Advice Request What do you do with an unknown publisher?

[Kongo]

^^...i've been using it too... ...but after the end of support i immediately dropped this tool and 'replaced' it by the 3rd party uploader 'WinJa'.
i dropped the VT uploader years ago because of possibly bugs... ...and yes, also because of possibly security risks.
...im always trying to run the latest version/release of a software product.


You can also use the official browser plug-ins to directly scan/send files and links to 'virustotal.com' from within Firefox/Chrome/IE:

source: https://support.virustotal.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002700745-Browser-Extensions



source: VT4Browsers – Get this Extension for Firefox (en-US)

Or simply bookmark the VT-Site.
Don't really see the need of an extension in this case.

 

[Zorro]

OK, so you'd like to try out a new program and SmartScreen gives you a warning that the publisher is unknown.

What steps do you take to minimise risk of infection or do you simply not run this program?

Spoiler: SmartScreen

View attachment 261849

It is best to run such a file on a virtual machine (for example, VirtualBox) and see what happens.
There is also such a service from Kaspersky - Kaspersky Threat Intelligence Portal

 

[struppigel]

here it is:

VirusTotal

VirusTotal

www.virustotal.com

There is no indicator that the file could be malicious since no Antivirus scanner detects it. The first submission date was on 2021-10-26 04:04:31.
(Note: I did not analyse this file)