Brand impersonation — not the real site
Clone of malware-prone AniWave streaming site; Forcepoint and Gridinsoft flag phishing and suspicious activity; user complaints cite malware redirects. This page is styled as a brand but is not the brand's real site. Go to the official site directly, and treat any download, login, or payment request here as unsafe.
Is aniwaves.ru legit or a scam?
Clone of malware-prone AniWave streaming site; Forcepoint and Gridinsoft flag phishing and suspicious activity; user complaints cite malware 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
Aniwaves.ru is a confirmed clone of aniwave.to, a free anime-streaming platform with a documented history of malware redirects and scam-site links. Forcepoint ThreatSeeker flags the domain as phishing, and Gridinsoft assigns a 23/100 trust score with explicit warnings against entering personal or payment data. The original AniWave site has multiple independent review aggregator complaints describing redirects to malware and spam sites. Although the domain is registered in Russia and carries a valid SSL certificate, the combination of phishing detection, clone status, and user reports of malware redirects creates a high-risk profile. Conflicting positive reviews from one aggregator do not outweigh the antivirus detection and documented malware-redirect complaints from the parent site.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for aniwaves.ru, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain registered October 20, 2024 (approx. 20 months old as of June 2026), through Russian registrar OPENPROV-RU/REGRU-RU; WHOIS owner listed as private person and hidden.
- Gridinsoft assigns 23/100 trust score, flags as Suspicious Website with 2 blacklist detections (including malware/phishing) and security provider warnings; explicitly advises against use and blocks the site.
- Scamadviser rates it Very Likely Safe with valid SSL and DNSFilter approval, stating it is legit and safe for consumers.
- The site is a free anime streaming platform (sub/dub, no signup claimed) that appears to be a clone/mirror of the original AniWave.to / 9anime, which has widespread user complaints of malware redirects, NSFW ads, and popups on Trustpilot an
- Reddit threads in r/AnimeKAI and r/PiratingWebsites reference aniwaves.ru as a working alternative during outages of primary AniWave sites, with mixed safety discussions.
- Original AniWave (aniwave.to) has documented history of intrusive ads, redirects to scam/malware sites, and antivirus detections; similar risks reported for clone domains.
- No major business registration details beyond Russian domain registrar; no evidence of legitimate company; operates in illegal anime streaming space per Wikipedia entry on AniWave.
- Gridinsoftopen
"aniwaves.ru should not be treated as a safe website. Gridinsoft gives it a 23/100 trust score, and multiple security vendors blacklist the domain. Avoid entering passwords, personal details, or payment data."
- Gridinsoftopen
"Suspicious Website This site is classified as Suspicious Website based on multiple risk signals, including 2 blacklist detections and no established public user-review history."
- Trustpilot (aniwave.to)open
"Overrun with malware redirects. Clicking anywhere on the site repeatedly kicks to spam, scam, and malware sites."
- Trustpilot (aniwave.to)open
"You redirect towards malware."
- Scamadviseropen
"In summary, we think aniwaves.ru is legit and safe for consumers to access."
- Scamadviseropen
"Very Likely Safe. Positive Highlights: We found a valid SSL certificate. DNSFilter labels this site as safe."
- Reddit (r/AnimeKAI)open
"Use aniwaves.ru if anyone wanna cope until they fix it."
Registered October 20, 2024 via OPENPROV-RU (or REGRU-RU for similar .ru); private person, WHOIS hidden; status REGISTERED DELEGATED UNVERIFIED; affiliated with Russian Federation per Gridinsoft.
Page title, description, and branding closely match the original AniWave (formerly 9anime.to); multiple similar domains (aniwave.ru, aniwave.se, etc.) exist as mirrors or clones in the anime piracy ecosystem; Reddit users reference it as a temporary alternative to main AniWave sites.
Our research found 4 scam reports and complaints. Gridinsoft explicitly flags aniwaves.ru as a suspicious website with a 23/100 trust score, citing 2 blacklist detections and advising against use. The original AniWave site (aniwave.to) has documented independent review aggregator complaints describing malware redirects, spam-site links, and intrusive ads. Reddit users in r/AnimeKAI and r/PiratingWebsites reference aniwaves.ru as a working mirror during outages, with mixed safety discussions. One aggregator rates the site as safe, but this assessment conflicts with the phishing detection from Forcepoint and the documented malware-redirect complaints on the parent domain.
Scam Network Intelligence
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 phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://aniwaves.ru/
- 2200https://aniwaves.ru/
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
2 scam-type patterns detected
0 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
- AI analyst tagged this as malware / drive-by / cracked app.
0 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
- AI analyst tagged this as malware / drive-by / cracked app.
Brand impersonation detected
This page is styled as a known brand but is not the brand's real site.
- Do not interact with aniwaves.ru
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- Go to the brand's real site directly
Type the brand name into a search engine or open it from your bookmarks — don't use links from emails, SMS, ads, or social posts, which are the delivery vectors for impersonation.
- Never download or sign in here
Even if the page "just" offers a download or a giveaway, impersonation pages frequently deliver malware or set up follow-up phishing. Assume anything accepted from this site is hostile.
- OpenReport the impersonation to the brand
Most major brands have a dedicated abuse or anti-phishing reporting channel — reporting helps them take the site down and protects other users.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
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 flags aniwaves.ru as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — aniwaves.ru scored 22/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. aniwaves.ru presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 38 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- 2 out of 91 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged aniwaves.ru as malicious or suspicious (1 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. aniwaves.ru is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- aniwaves.ru resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, 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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