File verdict·Decided by the MT AI Engine
Our call

Suspicious

Unsigned ZIP installer shows direct-IP network activity and offensive MITRE techniques despite zero AV detections.

Trust score48Caution
ClassicPaint.zip
4.1 MB
fe64c7ab3ef7daf4fbdd4a72b4d2
Antivirus engines
0 of 74 flagged
Code signing
Unsigned
Age
First seen 4y ago
MT AI Engine · our arbiter

The verdict, reasoned out.

Not a rules engine. The MT AI Engine reads every signal we collected, weighs them against history, and commits to an answer.

65%Confidence
High
Reasoning

The complete absence of engine detections across 67 reporters including 16 tier-1 clean verdicts is a strong benign indicator. However, the sandbox recorded direct-IP communication without DNS resolution, five offensive MITRE techniques, and persistence-related activity that is atypical for a paint utility. The file is unsigned and the filename triggered an injection flag in community comments. Prevalence is high and old, yet the behavioural anomalies prevent a clean classification.

Key signals · 5

Each signal cites a concrete token from the evidence the arbiter saw — engine name, MITRE technique, signer string, or an exact count.

  1. engines: 0 malicious detections across 67 reporting engines (16 tier-1 clean)

  2. prevalence.classification=common_old (1993 sources, 2265 submissions)

  3. triggeredHeuristics[0].rule=MalwareTips.Synth.DirectIpC2 with 18 direct IPs and 0 domains

  4. adversarialInputFlags.anyInjectionSuspected=true (commentInjectionSuspected)

  5. behaviour.offensiveTechniques=[T1485,T1543.003,T1547.001,T1548,T1562.001]

Points in its favour
  • Zero detections across 67 reporting engines
  • 16 tier-1 engines marked clean
  • Common_old prevalence (1993 sources)
Points against
  • Direct-IP C2 without DNS resolution
  • Five offensive MITRE techniques observed
  • Unsigned executable inside ZIP
  • Community tags reference bootkit and stealer behaviour
What to do

Treat as suspicious; obtain Classic Paint from an official channel and avoid running this archive.

Runtime behaviour

What this file did when executed

This file was detonated in 1 sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.

MITRE ATT&CK
22

Adversary techniques mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

T1033T1036T1046T1056T1057T1059T1070T1071T1082T1083T1095T1129T1485T1497T1539T1543.003T1547.001T1548T1562.001T1564T1564.001T1573
Spawned processes
15
$(unnamed)
"C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\ClassicPaint-1.1-setup.exe"
$(unnamed)
"C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-4J9HN.tmp\ClassicPaint-1.1-setup.tmp" /SL5="$2018A,3888726,886784,C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\ClassicPaint-1.1-setup.exe"
$(unnamed)
"C:\Program Files\Classic Paint\mspaint1.exe"
$(unnamed)
"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --single-argument https://winaero.com/windows-10-classic-paint-for-windows-11/?utm_source=software&utm_medium=in-app&utm_campaign=classicpaint&utm_content=learnmorelink
$(unnamed)
"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=crashpad-handler "--user-data-dir=C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data" /prefetch:4 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\<USER>…
$(unnamed)
"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --single-argument https://winaero.com/winaero-tweaker/?utm_source=software&utm_medium=in-app&utm_campaign=classicpaint&utm_content=learnmoretweakerlink
$(unnamed)
"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=crashpad-handler "--user-data-dir=C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data" /prefetch:4 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\<USER>…
$(unnamed)
"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2232 --field-trial-handle=19…
+7 more processes captured.
Network activity
21
IP addresses20
  • 74.125.26.84
  • 68.183.112.81
  • 172.217.193.94
  • 239.255.255.250
  • 224.0.0.251
  • 173.194.194.84
  • 142.251.120.100
  • 192.0.77.48
  • 74.125.69.155
  • 192.229.210.155
+10 more
URLs1
  • http://www.gstatic.com/generate_204
Filesystem & mutexes
40
Files written15
  • C:\Program Files\Classic Paint\unins000.exe
  • C:\Program Files\Classic Paint\mspaint1.exe
  • C:\Program Files\chrome_BITS_5888_1293904732\obedbbhbpmojnkanicioggnmelmoomoc_20230923.567854667.14_all_ENUS500000_ace7f54yxy3vtmc2mjkr5yii7sta.crx3
  • C:\Program Files\chrome_BITS_5888_730484888\niikhdgajlphfehepabhhblakbdgeefj_2024.04.29.00_all_mn6yulfmndoow7mpjbjzepf3nm.crx3
  • C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-NT581.tmp\ClassicPaint-1.1-setup.tmp
+10 more
Files deleted15
  • C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-4J9HN.tmp\ClassicPaint-1.1-setup.tmp
  • C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-4J9HN.tmp
  • C:\Program Files\Classic Paint\is-DKCAQ.tmp
  • C:\Program Files\Classic Paint\is-IR5GM.tmp
  • C:\Program Files\Classic Paint\mspaint1.exe
+10 more
Mutexes created10
  • Local\RstrMgr3887CAB8-533F-4C85-B0DC-3E5639F8D511
  • Local\RstrMgr-3887CAB8-533F-4C85-B0DC-3E5639F8D511-Session0000
  • cversions.3.m
  • Local\SessionImmersiveColorMutex
  • \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\RstrMgr3887CAB8-533F-4C85-B0DC-3E5639F8D511
+5 more
Dropped payload

