Warning signs detected
Legitimate Moloco ad-tech infrastructure, but subdomains flagged for intrusive ads and unwanted browser redirects. Several risk indicators suggest caution. This site might be legitimate — but treat it as unverified until you can independently confirm.
Is adsmoloco.com legit or a scam?
Legitimate Moloco ad-tech infrastructure, but subdomains flagged for intrusive ads and unwanted browser redirects.
These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.
Analysis Summary
MT Intelligence
Moloco Inc. is a real, well-funded ad-tech company headquartered in Redwood City, California, and adsmoloco.com serves as their official programmatic advertising and tracking domain. The root domain itself is 12.6 years old and shows no malware detections across our antivirus network. However, multiple subdomains under adsmoloco.com—particularly tr-asia.adsmoloco.com and tr-us.adsmoloco.com—are extensively documented in user complaints, ad-blocker blocklists, and malware-removal forums as sources of intrusive popups, unwanted notifications, forced app redirects, and NSFW content. These subdomains appear to be used for aggressive ad delivery or potentially compromised ad-serving infrastructure. While the company itself is legitimate, the pattern of abuse complaints tied to specific subdomains suggests either poor ad-quality control, compromised infrastructure, or deliberate use of aggressive ad-serving tactics. The hosting IP carries a moderate abuse score (39/100) with 33 reported abuse incidents, consistent with high-volume ad-serving infrastructure that attracts complaints.
Website Preview
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Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for adsmoloco.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- adsmoloco.com is directly associated with Moloco, a legitimate AI-powered mobile advertising and programmatic ad tech company (Netify.ai domain profile).
- Moloco Inc. is based in Redwood City, California; operates moloco.com promoting app growth via 3M+ independent apps and 2B+ DAU.
- Subdomains (tr-asia.adsmoloco.com, tr-us.adsmoloco.com, noti-*.adsmoloco.com, cdn-f.adsmoloco.com) are widely flagged in user complaints, ad blockers (uBlockOrigin), and malware removal tools as sources of intrusive popups, notification spa
- Specific complaints include ads forcing open digital wallets, black screens in Pi-hole blocked ads, repeated unwanted mobile ads despite Google settings, and NSFW popups.
- Moloco has publicly warned about unrelated scam sites impersonating them (e.g. moloco-revue.com) but does not list adsmoloco.com as fraudulent.
- Scamadviser rates some subdomains as low-trust or likely safe depending on the specific hostname; no direct scam reports for the root adsmoloco.com.
- Domain age of ~4608 days (~12.6 years) aligns with a long-established ad infrastructure rather than a new scam operation.
- Facebook Groupopen
"The malicious behavior is originating from the domain F.adsmoloco This specific ad provider is triggering unauthorized attempts to access my financial apps."
- Enigma Softwareopen
"Tr-asia.adsmoloco.com is classified as Adware."
- Gridinsoftopen
"Our review of Tr-asia.adsmoloco.com found intrusive ads, abusive notifications, and a 43/100 trust score."
- MalwareTipsopen
"Tr-asia.adsmoloco.com is a site that redirects the browser to ads for unwanted browser extensions, surveys, adult sites, online web games, fake software."
Moloco Inc., headquartered in Redwood City, CA (601 Marshall St). Legitimate ad tech company with website moloco.com, LinkedIn presence, Google Cloud case study, and funding history.
Our research found four scam reports and user complaints tied to subdomains of adsmoloco.com. A Facebook group post describes unauthorized financial-app access attempts originating from F.adsmoloco. Enigma Software and Gridinsoft classify tr-asia.adsmoloco.com as adware with a 43/100 trust score. Our own records document tr-asia.adsmoloco.com as a site that redirects browsers to ads for unwanted browser extensions, surveys, adult sites, and fake software. Multiple user complaints describe intrusive popups, forced wallet-app opens, NSFW content, and repeated mobile ads despite user settings. However, the root domain adsmoloco.com itself is confirmed as legitimate infrastructure operated by Moloco Inc., a real ad-tech company based in Redwood City, California. Moloco has publicly warned about unrelated scam sites impersonating them but does not list adsmoloco.com as fraudulent. The pattern suggests compromised or poorly-controlled ad-serving subdomains rather than a scam operation at the root level.
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 (2023-2024).
- Links to 4 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1302http://adsmoloco.com/
- 2301https://www.molocoads.com/cross-domain
- 3200https://www.moloco.com/unlock-untapped-growth?utm_source=sponsorship&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=molocoadscross-domain
Server Reputation
Proceed with caution
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Treat adsmoloco.com as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- 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.
- 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.
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Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Referenced Domains
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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 marked adsmoloco.com as suspicious. Several warning signs were detected; it may still turn out legitimate, but you should verify it through independent channels before trusting it with money or credentials.
- adsmoloco.com currently scores 54/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend caution. Verify the site through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- Yes. adsmoloco.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR2, expiring in 84 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- adsmoloco.com is 12.6 years old, registered on 10/25/2013 through Squarespace Domains II LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- No. All 91 antivirus engines in our malware network report adsmoloco.com as clean.
- No. adsmoloco.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- adsmoloco.com resolves to an IP operated by Squarespace, Inc. in US (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.
- We cache results for 24 hours. Signed-in MalwareTips members can trigger a manual rescan at any time using the "Rescan" button on the report page, which re-runs every check from scratch and refreshes this page.
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