Warning signs detected
Adult cam video archive site with clean scans but repeated complaints about broken premium access and ignored DMCA takedowns. Several risk indicators suggest caution. This site might be legitimate — but treat it as unverified until you can independently confirm.
Is archivebate.com legit or a scam?
Adult cam video archive site with clean scans but repeated complaints about broken premium access and ignored DMCA takedowns.
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
The site presents itself as a large archive of cam videos from platforms like Chaturbate and Stripchat. Technical scans show no malware detections, a clean IP, valid SSL, and a domain over three years old. However, the evidence package contains multiple independent review aggregator and Reddit reports citing unusable pop-ups, non-functional premium subscriptions, and poor DMCA handling. These consistent user complaints outweigh the positive signals from a few reviews and one high trust score on an aggregator. The combination of functional issues and lack of business registration keeps the overall assessment at suspicious rather than outright malicious.
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 archivebate.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- - archivebate.com domain age listed as 1410 days; page title describes it as webcam archive platform for sites including Chaturbate, Stripchat, Camsoda.
- - Trustpilot page exists with 7 reviews and average score of 2.9/5; multiple complaints about premium access, popups, and fake content.
- - Multiple Reddit threads in r/Fightcampiracy discuss DMCA takedown requests being ignored or difficult to submit.
- - Scamadviser assigns 100/100 trust score and states it appears legit with high traffic.
- - GitHub AdGuard issue reports persistent ads, popups, and redirects on the site.
- - Competitors include showcamrips.com, bestcam.tv; similar sites like archivebate.cc noted in traffic data.
- - No evidence of typosquatting famous brands or business entity registration found.
- Trustpilotopen
"It’s a scam. I paid 19,99$ for premium but never get the premium."
- Trustpilotopen
"The site is practically unusable. Pop-ups cover almost the entire screen, making it nearly impossible to watch anything properly"
- Redditopen
"DMCA requests are just ignored . Can someone help?"
- Redditopen
"Considering Archivebate claims they comply with DMCA, I'm shocked and disappointed that they are the ones I've had the most trouble with during ..."
Our research located four scam-related mentions on independent review aggregator and Reddit, primarily complaints about non-functional premium access and ignored DMCA requests. Two positive mentions were also found, including one Reddit user noting quick content removal after a report and an aggregator stating the site appears legitimate.
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.
- Links to 7 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://archivebate.com/
- 2200https://archivebate.com/
Server Reputation
Proceed with caution
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Treat archivebate.com as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- Verify the business through independent channels
Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.
- Never use irreversible payment methods
Crypto, gift cards, wire transfers, and cash apps offer zero buyer protection. Use a credit card or PayPal if you must pay.
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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 marked archivebate.com 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.
- archivebate.com currently scores 55/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend caution. Verify the site through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- Yes. archivebate.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 33 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- archivebate.com is 3.9 years old, registered on 7/20/2022 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report archivebate.com as clean.
- No. archivebate.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- archivebate.com 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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