File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is crashpad_
No antivirus engine detected this unsigned Crashpad component, and one completed sandbox run found no offensive, persistent, packed, or malware-correlated activity.
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Moderate evidence · No engine flags it, but no publisher signature confirms who made it.
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Antivirus results
0 of 70 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 70
- No result 5
- Code signing Unsigned
- Test run Completed
- First seen 2mo ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
4 points against it and 4 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
All 70 antivirus engines that checked it were free of malicious or suspicious detections, including 16 major antivirus engines that reported no detection. One completed sandbox run produced no malicious verdict, offensive technique, persistence, dropped file, or network contact, while the antivirus analysis found neither packing nor high-entropy code.
The strongest evidence is broad agreement across 75 antivirus engines, with no malicious or suspicious detections and no major family consensus. One completed sandbox run observed nine techniques common in legitimate software but no offensive techniques, persistence indicators, written files, or malicious sandbox verdict. The antivirus analysis found no packer, likely packing, or high-entropy code section. Researcher-curated intelligence produced no matching YARA rules or known-malicious references. The remaining uncertainty comes from the absent signature, short submission history, and lack of prior similar-file evidence rather than any affirmative threat indicator.
What We Detected
None of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it reported a malicious or suspicious result. Sixteen major antivirus engines, including BitDefender, ESET-NOD32, Kaspersky, and Fortinet, reported no detection, and no engine family consensus was present.
Threat Behavior
One completed sandbox run recorded nine techniques common in legitimate software, including system-information discovery and file enumeration, but no offensive technique, persistence indicator, written file, dropped hash, network contact, or malicious sandbox verdict. Static PE analysis found no packer, no likely packing, and no high-entropy code. No complete contacted-host reputation result was saved, although the sandbox recorded no domains, IP addresses, or URLs to cross-check.
What To Do Now
The evidence does not indicate malware activity. Because the executable is unsigned and has limited submission history, obtain it through the application or vendor's official release channel and keep security software enabled when running it.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- Code signing applies to this file type but the file is unsigned, so no publisher certificate establishes the executable's origin.
- The file was first submitted on Aug 24, 2026 and it was submitted once, limiting historical reputation.
- No contacted-host reputation result was saved, although behaviour recorded no contacted domains, IPs, or URLs; no saved 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.
- 0/70 engines reported malicious or suspicious detections.
- One sandbox produced no malicious verdict or offensive technique.
- No persistence, dropped files, or network contacts were observed.
- No packing, high-entropy code, or external-intelligence matches were found.
- Executable is unsigned despite code signing being applicable.
- Only one historical submission is recorded.
- No signer history or similar-hash verdicts are available.
- No saved contacted-host reputation cross-check is available.
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 not needed or not applicable. 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- 9sandbox rule tags
- 2spawned processes
- 0network contacts
- 0filesystem & mutex artifacts
What this file did when executed
This file was run in a sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Techniques observed in the sandbox
9MITRE ATT&CK techniques the sandbox mapped. Highlighted ones are rare in normal software; the others are common in legitimate programs too.
- T1012
- T1027· Obfuscated code
- T1027.002· Obfuscated code
- T1071· Application protocol
- T1082· System recon
- T1083· Scans your files
- T1113
- T1129· Loads modules
- T1614
Observed activity
Processes started
2Programs the file ran, with their command lines.
crashpad_handler.exe"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\crashpad_handler.exe"crashpad_handler.exe"C:\Users\user\Desktop\crashpad_handler.exe"
Chapter 04
Technical details
None of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; no publisher signature.
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, 5:25 PM UTC
- SHA-256
fdb07aca44f8e476491fa39cee3202e1a821b3357d9b84d3bf5ec5cccb154734- SHA-1
3f5044fb2d290739a5c4f40cd33bf89b6d860f1d- MD5
d178197c2c95b2ffced1b9c31e731699
About this file
crashpad_handler.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 966.7 kB.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 966.7 kB
- Signer
- UnsignedNo code signature.
- First seen
- Aug 24, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 1 sourceRarely seen: few people have submitted this exact file.
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 6.15 of 8
First scanned
Antivirus consensus
0 of 70 engines flagged this file
5 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-117 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
- IkarusNo result
- 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
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
Rarely uploaded, and first seen more than two weeks ago. Often niche legitimate software or internal tooling; not a strong malware signal on its own.
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