While rare, the name can appear in legitimate technical documentation or old software:

solaris.exe is a malicious executable predominantly used as a . It is not part of any legitimate software distribution. Organizations should block associated IOCs, implement application whitelisting, and educate users against running unknown executables.

Some variants drop an XMRig miner as a hidden process named svchost.exe (but actually running from %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\svchost.exe ).

: It is specifically designed to cause extreme screen flashing; it is dangerous for anyone with photosensitive epilepsy.

: The second phase includes an Alternate Reality Game (ARG) puzzle. Users can scan a QR code within a 3D "green space" to access the puzzle.