Files this sample writes at runtime

This file drops 10 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache.

10 unseen
  • 602b43ef7df5db9797a558ac80Never scanned
    never seen before
  • f75c291b4d897d9d09b2e89e2dNever scanned
    never seen before
  • 5f847d2e00d0eb9b8690a893e5Never scanned
    never seen before
  • 8cb833520093a7dbbe7e82377fNever scanned
    never seen before
  • 8307c20fc4aafd5d1ac9ccebbcNever scanned
    never seen before
  • 53733282cc5e184eaa830f614bNever scanned
    never seen before
  • 388a796580234efc95f3136f95Never scanned
    never seen before
  • b32b4f5f3fd0144d7e61422fa3Never scanned
    never seen before
  • 7b4d6761839cea9f5fc5cf1849Never scanned
    never seen before
  • 2993cf6d89ef1ab63946b1beefNever scanned
    never seen before
No researcher-database hits
External threat-intel sources were not collected for this scan.
Signature matches

YARA + heuristic rules that fired

One or more medium-severity heuristic rules matched. Not definitive, but the patterns match known malware behaviour.

1 synthesis
MITRE ATT&CK profile
C2× 1
MalwareTips synthesis rules
Our heuristics on VT data + sandbox behaviour
  • DirectIpC2medium

    Sample contacted 18 external IP address(es) and zero domains. Benign software virtually always uses DNS; no-DNS direct-IP C2 is a strong malware indicator because it bypasses reputation systems and dodges domain-based blocklists.

    Evidence
    74.125.26.84 · 68.183.112.81 · 172.217.193.94
Antivirus engine breakdown

0 detections across 74 engines

0 malicious0 suspicious74 clean
Tier-117 engines
0flag
Top commercial AVs (low FP rate)
Tier-240 engines
0flag
Mainstream engines with mixed FP rates
Low-trust17 engines
0flag
Heuristic / generic-AI engines (high FP rate)
All 74 engines report this file as clean.
Hash fe64c7ab3ef7… cross-referenced against 74 AV engines via our AV network.
Prevalence

How often this file shows up in the wild

Widely seen in the wild for a long time. High prior this is legitimate; isolated detections on common-old files are usually false positives.

Common & old
Unique uploaders
1,993
Hundreds of people have uploaded this — common.
Total submissions
2,265
Includes repeat uploads by the same source.
First seen by VT
4y ago
Dec 8, 2022
Prevalence quadrant
Rare · New
Targeted malware lives here
Common · New
Just-released software
Rare · Old
Niche or internal tooling
here
Common · Old
Trusted legitimate binaries
File identity

Forensic fingerprint

File biography
First seen (VT)
12/8/2022, 7:50:51 AM
First seen (MalwareBazaar)
Last analysis (VT)
7/6/2026, 8:30:35 AM
Scanned here
7/9/2026, 5:15:48 AM
File name
ClassicPaint.zip
Size
4.07 MB
MIME type
(unknown)
Detected type
ZIP
SHA-256
fe64c7ab3ef7daf4fb576ee2a1d9a7c2aec2ce01154293f31e51a5dd4a72b4d2
MD5
b87c81e588571d81438144b903d2c317
SHA-1
4c326a68166f609d547cf8fd5372aa05643dfdde
First seen (VT)
12/8/2022, 7:50:51 AM
Last analysis (VT)
7/6/2026, 8:30:35 AM
First scan (MalwareTips)
7/9/2026, 5:15:48 AM
Last scan (MalwareTips)
7/9/2026, 5:15:48 AM
Behavior tags
zipruntime-moduleslong-sleepscontains-pechecks-user-inputdirect-cpu-clock-accessdetect-debug-environment
Community classification

Reviews & malware reports(0)

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