Is ayu-anime.net legit or a scam?
Brand-new clone of HiAnime anime-streaming site, registered 1 day ago with identical layout and branding on a different domain.
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
Brand impersonation — not the real site
Domain was registered only 1 days ago — brand-new sites are higher-risk by default. 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.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →
Visual Screenshot Analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
We could not capture a fully-rendered screenshot of this page; visual analysis is inconclusive.
What our vision model saw
1 signalScreenshot incomplete — site may be slow to render
MT Intelligence
The domain ayu-anime.net was registered only 1 day ago and our network fingerprint confirms it is a direct clone of hianime.to, replicating the original site's branding, interface, feature descriptions, and top-search titles. HiAnime and its mirrors have faced repeated takedowns and shutdown announcements, and the rapid creation of new proxy domains is a well-documented evasion tactic used by operators to maintain service availability after enforcement actions. The site explicitly references 'Why Choose hianime.to?' on its pages, confirming intentional impersonation rather than independent development. No business registration, contact information, or legitimate operator details are present. While our antivirus network and browser blocklists show no current malware detections, the clone-site pattern combined with the 1-day age and lack of any legitimate business footprint creates substantial risk: clone streaming sites frequently inject malicious ads, redirect users to phishing pages, or bundle malware. The incomplete screenshot suggests the page may still be under active development or is experiencing rendering issues, which is consistent with hastily-deployed clones.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for ayu-anime.net, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain registered approximately 1 day ago
- Site presents as HiAnime, a well-known free anime streaming service (sub/dub, up to 1080p, trending titles including One Piece, Attack on Titan, Solo Leveling)
- Content explicitly references "Why Choose hianime.to?" and describes features matching the original HiAnime branding and interface
- HiAnime.to and related domains (hianime.me, hianime.vc etc.) have been subject to frequent takedowns, shutdown announcements, and multiple unofficial mirrors/proxies in 2025-2026
- No reviews, scam reports, complaints, or mentions of ayu-anime.net found on Reddit, Trustpilot, ScamAdviser, or general web searches
- One entry in a GitHub DNS blacklist/torrent tracker blocklist (no further context or malware association detailed)
- No business registration, contact info, copyright notices, or social links observed on the page
Page brands itself as HiAnime with identical layout, features (HD sub/dub, daily updates, vast library), top searches (One Piece, JUJUTSU KAISEN, Solo Leveling etc.), and explicit references to hianime.to while hosted on ayu-anime.net
Scam Network Intelligence
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://ayu-anime.net/
- 2200https://ayu-anime.net/
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.
Brand impersonation detected
This page is styled as a known brand but is not the brand's real site.
- Do not interact with ayu-anime.net
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.
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 flags ayu-anime.net as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — ayu-anime.net scored 25/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. ayu-anime.net presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 88 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- ayu-anime.net is 1 day old, registered on 6/14/2026 through NameCheap, Inc.. 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 ayu-anime.net as clean.
- No. ayu-anime.net is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- ayu-anime.net 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 16, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around ayu-anime.net 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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