Is adx.ppcmate.com safe?
http://adx.ppcmate.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 91 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
High risk for publishers and partners due to multiple complaints of unpaid balances
PPCmate (3DMA Ltd.) operates an advertising platform at adx.ppcmate.com. While the site itself shows no malware or phishing detections and lists contact details, multiple independent complaints from partners and publishers allege that the company fails to pay outstanding balances and ignores payment-related communication.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 35/100
High Risk covers scores 21–44. 2 findings pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "After months of false payment promises and misleading communication, we have still not been paid."
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "I found bot traffic hence my ads…"
What pushed the score up
- SupportsNo malware or phishing detections; valid TLS encryption present
- SupportsDomain is over 12 years old
- SupportsOperator identifies as 3DMA Ltd. with on-domain contact details
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
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01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
PPCmate (3DMA Ltd.) operates an advertising platform at adx.ppcmate.com. While the site itself shows no malware or phishing detections and lists contact details, multiple independent complaints from partners and publishers allege that the company fails to pay outstanding balances and ignores payment-related communication.
Partner and publisher complaints
LinkedIn posts from advertising partners state that after months of false payment promises and misleading communication, outstanding balances remain unpaid.
A separate LinkedIn post warns others not to work with PPCmate, citing non-payment to partners.
An independent review platform's review mentions issues with bot traffic and unresponsive support.
Technical checks versus operator risk
Standard security scans show no malware or phishing detections, and the site uses valid TLS encryption.
The domain is over 12 years old and the operator discloses itself as 3DMA Ltd. with an on-domain contact email and phone number.
Clean technical results do not address the documented payment complaints from partners and publishers.
How the platform presents itself to visitors
The site promotes a self-serve advertising platform with prominent 'Get Started' and 'My Account' buttons that direct users toward account creation and campaign management.
Additional CTAs include 'See Pricing' and a contact form offering options for customer support, finance and billing, and media partnership inquiries.
Why the score is 35
2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "After months of false payment promises and misleading communication, we have still not been paid.". Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 91
No detectionsSaved analysis from April 15, 2026 - stale
No detections across 58 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 33 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 91
All 91 engine results
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Unrated
- 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
- Cluster25 - Unrated
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Clean
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- 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
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Unrated
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- 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
- Seclookup - Clean
- securolytics - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- 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
How security vendors categorise this site
- BitDefenderads
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekeradvertisements
- Sophosinformation technology
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
PPCmate X — B2B & B2C Advertising Platform
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
PPCmate X — B2B & B2C Advertising Platform
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
PPCmate X — B2B & B2C Advertising Platform
- Meta description
Performance-based, AI-powered advertising for B2B & B2C. Run pop, push, native, display, Google, Meta and Microsoft ads from one account.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/about/Read
- Terms/terms/Read
- Contact page/contact/Read
- Pricing/pricing/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
PPCmate X — B2B & B2C Advertising Platform
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 antivirus results.
What independent research found
3 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 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
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Saas
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 012 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "I found bot traffic hence my ads…"
- 022 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "After months of false payment promises and misleading communication, we have still not been paid."
Web research findings
Independent findings for adx.ppcmate.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.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
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.
- Domainadx.ppcmate.com
- Redirects toppcmate.com
- Hosted byHetzner Online GmbH
- Referencestecnologia.vamtam.com · googletagmanager.com
Domain Timeline
- Sep 14, 2014Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 12 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 15, 2026Saved security review — Rated High Risk
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
adx.ppcmate.com 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.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (support@ppcmate.com).
- Phone number listed (+1 256 500 7007).
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Certificate issued for ppcmate.com.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1302http://adx.ppcmate.com/
- 2200https://ppcmate.com/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "After months of false payment promises and misleading communication, we have still not been paid." · 2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "I found bot traffic hence my ads…"
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 91 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Apr 15, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 15, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 15, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 15, 2026 |
| Independent research | 3 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 15, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 91 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Apr 15, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 15, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 15, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 15, 2026
- Independent research
- Result3 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 15, 2026
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.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
High risk for publishers and partners due to multiple complaints of unpaid balances
PPCmate (3DMA Ltd.) operates an advertising platform at adx.ppcmate.com. While the site itself shows no malware or phishing detections and lists contact details, multiple independent complaints from partners and publishers allege that the company fails to pay outstanding balances and ignores payment-related communication.
09 · Community
Community
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