starivy.cn
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Description of starivy.cn
Starivy (常春星藤, starivy.cn) is a Chinese-language personal project website that presents itself as a free series of software synthesizers ("合成器") along with a companion worldview/lore site, character profiles, developer notes, and a set of online tools (calendar, cards, drawing, notes, password generator, wiki). According to the site's own description, it is operated by a high-school student developer as a non-commercial hobby project, with software built on the iplug2 plugin framework.
The site's content includes anime-style artwork, an "about the author" section, and links to the developer's presence on other Chinese platforms (Bilibili, NetEase Music, "爱发电" crowdfunding). The domain is registered through a mainland Chinese registrar and hosted in Beijing, consistent with the site's stated origin and audience.
Based on the domain name, page content, and metadata, this appears to be a small-scale personal/hobbyist project site rather than a commercial enterprise, e-commerce store, or high-traffic destination, which is reflected in its lack of a Tranco ranking and very recent registration date.
Safety Assessment for starivy.cn
At the time of this scan, malware scanners reported 0 out of 91 security engines flagging starivy.cn, and a dedicated malware scan of 46 files on the site found no flagged content. All checked blacklist and threat-database providers, including phishing, malware-distribution, and general web-reputation lists, returned clean results, and DNSBL checks across five lists also showed no listings.
External links (74 checked) and referenced domains (9 checked) associated with the site were like also not flagged, and no iframes were detected on the page. The domain is very new - approximately 45 days old at the time of this scan - which is a factor that generally increases uncertainty around a site's long-term reputation, since newly registered domains have less scan history and track record than established ones, even when current results appear clean.
Based on available scan data, no significant threats were detected at the time of this scan. However, given the domain's very recent registration, visitors may wish to treat the site with routine caution typical of newly established, small-scale websites, independent of any current clean scan results.
Technical Description
The site uses a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by Let's Encrypt, expiring in December 2026, which provides encrypted transport but does not itself indicate content trustworthiness. The domain is unsigned for DNSSEC, meaning DNS responses are not cryptographically authenticated, a common configuration for smaller sites that does not by itself indicate a problem.
The site is hosted in Beijing, China, on infrastructure attributed to a Chinese hosting provider, with nameservers pointing to xincache.com and a web server identified as "xinnet." The domain was registered through a mainland Chinese registrar approximately 45 days before this scan, and no expiration date was available in the record reviewed.
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