Is audiveris.com safe?

http://audiveris.com/

DangerousStatus

Coveragecomplete4 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Audiveris.com impersonates the legitimate open-source Audiveris project to distribute malware.

The site copies the real project's branding and offers fake download buttons that deliver malicious payloads instead of the legitimate software.

Do not visit audiveris.com or download any files from it. Use the official Audiveris GitHub repository instead.
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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

The site copies the real project's branding and offers fake download buttons that deliver malicious payloads instead of the legitimate software.

Security detections and project warnings

Multiple antivirus engines including BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, and G-Data flag the domain as malicious.

The multi-engine malware scan reports 4 malicious and 2 suspicious detections across 93 engines.

The official Audiveris GitHub project explicitly warns that audiveris.com is fraudulent and has no affiliation with the real project.

Deceptive download buttons

The site displays prominent 'Download Now', 'Download For Windows', and 'Download For Linux' buttons that lead to malicious payloads.

Why the score is 5

Multiple independent antivirus engines flag the domain as malicious. 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

6/ 93

detections

Fresh result

6 engines flagged this URL

Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.

Malicious
4
Suspicious
2
Total
93
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
ADMINUSLabsMaliciousmalicious
BitDefenderMaliciousphishing
Chong Lua DaoMaliciousmalicious
G-DataMaliciousphishing
alphaMountain.aiSuspicioussuspicious
GridinsoftSuspicioussuspicious
All 93 engine results
  • ADMINUSLabs - Malicious
  • BitDefender - phishing - Malicious
  • Chong Lua Dao - Malicious
  • G-Data - phishing - Malicious
  • alphaMountain.ai - Suspicious
  • Gridinsoft - Suspicious
  • 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
  • Abusix - Clean
  • Acronis - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
  • AlienVault - Clean
  • AlphaSOC - Unrated
  • Antiy-AVL - Clean
  • ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
  • AutoShun - Unrated
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
  • Bkav - Unrated
  • BlockList - Clean
  • Blueliv - Clean
  • Certego - Clean
  • ChainPatrol - Unrated
  • 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
  • GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
  • Google Safe Browsing - Clean
  • GreenSnow - Clean
  • GreyNoise - 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 - Unrated
  • 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 - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - Clean
  • ZeroFox - Unrated

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
audiveris.com
What our review noticed on this page
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

Audiveris - Free OMR Software for Sheet Music

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    Audiveris - Free OMR Software for Sheet Music

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

    Audiveris - Free OMR Software for Sheet Music

  2. What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 60 antivirus results.

  3. What independent research found

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

  4. 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

Malware & Deceptive Downloads

Service and business model

Downloader

Unknown

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 01Multiple independent antivirus engines flag the domain as malicious.
  2. 02One public warning on a public forum: "The fake site copied the real GitHub page, used made-up contributor names, and had a clean “Download for Mac” button that actually linked to malware."
  3. 03Download buttons lead to malicious payloads.

Web research findings

Independent findings for audiveris.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
Not checked
This report did not include a company-registry lookup, so no registration result is claimed.
Clone check
Not checked
No site-clone comparison was run for this report, so no clean result is claimed.
Typosquat check
Not checked
No look-alike domain comparison was run for this report, so no clean result is claimed.
Web mentions
1 complaint or warning
Complaints and warnings (1)
Direct quotes from public complaints, negative reviews, warnings and security listings.
  • Audiveris GitHub Discussionsopen

    "The fake site copied the real GitHub page, used made-up contributor names, and had a clean “Download for Mac” button that actually linked to malware."

Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
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. Domainaudiveris.com
  2. Redirects toaudiveris.com
  3. Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
  4. Referencesd2ng6x3yyemlxz.cloudfront.net · gmpg.org

Domain Timeline

  1. Sep 10, 2025
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 1 year old when this review was saved.

  2. Oct 11, 2026
    Saved security review — Rated Dangerous

    The completed checks from this saved scan 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.

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
One contact red flag
  • No direct contact email found on the captured page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age1 year old
RegistrarSpaceship, Inc.
RegisteredSep 10, 2025
ExpiresSep 10, 2027
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YE2
ExpiresNov 22, 2026 (41d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingCloudflare, Inc.
Server locationUS
Web servercloudflare
Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://audiveris.com/
  • 2200https://audiveris.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPCloudflare, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
  1. Antiviruscomplete
  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

malicious

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

Multiple independent antivirus engines flag the domain as malicious. · Download buttons lead to malicious payloads.

