No threats detected
All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.
Is 4kdownload.com legit or a scam?
Legitimate 15-year-old media software site with thousands of positive reviews and clean security scans.
Analysis Summary
MT Intelligence
The site presents itself as the official homepage for 4K Video Downloader and related tools, with clear product descriptions and download buttons. The domain was registered in 2011 and belongs to an active Armenian company with a listed physical address. Our antivirus network returned zero detections and the hosting IP shows no abuse history. Independent review sites show a 4.5-star rating from over 12,000 users, and multiple Reddit threads confirm the software works as advertised. One sandbox report flagged an executable for suspicious behavior, but this is outweighed by the long domain history and volume of positive feedback.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for 4kdownload.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain 4kdownload.com registered April 1, 2011; expires April 1, 2027.
- Company operates as Sigma Soft LLC with office at Arshakunyats 5, Yerevan, Armenia.
- Trustpilot: 4.5/5 stars from over 12,000 reviews.
- Multiple Reddit threads (r/software, r/4kdownloadapps) discuss the software, with users reporting it as safe and functional.
- Official site states 62M+ satisfied users and 12+ years on market; emphasizes free core functionality.
- Site and company pages warn about numerous fake/clone download sites using similar names.
- Some automated sandbox scans (any.run) flag executable downloads from the domain as 'malicious activity' due to behavior.
- any.runopen
"Verdict: Malicious activity. ... Drops the executable file immediately after the start 4kyoutubetomp3_5.0.0_x64_online.exe"
Sigma Soft LLC, Arshakunyats 5, Yerevan 0023. Also lists Santa Barbara, US contact address on Trustpilot.
Our research found one sandbox report noting malicious behavior from an executable download. independent review aggregator lists a 4.5 rating from more than 12,000 reviews, and Reddit threads in r/software describe the program as safe. The company Sigma Soft LLC is registered in Armenia with an active status. The site itself warns visitors about numerous fake clone sites using similar names.
Scam Network Intelligence
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Contact Verification
We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
- Phone number listed (94688-37).
- Links to 15 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://4kdownload.com/
- 2308https://www.4kdownload.com/cross-domain
- 3200https://www.4kdownload.com/-54cross-domain
Server Reputation
Still, stay alert
No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.
- Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on 4kdownload.com and not a lookalike like 4-kdownload.com.com or an IDN homoglyph.
- Use a password manager
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Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.
- Our automated security review found no threat indicators on 4kdownload.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
- 4kdownload.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 83/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
- Yes. 4kdownload.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Amazon · Amazon RSA 2048 M04, expiring in 183 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- 4kdownload.com is 15.2 years old, registered on 4/1/2011 through Infomaniak Network SA. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report 4kdownload.com as clean.
- No. 4kdownload.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- 4kdownload.com resolves to an IP operated by Amazon Technologies Inc. in US (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
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