Is 100-downloads.com safe?
http://100-downloads.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: complete · 6 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (59 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
A 20-year-old ad-funded software download directory with no named operator and a poor third-party trust rating
100-downloads.com is a software download directory that has been registered since 2005 and earns money from third-party advertising rather than from selling anything itself. Nothing malicious was detected on the domain by the browser threat feed or by 93 scanning engines, and the connection is properly encrypted. What holds the score in the moderate band is transparency and provenance: the site does not name who runs it, the captured page offers no direct contact email, and an external reputation directory rates its trustworthiness as Very Poor. Because the actual installers behind the download links were not verified, visitors cannot tell whether they get the developer's own file or a bundled third-party installer.
Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 62/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 2 findings pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- ModerateThe captured page lists no direct contact email; the only linked social presence is a Facebook page.-33 pts
- MinorAn external reputation directory rates the site's trustworthiness as Very Poor.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 7929 days old, indicating a long-running directory rather than a throwaway site.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning and 0 of 93 engines flagged the domain.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
Points come from the saved evidence ledger: it lowered the score from 95 to 62 and split those 33 points between the findings that show points; the others carry no points in the ledger.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
100-downloads.com is a software download directory that has been registered since 2005 and earns money from third-party advertising rather than from selling anything itself. Nothing malicious was detected on the domain by the browser threat feed or by 93 scanning engines, and the connection is properly encrypted. What holds the score in the moderate band is transparency and provenance: the site does not name who runs it, the captured page offers no direct contact email, and an external reputation directory rates its trustworthiness as Very Poor. Because the actual installers behind the download links were not verified, visitors cannot tell whether they get the developer's own file or a bundled third-party installer.
An old download directory funded by display ads
The page is built around a search box labelled "Find downloads", which is the core function of a software catalogue: you search for a program and follow a link to get it. The registrable domain is 7929 days old, so this is not a freshly created storefront spun up for a campaign.
Money comes from advertising. The rendered page carries third-party ad units, including a cashback-style bank ad and a Brembo-branded banner, and the footer links to an advertising opt-out page and to the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out. That is a conventional ad-supported content model, not a checkout or subscription funnel.
Clean scanners, thin accountability
The technical checks came back clean: the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, 0 of 93 engines flagged the domain as malicious or suspicious, and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. Those results mean no active malware or phishing was detected on the domain at the time of the check; they do not vouch for the files a visitor eventually downloads.
Accountability is the weaker side. The captured page lists no direct contact email, and the only social presence linked is a Facebook page. An external reputation directory rates the site's trustworthiness as Very Poor. That rating is a directory judgement rather than a documented complaint from a harmed customer, so it is treated as a caution about reputation, not as proof of a specific scam.
What happens when you click a download
A visitor searches for a program and then leaves the directory for whatever host the download link points to. Our review did not verify whether those links go to the original developer's files or to wrapped installers carrying extra bundled software, so the safety of the file you receive depends on a destination this site does not control or disclose.
Alongside the download links, the page displays third-party ad creatives that lead off-site to advertisers. Those ads are served by an ad network and are not chosen by the visitor, so a click on the wrong element can take you to an unrelated commercial page.
Why the score is 62
The captured page lists no direct contact email; the only linked social presence is a Facebook page.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 93
No detectionsFresh result
No detections across 59 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 34 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
All 93 engine results
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Clean
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Clean
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Orcapot - Unrated
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Unrated
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiSoftware Downloads
- BitDefendercomputersandsoftware
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerapplication and software download
- Googledownloads_and_sharing
- Sophosdownload freeware and shareware
- Xcitium Verdict Clouddownloads
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
Visual context from the captured page
Get up to 5% back. Earn on groceries, gas & more. SENSIFY by brembo
What the captured page showed
2 observations- 01
Get up to 5% back. Earn on groceries, gas & more.
- 02
SENSIFY by brembo
What the page says about itself
Quoted from the pages we read: the site's own words, not our findings.
- Page title
Free Software for Windows | 100-downloads.com
- Meta description
Download free software for Microsoft Windows. Sorted in categories with brief descriptions and direct download links.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/about/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Free Software for Windows | 100-downloads.com
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 59 antivirus results.
What independent research found
1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
The checks completed, but ownership, business claims, and future site behavior can still change after this snapshot.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Downloader
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The registrable domain is 7929 days old, indicating a long-running directory rather than a throwaway site.
- 02The browser threat feed returned no threat warning and 0 of 93 engines flagged the domain.
- 03The saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
Web research findings
Independent findings for 100-downloads.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence.
- Usitestatopen
"WOT Trustworthiness: | Very Poor |"
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too.
Infrastructure map
- Domain100-downloads.com
- Redirects to100-downloads.com
- Hosted byRhythmix, Inc.
- Referencesfeeds.feedburner.com · googletagmanager.com
Domain Timeline
- Feb 19, 2005Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 21 years old when this review was saved.
- Nov 5, 2026Saved security review — Rated Moderate Risk
The evidence in this saved scan is mixed or incomplete; the completed checks are detailed above.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- No direct contact email found on the captured page.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for 100-downloads.com.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
- Google AdSense
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- cdnjs
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://100-downloads.com/
- 2200https://100-downloads.com/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruscomplete
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
The captured page lists no direct contact email; the only linked social presence is a Facebook page. · An external reputation directory rates the site's trustworthiness as Very Poor.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | No adverse finding | fresh · analysed Nov 5, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 5, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 5, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 2 visible observations saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 5, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 5, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Nov 5, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 5, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 5, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result2 visible observations saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 5, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 5, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Answered from the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
Is 100-downloads.com a scam or is it safe?
Is 100-downloads.com safe to use?
Has 100-downloads.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is 100-downloads.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
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Does 100-downloads.com have a valid SSL certificate?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
A 20-year-old ad-funded software download directory with no named operator and a poor third-party trust rating
100-downloads.com is a software download directory that has been registered since 2005 and earns money from third-party advertising rather than from selling anything itself. Nothing malicious was detected on the domain by the browser threat feed or by 93 scanning engines, and the connection is properly encrypted. What holds the score in the moderate band is transparency and provenance: the site does not name who runs it, the captured page offers no direct contact email, and an external reputation directory rates its trustworthiness as Very Poor. Because the actual installers behind the download links were not verified, visitors cannot tell whether they get the developer's own file or a bundled third-party installer.
09 · Community
Community
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