Is abandonwaredos.com safe?

http://abandonwaredos.com/

SafeStatus

Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Long-standing abandonware archive with standard advertising and donation links.

Abandonwaredos.com is a 2008-established archive of legacy DOS games and software. The site displays Google AdSense ads and a PayPal donation form, with no evidence of malware distribution, phishing, or deceptive commercial flows.

Safe for browsing with standard ad-blocker precautions; no evidence of malicious intent or deceptive commercial practices.
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Calibrated safety spectrum

Where this site sits

  1. Dangerous1–20
  2. High Risk21–44
  3. Moderate Risk45–69
  4. Low Risk70–84
  5. Safe85–100

The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.

01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

Abandonwaredos.com is a 2008-established archive of legacy DOS games and software. The site displays Google AdSense ads and a PayPal donation form, with no evidence of malware distribution, phishing, or deceptive commercial flows.

Domain age and security scanner results

The registrable domain is 6746 days old, indicating continuous operation since 2008.

Advertising and donation mechanisms

The site includes a PayPal donation form and displays advertisements via Google AdSense.

Technical infrastructure

No active technical threats identified; the site uses standard web infrastructure and valid SSL certificates.

Why the score is 88

The saved analysis does not include enough completed checks for a Safe rating. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Collected signals and independent provider data for this URL.

Antivirus Engines

0/ 92

No detections

Saved result - stale

No detections across 92 engines

No antivirus engine in this saved scan raised an adverse result. This is one signal, not a guarantee.

Malicious
0
Suspicious
0
Total
92
All 92 engine results
  • 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
  • Abusix - clean - Clean
  • Acronis - clean - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • alphaMountain.ai - clean - Clean
  • AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
  • Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
  • ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • AutoShun - unrated - Clean
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
  • BitDefender - clean - Clean
  • Bkav - unrated - Clean
  • BlockList - clean - Clean
  • Blueliv - clean - Clean
  • Certego - clean - Clean
  • ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
  • Chong Lua Dao - clean - Clean
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
  • CRDF - clean - Clean
  • Criminal IP - unrated - Clean
  • CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
  • CTX AI - clean - Clean
  • Cyan - unrated - Clean
  • Cyble - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - clean - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
  • DNS8 - unrated - Clean
  • Dr.Web - clean - Clean
  • EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
  • Emsisoft - clean - Clean
  • Ermes - unrated - Clean
  • ESET - clean - Clean
  • ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - clean - Clean
  • Fortinet - clean - Clean
  • Fortra - unrated - Clean
  • G-Data - clean - Clean
  • GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
  • GreenSnow - clean - Clean
  • GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
  • Gridinsoft - unrated - Clean
  • Guardpot - unrated - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - unrated - Clean
  • Kaspersky - clean - Clean
  • LevelBlue - clean - Clean
  • Lionic - clean - Clean
  • Lumu - unrated - Clean
  • Malwared - clean - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
  • MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
  • Mimecast - unrated - Clean
  • Netcraft - unrated - Clean
  • OpenPhish - clean - Clean
  • PhishFort - unrated - Clean
  • Phishing Database - clean - Clean
  • Phishtank - clean - Clean
  • PREBYTES - clean - Clean
  • PrecisionSec - unrated - Clean
  • Quick Heal - clean - Clean
  • Quttera - clean - Clean
  • Rising - clean - Clean
  • SafeToOpen - unrated - Clean
  • Sangfor - clean - Clean
  • Sansec eComscan - unrated - Clean
  • Scantitan - clean - Clean
  • SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
  • Seclookup - clean - Clean
  • Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
  • SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
  • Sophos - clean - Clean
  • StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
  • ThreatHive - clean - Clean
  • URLhaus - clean - Clean
  • URLQuery - unrated - Clean
  • Viettel Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
  • VIPRE - unrated - Clean
  • ViriBack - clean - Clean
  • VX Vault - clean - Clean
  • Webroot - clean - Clean
  • Xcitium Verdict Cloud - clean - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
  • ZeroFox - unrated - Clean

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.

What we observed

CAPTURED PAGE
abandonwaredos.com
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

Abandonware DOS - Classic PC Games Download

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    Abandonware DOS - Classic PC Games Download

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.
  1. What the site claims

    Abandonware DOS - Classic PC Games Download

  2. What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 92 antivirus results.

  3. What independent research found

    1 external finding were saved and compared with the page evidence.

  4. What remains unverified

    1 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.

What kind of site and risk is this?

Threat category

No threat category confirmed

Service and business model

Content

Advertising

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 01The registrable domain is 6746 days old
  2. 02type image name submit

Web research findings

Independent findings for abandonwaredos.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.

