Our automated security review found no threat indicators on adfox.ru. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Is adfox.ru safe to use?

adfox.ru passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 95/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does adfox.ru have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. adfox.ru presents a valid TLSv1.2 certificate issued by GlobalSign nv-sa · GlobalSign RSA OV SSL CA 2018, expiring in 94 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

Has adfox.ru been flagged by antivirus engines?

No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report adfox.ru as clean.

Is adfox.ru on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. adfox.ru is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is adfox.ru hosted?

adfox.ru resolves to an IP operated by Yandex enterprise network in RU (usage type: Content Delivery Network). 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.

Is adfox.ru a well-known website?

Yes. adfox.ru sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.

How often is the adfox.ru report updated?

This is a permanent record of the scan run on July 10, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around adfox.ru have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

Security Review

Is adfox.ru legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 95/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

Official Yandex ad server platform with a 19-year-old domain and clean security scans.

Why we trust it

Domain registered in 2005 with verified registry status and active through 2026.Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines and clean browser blocklist status.Hosting IP shows zero abuse reports and zero abuse score.

adfox.ruScanned 1h ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Score breakdown

Heuristics 100·MT 92

See the live page ↓

Positive signals (4)

Antivirus clearNot on major blacklistsEncrypted connectionClean server reputation

View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/92

All engines report clean

Domain Age

—

Registration date unknown

Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 95% confidence

Website Preview

LIVE RENDER

adfox.ru

1Professional high-quality design and layout

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →

Visual analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

/ 100

Low visual risk

Visual red flags detected in the screenshot

The website appears to be a legitimate, professionally designed landing page for Adfox, a Yandex-affiliated advertising platform, with no visual indicators of a scam.

Visual risk5/100

What our vision model saw

5 signals

Professional high-quality design and layout

Consistent branding for Adfox throughout the page

Standard cookie consent banner referencing Yandex

Functional navigation menu and registration buttons

No visible urgency tactics or fake trust badges

Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

Analysis

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust92/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

The domain adfox.ru was registered on 2005-09-07 and remains active with verified status through Russian registry records. Our antivirus network returned zero detections across 92 engines. The page displays a standard Yandex SmartCaptcha challenge with consistent branding and no urgency tactics or fake trust signals. Business records confirm Adfox was founded in 2005 and acquired by Yandex around 2014-2015. Web research found no scam reports, complaints, or negative mentions on review sites or forums. The hosting IP carries a zero abuse score and the SSL certificate is valid from GlobalSign.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The page shows a Yandex SmartCaptcha verification screen titled "Are you not a robot?" with standard anti-automation messaging. No login forms, countdown timers, or data collection fields appear. The design includes consistent Adfox branding, a cookie consent banner referencing Yandex, and functional navigation elements. External resources load from yandex.com, yandex.cloud, and mc.yandex.ru domains.

Infrastructure

The site resolves to IP 213.180.193.191 with an abuse score of 0/100 and zero abuse reports. SSL is issued by GlobalSign RSA OV SSL CA 2018 and remains valid for 94 days. Two redirect hops occur without crossing domains or using homoglyphs. The page loads JavaScript bundles from Yandex infrastructure.

Domain History

The domain adfox.ru was registered on 2005-09-07 with an expiration date of 2026-09-07. Registry status shows REGISTERED, DELEGATED, and VERIFIED. Adfox was founded in 2005 and acquired by Yandex around 2014-2015 for approximately $11.3 million. The platform now operates as adfox.yandex.ru within the Yandex Advertising Network.

Web Reputation

No scam reports, complaints, or negative reviews appear in search results across major review platforms or forums. Industry coverage on Russian tech sites describes Adfox as a legitimate ad management tool for publishers. Historical mentions relate to ad network abuse patterns rather than domain compromise. Traffic ranking sits around 159k in the US.

What this means for you

This is the legitimate advertising platform operated by Yandex. The long domain history, clean security scans, and absence of complaints all align with an established business service rather than a fraudulent operation.

Positive Signals

Domain registered in 2005 with verified registry status and active through 2026.
Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines and clean browser blocklist status.
Hosting IP shows zero abuse reports and zero abuse score.
Business records confirm acquisition by Yandex and integration into their advertising network.
No scam reports or complaints found across web sources and review platforms.

AI Recommendation

This is a legitimate Yandex advertising platform. No special precautions are needed if you are a publisher or advertiser working with Yandex services.

Next-gen fraud intelligence

Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for adfox.ru, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration

Active · Russia

Site traces back to an actively registered business.

Clone check

Not a clone

No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.

Typosquat check

No look-alike match

The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.

Web mentions

No scam reports found

No complaints, no negative coverage turned up in our sweep.

