Is apk45.com safe?
http://apk45.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: partial · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (57 of 92 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
apk45.com is a thin video landing page whose main buttons funnel visitors to an external ad network
apk45.com presents itself as a video content site built on a generic WordPress video theme, but its primary controls — 'WATCH HD', 'DOWNLOAD', 'JOIN DAILY VIDEOS' and similar buttons — do not play or download anything on the site itself. Instead they open an unrelated external destination on profitableratecpmnetwork.com, an advertising network domain. The site publishes no contact email and no identifiable operator, and the domain is only about 228 days old. The browser threat feed returned no warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, so there is no confirmed malware or phishing detection here; the risk is the deceptive advertising funnel itself, which is why the score sits in the High Risk band rather than Safe.
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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 38/100
High Risk covers scores 21–44. 3 findings pulled the score down; 1 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- StrongA primary play, convert, continue, or download control opened an unrelated external destination.-14 pts
- ModeratePrimary play/download controls open an unrelated external ad network destination at profitableratecpmnetwork.com instead of playing or downloading content.-6 pts
- MinorNo direct contact email was found on the captured page and the operator is not disclosed.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
Points come from the saved evidence ledger: it lowered the score from 58 to 38 and split those 20 points between the findings that show points; the others carry no points in the ledger. Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
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01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
apk45.com presents itself as a video content site built on a generic WordPress video theme, but its primary controls — 'WATCH HD', 'DOWNLOAD', 'JOIN DAILY VIDEOS' and similar buttons — do not play or download anything on the site itself. Instead they open an unrelated external destination on profitableratecpmnetwork.com, an advertising network domain. The site publishes no contact email and no identifiable operator, and the domain is only about 228 days old. The browser threat feed returned no warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, so there is no confirmed malware or phishing detection here; the risk is the deceptive advertising funnel itself, which is why the score sits in the High Risk band rather than Safe.
The buttons promise video, the clicks deliver ads
The captured page shows a stack of prominent calls to action: '🎬 WATCH HD', '⬇ DOWNLOAD', '🔥 JOIN DAILY VIDEOS', '👥 DESI GROUPS VIDEOS' and '📸 INSTA VIDEOS'. These read as the site's main navigation and content controls, and a visitor would reasonably expect them to start a video or a download.
In practice, a primary play/convert/download control opened an unrelated external destination at profitableratecpmnetwork.com. The commercial link graph confirms that each of those five buttons points cross-site to that same advertising network host, so the site's core interaction is a redirect into an ad network rather than a media player or a file.
This is the classic malvertising landing pattern: a content-shaped shell whose real product is traffic. The destination is an ad network, and the ultimate intent of the traffic being funneled there is not disclosed anywhere on the captured page, which is exactly why the funnel is deceptive rather than a normal outbound link.
No operator identity, no contact route, and only clean-but-shallow technical checks
The site provides no direct contact email on the captured page, and the operator is not disclosed. There is no verifiable business identity behind the domain, so a visitor who runs into a problem with a redirect has no obvious way to reach anyone responsible.
The registrable domain is about 228 days old, and independent research only records that the domain has been registered for roughly seven months — it offers no established reputation or history of legitimate operation. A young domain with no disclosed owner and no contact route is a weak foundation for trust.
On the technical side, the browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. Those are genuine positives, but they only mean no detection was recorded at scan time — they do not validate the operator, the ad funnel, or what waits on the other side of the redirect.
Why the score is 38
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
Antivirus Engines
0/ 92
No detectionsSaved analysis from July 23, 2026 - stale
No detections across 57 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
- 92
All 92 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 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Unrated
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Googlepornography
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
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
apk45
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/about-us/Read
- Privacy policy/privacy-policy/Read
- Contact page/contact-us/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
apk45
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 57 antivirus results.
What independent research found
1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 6 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
Aggressive Ads & Malvertising
Service and business model
Content
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01A primary play, convert, continue, or download control opened an unrelated external destination.
- 02No direct contact email was found on the captured page and the operator is not disclosed.
- 03The registrable domain is about 228 days old, with research only confirming roughly seven months of registration and no established reputation.
If this is a scam — what it means for you
What actually happens when a visitor clicks
A visitor who clicks '🎬 WATCH HD' expecting a video is instead sent off-site to profitableratecpmnetwork.com. The same happens with the other primary buttons, so the site's advertised function and its actual behavior diverge at the first interaction.
If this is a scam, how it works
The evidence-backed path
Each stage below is preserved from the grounded analysis and linked to saved evidence.
Because the destination is an advertising network rather than a media host, the visitor lands in an ad-serving environment they did not choose. The captured evidence does not show what that network serves next, so the specific downstream payload — further redirects, pop-ups, or unwanted downloads — is unverified, but the deceptive hand-off itself is directly observed.
Avoid clicking the 'WATCH HD', 'DOWNLOAD' or 'JOIN DAILY VIDEOS' buttons on apk45.com — they do not deliver the video or file they advertise and instead push you to an external ad network. If you need video or APK content, use a source with a disclosed operator and a real contact route. If you already clicked through, close any unexpected tabs or pop-ups and do not install anything offered on the destination page.
Web research findings
Independent findings for apk45.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.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for apk45.com. 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.
- Domainapk45.com
- Redirects toapk45.com
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencesgmpg.org · googletagmanager.com
Domain Timeline
- Mar 12, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 7 months old when this review was saved.
- Oct 27, 2026Saved security review — Rated High Risk
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
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
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Report this domain to its registrar: send the address and what happened to this contact.
Certificate issued for apk45.com.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
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
- 1301http://apk45.com/
- 2200https://apk45.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
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
A primary play, convert, continue, or download control opened an unrelated external destination.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
Primary play/download controls open an unrelated external ad network destination at profitableratecpmnetwork.com instead of playing or downloading content. · No direct contact email was found on the captured page and the operator is not 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 92 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Jul 23, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 2 visible observations saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Jul 23, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result2 visible observations saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 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 apk45.com a scam or a legit site?
Is apk45.com safe to use?
What is the risk from the ads and redirects on apk45.com?
Why does apk45.com open unrelated pages or pop-ups?
How do I stop the pop-ups or notifications from apk45.com?
Has apk45.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is apk45.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the apk45.com domain?
Does apk45.com have a valid SSL certificate?
Where is apk45.com hosted?
How often is the apk45.com report updated?
08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
apk45.com is a thin video landing page whose main buttons funnel visitors to an external ad network
apk45.com presents itself as a video content site built on a generic WordPress video theme, but its primary controls — 'WATCH HD', 'DOWNLOAD', 'JOIN DAILY VIDEOS' and similar buttons — do not play or download anything on the site itself. Instead they open an unrelated external destination on profitableratecpmnetwork.com, an advertising network domain. The site publishes no contact email and no identifiable operator, and the domain is only about 228 days old. The browser threat feed returned no warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, so there is no confirmed malware or phishing detection here; the risk is the deceptive advertising funnel itself, which is why the score sits in the High Risk band rather than Safe.
09 · Community
Community
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