SAFE

No threats detected

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

Security Review

Is mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn legit or a scam?

This looks safe to use.

Official Tsinghua University open-source mirror with clean reputation, university backing, and zero malicious detections.

Cross-checked against 8 independent sources — none raised a concern
mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cnScanned 1h ago
0/100
Trust score
0 = danger · 100 = safe
SAFE
Score breakdown
Heuristics 94·MT 92
Screenshot of mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cnSee the live page ↓
Positive signals (4)
Antivirus clearNot on major blacklistsEncrypted connectionClean server reputation
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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
Registration date unknown

Website Preview

Screenshot of mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn
LIVE RENDER
mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn

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

Visual 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.

0
/ 100
No visual red flags

No scam visual patterns detected

This is a legitimate academic software mirror site; the content is consistent with standard open-source repository services.

Visual risk0/100

What our vision model saw

3 signals

The page displays a legitimate software mirror service for Tsinghua University (TUNA).

Content includes standard repository listings, status updates, and contact information.

No indicators of phishing, deceptive urgency, or malicious intent are present.

Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
Analysis
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust92/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
The domain mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn is a subdomain of the official Tsinghua University site and is operated by the TUNA student association. Our antivirus network returned zero detections across 92 engines and the hosting IP shows no abuse history. The page content matches a standard software mirror with repository listings, status updates, and university sponsorship details. Web research confirms this is a well-known academic service referenced in technical documentation with no scam reports or complaints. The combination of institutional ownership, clean infrastructure signals, and positive community references establishes high confidence in legitimacy.
Positive Signals
5
  • Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines with clean IP reputation.
  • Operated by Tsinghua University TUNA Association with active business registration.
  • Subdomain of official tsinghua.edu.cn university domain.
  • No scam reports or complaints found in web research.
  • Referenced positively in technical documentation and community announcements.
The full analysis

Page Content

The page presents itself as the Tsinghua Open Source Mirror Station, providing Linux distributions, programming language packages, and open-source software to domestic and campus users. It lists mirrors for common distributions, includes server status links, and displays sponsorship from Megvii Technology. The site is maintained by the Tsinghua TUNA Association, a student technical organization at the university.

Infrastructure

The site runs on IP 101.6.15.130 with a clean abuse score of 0/100 and no reported incidents. SSL is valid from Let's Encrypt with 87 days remaining. One redirect hop occurs within the same domain family. External resources load from related TUNA domains and standard community platforms like GitHub and Libera.Chat.

Domain History

The domain is a legitimate subdomain of tsinghua.edu.cn, the official Tsinghua University website. WHOIS data was unavailable, but the subdomain structure and university affiliation provide clear institutional ownership. The service has been referenced in technical documentation for years.

Web Reputation

Our research found zero scam reports or complaints. Two positive mentions appear in technical contexts: NixOS.org announced the TUNA mirror as operational, and CSDN describes the service as a reliable source for Chinese developers. Business registration confirms operation by the active TUNA Association at Tsinghua University.

What this means for you

This is a trusted academic mirror service. You can safely use it to download open-source software packages. No payment or personal information is required for standard mirror access.

AI Recommendation
This is a legitimate university-run mirror. You can safely download packages from it for open-source software installation.
Next-gen fraud intelligence
Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

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

Business registration
Active · China
Site traces back to an actively registered business.
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
2 positive
Key findings
5 headline facts from open-web research
  • The domain mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn is the official open-source software mirror service maintained by the TUNA Association at Tsinghua University.
  • It provides high-quality mirrors for various Linux distributions, programming language packages, and open-source software to domestic and campus users.
  • The service is widely recognized and used within the Chinese developer community as a reliable source for software packages.
  • There are no reports of malicious activity; it is a well-known academic and community-supported infrastructure project.
  • The site is frequently referenced in technical tutorials and documentation for software installation and configuration in China.
Positive reviews (2)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • NixOS.orgopen

    "I'm pleased to announce that has the TUNA mirror of Nix/Nixpkgs/NixOS has completed its initial download and is up and running."

  • CSDNopen

    "清华大学开源软件镜像站,致力于为国内和校内用户提供高质量的开源软件镜像、Linux 镜像源服务,帮助用户更方便地获取开源软件。"

Business registration
Status: active · China

Operated by the TUNA Association (Tsinghua University Student Network and Open Source Software Association) at Tsinghua University.

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

Our research found no scam reports or complaints about mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn. Two positive references appear in technical sources: NixOS.org announced the TUNA mirror as operational for their packages, and CSDN describes the service as a reliable source for Chinese developers seeking open-source software. Business registration confirms active operation by the TUNA Association at Tsinghua University.

Threat Detection

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified
Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious59Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not queried
ESET-NOD32
Not queried
Avira
Not queried
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Not queried
Emsisoft
Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

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

Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

Technical Details

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.

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 numbers2026-04-01
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles5
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Phone number listed (2026-04-01).
  • Links to 6 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YR2
ExpiresOct 10, 2026 (87d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingChina Education and Research Network
Server locationCN
Web servernginx/1.22.1

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/
  • 2200https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPChina Education and Research Network
Usage typeUniversity/College/School

Referenced Domains

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

What to do

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 mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn and not a lookalike like m-irrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

    Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.

  • Discuss this site on the forum

    If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.

    Open

Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn
SAFE

This is the official open-source software mirror operated by Tsinghua University's TUNA Association. The domain is a legitimate subdomain of tsinghua.edu.cn with clean scans and no scam reports. Users can safely download packages from this service.

This is a legitimate university-run mirror. You can safely download packages from it for open-source software installation.

AV engines
92
Domain age
Flagged
0
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Safety FAQ

Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review found no threat indicators on mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn, so it appears legitimate. All 92 antivirus engines we queried report it clean, Even so, always double-check the exact address in your browser, because phishing emails routinely spoof real, trusted domains like this one.
  • mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn passed our automated checks with a trust score of 93/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged it at the time of the last scan, and its signals line up with an established, legitimate site. Treat any unexpected login prompt or payment request on it with the same caution you would anywhere.
  • Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn), and legitimate sites are occasionally compromised on specific pages. A clean verdict means the site itself checks out today; it does not mean every email or link claiming to be from mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.
  • No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
  • No — mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn 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.
  • Yes — mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR2, valid for another 87 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".
  • mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn resolves to an IP operated by China Education and Research Network in CN (University/College/School). 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.
  • This report is a record of the scan run on July 14, 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 mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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