Key findings

7 headline facts from open-web research

Domain adfox.ru registered 2005-09-07 (expiration 2026-09-07), status REGISTERED, DELEGATED, VERIFIED via tcinet.ru WHOIS
Adfox is Yandex's ad management platform (ad server) for publishers: manages ad impressions, statistics, targeting, header bidding, direct sales; integrates with Yandex Advertising Network (RSYA)
Acquired by Yandex around 2014-2015 for ~$11.3M; now operates as adfox.yandex.ru / adfox.yandex.com with unified interface
No scam reports, Trustpilot/ScamAdviser listings, or user complaints found on major review sites or Reddit; searches for 'scam', 'fraud', 'complaint' yield zero relevant results
Historical mentions in malware contexts (e.g., old 2012 botnet using AdFox banners for delivery; adblocker extensions blocking/injecting ads.adfox.ru) but these are ad network abuse, not domain compromise
Official site promotes monetization for websites, apps, video, Telegram channels; pricing for direct campaigns only (e.g., CPM tiers); anti-fraud and viewability features per IMS standards
Traffic ranking ~159k US; positive industry coverage on Habr, VC.ru, TexTerra as legitimate Yandex tool for Russian programmatic advertising

Business registration

Status: active · Russia

Domain adfox.ru created 2005-09-07, registered/delegated/verified; associated with Yandex (acquired ~2014-2015); company ADFOX founded 2005, later integrated into Yandex Advertising Network

Research summary

Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

Our research found no scam reports, complaints, or negative mentions for adfox.ru across review sites, forums, or news sources. The domain was registered in 2005 and business records confirm its association with Yandex after a 2014-2015 acquisition. Industry coverage describes it as a legitimate ad management platform for Russian publishers. Historical references to malware relate to ad network abuse patterns, not domain compromise.

Threat Detection

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified

Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious61Harmless92Engines

Clean

Kaspersky

Clean

Bitdefender

Clean

Microsoft

Not in pass

ESET-NOD32

Not in pass

Avira

Not in pass

Sophos

Clean

Fortinet

Clean

Google Safebrowsing

Clean

Emsisoft

Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check

Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

Not listedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

Technical Details

domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referenced

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.

What We Found

No clear contact details on the page

Emails on site's domainNone

Phone numbers1783670959

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles0

Signal Summary

Several contact red flags

No contact email found anywhere on the page.
No postal address visible on the page.

Phone number listed (1783670959).

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.2

IssuerGlobalSign nv-sa · GlobalSign RSA OV SSL CA 2018

ExpiresOct 12, 2026 (94d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingYandex enterprise network

Server locationRU

PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://adfox.ru/
2302https://adfox.ru/
3200https://adfox.ru/showcaptcha?cc=1&form-fb-hint=2.103&mt=131EF99523C028AF800DC37E42A88249CD8DDF591304DB3359FA6B39ED8ED662D578E682CEAD5B3D909CEB0B481FA0F0B9DBFFB1FFA010386FC8A426B3E0BED1E66B2CEC8B13EF8AAA56D6B4D51A46363C1819EC06B119206E1DDF7945B8296BB36C004377361B280AA5D3AE1ABE04D2F50317F71602F1633B49B866DCD626C62FE7BACA5BCFC05D766539B43444BE6397039400EBCCB84DA7D153F7AD2152F394DB079ADA59CECF243F3687DA2DD76E2A889FD6B7175AAD92040641DF4A571E57E454B91835899C3FFB4A62CD6E6DA27FE10AA9D637D607D9D14F97B0E671050E3696F18A162B3A061FA0B720AE03B1FBA4&retpath=aHR0cHM6Ly9hZGZveC5ydS8%2C_1233577555432daa2a1ab720ae037699&t=2%252F1783670958%252F406c1c3204e5cb9b6134e2431657e92c&u=9019667351998356903&s=bdc6927c8a9c0e669a74d8d32af94373

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPYandex enterprise network

Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

yandex.com yandex.cloud mc.yandex.ru adfstat.yandex.ru

What to do

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 adfox.ru and not a lookalike like a-dfox.ru.com or an IDN homoglyph.
Use a password manager
Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.
Discuss this site on the forum
If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.
Open

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·adfox.ru

SAFE

Adfox.ru is the official domain for Yandex's advertising management platform. The domain was registered in 2005 and shows no scam reports or malicious detections.

This is a legitimate Yandex advertising platform. No special precautions are needed if you are a publisher or advertiser working with Yandex services.

AV engines

Domain age

—

Flagged

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Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on adfox.ru. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
adfox.ru passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 95/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
Yes. adfox.ru presents a valid TLSv1.2 certificate issued by GlobalSign nv-sa · GlobalSign RSA OV SSL CA 2018, expiring in 94 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report adfox.ru as clean.
No. adfox.ru is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
adfox.ru resolves to an IP operated by Yandex enterprise network in RU (usage type: Content Delivery Network). 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.
Yes. adfox.ru sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.
This is a permanent record of the scan run on July 10, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around adfox.ru have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

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