Is 9animetv.to safe?

https://9animetv.to/

High RiskStatus

Coveragestrong2 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Piracy streaming site with ad-driven risks and prior antivirus flags

9animetv.to is an unlicensed anime streaming portal that serves high volumes of traffic through advertising. The site is currently unreachable due to server errors, has a history of antivirus detections, and promotes an Android app download that could expose visitors to unwanted software.

Avoid visiting or downloading from this domain. Use licensed streaming services instead to reduce exposure to aggressive advertising and potential malware.
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Calibrated safety spectrum

Where this site sits

  1. Dangerous1–20
  2. High Risk21–44
  3. Moderate Risk45–69
  4. Low Risk70–84
  5. Safe85–100

The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.

01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

9animetv.to is an unlicensed anime streaming portal that serves high volumes of traffic through advertising. The site is currently unreachable due to server errors, has a history of antivirus detections, and promotes an Android app download that could expose visitors to unwanted software.

Current status and detection history

The site returns an HTTP 522 error with a 27-second response time, indicating the server is unreachable.

Two antivirus engines previously flagged the domain as suspicious, consistent with ad-heavy streaming platforms.

Traffic volume and app download offer

The domain received over 29 million visits in a single month, showing it remains a popular destination despite access issues.

The site promotes an Android application download, a common vector for ad-supported or potentially unwanted software in piracy ecosystems.

Why the score is 35

HTTP 522 error prevents access to the site. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Collected signals and independent provider data for this URL.

Antivirus Engines

2/ 92

detections

Saved result - stale

2 engines flagged this URL

Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.

Malicious
0
Suspicious
2
Total
92
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
alphaMountain.aiSuspicioussuspicious
GridinsoftSuspicioussuspicious
All 92 engine results
  • alphaMountain.ai - suspicious - Suspicious
  • Gridinsoft - suspicious - Suspicious
  • 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
  • Abusix - clean - Clean
  • Acronis - clean - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
  • Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
  • ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • AutoShun - unrated - Clean
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
  • BitDefender - clean - Clean
  • Bkav - unrated - Clean
  • BlockList - clean - Clean
  • Blueliv - clean - Clean
  • Certego - clean - Clean
  • ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
  • Chong Lua Dao - clean - Clean
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
  • CRDF - clean - Clean
  • Criminal IP - unrated - Clean
  • CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
  • CTX AI - clean - Clean
  • Cyan - unrated - Clean
  • Cyble - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - clean - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
  • DNS8 - unrated - Clean
  • Dr.Web - clean - Clean
  • EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
  • Emsisoft - clean - Clean
  • Ermes - unrated - Clean
  • ESET - clean - Clean
  • ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - clean - Clean
  • Fortinet - clean - Clean
  • Fortra - unrated - Clean
  • G-Data - clean - Clean
  • GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
  • GreenSnow - clean - Clean
  • GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
  • Guardpot - unrated - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - unrated - Clean
  • Kaspersky - clean - Clean
  • LevelBlue - clean - Clean
  • Lionic - clean - Clean
  • Lumu - unrated - Clean
  • Malwared - clean - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
  • MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
  • Mimecast - unrated - Clean
  • Netcraft - unrated - Clean
  • OpenPhish - clean - Clean
  • PhishFort - unrated - Clean
  • Phishing Database - clean - Clean
  • Phishtank - clean - Clean
  • PREBYTES - clean - Clean
  • PrecisionSec - unrated - Clean
  • Quick Heal - clean - Clean
  • Quttera - clean - Clean
  • Rising - clean - Clean
  • SafeToOpen - unrated - Clean
  • Sangfor - clean - Clean
  • Sansec eComscan - unrated - Clean
  • Scantitan - clean - Clean
  • SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
  • Seclookup - clean - Clean
  • Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
  • SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
  • Sophos - clean - Clean
  • StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
  • ThreatHive - clean - Clean
  • URLhaus - clean - Clean
  • URLQuery - clean - Clean
  • Viettel Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
  • VIPRE - unrated - Clean
  • ViriBack - clean - Clean
  • VX Vault - clean - Clean
  • Webroot - clean - Clean
  • Xcitium Verdict Cloud - clean - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
  • ZeroFox - unrated - Clean

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.

What we observed

CAPTURED PAGE
9animetv.to
What our review noticed on this page
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

Connection timed out

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    Connection timed out

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.
  1. What the site claims

    Independent evidence classifies the site as streaming piracy, but the page's own claim could not be captured.

  2. What we observed

    The page itself could not be fully inspected, so the report relies on the other saved checks.

  3. What independent research found

    2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.

  4. What remains unverified

    2 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

Aggressive Ads & Malvertising

Service and business model

Streaming Piracy

Advertising

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 012 antivirus results marked the URL as suspicious. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
  2. 02HTTP 522 error prevents access to the site.
  3. 03Domain receives tens of millions of visits monthly despite being unlicensed.

Web research findings

Independent findings for 9animetv.to, 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.

Business registration
No public record found
Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.
Clone check
No clone detected
The completed research found no supported clone indicator.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The completed research found no supported look-alike match.
Web mentions
1 scam report
Scam reports (1)
Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.
  • Bitverzoopen

    "The website returned an HTTP 522 status code with a server response time of 27011ms."

Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
ListedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

04 · Domain & Infrastructure

Domain & infrastructure

Timeline · identity · encryption · redirects · hosting

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.

  1. Domain9animetv.to
  2. Redirects to9animetv.to
  3. Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.

Domain Timeline

  1. Jan 12, 2023
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 3.6 years old today.

  2. Aug 24, 2026
    Saved security review — Flagged as suspicious

    The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.

9animetv.to is an established domain now carrying threat signals. An older domain that starts tripping security checks is a classic pattern for an asset that was sold, repurposed, or compromised — the age alone is not reassurance.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age4 years old
RegistrarGovernment of Kingdom of Tonga
RegisteredJan 12, 2023
ExpiresJan 12, 2027
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1
ExpiresNov 1, 2026 (69d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingCloudflare, Inc.
Server locationUS
PopularityNot in popularity top list

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPCloudflare, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
  1. Antiviruspartial
  2. Browser threat feedcomplete
  3. Page contentpartial
  4. Analysiscomplete
  5. Visual evidencecomplete
Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

Technical threat

unknown

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

Additional evidence review

Operator / customer risk

suspicious

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

Additional evidence review · Additional evidence review

Source coverage and freshness

Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.

Antivirus
Result2 of 92 engines flagged
CompletionLimited
FindingAdverse
Freshnessstale fallback · Aug 24, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Page content
ResultPage content was not available for semantic review
CompletionLimited
FindingNo saved finding
FreshnessNot available
Visual evidence
Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Independent research
Result2 independent findings were saved
CompletionCompleted
FindingAdverse
FreshnessNot available

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Aggressive ads and redirects

Observed behavior includes unrelated pop-ups or redirects, notification prompts, or deceptive download controls. These are the primary risk unless the evidence separately proves a more serious mechanism.

  1. Treat 9animetv.to as unverified

    Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.

  2. Close unexpected tabs and deny notification requests

    Do not follow an unrelated landing page, click "Allow notifications", or install a player, codec, browser extension, or update offered through an advert.

  3. If you clicked "Allow", turn the notifications back off

    Open your browser's Site Settings → Notifications, find the site, and set it to Block (or remove it). That stops the spam pop-ups it now pushes to your desktop.

  4. Remove anything installed through an advert

    Uninstall any browser extension, player, codec, or app added because of a pop-up, then run a reputable adware and malware scan. Do not call support numbers shown by unrelated landing pages.

    Open

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.

Is 9animetv.to a scam or a legit site?
9animetv.to exposes visitors to aggressive advertising or malvertising behavior such as unrelated pop-ups, forced redirects, notification prompts, or deceptive download controls. 2 of 92 security engines flag it. The external destination is a separate actor unless same-site evidence proves otherwise. Close unexpected tabs, deny notification requests, and do not install software offered through an advert.
Is 9animetv.to safe to use?
9animetv.to has a Safety Score of 35/100 (High Risk). Analysis coverage is strong at 81%. Avoid login, payment and downloads.
What is the risk from the ads and redirects on 9animetv.to?
9animetv.to can expose visitors to unrelated pop-ups, forced redirects, notification prompts, or deceptive download controls. Simply seeing an advert is not the same as an infection, but following the landing, allowing notifications, or installing an offered player, codec, extension, or update creates real risk. Close unexpected tabs, block notification permission, and scan anything you downloaded before opening it.
Why does 9animetv.to open unrelated pages or pop-ups?
The saved browser evidence shows an aggressive advertising or affiliate path. A play, convert, continue, or download control may open a separate destination, and that landing can request notifications or offer unwanted software. This is malvertising exposure; it does not mean every message on the external page was written by 9animetv.to.
How do I stop the pop-ups or notifications from 9animetv.to?
If you're getting pop-ups even after closing the page, you probably clicked "Allow" on a notification prompt — the spam now comes from your browser, not the site. Open your browser settings → Site Settings → Notifications, find 9animetv.to (and anything else you don't recognise), and set it to Block or remove it. Then uninstall any extension, "player", or app you added because of the page, and run a reputable free adware/malware cleaner (e.g. Malwarebytes) to clear leftover PUPs.
Has 9animetv.to been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 2 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged 9animetv.to as suspicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
Is 9animetv.to on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — 9animetv.to is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
How old is the 9animetv.to domain?
9animetv.to is 3.6 years old, registered on January 12, 2023 through Government of Kingdom of Tonga. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
Does 9animetv.to have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — 9animetv.to presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, valid for another 69 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
Where is 9animetv.to hosted?
9animetv.to resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
How often is the 9animetv.to report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on August 24, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about 9animetv.to has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.

08 · Final Verdict

Final verdict

The saved conclusion, decisive evidence, and practical action in one final view.
Verdict score
35/100
High Risk

Piracy streaming site with ad-driven risks and prior antivirus flags

Saved capture9animetv.toCapture-safe
Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.
Conclusion

9animetv.to is an unlicensed anime streaming portal that serves high volumes of traffic through advertising. The site is currently unreachable due to server errors, has a history of antivirus detections, and promotes an Android app download that could expose visitors to unwanted software.

Recommended actionAvoid visiting or downloading from this domain. Use licensed streaming services instead to reduce exposure to aggressive advertising and potential malware.
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09 · Community

Community

First-hand experiences add human context after the scanner has reached its conclusion.