Is catbox.moe safe?
http://catbox.moe/
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How we checked
Coverage: complete · 6 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (60 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Catbox.moe is a long-standing, user-funded file-hosting service with transparent operator details and no detected threats.
Catbox.moe provides anonymous and registered file hosting with a 200 MB upload limit. The site is operated by Catbox LLC, lists a Sacramento, California address and phone number, and uses its own domain email. It is funded through voluntary Ko-fi donations and merchandise sales. No malware, phishing, or deceptive commercial patterns are present.
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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 92/100
Safe covers scores 85–100. No adverse finding was saved; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
No adverse finding was saved with this report.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsDomain registered 4227 days ago
- SupportsOwn-domain email, phone, and California address listed
- SupportsZero detections on the multi-engine malware scan, valid TLS, no Safe Browsing warnings
Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
Catbox.moe provides anonymous and registered file hosting with a 200 MB upload limit. The site is operated by Catbox LLC, lists a Sacramento, California address and phone number, and uses its own domain email. It is funded through voluntary Ko-fi donations and merchandise sales. No malware, phishing, or deceptive commercial patterns are present.
Long-established domain with verifiable operator contact
The registrable domain is 4227 days old, placing registration in 2015.
The site publishes a contact email on its own domain (admin@catbox.moe), a Sacramento phone number (916-445-1254), and a California postal address.
Security scans show zero malicious detections across 93 engines, a valid TLS certificate, and no browser threat feed warnings.
User-funded service with transparent donation links
Catbox states it is entirely user-funded and invites voluntary support via Ko-fi donations and merchandise.
The site also references Catbox Spaces and Catbox LLC on its pages, consistent with the disclosed operator identity.
Clear upload rules and deletion policy
The service prohibits executable files, malware, and copyrighted material, and warns that trivial deletion requests will result in an invoice for time spent.
Why the score is 92
The saved checks and analysis found no material threat. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 93
No detectionsFresh result
No detections across 60 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 33 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
All 93 engine results
- 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 - Clean
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- 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 - Clean
- 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
- Orcapot - Unrated
- 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 - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiFile Sharing/Storage
- BitDefenderfilesharing
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerpersonal network storage and backup
- Googledownloads_and_sharing
- Sophospersonal network storage
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
Catbox Uploads up to 200 MB are allowed.
What the captured page showed
2 observations- 01
Catbox
- 02
Uploads up to 200 MB are allowed.
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
Catbox
- Meta description
The cutest free file host you've ever seen
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- Privacy policy/legal.phpRead
- Contact page/contact.phpRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Catbox
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 60 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
The checks completed, but ownership, business claims, and future site behavior can still change after this snapshot.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Content
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01Domain registered 4227 days ago
- 02Own-domain email, phone, and California address listed
- 03Zero detections on the multi-engine malware scan, valid TLS, no Safe Browsing warnings
Web research findings
Independent findings for catbox.moe, 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 catbox.moe. 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.
- Domaincatbox.moe
- Redirects tocatbox.moe
- Hosted byCatbox LLC
- Referencesko-fi.com · catbox.tech
Domain Timeline
- Apr 6, 2015Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 11 years old when this review was saved.
- Nov 2, 2026Saved security review — Rated Safe
This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.
catbox.moe has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (admin@catbox.moe).
- Phone number listed (916-445-1254).
- Postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for catbox.moe.
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://catbox.moe/
- 2200https://catbox.moe/
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
- Antiviruscomplete
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
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 93 engines flagged | Completed | No adverse finding | fresh · analysed Nov 1, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 2, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 2, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 2 visible observations saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 2, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 2, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Nov 1, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 2, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 2, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result2 visible observations saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 2, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 2, 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.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Catbox.moe is a long-standing, user-funded file-hosting service with transparent operator details and no detected threats.
Catbox.moe provides anonymous and registered file hosting with a 200 MB upload limit. The site is operated by Catbox LLC, lists a Sacramento, California address and phone number, and uses its own domain email. It is funded through voluntary Ko-fi donations and merchandise sales. No malware, phishing, or deceptive commercial patterns are present.
09 · Community
Community
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