ExifTool

ExifTool 13.42 Virus and Malware Tests

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Analysis of ExifTool

ExifTool is free of viruses and malware.
Filename:
exiftool-13.42_64.zip
Resources:
SHA-256:
3057f59794e45f205288b8f0ce0d75b4deaf7cdf8a728047f5fe62904a625c8c
MD5:
287a74b414d0399fed402a9d686c2a72
Virus test:
0 / 22 Clean
Updated:
Nov 24, 2025

Prognosis - Is ExifTool safe?

We have determined ExifTool to be clean and safe to download.


Virus tests for ExifTool

Avast Antivirus 23.9.8494.0 Passed.
AVG Antivirus 23.9.8494.0 Passed.
Avira Antivirus 8.3.3.24 Passed.
BitDefender 7.2 Passed.
Dr.Web 7.0.72.9030 Passed.
Emsisoft Anti-Malware 2024.8.0.61147 Passed.
ESET NOD32 18.2.18.0 Passed.
F-Secure 18.10.1547.307 Passed.
Kaspersky 22.0.1.28 Passed.
Malwarebytes 3.1.0.176 Passed.
Microsoft Defender 1.1.25100.9002 Passed.
Norton 1.22.0.0 Passed.
Panda 4.6.4.2 Passed.
Sophos 3.3.1.0 Passed.
SUPERAntiSpyware 5.6.0.1032 Passed.
TrendMicro 24.550.0.1002 Passed.
Webroot SecureAnywhere 8.0.8.53 Passed.
ZoneAlarm Antivirus 10.2.064.000 Passed.


Malware report

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Archive contents of exiftool-13.42_64.zip

