softonic.com
Mixed
Results vary across softonic.com: of 17 URLs tested, 12 are blocked, 1 is disrupted some of the time, 3 load normally and 1 has no conclusive recent result. The Great Firewall poisons its DNS, silently drops its packets so requests time out and breaks its TLS handshake. 985 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-03-06, the most recent on 2026-07-30.
The site itself
http://softonic.comas of 2025Intermittenthttps://softonic.comNot enough datahttp://www.softonic.comNot blockedhttps://www.softonic.comNot blockedPages and subdomains (13)
https://en.softonic.comas of 2026Blockedhttp://skype.en.softonic.comas of 2026Blockedhttp://ultrasurf.softonic.comNot blockedhttps://oovoo.en.softonic.comBlockedhttps://discord.en.softonic.comas of 2026Blockedhttps://hma-vpn.en.softonic.comas of 2026Blockedhttp://ultrasurf.en.softonic.comas of 2026Blockedhttps://en.softonic.com/downloadas of 2026Blockedhttps://tor-browser.en.softonic.comas of 2026Blockedhttp://hotspot-shield.en.softonic.com/downloadBlockedhttp://aptoide.en.softonic.com/android/downloadas of 2026Blockedhttps://en.softonic.com/download/skype/windows/post-download?sl=1Blockedhttp://features.en.softonic.com/softonic-browser-comparison-chrome-firefox-ie-operaas of 2026BlockedAbout softonic.com and the Great Firewall
Results vary across softonic.com: of 17 URLs tested, 12 are blocked, 1 is disrupted some of the time, 3 load normally and 1 has no conclusive recent result. The Great Firewall poisons its DNS, silently drops its packets so requests time out and breaks its TLS handshake. 985 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-03-06, the most recent on 2026-07-30.
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