Is winlator.org safe?
https://winlator.org/
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How we checked
Coverage: complete · 4 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Winlator.org appears to be a legitimate project page, with one misleadingly flagged external download transition
The site presents Winlator, an Android application for running Windows programs with Wine and Box86/Box64, and its Download control leads to the project's GitHub releases area. That destination was flagged as an unrelated external navigation, but the captured identity evidence ties Winlator to the same GitHub project, making this look like a mislabeled handoff rather than disruptive advertising. No threat warnings or malicious detections were found.
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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. 1 finding pulled the score down; 2 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- StrongA primary play, convert, continue, or download control opened an unrelated external destination.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsResearch identifies the linked Winlator repository as an Android application built around Wine and Box86/Box64, matching components named on the site.
- SupportsThe site had no browsing threat warning, used a valid encrypted connection, and recorded zero malicious or suspicious detections across 93 engines.
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
The site presents Winlator, an Android application for running Windows programs with Wine and Box86/Box64, and its Download control leads to the project's GitHub releases area. That destination was flagged as an unrelated external navigation, but the captured identity evidence ties Winlator to the same GitHub project, making this look like a mislabeled handoff rather than disruptive advertising. No threat warnings or malicious detections were found.
Project identity and external links are consistent
Independent research identifies brunodev85/winlator as an Android application for running Windows applications with Wine and Box86/Box64. The captured page also names Wine and Box86/Box64, supporting a consistent project identity.
The page references related technical projects and resources, including Mesa, DXVK, Wine VKD3D, D8VK and cnc-ddraw repositories.
Technical checks are clean, although contact transparency is limited
The saved checks found a valid encrypted connection, no browsing threat warning, and zero malicious or suspicious detections across 93 security engines. These results reduce evidence of an active technical threat, though they cannot guarantee every downloadable file is safe.
No direct contact email was found on the captured page, so visitors may need to rely on the linked project channels for support or verification.
The Download button moves visitors to GitHub
Selecting Download takes the visitor away from winlator.org to the brunodev85/winlator releases page on GitHub, where the project downloads are hosted.
Although the navigation was automatically characterized as an unrelated destination, the research evidence identifies that same GitHub repository as Winlator's project page.
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/ 93
No detectionsFresh result
No detections across 58 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 35 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 - Clean
- 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 - Unrated
- 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 - Unrated
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiInformation Technology
- BitDefendercomputersandsoftware
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerinformation technology
- Googletechnology
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
The website features a clean, simple layout with a navigation bar (Home, Download, Donate, About) and a prominent 'DOWNLOAD' button.
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
The website features a clean, simple layout with a navigation bar (Home, Download, Donate, About) and a prominent 'DOWNLOAD' button.
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
Winlator - Android app
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Winlator - Android app
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 antivirus results.
What independent research found
1 external finding was 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
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01Research identifies the linked Winlator repository as an Android application built around Wine and Box86/Box64, matching components named on the site.
- 02The main Download control opens an external GitHub releases destination associated with the researched Winlator project.
- 03A primary play, convert, continue, or download control opened an unrelated external destination.
Web research findings
Independent findings for winlator.org, 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.
- brunodev85/winlatoropen
"Android application for running Windows applications with Wine and Box86/Box64"
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.
- Domainwinlator.org
- Redirects towinlator.org
- Hosted byDigitalOcean, LLC
- Referencesgithub.com · winehq.org
Domain Timeline
- Aug 11, 2023Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 3 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 14, 2026Saved security review — Rated Safe
This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.
winlator.org 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.
- Links to 8 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for winlator.org.
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.
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
- Antiviruscomplete
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
A primary play, convert, continue, or download control opened an unrelated external destination.
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 14, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 14, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 14, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 14, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 14, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 14, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 14, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 14, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 14, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 14, 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
Winlator.org appears to be a legitimate project page, with one misleadingly flagged external download transition
The site presents Winlator, an Android application for running Windows programs with Wine and Box86/Box64, and its Download control leads to the project's GitHub releases area. That destination was flagged as an unrelated external navigation, but the captured identity evidence ties Winlator to the same GitHub project, making this look like a mislabeled handoff rather than disruptive advertising. No threat warnings or malicious detections were found.
09 · Community
Community
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