Is adcostrackr.com safe?

https://adcostrackr.com/

Moderate RiskStatus

Coveragestrong5 of 6 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

adcostrackr.com is described as an ad and click-tracking redirect domain that shows no content of its own

This domain does not appear to be a normal website. Visiting it directly returned a "Not Found" error, so its own pages, contact details and policies could not be reviewed. A German Android forum thread about annoying link redirects describes it as an advertising and click tracker. One antivirus engine out of 93 marked it suspicious. The browser threat feed gave no warning and the connection was properly encrypted. We rate it Moderate Risk: there is no evidence of malware or phishing, but it is tied to unwanted redirects and nothing about its operator could be checked.

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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

This domain does not appear to be a normal website. Visiting it directly returned a "Not Found" error, so its own pages, contact details and policies could not be reviewed. A German Android forum thread about annoying link redirects describes it as an advertising and click tracker. One antivirus engine out of 93 marked it suspicious. The browser threat feed gave no warning and the connection was properly encrypted. We rate it Moderate Risk: there is no evidence of malware or phishing, but it is tied to unwanted redirects and nothing about its operator could be checked.

What the evidence shows

A German Android forum thread about annoying link redirects identifies adcostrackr.com as an advertising and click-tracking address. It says such addresses often open on their own.

Only one of 93 antivirus engines flagged the address, rating it suspicious rather than malicious, so the engines do not agree. The browser threat feed returned no threat warning.

Technical risk versus operator risk

On the technical side, the connection uses valid encryption, and the domain has been registered for about 591 days. No malware delivery or credential form was observed.

On the operator side, the address returned an HTTP 404 page, so the site's own pages could not be reviewed. Who runs it, and where its tracked traffic ends up, remains unverified.

Why the score is 52

1 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious. 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

1/ 93

detections

Fresh result

1 engine flagged this URL

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

Malicious
0
Suspicious
1
Total
93
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
alphaMountain.aiSuspicioussuspicious
All 93 engine results
  • alphaMountain.ai - Suspicious
  • 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
  • Abusix - Clean
  • Acronis - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
  • AlienVault - Clean
  • 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
  • CRDF - Clean
  • Criminal IP - Unrated
  • 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 - Unrated
  • 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 - Unrated
  • LevelBlue - Clean
  • Lionic - Clean
  • Lumu - Unrated
  • Malwared - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - Clean
  • MalwareURL - Unrated
  • Mimecast - Unrated
  • Netcraft - Unrated
  • OpenPhish - Clean
  • Orcapot - Unrated
  • 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
  • Synthient - Unrated
  • ThreatHive - Clean
  • URLhaus - Clean
  • URLQuery - Unrated
  • Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
  • VIPRE - Unrated
  • ViriBack - Clean
  • VX Vault - Clean
  • Webroot - Clean
  • Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - Clean
  • ZeroFox - Unrated

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
adcostrackr.com
What our review noticed on this page
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

Not Found

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    Not Found

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

    No page claim could be verified for adcostrackr.com because no usable page content or saved capture was available.

  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

    1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.

  4. What remains unverified

    1 of the 6 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

Also observed: Aggressive Ads & Malvertising

Service and business model

Unknown

Advertising

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 01One public warning on a public forum: "Bei der Domain adcostrackr.com handelt es sich um einen Werbe- und Klick-Tracker. Solche URLs öffnen sich häufig über"
  2. 02One of 93 antivirus engines rated the URL suspicious; the other engines did not agree.
  3. 03The page returned a 404 error, so its own content could not be reviewed.

Web research findings

Independent findings for adcostrackr.com, 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
Not checked
This report did not include a company-registry lookup, so no registration result is claimed.
Clone check
Not checked
No site-clone comparison was run for this report, so no clean result is claimed.
Typosquat check
Not checked
No look-alike domain comparison was run for this report, so no clean result is claimed.
Web mentions
1 complaint or warning
Complaints and warnings (1)
Direct quotes from public complaints, negative reviews, warnings and security listings.
  • Android-Hilfe.de Forumopen

    "Bei der Domain adcostrackr.com handelt es sich um einen Werbe- und Klick-Tracker. Solche URLs öffnen sich häufig über"