Operator / customer risk

suspicious

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

One public warning on a public forum: "The fake site copied the real GitHub page, used made-up contributor names, and had a clean “Download for Mac” button that actually linked to malware."

Source coverage and freshness

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

Antivirus
Result6 of 93 engines flagged
CompletionCompleted
FindingAdverse
Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 11, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 11, 2026
Page content
ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 11, 2026
Visual evidence
Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 11, 2026
Independent research
Result1 independent finding was saved
CompletionCompleted
FindingAdverse
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 11, 2026

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Malware distribution detected

Signals suggest this page may deliver malicious files or exploit the browser.

  1. Do not interact with audiveris.com

    Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.

  2. If you downloaded or ran a file from here

    Disconnect the device from the internet, run a full scan with a reputable antivirus (Malwarebytes, ESET, Bitdefender), and consider a second-opinion scanner. Change passwords on any account you used from the device afterwards — ideally from a different device.

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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 audiveris.com a scam or a legit download site?
audiveris.com is a high-risk malware or deceptive-download site — avoid interacting with it. Our review tagged it for malware and clone site. 6 of 93 security engines flag it (4 as outright malicious). The domain is 1 year old through Spaceship, Inc. This pattern matches throwaway sites built to take money or data and disappear.
Is audiveris.com safe to use?
No — audiveris.com has a Safety Score of 5/100 (Dangerous) because decisive threat evidence was saved with this scan. Leave the site and do not log in, pay, download anything, or connect a wallet.
I already paid or entered my details on audiveris.com — what should I do?
If you've already paid or handed over details on audiveris.com, act quickly. 1) Contact your bank or card issuer immediately and ask to dispute the charge or open a chargeback — the sooner you act, the better your odds. 2) Report the site to the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov or the FBI's IC3 at ic3.gov, and in the UK to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. 3) If you entered a password, change it on audiveris.com and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. 4) Watch your bank and email for follow-up fraud, and keep screenshots as evidence.
Can I get my money back from audiveris.com?
Often yes, if you act fast. Payments made by credit or debit card can frequently be reversed through a chargeback or dispute — contact your bank right away and explain it was a fraudulent site. Bank transfers and gift-card or voucher payments are much harder to recover, but you should still report them to your bank and to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) or Action Fraud (actionfraud.police.uk). Avoid any "refund" or "recovery" service that contacts you first — it's usually a follow-up scam.
Is my device infected after visiting audiveris.com?
Simply loading a page is usually lower-risk than downloading or running a file from it. If you downloaded or opened anything from audiveris.com, run a full scan with reputable antivirus software and consider it untrusted. If you only viewed the page, keep your browser and OS updated, watch for unexpected pop-ups or new programs, and change passwords from a clean device if you entered any.
How do I report audiveris.com?
You can report audiveris.com through several official channels: the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at ic3.gov, and — in the UK — Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. You can also flag it to Google Safe Browsing (safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish) so other browsers warn about it, and report it to the company being impersonated if there is one. Reporting helps get scam sites taken down faster.
audiveris.com looks professional — how can it still be a scam?
Modern scams are built to look convincing. A valid SSL padlock, a polished template, stock photos, fake reviews, and a trust badge can all be added in minutes and prove nothing about who runs the site. Scammers buy cheap domains, clone real designs, and copy legal pages wholesale. That's exactly why an automated review that checks the domain's age, hosting, blacklists, and behaviour — rather than just how the page looks — is more reliable than a first impression.
Has audiveris.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 6 of 93 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged audiveris.com, 4 of them as outright malicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
Is audiveris.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — audiveris.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 audiveris.com domain?
audiveris.com is 1 year old, registered on September 10, 2025 through Spaceship, Inc. A registration history of under two years is neither a strong positive nor a strong negative signal on its own.
Where is audiveris.com hosted?
audiveris.com resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (Content Delivery Network). 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 audiveris.com report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on October 11, 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 audiveris.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
5/100
Dangerous

Audiveris.com impersonates the legitimate open-source Audiveris project to distribute malware.

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

The site copies the real project's branding and offers fake download buttons that deliver malicious payloads instead of the legitimate software.

Recommended actionDo not visit audiveris.com or download any files from it. Use the official Audiveris GitHub repository instead.
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09 · Community

Community

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