Is freesound.org safe?
https://freesound.org/people/CAT-FOX_ALEX/sounds/845663/
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How we checked
Coverage: complete · 6 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (60 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Freesound is a long-established non-profit audio repository operated by Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
The site hosts Creative Commons licensed user-generated sound samples and is run by the Music Technology Group at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona with support from the Phonos Foundation. It has operated since 2002, shows no security detections, and uses valid TLS encryption.
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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 95/100
Safe covers scores 85–100. No adverse finding was saved; 5 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
No adverse finding was saved with this report.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsDomain registered 8715 days ago
- SupportsA public record in public web research reads: "Freesound is a collaborative repository of Creative Commons licensed audio samples, and non-profit organisation"
- SupportsZero detections across 93 engines and valid TLS
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning
- SupportsOperated by Universitat Pompeu Fabra with Phonos Foundation support
Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
The site hosts Creative Commons licensed user-generated sound samples and is run by the Music Technology Group at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona with support from the Phonos Foundation. It has operated since 2002, shows no security detections, and uses valid TLS encryption.
Reputation and operator identity
Freesound is a collaborative Creative Commons audio repository operated by the Music Technology Group of Universitat Pompeu Fabra and supported by the Phonos Foundation.
The registrable domain is 8715 days old and the site has maintained a clean record across 93 security engines with valid TLS encryption.
Content and commercial model
Content is user-generated and community-moderated under Creative Commons licenses such as CC0 and CC-BY 4.0; the operator limits liability to cases of fraud or willful misconduct.
The only commercial CTA is a voluntary donation link; no affiliate programs or paid services are present on the page.
Why the score is 95
The saved checks and analysis found no material threat. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 93
No detectionsFresh result
No detections across 60 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 33 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 - Clean
- 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 - 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
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiEntertainment, Software Downloads, Video/Multimedia
- BitDefenderradiomusic
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekermedia file download
- Sophosdownload freeware and shareware
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
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Visual context from the captured page
The page displays a sound waveform, download statistics, and a 'Login to download' button, consistent with a digital audio repository.
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
The page displays a sound waveform, download statistics, and a 'Login to download' button, consistent with a digital audio repository.
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
Freesound - Screech Testing 1-#G by CAT-FOX_ALEX
- Meta description
Freesound: collaborative database of creative-commons licensed sound for musicians and sound lovers. Have you freed your sound today?
Pages we read
- Main page/people/CAT-FOX_ALEX/sounds/845663/Read
- Terms/help/tos_web/Read
- Support / FAQ/help/faq/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Freesound - Screech Testing 1-#G by CAT-FOX_ALEX
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 60 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
Content
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01Domain registered 8715 days ago
- 02Zero detections across 93 engines and valid TLS
- 03The browser threat feed returned no threat warning
Web research findings
Independent findings for freesound.org, 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.
- Wikipediaopen
"Freesound is a collaborative repository of Creative Commons licensed audio samples, and non-profit organisation"
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. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domainfreesound.org
- Redirects tofreesound.org
- Hosted byHetzner Online GmbH
- Referencescreativecommons.org · facebook.com
Domain Timeline
- Dec 21, 2002Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 23 years old when this review was saved.
- Nov 1, 2026Saved security review — Rated Safe
This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.
freesound.org 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.
- No direct contact email found on the captured page.
- Phone number listed (41.40348).
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for freesound.org.
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.
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
unknownComplaints, 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.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | No adverse finding | fresh · analysed Nov 1, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 1, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 1, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 1, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 1, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Nov 1, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 1, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 1, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 1, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 1, 2026
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 freesound.org legit and safe?
Is freesound.org safe to use?
Could a legitimate site like freesound.org still be used in a scam?
Has freesound.org been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is freesound.org on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the freesound.org domain?
Does freesound.org have a valid SSL certificate?
Where is freesound.org hosted?
Is freesound.org a well-known website?
How often is the freesound.org report updated?
08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Freesound is a long-established non-profit audio repository operated by Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
The site hosts Creative Commons licensed user-generated sound samples and is run by the Music Technology Group at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona with support from the Phonos Foundation. It has operated since 2002, shows no security detections, and uses valid TLS encryption.
09 · Community
Community
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