Is animekey.tv safe?

http://animekey.tv/

Low Risk

Analysis coverage: strong · 3 of 5 core capabilities

Verdict

Animekey.tv hosts a legitimate anime streaming service with no observed harmful behavior

The site animekey.tv is the web presence for AnimeKey, a Saudi-based SVOD platform offering licensed anime content with Arabic and English subtitles targeted at the MENA region. It redirects to a home page, shows a standard navigation menu, login, and premium upgrade button, and triggers an App Store popup on interaction. No credential collection, deceptive downloads, or malicious redirects were observed. the browser threat feed, the browser scan, and TLS checks returned clean results. The domain is over five years old and hosted on Amazon infrastructure with zero abuse reports.

The site shows no signs of malicious activity. Users can safely browse the homepage and consider the official mobile apps for viewing. Standard precautions such as using strong passwords and reviewing subscription terms apply as with any streaming service.
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01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

The site animekey.tv is the web presence for AnimeKey, a Saudi-based SVOD platform offering licensed anime content with Arabic and English subtitles targeted at the MENA region. It redirects to a home page, shows a standard navigation menu, login, and premium upgrade button, and triggers an App Store popup on interaction. No credential collection, deceptive downloads, or malicious redirects were observed. the browser threat feed, the browser scan, and TLS checks returned clean results. The domain is over five years old and hosted on Amazon infrastructure with zero abuse reports.

What the site appears to do

The captured page is the homepage of AnimeKey, a subscription video-on-demand service focused exclusively on anime. It displays navigation links for Home, Movies, Series, My List, and a prominent Go Premium button. The page includes a language selector and login option. The screenshot shows a 404-style error message with an anime character holding a prohibition sign, indicating the requested content was not found on this visit.

The service promotes an official mobile app available on the Apple App Store and Google Play. The page footer links to account creation and app download sections. External sources describe AnimeKey as the first legal Saudi anime streaming platform operating in the Middle East and North Africa, with professional subtitling in Arabic and English.

Strongest evidence and limitations

Multiple independent checks support safety: the browser threat feed issued no threat warning, the browser scan completed with a zero malicious score, the TLS certificate is valid and properly issued by Amazon, and the hosting IP shows zero abuse reports. The domain was registered in September 2020 and remains active with no reported incidents.

The page content itself contains no forms collecting credentials, no download prompts, and no aggressive advertising or redirects beyond the expected App Store popup triggered by user interaction. No regulatory warnings or material complaints tied to this specific domain were identified in available sources.

Limitations include partial the multi-engine malware scan coverage and the absence of direct contact details on the captured page. The 404-style error shown in the screenshot means the exact content flow could not be fully observed during this scan.

Practical user impact

Users visiting animekey.tv encounter a standard streaming service landing page that encourages account creation or app download. The service operates on a subscription model with a premium upgrade option. No evidence of hidden fees, blocked withdrawals, or deceptive practices was present in the saved page or security signals.

The site appears intended for legitimate anime viewing in the MENA region. Visitors should use the official app links and review the privacy policy linked from the App Store listing before subscribing.

Why the score is 82

A primary play, convert, continue, or download control opened an unrelated external destination. 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

0/ 94

No detections

Saved result - stale

No detections across 94 engines

No antivirus engine in this saved scan raised an adverse result. This is one signal, not a guarantee.

