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<blockquote data-quote="Can&amp;#039;t Decide" data-source="post: 1082678" data-attributes="member: 106566">I know this might be newbie question but how do I know or judge whether the file is safe or not?Recently I uploaded Sandboxie-Plus 1.13.3 and PeaZip 9.7.1 setup installer to Virustotal, though both came out 0 detection but under &quot;community&quot; tab some sandbox<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite132" alt=":unsure:" title="Unsure&nbsp; &nbsp; :unsure:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":unsure:" />&nbsp; verdict indicate &quot;likely malicious&quot;. And also for PeaZip 9.7.1, under &quot;Relations&quot; or &quot;behavior&quot; had some past detection. Because of that I&#039;m confused about how to judge a file to be safe or not.Better be safe than sorry since I don&#039;t know these issue had been solved or not <a href="https://malwaretips.com/threads/github-besieged-by-millions-of-malicious-repositories-in-ongoing-attack.129284/" target="_blank">Security News - GitHub besieged by millions of malicious repositories in ongoing attack</a>Furthermore, these can happen to other excutable files whether its downloaded from github or offical website. Can anyone give some advise?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Can't Decide, post: 1082678, member: 106566"] I know this might be newbie question but [B]how do I know or judge whether the file is safe or not?[/B] Recently I uploaded Sandboxie-Plus 1.13.3 and PeaZip 9.7.1 setup installer to Virustotal, though both came out 0 detection but under "community" tab some sandbox:unsure: verdict indicate "likely malicious". And also for PeaZip 9.7.1, under "Relations" or "behavior" had some past detection. Because of that I'm confused about how to judge a file to be safe or not. Better be safe than sorry since I don't know these issue had been solved or not [URL="https://malwaretips.com/threads/github-besieged-by-millions-of-malicious-repositories-in-ongoing-attack.129284/"]Security News - GitHub besieged by millions of malicious repositories in ongoing attack[/URL] Furthermore, these can happen to other excutable files whether its downloaded from github or offical website. Can anyone give some advise? [/QUOTE]

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