Business registration
No public record found
Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.
Clone check
No clone detected
The completed research found no supported clone indicator.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The completed research found no supported look-alike match.
Web mentions
1 positive
Positive reviews (1)
Public quotes that support the operator's credibility.
  • Gridinsoftopen

    "This download site has no major malware/phishing detections in current checks."

Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

04 · Domain & Infrastructure

Domain & infrastructure

Timeline · identity · encryption · redirects · hosting

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. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.

Infrastructure map

How the saved page connected to the wider web.

  1. Domainabandonwaredos.com
  2. Redirects towww.abandonwaredos.com
  3. Hosted byTiscali SpA
  4. Referencescdn.jsdelivr.net · fonts.googleapis.com

Domain Timeline

  1. Feb 19, 2008
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 18 years old today.

  2. Aug 9, 2026
    Saved security review — Reviewed as safe

    This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.

abandonwaredos.com has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.

Contact Verification

Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.

What We Found
Has a contact email on its own domain
Emails on site's domaincontact@abandonwaredos.com
Phone numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles6
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • Contact email on the site's own domain (contact@abandonwaredos.com).
  • Links to 12 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age18 years old
RegistrarDynadot Inc
RegisteredFeb 19, 2008
ExpiresFeb 19, 2027
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.2
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YR1
ExpiresSep 11, 2026 (32d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingTiscali SpA
Server locationIT
Web servernginx

Redirect Chain

Hops
2
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://abandonwaredos.com/
  • 2301https://abandonwaredos.com/
  • 3206https://www.abandonwaredos.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPTiscali SpA
Usage typeFixed Line ISP

Referenced Domains

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
  1. Antiviruspartial
  2. Browser threat feedcomplete
  3. Page contentcomplete
  4. Analysiscomplete
  5. Visual evidencecomplete
Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

Technical threat

unknown

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Operator / customer risk

unknown

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Source coverage and freshness

Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.

Antivirus
Result0 of 92 engines flagged
CompletionLimited
FindingNo saved finding
Freshnessstale fallback · Aug 9, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Page content
ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Visual evidence
Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Independent research
Result1 independent finding were saved
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

  1. Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on abandonwaredos.com and not a lookalike like a-bandonwaredos.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  2. Use a password manager

    Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.

  3. Discuss this site on the forum

    If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.

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07 · Safety FAQ

Safety FAQ

Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.

Is abandonwaredos.com legit and safe?
Our automated security review found no threat indicators on abandonwaredos.com, so it appears legitimate. All 92 antivirus engines we queried report it clean, and the domain is 18.5 years old, registered on February 19, 2008 — established domains are far less likely to be scams. Even so, always double-check the exact address in your browser, because phishing emails routinely spoof real, trusted domains like this one.
Is abandonwaredos.com safe to use?
abandonwaredos.com has a Safety Score of 88/100 (Safe). Fresh core checks and semantic analysis found no material threat at scan time. Treat unexpected login or payment requests with normal caution.
Could a legitimate site like abandonwaredos.com still be used in a scam?
Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from abandonwaredos.com), and legitimate sites are occasionally compromised on specific pages. A clean verdict means the site itself checks out today; it does not mean every email or link claiming to be from abandonwaredos.com is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.
Has abandonwaredos.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report abandonwaredos.com as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
Is abandonwaredos.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — abandonwaredos.com is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
How old is the abandonwaredos.com domain?
abandonwaredos.com is 18.5 years old, registered on February 19, 2008 through Dynadot Inc. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
Does abandonwaredos.com have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — abandonwaredos.com presents a valid TLSv1.2 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR1, valid for another 32 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
Where is abandonwaredos.com hosted?
abandonwaredos.com resolves to an IP operated by Tiscali SpA in IT (Fixed Line ISP). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
How often is the abandonwaredos.com report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on August 9, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about abandonwaredos.com has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.

08 · Final Verdict

Final verdict

The saved conclusion, decisive evidence, and practical action in one final view.
Verdict score
88/100
Safe

Long-standing abandonware archive with standard advertising and donation links.

Saved captureabandonwaredos.comCapture-safe
Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.
Conclusion

Abandonwaredos.com is a 2008-established archive of legacy DOS games and software. The site displays Google AdSense ads and a PayPal donation form, with no evidence of malware distribution, phishing, or deceptive commercial flows.

Recommended actionSafe for browsing with standard ad-blocker precautions; no evidence of malicious intent or deceptive commercial practices.
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09 · Community

Community

First-hand experiences add human context after the scanner has reached its conclusion.