Is buffdrive.com safe?
http://buffdrive.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (59 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
BUFFDRIVE is a small ZIP-only file hosting service with an undisclosed operator, one adverse antivirus signal, and a plain-HTTP login path
BUFFDRIVE presents itself as a file-sharing service that currently accepts only ZIP files, with a simple interface offering Home, FAQ and Login links. Its operator is not disclosed, no direct contact email appears on the captured page, and the site adds one adverse antivirus result on top of that. The connection to the site was served over plain HTTP even though a valid TLS certificate exists, so the login page is not encrypted in transit. There is no evidence of payment collection, credential phishing, malicious file distribution, or a cross-domain commercial funnel, so this is a genuinely small but opaque service rather than a confirmed fraud. Because the operator cannot be verified and a malware-family detection is attached to the domain, independent web research was also reviewed and only confirms the March 2023 creation date, scoring this as Moderate Risk 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 58/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 3 findings pulled the score down; 2 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Strong1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.-4 pts
- ModerateThe site was served over plain HTTP with no HTTPS redirect despite having a valid TLS certificate, so login credentials travel unencrypted.-3 pts
- MinorNo direct contact email or operator identity is provided on the captured page, leaving no accountable owner for a service that stores user uploads.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe registrable domain dates to March 2023 and is roughly 1,336 days old, indicating the service has existed for some time rather than being a freshly created burner.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the domain at the time of scanning.
Points come from the saved evidence ledger: it lowered the score from 65 to 58 and split those 7 points between the findings that show points; the others carry no points in the ledger. Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
BUFFDRIVE presents itself as a file-sharing service that currently accepts only ZIP files, with a simple interface offering Home, FAQ and Login links. Its operator is not disclosed, no direct contact email appears on the captured page, and the site adds one adverse antivirus result on top of that. The connection to the site was served over plain HTTP even though a valid TLS certificate exists, so the login page is not encrypted in transit. There is no evidence of payment collection, credential phishing, malicious file distribution, or a cross-domain commercial funnel, so this is a genuinely small but opaque service rather than a confirmed fraud. Because the operator cannot be verified and a malware-family detection is attached to the domain, independent web research was also reviewed and only confirms the March 2023 creation date, scoring this as Moderate Risk rather than Safe.
Undisclosed operator and no direct contact route
The captured page includes a Login link but no direct contact email or identifying information for whoever runs the service. For a file hosting platform, that absence matters because uploads are stored on infrastructure controlled by an unknown party, and there is no published route to reach an accountable owner if a file is removed, lost, or misused.
The site is old enough that it is not a throwaway burner: the registrable domain dates to March 2023 and registry data places the domain at roughly 1,336 days of age. Longevity reduces the chance of a pure hit-and-run scam, but it does not substitute for operator disclosure, and no company registration, postal address or off-domain email was identified during review.
One adverse antivirus result and an unencrypted login connection
One independent antivirus family reported an adverse result for the domain. That is a single detection rather than a broad consensus, and the saved analysis is marked stale, so it should be treated as a real but limited warning rather than proof the site is currently serving malware. The browser threat feed, by contrast, returned no threat warning, which is a supportive counter-signal but not a clean bill of health on its own.
The connection was served over plain HTTP with no redirect to HTTPS, even though a valid TLS certificate exists for the host. Anyone who uses the login form is therefore typing credentials over an unencrypted channel, which is a concrete technical exposure independent of whether the operator itself is malicious.
A limited ZIP-only file host with no visible commercial funnel
The site describes itself as limiting uploads to ZIP files only, with a note that other file types may be added in the future. That is an unusual but not inherently harmful constraint; it does, however, make the platform an obvious carrier for archived content whose contents the host does not screen for users.
Screenshot review shows a clean, modern interface with a logo, a Home, FAQ and Login navigation menu, and promotional text about file sharing. There is no checkout, subscription flow, affiliate redirect, or cross-domain order path visible, so the commercial model behind the service is not established by the evidence reviewed.
Why the score is 58
1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
2/ 92
detectionsSaved analysis from October 2, 2026 - stale
2 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 1
- Suspicious
- 1
- Total
- 92
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| Chong Lua DaoMalicious | malicious |
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 92 engine results
- Chong Lua Dao - Malicious
- Gridinsoft - Suspicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Clean
- 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
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Clean
- 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 - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Unrated
- 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
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Unrated
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiFile Sharing/Storage
- BitDefendercomputersandsoftware
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerpersonal network storage and backup
- Googledownloads_and_sharing
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
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Visual context from the captured page
The website features a clean, modern interface with a logo, navigation menu (Home, FAQ, Login), and promotional text about file sharing.
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
The website features a clean, modern interface with a logo, navigation menu (Home, FAQ, Login), and promotional text about file sharing.
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
Upload Files - BUFFDRIVE
- Meta description
Upload, share, track, manage your files in one simple to use file host.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Upload Files - BUFFDRIVE
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 59 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.
Web research findings
Independent findings for buffdrive.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 buffdrive.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.
- Domainbuffdrive.com
- Redirects tobuffdrive.com
- Hosted byBuyVM
- Referencesfonts.googleapis.com · dgaf2ncy4dtan.cloudfront.net
Domain Timeline
- Mar 3, 2023Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 3 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 29, 2026Saved security review — Rated Moderate Risk
The evidence in this saved scan is mixed or incomplete; the completed checks 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
Certificate issued for buffdrive.com.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- Google Fonts
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.
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.
1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing. · The site was served over plain HTTP with no HTTPS redirect despite having a valid TLS certificate, so login credentials travel unencrypted.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
The site was served over plain HTTP with no HTTPS redirect despite having a valid TLS certificate, so login credentials travel unencrypted. · No direct contact email or operator identity is provided on the captured page, leaving no accountable owner for a service that stores user uploads.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 2 of 92 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 29, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 29, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 29, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 29, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result2 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 29, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 29, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 29, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 29, 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 buffdrive.com a scam or is it safe?
Is buffdrive.com safe to use?
Has buffdrive.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is buffdrive.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the buffdrive.com domain?
Does buffdrive.com have a valid SSL certificate?
Where is buffdrive.com hosted?
How often is the buffdrive.com report updated?
08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
BUFFDRIVE is a small ZIP-only file hosting service with an undisclosed operator, one adverse antivirus signal, and a plain-HTTP login path
BUFFDRIVE presents itself as a file-sharing service that currently accepts only ZIP files, with a simple interface offering Home, FAQ and Login links. Its operator is not disclosed, no direct contact email appears on the captured page, and the site adds one adverse antivirus result on top of that. The connection to the site was served over plain HTTP even though a valid TLS certificate exists, so the login page is not encrypted in transit. There is no evidence of payment collection, credential phishing, malicious file distribution, or a cross-domain commercial funnel, so this is a genuinely small but opaque service rather than a confirmed fraud. Because the operator cannot be verified and a malware-family detection is attached to the domain, independent web research was also reviewed and only confirms the March 2023 creation date, scoring this as Moderate Risk rather than Safe.
09 · Community
Community
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