Is anonib.im legit or a scam?
A clone of the notorious AnonIB image board network with no verifiable ownership and suspicious reputation signals.
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
Possible brand impersonation
A clone of the notorious AnonIB image board network with no verifiable ownership and suspicious reputation signals. The page looks styled like a known brand but may not be authentic. Check the URL carefully and navigate to the brand's real site before signing in or paying.
Website Preview
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MT Intelligence
The site is a direct clone of the anonib.al domain and belongs to a network of anonymous image boards historically linked to non-consensual image sharing and legal investigations. While our malware engines found no malicious code, Gridinsoft has flagged the domain as suspicious due to its lack of transparency. There is no business registration, no contact email, and no physical address listed for the operator. The domain was registered recently and uses privacy redactions to hide the owner's identity. Given the reputation of the 'AnonIB' brand and the lack of accountability, we advise extreme caution.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for anonib.im, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain registered December 19, 2025 (expires December 19, 2026); approximately 6 months old as of June 2026; registrar and owner details redacted/privacy-protected; hosted on Cloudflare (IPs include 104.21.49.58 and 172.67.159.55)
- Page self-describes as "Privacy-first ephemeral anonymous image board" with title "AnonIB · Anonymous Image Board"; matches historical AnonIB sites known for non-consensual/revenge porn image sharing (2014–2018 era reports in Slate, Vice, n
- Security scans mixed: PCrisk reports 86/100 trust score (updated), 1/91 engines flagged generic suspicious, no malware; Gridinsoft flags 35/100 as Suspicious Website due to unverifiable ownership, no contacts, scam-associated patterns
- VirusTotal shows 0/91 detections in recent analyses; no direct malware, phishing, or blacklist hits reported
- No specific user complaints, scam reports, or law enforcement mentions found for the exact .im domain; historical AnonIB references (pre-2020) link it to revenge porn, hacked nudes, and police inquiries
- No business registration, company name, or verifiable operator information located; typical for anonymous image boards
- Listed among competitors/alternatives to other anonib.* domains that continue the original site's model
- Gridinsoftopen
"Anonib.im has a 35/100 trust score and is flagged as Suspicious Website. ... cluster of weak trust signals... ownership data that cannot be verified, support pages with no workable contacts, reused template content, and redirects/scripts th"
- Scam-Detectoropen
"The Scam Detector website Validator gives anonib.im a pretty low trust score on the platform: 15.4. It signals that the business could be defined by the ..."
Name and description match the long-running Anonymous Image Board (AnonIB/Anon-IB) network previously associated with non-consensual image sharing; multiple similar domains like anonib.to, anonibx.com exist as successors or mirrors
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://anonib.im/
- 2200https://anonib.im/
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 scam-type patterns detected
1 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.
1 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.
Possible brand impersonation
This page is styled as a known brand but is not the brand's real site.
- Treat anonib.im as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- 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 directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- Our automated security review marked anonib.im 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.
- anonib.im currently scores 49/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend caution. Verify the site through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- Yes. anonib.im presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 59 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- 1 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged anonib.im as malicious or suspicious. Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. anonib.im is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- anonib.im 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.
- This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 19, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around anonib.im have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.
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