Malicious
0
Suspicious
0
Total
94
All 94 engine results
  • 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
  • Abusix - clean - Clean
  • Acronis - clean - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • alphaMountain.ai - unrated - Clean
  • AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
  • Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
  • ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • AutoShun - unrated - Clean
  • benkow.cc - clean - Clean
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
  • BitDefender - clean - Clean
  • Bkav - unrated - Clean
  • BlockList - clean - Clean
  • Blueliv - clean - Clean
  • Certego - clean - Clean
  • ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
  • Chong Lua Dao - clean - Clean
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
  • CMC Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
  • CRDF - clean - Clean
  • Criminal IP - clean - Clean
  • CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
  • Cyan - unrated - Clean
  • Cyble - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - clean - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
  • DNS8 - clean - Clean
  • Dr.Web - clean - Clean
  • EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
  • Emsisoft - clean - Clean
  • Ermes - unrated - Clean
  • ESET - clean - Clean
  • ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - unrated - Clean
  • Fortinet - clean - Clean
  • Fortra - unrated - Clean
  • G-Data - clean - Clean
  • GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
  • GreenSnow - clean - Clean
  • GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
  • Gridinsoft - unrated - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • Kaspersky - clean - Clean
  • Lionic - clean - Clean
  • Lumu - unrated - Clean
  • Malwared - clean - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
  • malwares.com URL checker - clean - Clean
  • MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
  • Mimecast - unrated - Clean
  • Netcraft - unrated - Clean
  • OpenPhish - clean - Clean
  • PhishFort - unrated - Clean
  • Phishing Database - clean - Clean
  • Phishtank - clean - Clean
  • PREBYTES - clean - Clean
  • PrecisionSec - unrated - Clean
  • Quick Heal - clean - Clean
  • Quttera - clean - Clean
  • Rising - clean - Clean
  • SafeToOpen - unrated - Clean
  • Sangfor - clean - Clean
  • Sansec eComscan - unrated - Clean
  • Scantitan - clean - Clean
  • SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
  • Seclookup - clean - Clean
  • securolytics - clean - Clean
  • Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
  • SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
  • Sophos - clean - Clean
  • Spam404 - clean - Clean
  • StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
  • ThreatHive - clean - Clean
  • Trustwave - clean - Clean
  • URLhaus - clean - Clean
  • URLQuery - unrated - Clean
  • Viettel Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
  • VIPRE - unrated - Clean
  • ViriBack - clean - Clean
  • VX Vault - clean - Clean
  • Webroot - clean - Clean
  • Xcitium Verdict Cloud - clean - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
  • ZeroFox - unrated - Clean

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.

Sandbox Render
Page rendered in a safe sandbox
Requests made6
Unique IPs0
Countries3
Detected brandsNone

What this means: we opened the page inside a locked-down browser and watched what it tried to load. This is context for the checks above — not a verdict on its own.

What we observed

CAPTURED PAGE
animekey.tv
What our review noticed on this page
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

Black background with green-accent navigation bar containing Home, Movies, Series, My List, Go Premium button, search icon, language selector, and Login button. Centered anime-style character with green hair holding a red prohibition sign. Large white text below reads 'We are sorry, we can not find the content'. Footer with AnimeKey logo, links for About Us, Create Account, and app download promotion. App Store popup for Animekey app triggered on interaction.

Context only

What the captured page showed

2 observations
  1. 01

    Black background with green-accent navigation bar containing Home, Movies, Series, My List, Go Premium button, search icon, language selector, and Login button. Centered anime-style character with green hair holding a red prohibition sign. Large white text below reads 'We are sorry, we can not find the content'. Footer with AnimeKey logo, links for About Us, Create Account, and app download promotion.

  2. 02

    App Store popup for Animekey app triggered on interaction.

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

    Animekey - Watch Anime and Movies Online

  2. What we observed

    Saved browser evidence recorded popups.

  3. What independent research found

    3 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.

  4. What remains unverified

    2 of the five 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

Content

Subscription

Observed behavior

Popups

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 01the browser threat feed returned no threat warning
  2. 02the browser scan completed without an adverse result

Web research findings

Independent findings for animekey.tv, 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
No public record found
Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.
Clone check
No clone detected
The completed research found no supported clone indicator.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The completed research found no supported look-alike match.
Web mentions
3 positive
Positive reviews (3)
Public quotes that support the operator's credibility.
  • JETRO DNA Newsletteropen

    "AnimeKey is the first legal Saudi SVOD platform exclusive for anime content operating in the Middle East and North Africa."

  • ScamAdviseropen

    "In summary, we think animekey.tv is legit and safe for consumers to access."