exiftool-13.42_64/
    exiftool_files/
        libwinpthread-1.dll
        libstdc++-6.dll
        LICENSE
        windows_exiftool.txt
        perl532.dll
        liblzma-5__.dll
        Licenses_Strawberry_Perl.zip
        libgcc_s_seh-1.dll
        perl.exe
        exiftool.pl
        lib/
            CPAN/
                Config.pm
            vars.pm
            FileHandle.pm
            Carp.pm
            Compress/
                Zlib.pm
                Raw/
                    Lzma.pm
                    Bzip2.pm
                    Zlib.pm
            Errno.pm
            Config_git.pl
            SelectSaver.pm
            Config.pm
            Encode.pm
            Archive/
                Zip/
                    StringMember.pm
                    ZipFileMember.pm
                    FileMember.pm
                    NewFileMember.pm
                    Member.pm
                    Archive.pm
                    DirectoryMember.pm
                Zip.pm
            Test/
                Tester.pm
                Harness.pm
                Tutorial.pod
                use/
                    ok.pm
                More.pm
                Builder.pm
                Tester/
                    Delegate.pm
                    CaptureRunner.pm
                    Capture.pm
                Simple.pm
                Builder/
                    Tester.pm
                    Formatter.pm
                    IO/
                        Scalar.pm
                    Tester/
                        Color.pm
                    Module.pm
                    TodoDiag.pm
            Benchmark.pm
            Unicode/
                LineBreak/
                    Constants.pm
                GCString.pm
                LineBreak.pm
            File/
                HomeDir.pm
                GlobMapper.pm
                Spec/
                    Unix.pm
                    Win32.pm
                Spec.pm
                Copy.pm
                Glob.pm
                Find.pm
                Basename.pm
                RandomAccess.pm
                RandomAccess.pod
                stat.pm
                Temp.pm
                Which.pm
                HomeDir/
                    Unix.pm
                    Test.pm
                    MacOS9.pm
                    Driver.pm
                    Darwin/
                        Carbon.pm
                        Cocoa.pm
                    FreeDesktop.pm
                    Darwin.pm
                    Windows.pm
                Path.pm
            IO.pm
            auto/
                POSIX/
                    POSIX.xs.dll
                Compress/
                    Raw/
                        Zlib/
                            Zlib.xs.dll
                        Lzma/
                            autosplit.ix
                            Lzma.xs.dll
                        Bzip2/
                            Bzip2.xs.dll
                Unicode/
                    LineBreak/
                        LineBreak.xs.dll
                File/
                    Glob/
                        Glob.xs.dll
                Digest/
                    MD5/
                        MD5.xs.dll
                    SHA/
                        SHA.xs.dll
                IO/
                    Compress/
                        Brotli/
                            Brotli.xs.dll
                    IO.xs.dll
                Storable/
                    Storable.xs.dll
                Encode/
                    Encode.xs.dll
                Math/
                    BigInt/
                        GMP/
                            GMP.xs.dll
                        FastCalc/
                            FastCalc.xs.dll
                Time/
                    Piece/
                        Piece.xs.dll
                    HiRes/
                        HiRes.xs.dll
                CryptX/
                    CryptX.xs.dll
                Win32API/
                    File/
                        File.xs.dll
                List/
                    Util/
                        Util.xs.dll
                PerlIO/
                    scalar/
                        scalar.xs.dll
                MIME/
                    Base64/
                        Base64.xs.dll
                Win32/
                    Win32.xs.dll
                    API/
                        API.xs.dll
                    FindFile/
                        FindFile.xs.dll
                mro/
                    mro.xs.dll
                Fcntl/
                    Fcntl.xs.dll
                Cwd/
                    Cwd.xs.dll
                Data/
                    Dumper/
                        Dumper.xs.dll
                B/
                    B.xs.dll
                re/
                    re.xs.dll
                Socket/
                    Socket.xs.dll
            Exporter.pm
            warnings.pm
            AutoLoader.pm
            utf8.pm
            Portable/
                minicpan.pm
                Config.pm
                HomeDir.pm
                FileSpec.pm
                CPAN.pm
                LoadYaml.pm
            Digest/
                Perl/
                    MD5.pm
                SHA.pm
                MD5.pm
                base.pm
            strict.pm
            Term/
                Cap.pm
            bytes_heavy.pl
            IO/
                Compress/
                    Gzip.pm
                    Bzip2.pm
                    Gzip/
                        Constants.pm
                    Adapter/
                        Deflate.pm
                        Bzip2.pm
                    Zlib/
                        Extra.pm
                    RawDeflate.pm
                    Brotli.pm
                    Base/
                        Common.pm
                    Base.pm
                Dir.pm
                Handle.pm
                File.pm
                Socket.pm
                String.pm
                Select.pm
