Is paint3d.app safe?
http://paint3d.app/
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How we checked
Coverage: partial · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (79 of 91 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Unofficial Paint 3D download site with no verified installer provenance
paint3d.app is a small, recently registered site that offers an installer for Microsoft Paint 3D, a product Microsoft has discontinued. The site presents itself as a trusted resource created by a named individual, but the installer's origin and integrity are not verified by Microsoft or any independent source. Technical checks are clean, yet the core risk is that visitors are asked to run a third-party package for a discontinued Microsoft app.
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. 2 findings pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- ModerateThe site claims to be a trusted platform for downloading Paint 3D, but this is self-asserted and not independently verified.
- ModerateThe site distributes an .appx installer for a discontinued Microsoft product without verified provenance.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the TLS connection is valid.
- SupportsThe contact email is on the site's own domain.
- SupportsThe site links to 16 social profiles across Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Pinterest and DeviantArt.
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
paint3d.app is a small, recently registered site that offers an installer for Microsoft Paint 3D, a product Microsoft has discontinued. The site presents itself as a trusted resource created by a named individual, but the installer's origin and integrity are not verified by Microsoft or any independent source. Technical checks are clean, yet the core risk is that visitors are asked to run a third-party package for a discontinued Microsoft app.
What the site is and what it offers
The site describes itself as a response to Paint 3D being removed from the Microsoft Store, saying there was no single trusted platform to download it and that Paint3d.app was created to simplify the process. It presents a personal story from an operator who says they used the software for years.
The main call to action is a Download button that leads to a page offering an .appx installer package for Microsoft Paint 3D. The site also links to social profiles on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Pinterest and DeviantArt under the handle paint3dapp.
Technical checks are clean, but installer provenance is unverified
The browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. The domain is 273 days old, and the only saved antivirus analysis predates the current registration, so it describes an earlier owner's site and counts neither for nor against this one.
The site's own pages could not be fully reviewed for operator identity or installer details. The contact email is on the site's own domain, but the origin and safety of the .appx package are not verified by Microsoft or any independent source. The claim of being a trusted platform is self-asserted.
Why the score is 62
The site claims to be a trusted platform for downloading Paint 3D, but this is self-asserted and not independently verified. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 91
No resultsSaved analysis from October 22, 2021 - stale
Analysis predates the current registration
The saved antivirus analysis is from October 22, 2021, which is before this domain's current registration, so it may describe an earlier owner. It is not counted as a clean result.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 91
All 91 engine results
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AICC (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Clean
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- Armis - Clean
- Artists Against 419 - Clean
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Avira - Clean
- BADWARE.INFO - Clean
- Baidu-International - Clean
- benkow.cc - Clean
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Clean
- BitDefender - Clean
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- CMC Threat Intelligence - Clean
- Comodo Valkyrie Verdict - Unrated
- CRDF - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- CyberCrime - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- Cyren - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Clean
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- EonScope - Clean
- ESET - Clean
- Feodo Tracker - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Unrated
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- FraudScore - Clean
- G-Data - Clean
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hoplite Industries - Clean
- IPsum - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Clean
- Kaspersky - Unrated
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- MalBeacon - Clean
- MalSilo - Clean
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwareDomainList - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- malwares.com URL checker - Clean
- Netcraft - Unrated
- NotMining - Unrated
- Nucleon - Clean
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- SecureBrain - Clean
- securolytics - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Clean
- Sophos - Clean
- Spam404 - Clean
- Spamhaus - Clean
- StopBadware - Unrated
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Tencent - Clean
- ThreatHive - Clean
- Threatsourcing - Clean
- Trustwave - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- Virusdie External Site Scan - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Web Security Guard - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- zvelo - Clean
How security vendors categorise this site
- Comodo Valkyrie Verdictunknown
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
Paint 3D by Microsoft
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Paint 3D by Microsoft
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
Paint 3D : Get Official Microsoft App for Windows PC
- Meta description
Paint 3D is a free Microsoft app for creating 2D drawings and 3D models on Windows. Download the latest version safely for your PC.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/about-us/Read
- Contact page/contact-us/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Paint 3D : Get Official Microsoft App for Windows PC
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 79 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
1 of the 6 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
Downloader
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The domain is 273 days old.
- 02The contact email is on the site's own domain.
- 03The site links to 16 social profiles across Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Pinterest and DeviantArt.
If this is a scam — what it means for you
What happens when a visitor downloads the installer
A visitor who clicks the Download button is directed to a page that provides an .appx installer package for Microsoft Paint 3D. Running that package means executing software obtained from a third-party site rather than from Microsoft.
If this is a scam, how it works
The evidence-backed path
Each stage below is preserved from the grounded analysis and linked to saved evidence.
Because the installer's origin and integrity are not verified by Microsoft or any independent source, the visitor cannot confirm that the package matches the original Microsoft application or that it has not been modified.
If you need Paint 3D, prefer official Microsoft sources or well-known software archives. If you choose to download from paint3d.app, scan the .appx package with up-to-date security software before running it, and be aware that the site is a small, recently registered third-party resource with no verified installer provenance.
Web research findings
Independent findings for paint3d.app, 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.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for paint3d.app. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
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.
- Domainpaint3d.app
- Redirects topaint3d.app
- Hosted byDigitalOcean, LLC
- Referencesstats.wp.com · fonts.googleapis.com
Domain Timeline
- Feb 3, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 9 months old when this review was saved.
- Nov 3, 2026Saved security review — Rated Moderate Risk
The evidence in this saved scan is mixed or incomplete; the completed checks are detailed above.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (ethan@paint3d.app).
- Links to 16 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for paint3d.app.
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- Google Fonts
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
- 1301http://paint3d.app/
- 2206https://paint3d.app/
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
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
The site claims to be a trusted platform for downloading Paint 3D, but this is self-asserted and not independently verified. · The site distributes an .appx installer for a discontinued Microsoft product without verified provenance.
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 91 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Oct 22, 2021 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 3, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 3, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 3, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 3, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 91 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 22, 2021
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 3, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 3, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 3, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 3, 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
Unofficial Paint 3D download site with no verified installer provenance
paint3d.app is a small, recently registered site that offers an installer for Microsoft Paint 3D, a product Microsoft has discontinued. The site presents itself as a trusted resource created by a named individual, but the installer's origin and integrity are not verified by Microsoft or any independent source. Technical checks are clean, yet the core risk is that visitors are asked to run a third-party package for a discontinued Microsoft app.
09 · Community
Community
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