a0rtega/pafish
Pafish is a testing tool that uses different techniques to detect virtual machines and malware analysis environments in the same way that malware families do observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5176
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 803
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3946 stars · 497 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Pafish is a Windows testing tool that applies the same VM and sandbox detection techniques used by malware families to check whether an analysis environment is properly hardened. It is written in C and released as open source under GPL-3.0.
Use cases
- test if my malware analysis VM is detectable
- check sandbox evasion techniques used by malware
- verify virtual machine hardening for reverse engineering
- study anti-VM detection methods like rdtsc
- audit a malware analysis lab environment
When to choose
- you run a malware analysis sandbox or VM and want to verify it resists detection
- you are a security researcher studying anti-analysis evasion techniques
When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose VM or sandbox product
- you need malware detection or antivirus functionality rather than detection testing
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
security reverse-engineering testing security reverse-engineering developer-tools windows cli anti-analysis vm-detection sandbox-evasion malware-analysis rdtsc
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/a0rtega/pafish · fetched 2026-08-28 · 2cbcdae8da53
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| a0rtega/pafish | main | 10 |
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