                Uncompress/
                    Gunzip.pm
                    Adapter/
                        Inflate.pm
                    RawInflate.pm
                    Brotli.pm
                    Base.pm
                Socket/
                    INET.pm
                    UNIX.pm
                Pipe.pm
                Seekable.pm
            mro.pm
            PerlIO.pm
            Win32.pm
            Encode/
                Encoding.pm
                Config.pm
                Alias.pm
                MIME/
                    Name.pm
            feature.pm
            autouse.pm
            Symbol.pm
            TAP/
                Harness.pm
                Object.pm
                Parser/
                    ResultFactory.pm
                    IteratorFactory.pm
                    Multiplexer.pm
                    SourceHandler/
                        RawTAP.pm
                        Perl.pm
                        Handle.pm
                        File.pm
                        Executable.pm
                    Result/
                        Plan.pm
                        Pragma.pm
                        Version.pm
                        Bailout.pm
                        Comment.pm
                        Test.pm
                        YAML.pm
                        Unknown.pm
                    SourceHandler.pm
                    Aggregator.pm
                    Grammar.pm
                    Scheduler/
                        Job.pm
                        Spinner.pm
                    Iterator.pm
                    Result.pm
                    Iterator/
                        Stream.pm
                        Process.pm
                        Array.pm
                    YAMLish/
                        Reader.pm
                        Writer.pm
                    Scheduler.pm
                    Source.pm
                Harness/
                    Beyond.pod
                    Env.pm
                Formatter/
                    Console.pm
                    Color.pm
                    File/
                        Session.pm
                    Session.pm
                    File.pm
                    Base.pm
                    Console/
                        ParallelSession.pm
                        Session.pm
                Parser.pm
                Base.pm
            Math/
                BigFloat.pm
                BigFloat/
                    Trace.pm
                BigInt/
                    Trace.pm
                    Lib.pm
                    GMP.pm
                    LTM.pm
                    FastCalc.pm
                    Calc.pm
                BigInt.pm
                Complex.pm
            parent.pm
            Image/
                ExifTool/
                    DjVu.pm
                    IPTC.pm
                    NikonSettings.pm
                    DarwinCore.pm
                    PLIST.pm
                    QuickTime.pm
                    JPEGDigest.pm
                    Canon.pm
                    MPEG.pm
                    Matroska.pm
                    PhotoMechanic.pm
                    RIFF.pm
                    Kodak.pm
                    Minolta.pm
                    Import.pm
                    GeoTiff.pm
                    PPM.pm
                    Trailer.pm
                    APE.pm
                    MNG.pm
                    FLAC.pm
                    GoPro.pm
                    Olympus.pm
                    Geolocation.pm
                    Microsoft.pm
                    Ogg.pm
                    GPS.pm
                    FujiFilm.pm
                    Audible.pm
                    Shortcuts.pm
                    PCAP.pm
                    APP12.pm
                    HtmlDump.pm
                    Qualcomm.pm
                    MXF.pm
                    CanonCustom.pm
                    PSP.pm
                    MIEUnits.pod
                    iWork.pm
                    FITS.pm
                    BPG.pm
                    7Z.pm
                    LIF.pm
                    MIFF.pm
                    PLUS.pm
                    Sony.pm
                    WPG.pm
                    Palm.pm
                    MacOS.pm
                    XMPStruct.pl
                    Plot.pm
                    MISB.pm
                    KyoceraRaw.pm
                    InDesign.pm
                    AFCP.pm
                    FotoStation.pm
                    HTML.pm
                    DSF.pm
                    BigTIFF.pm
                    CaptureOne.pm
                    EXE.pm
                    GIF.pm
                    QuickTimeStream.pl
                    MOI.pm
                    Stim.pm
                    Sanyo.pm
                    Vorbis.pm
                    H264.pm
                    AES.pm
                    Torrent.pm
                    Reconyx.pm
                    PanasonicRaw.pm
                    TNEF.pm
                    Geotag.pm
                    Leaf.pm
                    Sigma.pm
                    XMP.pm
                    WritePNG.pl
                    WriteExif.pl
                    Red.pm
                    PGF.pm
                    ITC.pm
                    GIMP.pm
                    PICT.pm
                    Nintendo.pm
                    Font.pm
                    FLIR.pm
                    SonyIDC.pm
                    Google.pm
                    CanonRaw.pm
                    WritePhotoshop.pl
                    Other.pm
                    InfiRay.pm
                    Real.pm
                    Panasonic.pm
                    PDF.pm
                    FlashPix.pm
                    JPEG.pm
                    README
                    GM.pm
                    Exif.pm
                    WavPack.pm
                    WritePDF.pl
                    DV.pm
                    Motorola.pm
                    JVC.pm
                    Lang/
                        ja.pm
