Look at the file creation timestamps and digital signatures. Malware often has inconsistent metadata compared to official tool releases.

genp -f exe -o malware.exe -d "Hello, World!"

If you upload the GenP.exe file or the AdobeGenP.dll file to VirusTotal, you will rarely see a clean slate. You will typically see detection ratios ranging from 5/70 to sometimes 20/70 or higher.

Using genp to generate a malicious PE file and submitting it to VirusTotal provides several benefits: