How to analyze file quickly to know if it is malicious or not ?


William654

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Some files dont spread viruses but silently transfer personal info into the specific IP source without any anti virus to be able to detect it. Also sometimes these files like game servers exe need to have internet access so I have to allow it through firewall software. Even pdf or image files the app that open these files can send personal data from malicious code inside these files. So how I know if any of these files has these malicious codes ?
 

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Run them thru VirusTotal.com. Also check the behavior of them. Check the date they were created and the date when they were last seen. Or use Hybrid Analysis which sandboxes them and you'll see what they do in a sandbox
 

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Yeah, but how do you get the .exe (such as for game), the pdf file and the image files, though? If it is through the email, then checking by hand one by one via VirusTotal may be OK (still doesn't prevent scams, or links inside going to another scam/malware-infested websites). If you install an illicit program deliberately, especially when it is set to auto-update, even a program now good may later turn bad.

Files from emails are the most significant vectors for spreading malware, while getting infected by an illicit program will often elicit little sympathy from the forums.
 

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Trusted source does not mean 100% clean these apps still can collect personal info
 

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    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    5900x
    Motherboard
    MAG X570S TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI
    Memory
    32 GB G.Skill
    Graphics Card(s)
    RX 6800 XT
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster Z
    Monitor(s) Displays
    BENQ and AOC QHD 120Hz
    Screen Resolution
    QHD
    Hard Drives
    2TB Intel 660p and 2TB Sabrent Rokect 4 plus nvme, 4TB HDD HGST
    PSU
    Corsair RM750
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    Bloody rage
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    Water cooling gamdias 240
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    Mouse
    razer da v2
    Browser
    FF and Chrome
    Antivirus
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