Is nirsoft.net safe?

http://nirsoft.net/

SafeStatus

Coveragecomplete4 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

NirSoft is a long-established, legitimate freeware site operated by its developer.

nirsoft.net hosts a collection of small system and password-recovery utilities written by Nir Sofer. The site is 8,029 days old, carries no malicious detections on the multi-engine malware scan, and the operator has publicly documented third-party scam sites that misuse his tools.

The site can be considered safe for downloading the listed free utilities; visitors should obtain files directly from nirsoft.net rather than third-party mirrors.

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Saved site captureCaptured safely during this scan No antivirus detections across 92 engines

Calibrated safety spectrum

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.

01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

Site purpose and operator identity

The site presents itself as a repository of free utilities developed solely by Nir Sofer, with no paid products or subscription services offered.

Risk assessment

No evidence of deceptive commercial flows, forced redirects, or monetization traps appears on the site itself.

The operator has historically warned users about third-party scam sites that sell his freeware under false names, indicating active vigilance rather than complicity.

Why the score is 92

The score combines saved deterministic evidence with the grounded analysis available for this report. 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

0/ 92

No detections

Fresh result

No detections across 92 engines

No antivirus engine in this saved scan raised an adverse result. This is one signal, not a guarantee.

Malicious: 0
Suspicious: 0
Total: 92

All 92 engine results

0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
Abusix - clean - Clean
Acronis - clean - Clean
ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
AlienVault - clean - Clean
alphaMountain.ai - clean - Clean
AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
AutoShun - unrated - Clean
Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
BitDefender - clean - Clean
Bkav - unrated - Clean
BlockList - clean - Clean
Blueliv - clean - Clean
Certego - clean - Clean
ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
Chong Lua Dao - clean - Clean
CINS Army - clean - Clean
Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
CRDF - clean - Clean
Criminal IP - clean - Clean
CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
CTX AI - clean - Clean
Cyan - unrated - Clean
Cyble - clean - Clean
CyRadar - clean - Clean
desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
DNS8 - unrated - Clean
Dr.Web - clean - Clean
EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
Emsisoft - clean - Clean
Ermes - unrated - Clean
ESET - clean - Clean
ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - clean - Clean
Fortinet - clean - Clean
Fortra - unrated - Clean
G-Data - clean - Clean
GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
GreenSnow - clean - Clean
GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
Gridinsoft - unrated - Clean
Guardpot - unrated - Clean
Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
IPsum - clean - Clean
Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
K7AntiVirus - unrated - Clean
Kaspersky - clean - Clean
LevelBlue - unrated - Clean
Lionic - clean - Clean
Lumu - unrated - Clean
Malwared - clean - Clean
MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
Mimecast - unrated - Clean
Netcraft - unrated - Clean
OpenPhish - clean - Clean
PhishFort - unrated - Clean
Phishing Database - clean - Clean
Phishtank - clean - Clean
PREBYTES - clean - Clean
PrecisionSec - unrated - Clean
Quick Heal - clean - Clean
Quttera - clean - Clean
Rising - clean - Clean
SafeToOpen - unrated - Clean
Sangfor - clean - Clean
Sansec eComscan - unrated - Clean
Scantitan - clean - Clean
SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
Seclookup - clean - Clean
Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
Sophos - clean - Clean
StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
ThreatHive - clean - Clean
URLhaus - clean - Clean
URLQuery - clean - Clean
Viettel Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
VIPRE - unrated - Clean
ViriBack - clean - Clean
VX Vault - clean - Clean
Webroot - clean - Clean
Xcitium Verdict Cloud - clean - Clean
Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
ZeroFox - unrated - Clean

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

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CAPTURED PAGE

nirsoft.net

Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

NirSoft web site provides a unique collection of small and useful freeware utilities, all of them developed by Nir Sofer.

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation

01
NirSoft web site provides a unique collection of small and useful freeware utilities, all of them developed by Nir Sofer.

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.

What the site claims
NirSoft - freeware utilities: password recovery, system utilities, desktop utilities
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 92 antivirus results.
What independent research found
2 external findings were 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

Free

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

01Operator has documented and warned about third-party scams misusing his software.
02Domain is over 8,000 days old, consistent with a long-standing legitimate project.
03text NirSoft web site provides a unique collection of small and useful freeware utilities, all of them developed by Nir Sofer. NirSoft nirsoft.net

Web research findings

Independent findings for nirsoft.net, 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

No public record found

Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.

Clone check

No clone detected

The completed research found no supported clone indicator.

Typosquat check

No look-alike match

The completed research found no supported look-alike match.

Web mentions

1 scam report · 1 positive

Scam reports (1)

Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.

NirBlogopen
"One of my software users reported me about a scam Web site in french that sells my MessenPass utility in another faked name."

