Warning signs detected
Free streaming site cineby.at shares domain family with ad-heavy variants that drew independent review aggregator complaints and a malware warning on YouTube. Several risk indicators suggest caution. This site might be legitimate — but treat it as unverified until you can independently confirm.
Is cineby.at legit or a scam?
Free streaming site cineby.at shares domain family with ad-heavy variants that drew independent review aggregator complaints and a malware warning on YouTube.
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 page presents itself as a no-registration streaming service for movies and shows. Our antivirus network returned only one suspicious flag from Fortinet while the rest stayed clean. Evidence from related domains like cineby.sc reveals frequent user reports of intrusive ads and pop-ups on independent review aggregator plus a YouTube comment labeling the site a virus risk. The operator maintains no visible contact details and the domain family changes addresses often according to Reddit discussions. These patterns indicate elevated risk even though the current IP and SSL checks are clean.
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 cineby.at, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Multiple Cineby domain variants (cineby.sc, cineby.win, cineby.gd, cineby.ws) discussed as free movie/TV streaming sites
- Frequent domain changes noted in r/Piracy (e.g., 'FYI Cineby has changed domains')
- Trustpilot for cineby.sc shows mixed reviews with ad complaints; 5 reviews total
- PCRisk security scan on cineby.sc: 30/100 trust score, flagged by 4/91 engines
- Reddit r/Piracy and r/Cineby users report buffering issues, popup ads, server downtime
- Apple App Store has unrelated 'Cineby: Movies & Drama TV Show' discovery app (not streaming)
- Sites described as no-registration, free HD streaming of movies/TV shows
- Trustpilotopen
"Ad hell Every link and button triggers an ad. Absolutely horrible experience 👎"
- Trustpilotopen
"The second time you go on the app every touch it popes an add up"
- PCRiskopen
"trust score 30/100, 4/91 engines flagged"
- YouTubeopen
"This is the actual virus lol. Do not download or give this guy any information, especially payment information."
independent review aggregator reviews for cineby.sc highlight intrusive ads on every interaction. PCRisk flagged the related domain with a 30/100 trust score. A YouTube video comment warns users not to download or share payment details. Reddit threads in r/Piracy note frequent domain switches and buffering problems across Cineby variants.
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.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://cineby.at/
- 2200https://www.cineby.at/cross-domain
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 scam-type patterns detected
0 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 malware / drive-by / cracked app.
0 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 malware / drive-by / cracked app.
Possible malware risk
Signals suggest this page may deliver malicious files or exploit the browser.
- Treat cineby.at as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- If you downloaded or ran a file from here
Disconnect the device from the internet, run a full scan with a reputable antivirus (Malwarebytes, ESET, Bitdefender), and consider a second-opinion scanner. Change passwords on any account you used from the device afterwards — ideally from a different device.
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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 cineby.at 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.
- cineby.at currently scores 46/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend caution. Verify the site through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- Yes. cineby.at presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 89 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- 1 out of 91 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged cineby.at as malicious or suspicious. Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. cineby.at is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- cineby.at 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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