Is 48.gigafile.nu safe?
http://48.gigafile.nu/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 92 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records · not available: did not fully complete
- web research: completed
GigaFile is a long-standing Japanese file-transfer utility with a disclosed corporate operator and a normal ad-supported model, not a scam.
48.gigafile.nu is a subdomain of GigaFile (ギガファイル便), a Japanese file-transfer service that lets visitors upload and share large files. The site identifies its operator as 株式会社ギガファイル (GigaFile Inc.) and links to its corporate profile, and it runs a conventional model: free use supported by advertising, with optional paid plans that remove ads. Technical checks found a valid encrypted connection and no threat warnings, and independent research confirms the corporate identity. The main caveats are minor: the captured page did not show a direct contact email, and the site relies on third-party ad and payment networks. Nothing in the evidence points to fraud, malware, or a deceptive funnel, so the score sits in the Safe band.
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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 88/100
Safe covers scores 85–100. No adverse finding was saved; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
No adverse finding was saved with this report.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe site names its operator as 株式会社ギガファイル (GigaFile Inc.), and independent research confirms the corporate identity.
- SupportsThe service uses a standard ad-supported free tier with optional paid ad-free plans, disclosed openly on the site.
- SupportsA valid TLS certificate and no the browser threat feed threat warning were observed.
Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
48.gigafile.nu is a subdomain of GigaFile (ギガファイル便), a Japanese file-transfer service that lets visitors upload and share large files. The site identifies its operator as 株式会社ギガファイル (GigaFile Inc.) and links to its corporate profile, and it runs a conventional model: free use supported by advertising, with optional paid plans that remove ads. Technical checks found a valid encrypted connection and no threat warnings, and independent research confirms the corporate identity. The main caveats are minor: the captured page did not show a direct contact email, and the site relies on third-party ad and payment networks. Nothing in the evidence points to fraud, malware, or a deceptive funnel, so the score sits in the Safe band.
A disclosed corporate file-transfer service
The site presents itself as GigaFile (ギガファイル便), a Japanese file-transfer utility. Its own pages name the operator as 株式会社ギガファイル (GigaFile Inc.), and independent research confirms that corporate identity with a registered office and a Tokyo presence. That is a meaningful transparency signal: the service is not hiding behind an anonymous front.
The site also publishes standard legal and informational pages, including terms of service, a privacy policy, news, a blog, and an app section. These are the ordinary trappings of an established utility rather than a disposable scam page.
Advertising and optional paid plans, disclosed openly
GigaFile monetises through advertising on the free tier and through optional paid plans that remove ads. The site states plainly that joining a paid plan lets users use the service without advertisements, and it names two ad-free plan options. This is a normal freemium arrangement, not a hidden subscription trap.
The site discloses its advertising and affiliate partners, including Google AdSense, Amazon Publisher Services, Amazon Associates, and several Japanese ad networks. Payment processing is handled through Stripe, whose privacy policy is linked. These are recognisable commercial relationships, and their presence is consistent with a legitimate ad-supported service.
Clean technical checks and no adverse operator evidence
The saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, and the browser threat feed returned no threat warning. These results mean no detections were found; they do not by themselves prove safety, but combined with the disclosed operator and normal commercial model they support a low-risk assessment.
One minor gap is that the captured page did not show a direct contact email. The site does link to its corporate profile and provides a contact route through that profile, so this is a small transparency shortfall rather than a red flag. No evidence of customer harm, deceptive mechanics, or unresolved risk was found.
Why the score is 88
The saved checks and analysis found no material threat. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 92
No detectionsSaved analysis from June 29, 2026 - stale
No detections across 58 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 34 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 92
All 92 engine results
- 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
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- Cluster25 - Unrated
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Clean
- 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
- 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
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Unrated
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- BitDefendernews
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerpersonal network storage and backup
- Googledownloads_and_sharing
- Sophospersonal network storage
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
プレミアムプランなら 転送相手も広告なし！
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
プレミアムプランなら 転送相手も広告なし！
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
無料大容量 ファイル転送サービス GigaFile(ギガファイル)便
- Meta description
無料大容量 ファイル転送サービス GigaFile（ギガファイル）便！「３日～１００日」選べる７種類のファイルの保持期限に加え、１ファイル300Gまでアップロード、共有可能！もちろん容量無制限でアンチウイルス装備。会員登録も不要です。
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- Privacy policy/privacy.phpRead
- Contact page/contact-us.phpRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
無料大容量 ファイル転送サービス GigaFile(ギガファイル)便
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 antivirus results.
What independent research found
2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
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
- 01A valid TLS certificate and no the browser threat feed threat warning were observed.
- 02The site names its operator as 株式会社ギガファイル (GigaFile Inc.), and independent research confirms the corporate identity.
- 03The service uses a standard ad-supported free tier with optional paid ad-free plans, disclosed openly on the site.
Web research findings
Independent findings for 48.gigafile.nu, 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.
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.
- Domain48.gigafile.nu
- Redirects togigafile.nu
- Hosted byGigaFile Inc.
- Referencesimp-adedge.i-mobile.co.jp · flux-cdn.com
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.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for *.gigafile.nu.
Analytics and ads
- Google AdSense
- Google Tag Manager
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.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://48.gigafile.nu/
- 2301https://48.gigafile.nu/
- 3200https://gigafile.nu/
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
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 92 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Jun 29, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 24, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 24, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 24, 2026 |
| Independent research | 2 independent findings were saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 24, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Jun 29, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 24, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 24, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 24, 2026
- Independent research
- Result2 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 24, 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.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
GigaFile is a long-standing Japanese file-transfer utility with a disclosed corporate operator and a normal ad-supported model, not a scam.
48.gigafile.nu is a subdomain of GigaFile (ギガファイル便), a Japanese file-transfer service that lets visitors upload and share large files. The site identifies its operator as 株式会社ギガファイル (GigaFile Inc.) and links to its corporate profile, and it runs a conventional model: free use supported by advertising, with optional paid plans that remove ads. Technical checks found a valid encrypted connection and no threat warnings, and independent research confirms the corporate identity. The main caveats are minor: the captured page did not show a direct contact email, and the site relies on third-party ad and payment networks. Nothing in the evidence points to fraud, malware, or a deceptive funnel, so the score sits in the Safe band.
09 · Community
Community
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