Antiy-AVLClean
- APEXNo result
- ArcabitClean
- AvastClean
- Avast-MobileNo result
- AVGClean
- AviraClean
- BitDefenderClean
- BitDefenderFalxNo result
- BkavClean
- CAT-QuickHealClean
- ClamAVClean
- CMCClean
- CrowdStrikeClean
- CTXClean
- CylanceNo result
- CynetClean
- DeepInstinctNo result
- DrWebClean
- ElasticNo result
- EmsisoftClean
- ESET-NOD32Clean
- F-SecureClean
- FortinetClean
- GDataClean
- GoogleClean
- GridinsoftClean
- huorongClean
- IkarusClean
- JiangminClean
- K7AntiVirusClean
- K7GWClean
- KasperskyClean
- KingsoftClean
- LionicClean
- MalwarebytesClean
- MaxSecureNo result
- McAfeeDClean
- MicrosoftClean
- MicroWorld-eScanClean
- NANO-AntivirusClean
- PaloaltoNo result
- PandaClean
- RisingClean
- SangforNo result
- SentinelOneNo result
- SkyhighClean
- SophosClean
- SUPERAntiSpywareClean
- SymantecClean
- SymantecMobileInsightNo result
- TACHYONClean
- tehtrisNo result
- TencentClean
- TrapmineNo result
- TrellixENSClean
- TrendMicroClean
- TrendMicro-HouseCallClean
- TrustlookNo result
- VaristClean
- VBA32Clean
- VIPREClean
- VirITClean
- ViRobotClean
- WebrootNo result
- XcitiumClean
- YandexClean
- ZillyaClean
- ZoneAlarmClean
- ZonerClean
How widely this file has been seen
Barely seen in the wild and first surfaced recently. That limits reputation evidence, but rarity alone is not proof of malware.
Chapter 04
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