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Is drive[.]google[.]com safe?

A shared service: individual files on it were reported

Anyone can upload files to this service, and some of those files were reported as malware. The service itself is not malicious. Be careful with links to files on it that arrive from people you do not know.

Malware reports

Reported URLs on this host
114
Still online at last check
2
First report in the list
Sep 9, 2026, 08:29 UTC
Latest report
Oct 9, 2026, 06:14 UTC
Tags
GuLoader (111), rat (105), RemcosRAT (105), Encoded (61), ascii (60), encrypted (42), encrypyted (1)

Examples, written so they cannot be clicked:

  • hxxps://drive[.]google[.]com/uc?export=download&id=1L_cku7GNkFeUfFiU2VEsvHDZJbSvzJMxonline · reported Oct 9, 2026
  • hxxps://drive[.]google[.]com/uc?export=download&id=14oEkhhftO_xx6X0Db-qpZwUl_arXfhIOonline · reported Oct 9, 2026
  • hxxps://drive[.]google[.]com/uc?export=download&id=19_FEhbNNHWCmu2_17hOWW-AoeR7HL1CBoffline · reported Oct 5, 2026
  • hxxps://drive[.]google[.]com/uc?export=download&id=182IdAap9K1RjdxYMxmNcc4Ku5X8olNRPoffline · reported Oct 5, 2026
  • hxxps://drive[.]google[.]com/uc?export=download&id=1jXrdMfxhmKBcp62-YNEfaeBIgdmWw-xroffline · reported Oct 1, 2026
  • hxxps://drive[.]google[.]com/uc?export=download&id=1qjzMdGn-w0YYAgdJ6zcD7jCzqDtaokB3offline · reported Oct 1, 2026
  • hxxps://drive[.]google[.]com/uc?export=download&id=1ckCcpcK-lCAKi1lGZ0tnj5yynsi6uBlaoffline · reported Oct 1, 2026
  • hxxps://drive[.]google[.]com/uc?export=download&id=1csBpqeLvVXlby1H-hXTi8JliwAFl12rvoffline · reported Sep 30, 2026
  • hxxps://drive[.]google[.]com/uc?export=download&id=10AWwKSrnQMACC4ncSlYE5JpO3IBcKB9joffline · reported Sep 30, 2026
  • hxxps://drive[.]google[.]com/uc?export=download&id=1FfYa-23u8RfO81ZUHkJwiPC6K33bi0RRoffline · reported Sep 30, 2026
  • hxxps://drive[.]google[.]com/uc?export=download&id=1ysFwuUCWQeuX4JyKgdd-KOuVz8Q1YKvIoffline · reported Sep 30, 2026
  • hxxps://drive[.]google[.]com/uc?export=download&id=1F2NH4aHFJUI5ElrjOsLTslAl-qcHabnCoffline · reported Sep 30, 2026

Source: abuse.ch URLhaussource updated Oct 9, 2026, 06:40 UTCcovers roughly the last 30 days of reports

Domain age

Registered
September 15, 1997
Age
29 years
Registrar
MarkMonitor Inc.

An older domain. Age alone does not make a site trustworthy, because old sites get hacked too, but it rules out the throwaway domains most scams use.

Source: public registration data (RDAP) for google[.]comchecked Oct 2, 2026

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