Is wow.aethus.pl safe?
http://wow.aethus.pl/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (57 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading · limited: did not fully complete
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Fan-made browser game host with clean technical checks but unverified operator identity
wow.aethus.pl is the host of 'Azeroth Survivors', a free fan-made browser game, and independent guides identify it as the original home of the game. Technical checks are clean: no malicious or suspicious detections across 93 engines, no browser threat feed warning, and a valid encrypted connection. However, the site's own contact details were not visible to the page reader because the page is script-built, and the operator's identity is not disclosed. The registrable parent domain is only 83 days old. With no established reputation and no reviewed contact or About text, the site cannot be rated Safe or Low Risk, so it lands at Moderate Risk.
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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 78/100
Low Risk covers scores 70–84. No adverse finding was saved; 4 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
No adverse finding was saved with this report.
What pushed the score up
- Supports0 malicious and 0 suspicious detections across 93 engines.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning.
- SupportsIndependent guides identify wow.aethus.pl as the original host of the free fan-made game Azeroth Survivors.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
wow.aethus.pl is the host of 'Azeroth Survivors', a free fan-made browser game, and independent guides identify it as the original home of the game. Technical checks are clean: no malicious or suspicious detections across 93 engines, no browser threat feed warning, and a valid encrypted connection. However, the site's own contact details were not visible to the page reader because the page is script-built, and the operator's identity is not disclosed. The registrable parent domain is only 83 days old. With no established reputation and no reviewed contact or About text, the site cannot be rated Safe or Low Risk, so it lands at Moderate Risk.
A free fan game, not a commercial storefront
Independent guides describe Azeroth Survivors as a free fan-made game and point to wow.aethus.pl as the original browser game host. The site's purpose is to let visitors play the game in a browser or download it for Windows, and it also links to a Discord server. There is no checkout, no subscription, no affiliate funnel, and no cross-domain commercial order path in the evidence.
The page builds its content with scripts, so its own contact details were not visible to the page reader and were not reviewed. That means the operator's identity, business registration, and contact information remain unverified. This is a transparency gap, not proof of wrongdoing.
Clean technical checks, but no established reputation
The saved antivirus analysis found 0 malicious and 0 suspicious detections across 93 engines, the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. These are genuine positive signals, but they only mean no detections were recorded at scan time; they do not establish that the operator is trustworthy or that the game download is safe.
The registrable parent domain aethus.pl is 83 days old. That is the age of the parent domain, not necessarily the subdomain host, and domain age alone is not evidence of a scam. Combined with the unreviewed contact details and the absence of any established reputation, it means the site has not yet built a track record that would justify a Safe or Low Risk rating.
Why the score is 78
The saved checks found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier. 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 57 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 36 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 - Unrated
- 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 - Unrated
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekernewly registered websites
- Googlegaming
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
WebGPU found no usable graphics card. On a laptop with two GPUs, set the browser to the dedicated one: Windows Settings > System > Display > Graphics > Chrome (or Edge) > High performance, then restart the browser. Otherwise turn on "Use graphics acceleration when available" (chrome://settings/system or edge://settings/system) and update the graphics driver. chrome://gpu shows why WebGPU is disabled. Or play it without a browser: download the game for Windows.
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
WebGPU found no usable graphics card. On a laptop with two GPUs, set the browser to the dedicated one: Windows Settings > System > Display > Graphics > Chrome (or Edge) > High performance, then restart the browser. Otherwise turn on "Use graphics acceleration when available" (chrome://settings/system or edge://settings/system) and update the graphics driver. chrome://gpu shows why WebGPU is disabled. Or play it without a browser: download the game for Windows.
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
Azeroth Survivors
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Azeroth Survivors
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 57 antivirus results.
What independent research found
2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
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
Gaming
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The registrable parent domain aethus.pl is 83 days old; this does not show how long the subdomain itself has existed.
- 02The page builds its content with scripts, so its own contact details were not visible to the page reader and were not reviewed.
- 03The browser threat feed returned no threat warning.
Web research findings
Independent findings for wow.aethus.pl, 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.
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.
- Domainwow.aethus.pl
- Redirects towow.aethus.pl
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencesdiscord.gg · static.cloudflareinsights.com
Domain Timeline
- Aug 6, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 83 days old when this review was saved.
- Oct 28, 2026Saved security review — Rated Low Risk
This saved scan found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
A certificate issued weeks or days before the scan on a domain registered recently is common on short-lived sites, though new legitimate sites look the same.
Certificate issued for aethus.pl.
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
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
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://wow.aethus.pl/
- 2200https://wow.aethus.pl/
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 contentpartial
- 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 93 engines flagged | Completed | No adverse finding | fresh · analysed Oct 27, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 28, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Oct 28, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 28, 2026 |
| Independent research | 2 independent findings were saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 28, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 27, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 28, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 28, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 28, 2026
- Independent research
- Result2 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 28, 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
Fan-made browser game host with clean technical checks but unverified operator identity
wow.aethus.pl is the host of 'Azeroth Survivors', a free fan-made browser game, and independent guides identify it as the original home of the game. Technical checks are clean: no malicious or suspicious detections across 93 engines, no browser threat feed warning, and a valid encrypted connection. However, the site's own contact details were not visible to the page reader because the page is script-built, and the operator's identity is not disclosed. The registrable parent domain is only 83 days old. With no established reputation and no reviewed contact or About text, the site cannot be rated Safe or Low Risk, so it lands at Moderate Risk.
09 · Community
Community
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