File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is MPC-
No antivirus engine flagged this widely distributed MPC-HC installer, and its sandbox run produced no malicious outcome despite several uncorroborated technique mappings.
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Strong evidence · Widely seen for a long time, and nothing harmful found.
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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 8mo ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
2 points against it and 5 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
None of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file, including all 17 major antivirus engines, and it has been submitted by 706 sources. The executable is unsigned and one sandbox mapped several offensive techniques, but no injection target, persistence, malicious child, hostile host, or malicious sandbox outcome corroborated those mappings.
The strongest evidence is the complete absence of detections across 75 engines, with all 17 major antivirus engines silent. The file is also well established, appearing across 706 submitters and 773 submissions. One completed sandbox run produced no malicious outcome, while its temporary files, installed media-player components, uninstall records, and program markers are consistent with installer activity. Although and three other offensive techniques were mapped, no target process was identified, the injected-process list was empty, and no persistence was recorded. The four contacted domains received complete reputation coverage and none was known malicious or suspicious; the contacted IP belonged to sandbox background traffic. The absent signature remains a limitation, but the combined evidence supports a benign commodity installer.
What We Detected
None of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the executable. The file is also broadly established, with 706 submitters and 773 submissions.
Threat Behavior
One sandbox run completed without a malicious outcome. It mapped T1055, T1134, T1485, and T1548, but no injected target process or persistence indicator was recorded. The observed file writes and registry entries installed MPC-HC components and created conventional uninstall information. Reputation checks covered all four contacted domains and found none known malicious or suspicious; the observed IP was sandbox background traffic.
What To Do Now
The main caveat is that the executable is unsigned, so its publisher cannot be authenticated cryptographically. Use the official MPC-HC distribution channel when possible, verify the SHA-256 value before running it, and keep security software enabled.
Where this verdict could be wrong3 caveats
- The executable has no verified code signature, so publisher identity cannot be authenticated.
- The sandbox mapped four offensive techniques, including process injection and data destruction, although no injection target, persistence, or malicious sandbox outcome corroborated them.
- One import-table fingerprint-only similar file was previously associated with Defender Control, but it had a different filename, no matching signer, and 41/70 detections; this is consistent with an installer-framework collision.
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 70 antivirus engines that checked it flagged the file.
- All 17 major antivirus engines reported no detection.
- The file has broad, established prevalence across 706 submitters and 773 submissions.
- The completed sandbox run returned a clean result and recorded no persistence indicators.
- Complete reputation checks for the four contacted domains found none known malicious or suspicious.
- The executable is unsigned, preventing cryptographic verification of its publisher.
- The sandbox mapped possible process injection, token manipulation, data destruction, and privilege-elevation techniques, although these were not corroborated by a target process or malicious outcome.
6 sources checked · all complete. 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- 19sandbox rule tags
- 5spawned processes
- 0network contacts
- 32filesystem & mutex artifacts
What this file did when executed
This file was run in a sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Sandbox verdicts
1- VT: CLEANclean
Techniques observed in the sandbox
19MITRE 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
- T1036
- T1055· Process injection
- T1059· Runs commands
- T1070· Covers its tracks
- T1071· Application protocol
- T1082· System recon
- T1083· Scans your files
- T1129· Loads modules
- T1134
- T1485
- T1497· Sandbox evasion
- T1497.001· Sandbox evasion
- T1529
- T1548
- T1614
- T1614.001
Observed activity
Processes started
5Programs the file ran, with their command lines.
MPC-HC.2.6.2.1.x64.exe"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\MPC-HC.2.6.2.1.x64.exe"MPC-HC.2.6.2.1.x64.tmp"C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-ASQ3T.tmp\MPC-HC.2.6.2.1.x64.tmp" /SL5="$5018E,21807890,881664,C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\MPC-HC.2.6.2.1.x64.exe"MPC-HC.2.6.2.1.x64.exeC:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-RCKM4.tmp\MPC-HC.2.6.2.1.x64.tmp /SL5=$2016C,21807890,881664,C:\Users\<USER>\Downloads\MPC-HC.2.6.2.1.x64.exeMPC-HC.2.6.2.1.x64.exe"C:\Users\user\Desktop\MPC-HC.2.6.2.1.x64.exe"MPC-HC.2.6.2.1.x64.tmp"C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\is-OJ5RQ.tmp\MPC-HC.2.6.2.1.x64.tmp" /SL5="$5034E,21807890,881664,C:\Users\user\Desktop\MPC-HC.2.6.2.1.x64.exe"
Files
30Files the file created, changed or deleted.
- Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-ASQ3T.tmp\MPC-HC.2.6.2.1.x64.tmp - Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Temp\is-33304.tmp\_isetup\_setup64.tmp - Written
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\Lang\mpcresources.ar.dll - Written
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\Lang\mpcresources.pa.dll - Written
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\mpciconlib.dll - Written
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\Lang\mpcresources.de.dll
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- Written
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\Lang\mpcresources.sl.dll - Written
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\mpc-hc64.exe - Written
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\Lang\mpcresources.be.dll - Written
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\Lang\mpcresources.fi.dll - Written
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\Lang\mpcresources.ru.dll - Written
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\Lang\mpcresources.bg.dll - Written
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\Lang\mpcresources.da.dll - Written
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\Lang\mpcresources.he.dll - Written
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\Lang\mpcresources.ro.dll - Deleted
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\is-HJ67S.tmp - Deleted
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\is-M1VJS.tmp - Deleted
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\Lang\is-QGKA2.tmp - Deleted
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\Lang\is-BJGS7.tmp - Deleted
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\Lang\is-JDH79.tmp - Deleted
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\Lang\is-S1IFT.tmp - Deleted
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\Lang\is-JOUH6.tmp - Deleted
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\Lang\is-9BV6S.tmp - Deleted
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\Lang\is-NP0VJ.tmp - Deleted
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\Lang\is-QK9OC.tmp - Deleted
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\Lang\is-03T6J.tmp - Deleted
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\Lang\is-DGC8S.tmp - Deleted
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\Lang\is-7A4SH.tmp - Deleted
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\Lang\is-K4A82.tmp - Deleted
C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\Lang\is-MN0G0.tmp
Registry and auto-start
18Settings the file changed, including ways to start again after a restart.
- Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\RegFiles0000 - Set
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\RegFilesHash - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{2ACBF1FA-F5C3-4B19-A774-B22A31F231B9}_is1\Inno Setup: Setup Version - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{2ACBF1FA-F5C3-4B19-A774-B22A31F231B9}_is1\Inno Setup: App Path - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{2ACBF1FA-F5C3-4B19-A774-B22A31F231B9}_is1\InstallLocation - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{2ACBF1FA-F5C3-4B19-A774-B22A31F231B9}_is1\Inno Setup: Icon Group
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- Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{2ACBF1FA-F5C3-4B19-A774-B22A31F231B9}_is1\Inno Setup: User - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{2ACBF1FA-F5C3-4B19-A774-B22A31F231B9}_is1\Inno Setup: Setup Type - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{2ACBF1FA-F5C3-4B19-A774-B22A31F231B9}_is1\Inno Setup: Selected Components - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{2ACBF1FA-F5C3-4B19-A774-B22A31F231B9}_is1\Inno Setup: Selected Tasks - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{2ACBF1FA-F5C3-4B19-A774-B22A31F231B9}_is1\Inno Setup: Deselected Tasks - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{2ACBF1FA-F5C3-4B19-A774-B22A31F231B9}_is1\Inno Setup: Language - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{2ACBF1FA-F5C3-4B19-A774-B22A31F231B9}_is1\DisplayName - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{2ACBF1FA-F5C3-4B19-A774-B22A31F231B9}_is1\DisplayIcon - Set
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{2ACBF1FA-F5C3-4B19-A774-B22A31F231B9}_is1\UninstallString - Deleted
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\Owner - Deleted
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\Sequence - Deleted
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000\SessionHash
Mutexes
2Named locks a program uses so only one copy runs; malware families often reuse them.
'mpchc_setup_mutex'cversions.3.m
Sandbox background — not the file
12The analysis machine's own processes and connections, recorded in every run.
- VM process
Explorer.EXEC:\Windows\Explorer.EXE - VM process
services.exeC:\Windows\system32\services.exe - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k UnistackSvcGroup - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -p -s StorSvc - VM process
lsass.exeC:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe
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- VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalService -s W32Time - VM host
windows.msn.com-ion.edgesuite.net - VM host
a1672.dscr.akamai.net - VM host
svc.ha-teams.office.com - VM host
teams-mrc-ww-perf.tm-4.office.com - VM host
162.159.36.2
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 9 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache. 9 have no saved verdict and were not checked; that is missing coverage, not a finding.
- 07836dce2ff5bda92d1a…58f508Not checkedno saved verdict
- 23b6bcf418601d83b1dd…b5dc19Not checkedno saved verdict
- d612d10859f6ebea7744…dd8585Not checkedno saved verdict
- 0bfc8dee8b06e5cb28d3…9c9988Not checkedno saved verdict
- 4fcfef7c1fec0e5ce5e2…9b232cNot checkedno saved verdict
- 476312efe2e601a61bee…8f3e9bNot checkedno saved verdict
- a73b374c294b71e04c39…f44f2cNot checkedno saved verdict
- ed4d071c864d79475fcc…d148e7Not checkedno saved verdict
- 74f589c5703e611e3a34…10865dNot checkedno saved verdict
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 · all complete. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- Oct 11, 2026, 2:07 AM UTC
- SHA-256
ff2fecc590fcfc7efe6931e5ea5a61be227310468d36a0179d34ff03e64b0e0b- SHA-1
b56683fe7192594895420888b052f383a8c808db- MD5
52cf3a94234a0690e53f14b17d78139a
About this file
MPC-HC.2.6.2.1.x64.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 23.0 MB.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 23.0 MB
- Signer
- UnsignedNo code signature.
- First seen
- Feb 17, 2026On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 706 distinct sources
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 6.37 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-118 engines0flagged
- Tier-235 engines0flagged
- Low-trust17 engines0flagged
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- 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
- GoogleNo result
- GridinsoftClean
- huorongClean
- IkarusClean
- 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
Signatures and behavior heuristics
Low-severity pattern matches — worth noting but not on their own cause for alarm.
VirusTotal's sandbox summary maps this run to MITRE T1055 (Process Injection), but no injected process of the sample's own was recorded (the analysis VM's own WMI adapter, crash handlers and Chrome updater are not counted). VirusTotal maps T1055 on about half of all files no engine flags, so the mapping alone is not evidence of injection.
EvidenceT1055 (sandbox MITRE mapping)
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
Widely seen in the wild for a long time. High prior this is legitimate; isolated detections on common-old files are usually false positives.
Chapter 05
Questions & answers
Short answers to the 6 questions people ask most about this file.
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