Is sour-dani.itch.io safe?
http://sour-dani.itch.io/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (64 of 95 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
A long-standing itch.io creator profile for a hobbyist game developer, with no detected threats or deceptive commercial mechanics.
This page is a personal creator profile on the itch.io platform for a developer who goes by 'dani' and describes themselves as the Technical Lead of the Pre-Fortress 2 project. The registrable domain is over 5,400 days old, the saved security checks found no threat warnings and a valid encrypted connection, and the page's outbound links point to ordinary community and personal destinations rather than any commercial funnel. Nothing in the reviewed evidence shows a scam mechanism, so the score reflects a safe, low-risk profile page.
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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 88/100
Safe covers scores 85–100. No adverse finding was saved; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
No adverse finding was saved with this report.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 5,475 days old, indicating a long-standing registration.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning for this page.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
This page is a personal creator profile on the itch.io platform for a developer who goes by 'dani' and describes themselves as the Technical Lead of the Pre-Fortress 2 project. The registrable domain is over 5,400 days old, the saved security checks found no threat warnings and a valid encrypted connection, and the page's outbound links point to ordinary community and personal destinations rather than any commercial funnel. Nothing in the reviewed evidence shows a scam mechanism, so the score reflects a safe, low-risk profile page.
What the site actually is
The captured page text identifies the operator as the Technical Lead of Pre-Fortress 2 and a helper with various Source Mod and TF2 community activities. The page also displays the project name 'Pre-Fortress 2' as a heading or link. This is a creator profile hosted on the itch.io platform, not a standalone shop or service.
The page links out to a Steam community profile, a Bluesky handle, and a personal website. These are cross-site links with no commercial intent or explicit monetization attached, which is consistent with a hobbyist developer sharing their community presence.
Technical checks and operator risk
The saved security checks returned no threat warning from the browser threat feed and found a valid encrypted connection. The registrable domain is 5,475 days old, which is a long-standing registration consistent with an established platform presence rather than a throwaway domain.
No direct contact email was found on the captured page, but the page does provide a Steam profile, a Bluesky handle, and a personal website link, which are normal ways for a creator to be reachable. The absence of a direct email on the captured page is not evidence of deceptive intent.
Why the score is 88
The saved checks and analysis found no material threat. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 95
No detectionsSaved analysis from March 20, 2026 - stale
No detections across 64 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 31 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 95
All 95 engine results
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Unrated
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- benkow.cc - Clean
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Clean
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- Cluster25 - Unrated
- CMC Threat Intelligence - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Clean
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Clean
- 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
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- malwares.com URL checker - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- 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
- securolytics - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- Spam404 - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Unrated
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekergames
- Sophosgames
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
dani
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
dani
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
dani - itch.io
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
dani - itch.io
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 64 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
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 5,475 days old, indicating a long-standing registration.
- 02The browser threat feed returned no threat warning for this page.
- 03The saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
Web research findings
Independent findings for sour-dani.itch.io, 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 sour-dani.itch.io. 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.
- Domainsour-dani.itch.io
- Redirects tosour-dani.itch.io
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencesstatic.itch.io · googletagmanager.com
Domain Timeline
- Oct 27, 2011Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 15 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 24, 2026Saved security review — Rated Safe
This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.
sour-dani.itch.io 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.
- No direct contact email found on the captured page.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Certificate issued for itch.io.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
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://sour-dani.itch.io/
- 2200https://sour-dani.itch.io/
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
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 95 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Mar 20, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 24, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 24, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 24, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 24, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 95 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Mar 20, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 24, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 24, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 24, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 24, 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
A long-standing itch.io creator profile for a hobbyist game developer, with no detected threats or deceptive commercial mechanics.
This page is a personal creator profile on the itch.io platform for a developer who goes by 'dani' and describes themselves as the Technical Lead of the Pre-Fortress 2 project. The registrable domain is over 5,400 days old, the saved security checks found no threat warnings and a valid encrypted connection, and the page's outbound links point to ordinary community and personal destinations rather than any commercial funnel. Nothing in the reviewed evidence shows a scam mechanism, so the score reflects a safe, low-risk profile page.
09 · Community
Community
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