Positive reviews (1)

Public quotes that support the operator's credibility.

NirSoftopen
"NirSoft web site provides a unique collection of small and useful freeware utilities, all of them developed by Nir Sofer"

Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

Not listedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

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.

Domainnirsoft.net
Redirects towww.nirsoft.net
Hosted byHostDime.com, Inc.
Referencesfeeds.feedburner.com · googletagmanager.com

Domain Timeline

Aug 26, 2004
Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 22 years old today.
Aug 20, 2026
Saved security review — Reviewed as safe
This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.

nirsoft.net 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.

What We Found

Has contact info, but not on the site's domain

Emails on site's domainNone

Free-mail addressesnirsofer@yahoo.com

Phone numbersNone

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles0

Domain & Encryption

Domain History

Age22 years old

RegistrarNameCheap, Inc.

RegisteredAug 26, 2004

ExpiresAug 26, 2029

Owner privacyUnknown

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerLet's Encrypt · YR1

ExpiresSep 22, 2026 (32d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingHostDime.com, Inc.

Server locationUS

Web serverApache

PopularityNot in popularity top list

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://nirsoft.net/
2200https://www.nirsoft.net/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPHostDime.com, Inc.

Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Referenced Domains

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

feeds.feedburner.com googletagmanager.com pagead2.googlesyndication.com s7.addthis.com cse.google.com win7dll.info

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

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

Antiviruscomplete
Browser threat feedcomplete
Page contentcomplete
Analysiscomplete
Visual evidencecomplete

Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

Saved checks from Aug 20, 2026

Technical threat

unknown

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Operator / customer risk

unknown

Complaints, 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 coverage
Source	Result	Completion	Finding	Freshness
Antivirus	0 of 92 engines flagged	Completed	No adverse finding	fresh · Aug 20, 2026
Browser protection	No browser threat-list match	Completed	No adverse finding	Not available
Page content	Page fetched · HTTP 200	Completed	No adverse finding	Not available
Visual evidence	1 visible observation saved with the page capture	Completed	No adverse finding	Not available
Independent research	2 independent findings were saved	Completed	Adverse	Not available

Antivirus: Result0 of 92 engines flagged; CompletionCompleted; FindingNo adverse finding; Freshnessfresh · Aug 20, 2026
Browser protection: ResultNo browser threat-list match; CompletionCompleted; FindingNo adverse finding; FreshnessNot available
Page content: ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200; CompletionCompleted; FindingNo adverse finding; FreshnessNot available
Visual evidence: Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture; CompletionCompleted; FindingNo adverse finding; FreshnessNot available
Independent research: Result2 independent findings were saved; CompletionCompleted; FindingAdverse; FreshnessNot available

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

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 nirsoft.net and not a lookalike like n-irsoft.net 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.
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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 nirsoft.net legit and safe?

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on nirsoft.net, so it appears legitimate. All 92 antivirus engines we queried report it clean, and the domain is 22 years old, registered on August 26, 2004 — established domains are far less likely to be scams. Even so, always double-check the exact address in your browser, because phishing emails routinely spoof real, trusted domains like this one.

Is nirsoft.net safe to use?

nirsoft.net has a Safety Score of 92/100 (Safe). Core checks and semantic analysis found no material threat at scan time. Treat unexpected login or payment requests with normal caution.

Could a legitimate site like nirsoft.net still be used in a scam?

Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from nirsoft.net), 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 nirsoft.net is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.

Has nirsoft.net been flagged by antivirus engines?

No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report nirsoft.net 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.

Is nirsoft.net on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No — nirsoft.net 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 nirsoft.net domain?

nirsoft.net is 22 years old, registered on August 26, 2004 through NameCheap, Inc.. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.

Does nirsoft.net have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes — nirsoft.net presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR1, valid for another 32 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".

Where is nirsoft.net hosted?

nirsoft.net resolves to an IP operated by HostDime.com, Inc. in US (Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). 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 nirsoft.net report updated?

This report is a record of the scan run on August 20, 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 nirsoft.net 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

92/100

Safe

NirSoft is a long-established, legitimate freeware site operated by its developer.

Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.

Conclusion

Recommended actionThe site can be considered safe for downloading the listed free utilities; visitors should obtain files directly from nirsoft.net rather than third-party mirrors.

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09 · Community

Community

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

Is nirsoft.net safe?

NirSoft is a long-established, legitimate freeware site operated by its developer.

Site purpose and operator identity

Risk assessment

Why the score is 92

What the captured page showed

What the site claims

What we observed

What independent research found

What remains unverified

Technical threat

Operator / customer risk

Still, stay alert

Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

Use a password manager

Discuss this site on the forum

NirSoft is a long-established, legitimate freeware site operated by its developer.

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