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. Domainadcostrackr.com
  2. Redirects toadcostrackr.com
  3. Hosted byAmazon Data Services Ireland Limited

Domain Timeline

  1. Mar 13, 2025
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 1.6 years old when this review was saved.

  2. Oct 26, 2026
    Saved security review — Rated Moderate Risk

    The evidence in this saved scan is mixed or incomplete; the completed checks are detailed above.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age1.6 years old
RegistrarAmazon Registrar, Inc.
RegisteredMar 13, 2025
ExpiresMar 13, 2027
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerAmazon · Amazon RSA 2048 M01
ExpiresMar 7, 2027 (132d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingAmazon Data Services Ireland Limited
Server locationIE

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPAmazon Data Services Ireland Limited
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

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

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

Technical threat

suspicious

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

1 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious.

Operator / customer risk

suspicious

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

One public warning on a public forum: "Bei der Domain adcostrackr.com handelt es sich um einen Werbe- und Klick-Tracker. Solche URLs öffnen sich häufig über"

Source coverage and freshness

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

Antivirus
Result1 of 93 engines flagged
CompletionCompleted
FindingAdverse
Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 26, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 26, 2026
Page content
ResultPage content was not available for semantic review
CompletionUnavailable
FindingNo saved finding
FreshnessNot available
Visual evidence
ResultThe site blocked our capture or showed an error page; 1 visible observation saved
CompletionLimited
FindingNo saved finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 26, 2026
Independent research
Result1 independent finding was saved
CompletionCompleted
FindingAdverse
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 26, 2026

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Proceed with caution

The evidence is mixed or incomplete, so treat this site as unverified until you can confirm who runs it.

  1. Analyst recommendation

    There is no reason to visit this address directly. If it keeps opening on its own in your browser, close the tab and review your recent apps, browser extensions and notification permissions.

  2. Treat adcostrackr.com as unverified

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

  3. Verify the business through independent channels

    Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.

  4. Never use irreversible payment methods

    Crypto, gift cards, wire transfers, and cash apps offer zero buyer protection. Use a credit card or PayPal if you must pay.

  5. Share your experience

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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 adcostrackr.com a scam or is it safe?
There isn't enough evidence yet for us to give adcostrackr.com a confident verdict, so treat it with caution. The domain is 1.6 years old. Until it can be independently verified, don't enter passwords, card details, or send money, and confirm the company through channels you find yourself rather than links on the site.
Is adcostrackr.com safe to use?
adcostrackr.com has a Safety Score of 52/100 (Moderate Risk). Analysis coverage is strong at 77%. Do not trust blindly; analysis may be limited.
Has adcostrackr.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 1 of 93 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged adcostrackr.com as suspicious. A single "suspicious" vote is a weak signal on its own, so it is weighed alongside the other checks rather than treated as a confirmed threat.
Is adcostrackr.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — adcostrackr.com 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 adcostrackr.com domain?
adcostrackr.com is 1.6 years old, registered on March 13, 2025 through Amazon Registrar, Inc. A registration history of under two years is neither a strong positive nor a strong negative signal on its own.
Does adcostrackr.com have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — adcostrackr.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Amazon · Amazon RSA 2048 M01, valid for another 132 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 adcostrackr.com hosted?
adcostrackr.com resolves to an IP operated by Amazon Data Services Ireland Limited in IE (Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). 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 adcostrackr.com report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on October 26, 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 adcostrackr.com 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
52/100
Moderate Risk

adcostrackr.com is described as an ad and click-tracking redirect domain that shows no content of its own

Saved captureadcostrackr.comCapture-safe
The site blocked our capture or showed an error page. Opening this report does not revisit the site.
Conclusion

This domain does not appear to be a normal website. Visiting it directly returned a "Not Found" error, so its own pages, contact details and policies could not be reviewed. A German Android forum thread about annoying link redirects describes it as an advertising and click tracker. One antivirus engine out of 93 marked it suspicious. The browser threat feed gave no warning and the connection was properly encrypted. We rate it Moderate Risk: there is no evidence of malware or phishing, but it is tied to unwanted redirects and nothing about its operator could be checked.

Recommended actionThere is no reason to visit this address directly. If it keeps opening on its own in your browser, close the tab and review your recent apps, browser extensions and notification permissions.
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09 · Community

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