Is gta5.com safe?
http://gta5.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (56 of 93 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Official Rockstar Games redirect domain with no detected threats.
gta5.com is a long-standing domain owned by Rockstar Games that automatically redirects visitors to the official Rockstar Games site for Grand Theft Auto V. The domain has been registered since 2002 and carries no technical or operator risk signals.
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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 92/100
Safe covers scores 85–100. 2 findings pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- StrongThe page automatically sent the browser to an unrelated external site.
- StrongA primary play, convert, continue, or download control opened an unrelated external destination.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsDomain registered for over 24 years and owned by Rockstar Games.
- SupportsNo threat flags from the browser threat feed.
- SupportsValid encrypted connection confirmed.
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
gta5.com is a long-standing domain owned by Rockstar Games that automatically redirects visitors to the official Rockstar Games site for Grand Theft Auto V. The domain has been registered since 2002 and carries no technical or operator risk signals.
Domain ownership and age
Research confirms the domain has been owned by Rockstar Games since at least 2007 and is used as an official redirect.
The registrable domain is 9016 days old, placing its registration in 2002, consistent with legitimate brand ownership.
Technical checks and redirect flow
The browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the site presents a valid TLS certificate.
The page redirects the browser from http://gta5.com/ to https://www.rockstargames.com/V/, which then leads to the official Grand Theft Auto V product page.
Why the score is 92
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 detectionsSaved analysis from October 6, 2026 - stale
No detections across 56 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 37 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 - Unrated
- 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
- Gridinsoft - 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 - Unrated
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- BitDefenderbusiness
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekergames
- Googlegaming
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
Grand Theft Auto V - Rockstar Games
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Grand Theft Auto V - Rockstar Games
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
Grand Theft Auto V - Rockstar Games
- Meta description
Grand Theft Auto V and GTA Online — now upgraded for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S with stunning visuals, faster loading, and more — delivering the action-packed, blockbuster Story Mode adventure and the dynamic, ever-evolving online world of GTA...
Pages we read
- Main page/gta-vRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Grand Theft Auto V - Rockstar Games
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 56 antivirus results.
What independent research found
1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.
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
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01Domain registered for over 24 years and owned by Rockstar Games.
- 02No threat flags from the browser threat feed.
- 03Valid encrypted connection confirmed.
Web research findings
Independent findings for gta5.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.
- GTAForumsopen
"It is official, the domain is owned by rockstar and HAS been owned by them since 2007."
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.
- Domaingta5.com
- Redirects towww.rockstargames.com
- Hosted byAkamai Technologies, Inc.
- Referencesmedia-rockstargames-com.akamaized.net
Domain Timeline
- Feb 4, 2002Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 24 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 12, 2026Saved security review — Rated Safe
This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.
gta5.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.
Domain & Encryption
This is the certificate of rockstargames.com, the site this URL lands on. Certificate issued for www.rockstargames.com.
A shared Akamai address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it. This is the address of www.rockstargames.com, the site this URL lands on.
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.
Redirect Chain
- 1302http://gta5.com/
- 2301https://www.rockstargames.com/V/cross-domain
- 3200https://www.rockstargames.com/gta-vcross-domain
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
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
A primary play, convert, continue, or download control opened an unrelated external destination.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
The page automatically sent the browser to an unrelated external site.
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 | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Oct 6, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 12, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 12, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 12, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 12, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 6, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 12, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 12, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 12, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 12, 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.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Official Rockstar Games redirect domain with no detected threats.
gta5.com is a long-standing domain owned by Rockstar Games that automatically redirects visitors to the official Rockstar Games site for Grand Theft Auto V. The domain has been registered since 2002 and carries no technical or operator risk signals.
09 · Community
Community
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