  • Google Playopen

    "Animekey is an Anime streaming service that allows users to view anime shows and movies on an internet-connected device without advertisements."

Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not 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. Domainanimekey.tv
  2. Redirects toanimekey.tv
  3. Hosted byAmazon.com, Inc.

Domain Timeline

  1. Sep 27, 2020
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 5.8 years old today.

  2. Aug 3, 2026
    Saved security review — Reviewed — inconclusive

    The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.

animekey.tv has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable 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.

What We Found
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No direct contact email found on the captured page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age6 years old
RegistrarGandi SAS
RegisteredSep 27, 2020
ExpiresSep 27, 2031
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerAmazon · Amazon RSA 2048 M01
ExpiresNov 28, 2026 (117d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingAmazon.com, Inc.
Server locationUS

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://animekey.tv/
  • 2200https://animekey.tv/

Server Reputation

Hosting
CountryUnited States
NetworkAMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US
IP address65.8.131.126
Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPAmazon.com, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

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

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

Technical threat

suspicious

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

Additional evidence review

Operator / customer risk

unknown

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Source coverage and freshness

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

Antivirus
Result0 of 94 engines flagged
CompletionLimited
FindingNo saved finding
Freshnessstale fallback · Aug 3, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Page content
ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
CompletionLimited
FindingNo saved finding
FreshnessNot available
Visual evidence
Result2 visible observations saved with the page capture
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Independent research
Result3 independent findings were saved
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Verify before you trust

We couldn't gather enough signal for a confident verdict — tread carefully.

  1. Find the company through independent channels

    Search for the business on LinkedIn, an official registry (Companies House, OpenCorporates, SEC EDGAR), or via the brand's known social channels. If you can't trace a real entity, that itself is a red flag.

  2. Never pay by crypto, gift card, or bank transfer

    If the site forces an irreversible payment method, stop. Cards and PayPal give you chargeback protection — irreversible methods don't.

  3. Ask the forum

    Post the URL in the MalwareTips Scam Reports forum — experienced members often recognise patterns immediately.

    Open

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 animekey.tv a scam or is it safe?
animekey.tv has a Safety Score of 82/100 (Low Risk). The saved checks found no material threat, but the report did not meet every requirement for the highest Safe tier. Use normal caution and independently verify the operator before irreversible payments or unusually sensitive actions.
Is animekey.tv safe to use?
animekey.tv has a Safety Score of 82/100 (Low Risk). Analysis coverage is strong at 85%. Normal caution; verify sensitive actions.
Has animekey.tv been flagged by antivirus engines?
No — all 94 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report animekey.tv as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
Is animekey.tv on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — animekey.tv 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 animekey.tv domain?
animekey.tv is 5.9 years old, registered on September 27, 2020 through Gandi SAS. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
Does animekey.tv have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — animekey.tv presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Amazon · Amazon RSA 2048 M01, valid for another 117 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 animekey.tv hosted?
animekey.tv resolves to an IP operated by Amazon.com, Inc. in US (Content Delivery Network). 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 animekey.tv report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on August 3, 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 animekey.tv 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
82/100
Low Risk

Animekey.tv hosts a legitimate anime streaming service with no observed harmful behavior

Saved captureanimekey.tvCapture-safe
Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.
Conclusion

The site animekey.tv is the web presence for AnimeKey, a Saudi-based SVOD platform offering licensed anime content with Arabic and English subtitles targeted at the MENA region. It redirects to a home page, shows a standard navigation menu, login, and premium upgrade button, and triggers an App Store popup on interaction. No credential collection, deceptive downloads, or malicious redirects were observed. the browser threat feed, the browser scan, and TLS checks returned clean results. The domain is over five years old and hosted on Amazon infrastructure with zero abuse reports.

Recommended actionThe site shows no signs of malicious activity. Users can safely browse the homepage and consider the official mobile apps for viewing. Standard precautions such as using strong passwords and reviewing subscription terms apply as with any streaming service.
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09 · Community

Community

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