Is ori-and-the-blind-forest.en.softonic.com safe?
http://ori-and-the-blind-forest.en.softonic.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (59 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading · limited: did not fully complete
- page capture · not available: did not fully complete
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Softonic is a long-established software download portal, but the specific game page could not be reviewed and the platform's downloaders carry a documented adware-bundling reputation.
The host is a subdomain of Softonic, a Spanish software download platform that has operated since the late 1990s and distributes, categorizes, and evaluates programs for Windows, Android, and Mac. The domain itself is clean on technical checks: no antivirus detections, no browser blocklist warning, and a valid encrypted connection. However, the specific page for 'Ori and the Blind Forest' returned an HTTP 406 error, so the site's own page, contact, About, and policy text was never reviewed. Independent research confirms the platform's identity but does not resolve the well-known concern that Softonic's downloaders have historically bundled adware and potentially unwanted programs. Because the target page could not be read and the operator's current download offer for this title is unverified, the score sits in the Moderate Risk band rather than Safe or Low Risk.
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 62/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. This report did not save its adverse findings as a list; the verdict above gives the reasons.
What pulled the score down
This older report did not save a list of adverse findings. The verdict above and the analysis below give the reasons.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 9763 days old, indicating a long-established operation.
- SupportsIndependent research confirms Softonic is a Spanish software download platform that distributes, categorizes, and evaluates programs for Windows, Android, and Mac.
- SupportsThe multi-engine malware scan returned zero malicious and zero suspicious detections across 93 engines, the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, and the TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
The host is a subdomain of Softonic, a Spanish software download platform that has operated since the late 1990s and distributes, categorizes, and evaluates programs for Windows, Android, and Mac. The domain itself is clean on technical checks: no antivirus detections, no browser blocklist warning, and a valid encrypted connection. However, the specific page for 'Ori and the Blind Forest' returned an HTTP 406 error, so the site's own page, contact, About, and policy text was never reviewed. Independent research confirms the platform's identity but does not resolve the well-known concern that Softonic's downloaders have historically bundled adware and potentially unwanted programs. Because the target page could not be read and the operator's current download offer for this title is unverified, the score sits in the Moderate Risk band rather than Safe or Low Risk.
Clean technical checks do not clear the download path
The saved technical evidence is uniformly clean. The multi-engine malware scan returned zero malicious and zero suspicious detections across 93 engines, the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, and the TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. These results mean the domain itself is not currently flagged for hosting malware or phishing, and traffic to it is encrypted.
That clean surface does not establish what a visitor actually receives when they click a download button. Softonic is a software download platform, and its installers have long been associated with bundled offers. The technical checks cover the domain and connection, not the contents of the downloader that the page would serve. Because the target page could not be read, the current download offer for this specific title remains unverified.
The target page was never reviewed
The page for 'Ori and the Blind Forest' returned an HTTP 406 error, so the site's own page, contact, About, and policy text was not reviewed. This means the specific download offer, any bundled software prompts, and the current terms shown to a visitor on this page are unknown from the evidence available.
The registrable domain is 9763 days old, which is a supportive signal of longevity, and independent research confirms Softonic is a Spanish software download platform that distributes, categorizes, and evaluates programs for Windows, Android, and Mac. Those facts support the operator's identity but do not substitute for reviewing the actual page a visitor would see.
Why the score is 62
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
Antivirus Engines
0/ 93
No detectionsFresh result
No detections across 59 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 34 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 - 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 - 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
- BitDefendercomputersandsoftware
- Dr.Webnot recommended site
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerapplication and software 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.
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Independent evidence classifies the site as content, but the page's own claim could not be captured.
What we observed
The page itself could not be fully inspected, so the report relies on the other saved checks.
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
- 01The registrable domain is 9763 days old, indicating a long-established operation.
- 02The page content could not be read (HTTP 406), so the site's own page, contact, About, and policy text was not reviewed.
- 03The multi-engine malware scan returned zero malicious and zero suspicious detections across 93 engines, the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, and the TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
Web research findings
Independent findings for ori-and-the-blind-forest.en.softonic.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.
- Wikipediaopen
"Softonic is a Spanish software download platform that distributes, categorizes, and evaluates programs for Windows, Android, and Mac"
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.
- Domainori-and-the-blind-forest.en.softonic.com
- Redirects toori-and-the-blind-forest.en.softonic.com
- Hosted byFastly, Inc.
Domain Timeline
- Jan 28, 2000Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 26 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 21, 2026Saved security review — Rated Moderate Risk
The evidence in this saved scan is mixed or incomplete; the completed checks are detailed above.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for *.softonic.com.
A shared Fastly address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Server Reputation
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruscomplete
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentpartial
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidenceunavailable
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 Oct 21, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 21, 2026 |
| Page content | Page content was not available for semantic review | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Oct 21, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | The saved page capture was not reliable enough to use | Unavailable | No saved finding | Not available |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 21, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 21, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 21, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage content was not available for semantic review
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 21, 2026
- Visual evidence
- ResultThe saved page capture was not reliable enough to use
- CompletionUnavailableFindingNo saved finding
- FreshnessNot available
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 21, 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 ori-and-the-blind-forest.en.softonic.com a scam or is it safe?
Is ori-and-the-blind-forest.en.softonic.com safe to use?
Has ori-and-the-blind-forest.en.softonic.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is ori-and-the-blind-forest.en.softonic.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the ori-and-the-blind-forest.en.softonic.com domain?
Does ori-and-the-blind-forest.en.softonic.com have a valid SSL certificate?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Softonic is a long-established software download portal, but the specific game page could not be reviewed and the platform's downloaders carry a documented adware-bundling reputation.
The written conclusion remains part of the saved report.
The host is a subdomain of Softonic, a Spanish software download platform that has operated since the late 1990s and distributes, categorizes, and evaluates programs for Windows, Android, and Mac. The domain itself is clean on technical checks: no antivirus detections, no browser blocklist warning, and a valid encrypted connection. However, the specific page for 'Ori and the Blind Forest' returned an HTTP 406 error, so the site's own page, contact, About, and policy text was never reviewed. Independent research confirms the platform's identity but does not resolve the well-known concern that Softonic's downloaders have historically bundled adware and potentially unwanted programs. Because the target page could not be read and the operator's current download offer for this title is unverified, the score sits in the Moderate Risk band rather than Safe or Low Risk.
09 · Community
Community
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