                        en_ca.pm
                        pl.pm
                        ko.pm
                        fi.pm
                        ru.pm
                        sv.pm
                        zh_cn.pm
                        fr.pm
                        nl.pm
                        cs.pm
                        sk.pm
                        it.pm
                        es.pm
                        zh_tw.pm
                        tr.pm
                        en_gb.pm
                        de.pm
                    PhaseOne.pm
                    BMP.pm
                    ZIP.pm
                    WriteCanonRaw.pl
                    Validate.pm
                    TagNames.pod
                    WritePostScript.pl
                    PCX.pm
                    Pentax.pm
                    RTF.pm
                    PNG.pm
                    WriteXMP.pl
                    Shift.pl
                    DPX.pm
                    Casio.pm
                    Theora.pm
                    Radiance.pm
                    ICC_Profile.pm
                    DNG.pm
                    CanonVRD.pm
                    Flash.pm
                    LNK.pm
                    WriteQuickTime.pl
                    WTV.pm
                    SigmaRaw.pm
                    HP.pm
                    Text.pm
                    Parrot.pm
                    Writer.pl
                    ID3.pm
                    Opus.pm
                    XMP2.pl
                    M2TS.pm
                    Geolocation.dat
                    Charset.pm
                    ZISRAW.pm
                    DICOM.pm
                    TagInfoXML.pm
                    MPC.pm
                    NikonCapture.pm
                    BZZ.pm
                    AIFF.pm
                    Jpeg2000.pm
                    XISF.pm
                    PostScript.pm
                    DJI.pm
                    Protobuf.pm
                    ISO.pm
                    NikonCustom.pm
                    RSRC.pm
                    MRC.pm
                    Photoshop.pm
                    Scalado.pm
                    OOXML.pm
                    Ricoh.pm
                    PhotoCD.pm
                    OpenEXR.pm
                    ICO.pm
                    CBOR.pm
                    WriteIPTC.pl
                    ASF.pm
                    MPF.pm
                    Lytro.pm
                    LigoGPS.pm
                    GE.pm
                    MIE.pm
                    Charset/
                        DOSCyrillic.pm
                        Turkish.pm
                        Greek.pm
                        Cyrillic.pm
                        MacCroatian.pm
                        MacTurkish.pm
                        Baltic.pm
                        MacRomanian.pm
                        Thai.pm
                        PDFDoc.pm
                        Vietnam.pm
                        Latin.pm
                        Symbol.pm
                        MacCyrillic.pm
                        MacIceland.pm
                        MacGreek.pm
                        MacArabic.pm
                        Arabic.pm
                        DOSLatin1.pm
                        MacHebrew.pm
                        MacRoman.pm
                        Hebrew.pm
                        MacThai.pm
                        MacRSymbol.pm
                        DOSLatinUS.pm
                        MacChineseTW.pm
                        JIS.pm
                        MacKorean.pm
                        MacChineseCN.pm
                        MacLatin2.pm
                        MacJapanese.pm
                        Latin2.pm
                        ShiftJIS.pm
                    WriteRIFF.pl
                    VCard.pm
                    Unknown.pm
                    Samsung.pm
                    Apple.pm
                    Nikon.pm
                    Fixup.pm
                    BuildTagLookup.pm
                    Rawzor.pm
                    AAC.pm
                    PrintIM.pm
                    TagLookup.pm
                    FLIF.pm
                    MWG.pm
                    MakerNotes.pm
                    MinoltaRaw.pm
                    JSON.pm
                ExifTool.pod
                ExifTool.pm
            Time/
                HiRes.pm
                Local.pm
                Seconds.pm
                Piece.pm
            Portable.pm
            overloading.pm
            Tie/
                StdHandle.pm
                Handle.pm
                Hash.pm
            integer.pm
            DynaLoader.pm
            ExtUtils/
                Command.pm
                Command/
                    MM.pm
            Win32API/
                File/
                    cFile.pc
                File.pm
            List/
                Util.pm
            locale.pm
            B.pm
            Class/
                Struct.pm
            PerlIO/
                scalar.pm
            MIME/
                Base64.pm
                Charset.pm
                Charset/
                    _Compat.pm
            Exporter/
                Heavy.pm
            Socket.pm
            Fcntl.pm
            Cwd.pm
            bytes.pm
            Text/
                ParseWords.pm
            Storable.pm
            overload.pm
            Win32/
                FindFile.pm
                API.pm
                API/
                    Type.pm
                    Struct.pm
            XSLoader.pm
            POSIX.pm
            constant.pm
            Data/
                Dumper.pm
            Scalar/
                Util.pm
            CryptX.pm
            UNIVERSAL.pm
            base.pm
            Config_heavy.pl
            B/
                Deparse.pm
            warnings/
                register.pm
            re.pm
            overload/
                numbers.pm
        readme_windows.txt
    README.txt
    exiftool(-k).exe

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