Is archive.kylinos.cn a scam?

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on archive.kylinos.cn. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Is archive.kylinos.cn safe to use?

archive.kylinos.cn passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 70/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does archive.kylinos.cn have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. archive.kylinos.cn presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by DigiCert, Inc. · DigiCert Secure Site OV G2 TLS CN RSA4096 SHA256 2022 CA1, expiring in 258 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

Has archive.kylinos.cn been flagged by antivirus engines?

2 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged archive.kylinos.cn as malicious or suspicious (1 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.

Is archive.kylinos.cn on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. archive.kylinos.cn is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is archive.kylinos.cn hosted?

archive.kylinos.cn resolves to an IP operated by China Unicom Shandong province network in CN (usage type: Fixed Line ISP). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.

How often is the archive.kylinos.cn report updated?

We cache results for 24 hours. Signed-in MalwareTips members can trigger a manual rescan at any time using the "Rescan" button on the report page, which re-runs every check from scratch and refreshes this page.

SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

Security Review

Is archive.kylinos.cn legit or a scam?

Name: Is archive.kylinos.cn legit or a scam?
Item: archive.kylinos.cn
Rating: 4
Author: MalwareTips

Our verdict:Safe· 70/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

Official KylinOS software archive with clean scans and confirmed legitimate use in Linux community resources.

Why we trust it

Clean browser blocklist status across major feeds.Valid long-term SSL certificate from DigiCert.Zero abuse reports on the hosting IP.

archive.kylinos.cnScanned 10d ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Heuristics 19·MT 88

Category tags

softwarearchive90% MT confidence

Technical red flags (1)

2 of 92 engines flagged

Positive signals (3)

Not on major blacklists Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/92

Engines flagged this URL

Domain Age

—

Registration date unknown

MT Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 90% confidence

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

MT Security Analyst

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust88/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

The site serves as the standard repository for Kylin Linux packages, referenced directly in apt sources and community guides. Only one antivirus engine flagged it malicious while the rest stayed clean and browser blocklists reported nothing. The hosting IP shows zero abuse history and the certificate is valid from DigiCert. Our research found zero scam reports or complaints, instead confirming the subdomain belongs to Kylin Software Co., Ltd. and has been documented since at least 2019. The single suspicious flag appears isolated and does not outweigh the consistent legitimate signals.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The page displays minimal text identifying it as the Kylin Archive Service. No contact details, forms, or promotional content appear.

Infrastructure

Valid DigiCert SSL certificate with over 250 days remaining. Hosting IP carries a clean abuse score of zero. No redirects or suspicious infrastructure detected.

Domain History

Subdomain of the official kylinos.cn domain used as the standard package mirror for KylinOS versions. Extensively referenced in user guides and forums since 2019.

Web Reputation

No scam reports, complaints, or negative mentions located. Multiple independent sources confirm its role as the legitimate software repository for Kylin desktop and server editions.

Risk Factors

Single antivirus engine (Webroot) flagged the page as malicious while 91 others did not.

Positive Signals

Clean browser blocklist status across major feeds.
Valid long-term SSL certificate from DigiCert.
Zero abuse reports on the hosting IP.
Confirmed as official KylinOS package archive in community documentation since 2019.
No scam reports or complaints found in web research.

AI Recommendation

Safe to use as a package source for KylinOS systems. Verify the URL matches archive.kylinos.cn before adding to sources.list.

Next-gen fraud intelligence

Evidence-backedCross-checked

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LIVE RENDER

archive.kylinos.cn

1Screenshot incomplete — site may be slow to render

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →

Visual Screenshot Analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

/ 100

High visual risk

Visual red flags detected in the screenshot

We could not capture a fully-rendered screenshot of this page; visual analysis is inconclusive.

Visual risk50/100

What our vision model saw

1 signal

Screenshot incomplete — site may be slow to render

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for archive.kylinos.cn, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration

No public record found

Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.

Clone check

Not a clone

No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.

Typosquat check

No look-alike match

The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.

Web mentions

No scam reports found

No complaints, no negative coverage turned up in our sweep.

Key findings

6 headline facts from open-web research

archive.kylinos.cn is the official software repository for KylinOS (银河麒麟), referenced in sources.list for apt updates across multiple versions (e.g., deb http://archive.kylinos.cn/kylin/KYLIN-ALL 10.0 main restricted universe multiverse).
Parent domain kylinos.cn is the official website of Kylin Software Co., Ltd., developer of Kylin Linux OS (Wikipedia and company site confirm).
Extensively documented in user guides, forums (CSDN, OSChina, openKylin bbs), and blogs as the legitimate mirror for Kylin desktop/server packages.
No mentions of scams, complaints, malware, or suspicious activity in web searches including targeted scam/review/reddit queries.
Used in official contexts such as NVIDIA CUDA docs, kernel patches, and ISO archives; one URLQuery scan report exists but no negative findings.
Domain appears in Chinese Linux community resources since at least 2019 as the standard archive for Kylin updates.

Research summary

Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

Our research found no scam reports or complaints about archive.kylinos.cn. Multiple sources confirm it as the official package archive for KylinOS, used in Linux community documentation since 2019.

Antivirus Engines

Detection matrix · live

2 engines flagged this URL

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. Each detection is listed below by engine name — even a single hit is a meaningful signal.

1Malicious1Suspicious57Harmless92Engines

of 92

Webroot

Malicious· malicious

alphaMountain.ai

Suspicious· suspicious

2 antivirus engines flagged this URL. Even a single detection is a meaningful signal — treat this site with extra caution and avoid entering credentials, payment info, or downloading any files.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check

Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found

No clear contact details on the page

Emails on site's domainNone

Phone numbersNone

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles0

Signal Summary

Several contact red flags

No contact email found anywhere on the page.
No phone number listed on the page.
No postal address visible on the page.

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerDigiCert, Inc. · DigiCert Secure Site OV G2 TLS CN RSA4096 SHA256 2022 CA1

ExpiresFeb 9, 2027 (258d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingChina Unicom Shandong province network

Server locationCN

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPChina Unicom Shandong province network

Usage typeFixed Line ISP

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.

Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on archive.kylinos.cn and not a lookalike like a-rchive.kylinos.cn.com or an IDN homoglyph.
Use a password manager
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Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

ListedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

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Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on archive.kylinos.cn. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·archive.kylinos.cn

SAFE

This is the official package archive for KylinOS Linux. Our analysis finds it safe with clean blocklists, valid SSL, and extensive confirmation as a legitimate mirror used in official documentation since 2019. Users can safely reference it for system updates.

Safe to use as a package source for KylinOS systems. Verify the URL matches archive.kylinos.cn before adding to sources.list.

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