ImgBurn

ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application.

Record

Latest version: 2.5.8.0
Release date: 16 Jun 2013
Official page: https://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download
Package identifier: LIGHTNINGUK.ImgBurn

Official downloads

These URLs are the ones LIGHTNING UK! declares in its own manifest. We do not proxy or shorten them, and we do not host a copy.

32-bit

nullsoftmachine scopedownload.imgburn.com · publisher domain

File name: SetupImgBurn_2.5.8.0.exe

https://download.imgburn.com/SetupImgBurn_2.5.8.0.exe

SHA-256: 49aa06eaffe431f05687109fee25f66781abbe1108f3f8ca78c79bdec8753420

Verify the file you downloaded

Run this against the file on disk. If the output does not match the hash below, the file is not what LIGHTNING UK! published. Delete it.

Windows · PowerShell

Get-FileHash "SetupImgBurn_2.5.8.0.exe" -Algorithm SHA256

macOS · Linux

shasum -a 256 "SetupImgBurn_2.5.8.0.exe"

Expected output

49aa06eaffe431f05687109fee25f66781abbe1108f3f8ca78c79bdec8753420

Got a different hash, or one you cannot place? Paste it into the hash checker and it will tell you which program and version it belongs to, past releases included.

How we scored this 85 out of 100

Signal	Finding	Points
SHA-256 hash published	1 of 1 installers ship a SHA-256 hashWithout a published hash there is no way to prove the file you downloaded is the file the publisher built.	30 / 30
Binary provenance	1 on the publisher's own domainThe strongest signal against a repackaged installer: the file should come from the publisher, not from a mirror nobody vouches for.	35 / 35
Served over HTTPS	1 of 1 over HTTPSAn installer fetched over plain HTTP can be modified in transit.	15 / 15
Release recency	last release about 160 months agoSoftware that has not shipped in years accumulates unpatched vulnerabilities.	0 / 15
Licence declared	FreewareA declared licence tells you what you are actually allowed to do with the software.	5 / 5

Opens 21 file types

Extensions ImgBurn registers itself to handle.

Is ImgBurn safe to download?

Yes, in the sense we can actually verify: the installer downloads from imgburn.com, which is a domain we have tied to LIGHTNING UK!.

The installer on this page comes with the SHA-256 LIGHTNING UK! declared, so you do not have to take our word for it: hash the file you downloaded and compare.

What this does not tell you is whether the software itself is any good, or whether you want what it does once installed. A publisher can ship something you would rather not run and the download is still authentic. We answer the question we can measure and leave the other one to you.

If Windows says “Windows protected your PC” when you run it, that is SmartScreen reporting reputation, not a malware verdict — it shows up on perfectly legitimate software from small publishers and on releases that are simply new. The reverse matters more: no warning does not mean the file was checked.

How the 85/100 score is calculated · why the source matters more than the reputation

Install ImgBurn with winget

Windows ships with a package manager, and this program is in it. The identifier below is the one Microsoft's repository uses, which is also where the download URL and hash on this page come from.

Install

winget install --id LIGHTNINGUK.ImgBurn --exact

Upgrade later

winget upgrade --id LIGHTNINGUK.ImgBurn

Why --exact: without it winget matches on name as well as identifier, and a search that returns more than one package makes it stop and ask rather than install. Pinning the identifier is what makes the command safe to put in a script.

Not installing anything, or getting an error back? The commands that actually come up covers upgrading everything at once, what --include-unknown is for, and why winget can be missing from a machine that should have it.

Every version on record1

Every ImgBurn version with a published manifest, newest first. The most recent ones are listed above with their file names and hashes.

2.5.8.0

Similar programs we index

Matched on the categories LIGHTNING UK! and others declare in their own manifests, so the grouping is theirs rather than ours. Each one has its official URL and hash on the same terms as this page.

More programs we index

Not related to ImgBurn — just other entries, each with its own official URL and published hash.