Is www.playground.ru safe?
https://www.playground.ru/
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How we checked
Coverage: complete · 6 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (59 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Long-established Russian gaming portal with minor antivirus flags and occasional downtime reports.
Playground.ru is a 24-year-old Russian gaming community site offering game mods, patches, news, and a Steam wallet top-up service. Two antivirus engines flag the domain while the majority do not; user reports mention intermittent access issues.
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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 72/100
Low Risk covers scores 70–84. 2 findings pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- StrongTwo engines (AutoShun, Chong Lua Dao) flag the domain as malicious.
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Сайт не работает. Скорее всего починки, как они говорят в телеге но, это было еще в Мае) Не грузит даже с впн"
What pushed the score up
- SupportsDomain registered October 2000, over 9,500 days old.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returns no threat warning.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection
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
Playground.ru is a 24-year-old Russian gaming community site offering game mods, patches, news, and a Steam wallet top-up service. Two antivirus engines flag the domain while the majority do not; user reports mention intermittent access issues.
Technical and reputation signals
The multi-engine malware scan reports two malicious detections out of 93 engines (AutoShun, Chong Lua Dao), while the browser threat feed returns no threat warning and the TLS connection is valid.
The domain was registered in October 2000 through RU-CENTER-RU and has been active for over 9,500 days.
User feedback and service notes
An independent site-rating service notes the site offers game downloads and recommends caution because similar services have been used fraudulently in the past, yet ultimately labels the site as legit.
A user complaint reports the site has been unreachable since May, with the operator citing ongoing repairs.
Why the score is 72
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
2/ 93
detectionsFresh result
2 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 2
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| AutoShunMalicious | malicious |
| Chong Lua DaoMalicious | malicious |
All 93 engine results
- AutoShun - Malicious
- Chong Lua Dao - Malicious
- 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
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- 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 - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- BitDefendergames
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekergames
- Googlegaming
- 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
ДРУЗЬЯ ПОПОЛНЯЮТ STEAM - БОНУСЫ ПОЛУЧАЕШЬ ТЫ
What the captured page showed
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ДРУЗЬЯ ПОПОЛНЯЮТ STEAM - БОНУСЫ ПОЛУЧАЕШЬ ТЫ
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
PlayGround.ru - Компьютерные игры, патчи, моды, прохождение игр, коды, читы, трейнеры, скачать игры
- Meta description
- The same text as the page title
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/about/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
PlayGround.ru - Компьютерные игры, патчи, моды, прохождение игр, коды, читы, трейнеры, скачать игры
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 59 antivirus results.
What independent research found
4 external findings were 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
- 01Domain registered October 2000, over 9,500 days old.
- 02Two engines (AutoShun, Chong Lua Dao) flag the domain as malicious.
- 032 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Сайт не работает. Скорее всего починки, как они говорят в телеге но, это было еще в Мае) Не грузит даже с впн"
Web research findings
Independent findings for www.playground.ru, 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.
- Scamadviseropen
"We detected that this website is offering games for download. The website may be completely legit but we recommend caution as fraudulent websites have offered game download services in the past."
- Detector404open
"Сайт не работает. Скорее всего починки, как они говорят в телеге но, это было еще в Мае) Не грузит даже с впн"
- Gridinsoftopen
"This domain was registered October 24, 2000 at 8:00 PM through the company RU-CENTER-RU and ownership information is not publicly available."
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.
- Domainwww.playground.ru
- Redirects towww.playground.ru
- Hosted byTESLATEL LLC
- Referencescounter.yadro.ru · mc.yandex.ru
Domain Timeline
- Oct 24, 2000Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 26 years old when this review was saved.
- Nov 1, 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.
www.playground.ru has operated for years and this review found no material threat — a long 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.
- Phone number listed (500 1970).
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for www.playground.ru.
Analytics and ads
- Yandex Metrica
- Google Ads
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- unpkg
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.
Two engines (AutoShun, Chong Lua Dao) flag the domain as malicious.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Сайт не работает. Скорее всего починки, как они говорят в телеге но, это было еще в Мае) Не грузит даже с впн"
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 2 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | Adverse | fresh · analysed Nov 1, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 1, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 1, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 1, 2026 |
| Independent research | 4 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Nov 1, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result2 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Nov 1, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 1, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 1, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 1, 2026
- Independent research
- Result4 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 1, 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.
Is www.playground.ru a scam or is it safe?
Is www.playground.ru safe to use?
Has www.playground.ru been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is www.playground.ru on any phishing or malware blacklists?
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Does www.playground.ru have a valid SSL certificate?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Long-established Russian gaming portal with minor antivirus flags and occasional downtime reports.
Playground.ru is a 24-year-old Russian gaming community site offering game mods, patches, news, and a Steam wallet top-up service. Two antivirus engines flag the domain while the majority do not; user reports mention intermittent access issues.
09 · Community
Community
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