Is fiveplay.lol safe?

https://fiveplay.lol/launcher.html

High RiskStatus

Coveragecomplete4 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Day-old browser GTA V launcher that asks visitors to install its own root certificate

fiveplay.lol presents itself as a launcher for running a ported GTA V in the browser. Its domain is only one day old, and two antivirus engines flag the URL as suspicious. The page also tells Windows users to download a file called lan-root-ca.cer and install it into their certificate store. That certificate step is the main reason for the High Risk score. There is no shop or paywall, and crypto donations are described as optional.

Do not download or install the 'LAN certificate' from this site. If you already installed it, remove it from your computer's certificate store.
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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

fiveplay.lol presents itself as a launcher for running a ported GTA V in the browser. Its domain is only one day old, and two antivirus engines flag the URL as suspicious. The page also tells Windows users to download a file called lan-root-ca.cer and install it into their certificate store. That certificate step is the main reason for the High Risk score. There is no shop or paywall, and crypto donations are described as optional.

The certificate install request

To 'connect to this LAN host', the page offers a 'Download LAN certificate' button. It then tells Windows users to open lan-root-ca.cer, choose Install Certificate, and place it in a store they pick themselves. A root certificate installed this way can make your computer trust connections signed by whoever controls it. That power is out of all proportion to playing a browser game from an anonymous, day-old site.

Technical checks versus operator trust

The browser threat feed showed no warning and the connection is properly encrypted. However, 2 of 93 antivirus engines marked the URL as suspicious, and 0 marked it as malicious.

No contact email was found on the page. Outside research shows that a community project for browser-based GTA 5 does exist, and another site calls fiveplay.lol its new 'official domain'. Neither source verifies who runs this domain. The page asks for crypto donations, but it states they are optional and that nothing is paywalled.

Why the score is 42

2 antivirus results marked the URL as suspicious. 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

2/ 93

detections

Fresh result

2 engines flagged this URL

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

Malicious
0
Suspicious
2
Total
93
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
alphaMountain.aiSuspicioussuspicious
GridinsoftSuspicioussuspicious
All 93 engine results
  • alphaMountain.ai - Suspicious
  • Gridinsoft - Suspicious
  • 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
  • Abusix - Clean
  • Acronis - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
  • AlienVault - 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
  • Guardpot - Unrated
  • Heimdal Security - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
  • IPsum - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - Unrated
  • Kaspersky - Clean
  • LevelBlue - Unrated
  • 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
fiveplay.lol
What our review noticed on this page
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

Launch GTA V.

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    Launch GTA V.

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

    $GrandV — Local Launcher

  2. What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 59 antivirus results.

  3. What independent research found

    2 external findings were 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

No threat category confirmed

Service and business model

Gaming

Free

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 01The site instructs users to install its own root certificate file, lan-root-ca.cer.
  2. 02The domain is one day old.
  3. 032 antivirus results marked the URL as suspicious.

Web research findings

Independent findings for fiveplay.lol, 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
No scam reports found
The completed search returned no sourced scam reports or complaints.

No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for fiveplay.lol. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.

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. Domainfiveplay.lol
  2. Redirects tofiveplay.lol
  3. Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
  4. Referencesalwingulla.com · gta5-mods.com

Domain Timeline

  1. Oct 15, 2026
    Domain registered

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

  2. Oct 16, 2026
    Saved security review — Rated High Risk

    The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.

fiveplay.lol was registered very recently when this review was saved and was already flagged. Freshly-registered domains are disproportionately used for scams, and a young domain with active threat signals warrants extra caution.

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 numbers540 1280
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
One contact red flag
  • No direct contact email found on the captured page.
  • Phone number listed (540 1280).

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age1 day old
RegistrarPorkbun LLC
RegisteredOct 15, 2026
ExpiresOct 15, 2027
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1
ExpiresJan 13, 2027 (88d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingCloudflare, Inc.
Server locationUS
Web servercloudflare

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

suspicious

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

2 antivirus results marked the URL as suspicious.

Operator / customer risk

suspicious

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

The site instructs users to install its own root certificate file, lan-root-ca.cer.

Source coverage and freshness

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

Antivirus
Result2 of 93 engines flagged
CompletionCompleted
FindingAdverse
Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 16, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 2026
Page content
ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 2026
Visual evidence
Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 2026
Independent research
Result2 independent findings were saved
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 2026

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Proceed with caution

Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.

  1. Analyst recommendation

    Do not download or install the 'LAN certificate' from this site. If you already installed it, remove it from your computer's certificate store.

  2. Treat fiveplay.lol as unverified

    Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.

  3. Verify the business through independent channels

    Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.

  4. Never use irreversible payment methods

    Crypto, gift cards, wire transfers, and cash apps offer zero buyer protection. Use a credit card or PayPal if you must pay.

  5. Share your experience

    If you have additional context, drop a comment below or post on the MalwareTips forum.

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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 fiveplay.lol a scam or a legit website?
fiveplay.lol shows strong warning signs of being a scam site — avoid interacting with it. 2 of 93 security engines flag it. The domain is only 1 day old through Porkbun LLC — a fresh registration is a classic scam fingerprint. It may not be an outright scam, but the risk is high enough that you should verify it independently before trusting it with money or data.
Is fiveplay.lol safe to use?
fiveplay.lol has a Safety Score of 42/100 (High Risk). Analysis coverage is complete at 100%. Avoid login, payment and downloads.
I already paid or entered my details on fiveplay.lol — what should I do?
If you've already paid or handed over details on fiveplay.lol, 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 fiveplay.lol 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 fiveplay.lol?
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 at risk after visiting fiveplay.lol?
Just viewing a scam page is usually low-risk on an up-to-date browser — the real danger is what it asks you to DO (enter details, download a file, send money). If you downloaded anything, run a full antivirus scan and treat the file as untrusted. If you entered a password or card number, change the password everywhere you reused it and contact your bank.
How do I report fiveplay.lol?
You can report fiveplay.lol 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.
fiveplay.lol 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 fiveplay.lol been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 2 of 93 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged fiveplay.lol as suspicious. These are "suspicious" votes rather than confirmed malicious detections, so they are weighed alongside the other checks.
Is fiveplay.lol on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — fiveplay.lol 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 fiveplay.lol domain?
fiveplay.lol is 1 day old, registered on October 15, 2026 through Porkbun LLC. Scam sites are very often freshly registered and short-lived, so an age under six months is a reason for extra caution.
Does fiveplay.lol have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — fiveplay.lol presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, valid for another 88 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".
How often is the fiveplay.lol report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on October 16, 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 fiveplay.lol 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
42/100
High Risk

Day-old browser GTA V launcher that asks visitors to install its own root certificate

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

fiveplay.lol presents itself as a launcher for running a ported GTA V in the browser. Its domain is only one day old, and two antivirus engines flag the URL as suspicious. The page also tells Windows users to download a file called lan-root-ca.cer and install it into their certificate store. That certificate step is the main reason for the High Risk score. There is no shop or paywall, and crypto donations are described as optional.

Recommended actionDo not download or install the 'LAN certificate' from this site. If you already installed it, remove it from your computer's certificate store.
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09 · Community

Community

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