File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is EA DLC Unlocker v2.
None of the 67 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this DLC unlocker archive, and sandbox activity showed only extraction and a setup script loading its game-client DLL…
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Moderate evidence · No engine flags it, but no publisher signature confirms who made it.
No malicious evidence was found, but this unofficial unlocker modifies game clients and may risk your EA account; keep your antivirus enabled if you use it.
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Antivirus results
0 of 67 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 67
- No result 8
- Code signing Not applicable
- Test run Completed
- First seen 7mo ago
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Why we think so
1 point against it and 4 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
The sandbox runs show it extracting files and running a setup script that installs a replacement DLL for EA game clients, which is how such unlockers work. It has been seen by about 90 submitters over seven months without detections.
No engine among the 75 flagged the archive, and every major antivirus engine that analysed it reported it clean. The sandbox runs recorded no high-risk techniques. Observed activity is extraction, a setup batch file and rundll32 loading the bundled version.dll files for the EA app and Origin folders, matching a DLC unlocker design. The file has circulated among about 90 submitters for 227 days without detections. No complete host-reputation result is available, but the only network contact was the analysis machine's own background traffic.
What We Detected
None of the 67 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this ZIP archive. All major antivirus engines that analysed it, including Kaspersky, ESET and BitDefender, reported it clean. It has been submitted by about 90 sources over roughly seven months.
Threat Behavior
In the sandbox runs the archive was extracted and a setup batch script ran. Replacement version.dll files were loaded for the EA app and Origin client folders, alongside per-game configuration files. No high-risk techniques, injection targets, persistence or sample network traffic were recorded.
What To Do Now
No malware evidence was found. Be aware that this unofficial unlocker alters EA game clients, which breaches the publisher's terms and may risk your account. Only use copies obtained from the same source, and keep your antivirus enabled.
Where this verdict could be wrong1 caveat
- The tool modifies EA game client behaviour through a replacement DLL. This breaches the game publisher's terms and could trigger account action, even though no malicious code was detected.
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 67 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the archive
- All major antivirus engines reported it clean
- No high-risk techniques or injection targets in the sandbox runs
- Seen by about 90 submitters over seven months without detections
- Unofficial tool that modifies EA game client files, which may breach the publisher's terms of service
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 not needed or not applicable. See every source
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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
- 10spawned processes
- 0network contacts
- 15filesystem & mutex artifacts
Includes 10 mapped techniques, every process, file, registry and network entry and 10 dropped files.
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Technical details
None of the 67 antivirus engines that checked it flag it.
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 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
- Sep 8, 2026, 7:45 PM UTC
- SHA-256
fcf232db3e4516029c174930d520af550dc95ddb3e5e0533be3b9df23b00a220- SHA-1
d9176dd219c656c714ed32dc4132548236514852- MD5
fdd1787d079571b0b3b0b8146a555de4
About this file
EA DLC Unlocker v2.zip is a ZIP file of 253.3 kB.
- Type and size
- ZIP · 253.3 kB
- Signer
- Not applicable
- First seen
- Mar 9, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 90 distinct sources
First scanned Updated
Verdict history
- Suspicious
- Safeafter a re-check of the saved evidence
Ratings change when antivirus engines, our checks or MalwareTips staff learn more about a file.
Includes every engine result (75), 1 matched signature rule and how widely the file has been seen.
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