Is raft.en.softonic.com safe?
http://raft.en.softonic.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: partial · 2 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (77 of 90 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- 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's Raft download page sits on a portal with a documented history of wrapper installers and scareware complaints
This is a Softonic subdomain offering a download of the game Raft. Softonic is a long-established software portal, and the domain itself is old and not currently flagged by Safe Browsing, with a valid encrypted connection. However, independent sources describe Softonic's download delivery as passing through a 'wrapper' installer that shows aggressive ads and has facilitated unwanted third-party software, and an independent review platform's reviewer describes fake virus warnings after downloading through the site. The site's own page text could not be read during this scan, so the specific Raft download flow could not be confirmed. The score reflects a real, documented delivery risk rather than a malicious domain.
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 58/100
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 9762 days old
- SupportsGoogle Safe Browsing returned no threat warning
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection
Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
This is a Softonic subdomain offering a download of the game Raft. Softonic is a long-established software portal, and the domain itself is old and not currently flagged by Safe Browsing, with a valid encrypted connection. However, independent sources describe Softonic's download delivery as passing through a 'wrapper' installer that shows aggressive ads and has facilitated unwanted third-party software, and an independent review platform's reviewer describes fake virus warnings after downloading through the site. The site's own page text could not be read during this scan, so the specific Raft download flow could not be confirmed. The score reflects a real, documented delivery risk rather than a malicious domain.
The download path, not the domain, is the concern
An independent security blog describes Softonic as handing out a small 'wrapper' before the desired file, and notes that this wrapper shows the most aggressive ads.
A reference entry quotes Softonic's own CEO saying the Softonic Downloader 'facilitated bad behaviour amongst third party vendors which ended up harming the user', with malicious links impersonating the downloader itself.
An independent review platform's reviewer reports downloading a program through Softonic and immediately receiving a barrage of fake virus warnings claiming a trojan was detected, which they describe as scareware pushing more unwanted software.
Clean technical checks do not clear the operator
The registrable domain is very old, Safe Browsing returned no threat warning, and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. These are genuine positives and argue against a throwaway malicious host.
But the site's own page, contact, About and policy text could not be read (HTTP 406), so the specific Raft download page and its current installer flow were not reviewed. The technical results say 'no detection', not 'safe delivery'.
Why the score is 58
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/ 90
No detectionsSaved analysis from January 8, 2023 - stale
No detections across 77 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 13 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 90
All 90 engine results
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AICC (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Clean
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- Artists Against 419 - Clean
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Avira - Clean
- benkow.cc - Clean
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Clean
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- CMC Threat Intelligence - Clean
- Comodo Valkyrie Verdict - Unrated
- CRDF - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- CyberCrime - Clean
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Clean
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Feodo Tracker - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hoplite Industries - Clean
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Clean
- Kaspersky - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- MalSilo - Clean
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- malwares.com URL checker - Clean
- Netcraft - Unrated
- Nucleon - Clean
- OpenPhish - Clean
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- SecureBrain - Clean
- securolytics - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Clean
- Sophos - Clean
- Spam404 - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- ThreatHive - Clean
- Threatsourcing - Clean
- Trustwave - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- Virusdie External Site Scan - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Web Security Guard - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
How security vendors categorise this site
- BitDefendercomputersandsoftware
- Comodo Valkyrie Verdictmedia sharing
- 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
No page claim could be verified for raft.en.softonic.com because no usable page content or saved capture was available.
What we observed
The page itself could not be fully inspected, so the report relies on the other saved checks.
What independent research found
3 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
2 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
Web research findings
Independent findings for raft.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.
- Trustpilotopen
"I downloaded IrfanView through Softonic onto a brand new laptop and was instantly hit with a barrage of fake virus warnings claiming my computer had a trojan detected. This is nothing more than scareware designed to frighten users into downloading more unwanted software."
- Emsisoft Blogopen
"Even the multi-language portal “Softonic” has acquired the bad habit of giving out a wrapper before you receive the desired file. At little more than 300 KB, this is one of the smaller ones, but shows the most aggressive ads."
- Wikipediaopen
"Softonic Downloader" was described by their CEO Scott Arpajian as having "facilitated bad behaviour amongst third party vendors which ended up harming the user", with malicious links impersonating the downloader itself."
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.
- Domainraft.en.softonic.com
- Redirects toraft.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
- Antiviruspartial
- 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 90 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Jan 8, 2023 |
| 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 | 3 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 21, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 90 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Jan 8, 2023
- 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
- Result3 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- 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.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Softonic's Raft download page sits on a portal with a documented history of wrapper installers and scareware complaints
The written conclusion remains part of the saved report.
This is a Softonic subdomain offering a download of the game Raft. Softonic is a long-established software portal, and the domain itself is old and not currently flagged by Safe Browsing, with a valid encrypted connection. However, independent sources describe Softonic's download delivery as passing through a 'wrapper' installer that shows aggressive ads and has facilitated unwanted third-party software, and an independent review platform's reviewer describes fake virus warnings after downloading through the site. The site's own page text could not be read during this scan, so the specific Raft download flow could not be confirmed. The score reflects a real, documented delivery risk rather than a malicious domain.
09 · Community
Community
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