Is anime.to safe?
http://anime.to/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 93 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
anime.to is an old domain currently showing only a German 'under construction' placeholder page
The site at anime.to serves a generic German placeholder reading 'Hier entsteht eine neue Webseite' (a new website is being created here), with no shop, login, download or commercial content visible. The domain is long-standing at 6861 days old and the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, but the connection was served over plain HTTP and the saved TLS check did not validate, and no contact email was found on the captured page. With no active commercial mechanism and no adverse reputation evidence, this is a low-risk placeholder rather than a scam, though the lack of any operator disclosure and the unencrypted connection keep it out of the Safe band.
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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 72/100
Low Risk covers scores 70–84. 2 findings pulled the score down; 2 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- MinorThe connection was served over plain HTTP and the saved TLS check did not validate.
- MinorNo direct contact email was found on the captured page and no operator is disclosed.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 6861 days old.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the domain.
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.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
The site at anime.to serves a generic German placeholder reading 'Hier entsteht eine neue Webseite' (a new website is being created here), with no shop, login, download or commercial content visible. The domain is long-standing at 6861 days old and the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, but the connection was served over plain HTTP and the saved TLS check did not validate, and no contact email was found on the captured page. With no active commercial mechanism and no adverse reputation evidence, this is a low-risk placeholder rather than a scam, though the lack of any operator disclosure and the unencrypted connection keep it out of the Safe band.
A placeholder page, not an active service
The only content captured from anime.to is the German line 'Hier entsteht eine neue Webseite', a standard 'under construction' notice. The screenshot review confirms the same text alongside the domain name. There is no storefront, checkout, sign-in form, download link or gambling interface on the page, so there is no commercial funnel for a visitor to enter.
No direct contact email was found on the captured page, and no operator, company or registration details are disclosed. That is consistent with an undeveloped or parked domain rather than an active business.
Clean threat checks, but an unencrypted connection
The browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the domain, and the registrable domain is 6861 days old, indicating a long-held registration rather than a freshly created throwaway. Neither fact proves the operator is trustworthy, but neither supports a scam finding either.
The saved TLS check did not validate the connection and the scanned address was served over plain HTTP. On a placeholder page with no form this exposes nothing sensitive today, but it means any future login or checkout on this host would travel unencrypted until a valid certificate is configured.
Why the score is 72
The saved checks found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 93
No detectionsSaved analysis from October 21, 2026 - stale
No detections across 58 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 35 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
All 93 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
- 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 - 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
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- 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
How security vendors categorise this site
- BitDefendermisc
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekergames
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
Hier entsteht eine neue Webseite
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Hier entsteht eine neue Webseite
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
Hier entsteht eine neue Webseite.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Hier entsteht eine neue Webseite.
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
1 of the 6 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
Web research findings
Independent findings for anime.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.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for anime.to. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
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.
- Domainanime.to
- Redirects toanime.to
- Hosted bynetcup GmbH
Domain Timeline
- Jan 14, 2008Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 18 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 28, 2026Saved security review — Rated Low Risk
This saved scan found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier.
anime.to has operated for years and this review found no material threat — a long track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- No direct contact email found on the captured page.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for Plesk.
A shared content-delivery network address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
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.
Server Reputation
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.
The connection was served over plain HTTP and the saved TLS check did not validate.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
No direct contact email was found on the captured page and no operator is disclosed.
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 93 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Oct 21, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 28, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 28, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 28, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 28, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 21, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 28, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 28, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 28, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 28, 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.
Is anime.to a scam or is it safe?
Is anime.to safe to use?
Has anime.to been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is anime.to on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the anime.to domain?
Does anime.to have a valid SSL certificate?
Where is anime.to hosted?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
anime.to is an old domain currently showing only a German 'under construction' placeholder page
The site at anime.to serves a generic German placeholder reading 'Hier entsteht eine neue Webseite' (a new website is being created here), with no shop, login, download or commercial content visible. The domain is long-standing at 6861 days old and the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, but the connection was served over plain HTTP and the saved TLS check did not validate, and no contact email was found on the captured page. With no active commercial mechanism and no adverse reputation evidence, this is a low-risk placeholder rather than a scam, though the lack of any operator disclosure and the unencrypted connection keep it out of the Safe band.
09 · Community
Community
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