Critical risk detected
2 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page. Our security stack flagged multiple threat indicators on this website. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.
Is cineby.sc legit or a scam?
Free streaming site cineby.sc flagged by malware scanners and tied to pop-up and redirect complaints on a very new 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
MT Intelligence
The site presents itself as a free movie and TV streaming platform with a clean visual appearance and no login forms or obvious phishing elements. Our antivirus network detected two malicious and two suspicious flags from engines including Chong Lua Dao and Lumu. Independent reports from removal guides and scanner sites highlight pop-ups, redirects, and low trust scores around 15-24 out of 100. The domain is described as very new with limited business registration details beyond a Seychelles listing on review sites. Positive user comments exist on independent review aggregator and Reddit but focus on content access rather than safety, while complaints and malware warnings outweigh them.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
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
The screenshot shows a fully rendered, professional-looking movie streaming site with no visible scam indicators or suspicious elements.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for cineby.sc, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain cineby.sc hosts free movie/TV streaming site with page title 'Cineby' and description matching pirate streaming services.
- Trustpilot profile for cineby.sc (Seychelles) has 5 reviews averaging 3.5/5, with mixed comments on ads and content availability.
- Multiple security scanners (PCRisk 24/100, Gridinsoft 15/100) flag the domain as suspicious with low trust scores and some engine detections.
- Frequently discussed on Reddit r/Piracy as a piracy streaming site with domain changes noted (e.g., from other TLDs); users report buffering, ads, and occasional issues.
- Removal guides and malware-related videos target cineby.sc citing pop-ups, redirects, and potential risks from visiting the site.
- Domain described as 'very new' in multiple sources; first seen in scans around early 2026.
- No business registration details beyond Trustpilot location; no mentions of official company filings.
- howtoremove.guideopen
"Cineby.sc streaming site raises security concerns with pop-ups, redirects, sketchy downloads. New domain mimics legitimate apps."
- PCRisk scanneropen
"trust score 24/100, 5/91 engines flagged... Potentially Suspicious... automated malware scan marked the site as malicious"
- Gridinsoftopen
"Cineby.sc Scam Check: Blacklist Warning (15/100 Trust Score)... classified as suspicious website... 6 blacklist detections and a very young domain (2 months)"
- YouTube (video comments)open
"This is the actual virus lol. Do not download or give this guy any information, especially payment information. This is a cheap scam..."
- Trustpilotopen
"Cineby has all the free shows and movies without having to pay anything of have to have a streaming service."
- Trustpilotopen
"This is so peak this website has every movie / anime i want to watch AND U CAN TURN OFF THE ADS TOO"
- Reddit (r/Piracy)open
"The site is amazing. it has EVERYTHING in high quality WITH SUBTITLES!!"
Trustpilot lists contact info as Seychelles for cineby.sc; no official company registry details found in searches.
howtoremove.guide and PCRisk both warn about pop-ups, redirects, and malware risks on cineby.sc. Gridinsoft assigns a 15/100 trust score citing blacklist detections and the young domain age. YouTube comments describe it as a scam involving potential payment data theft. independent review aggregator shows mixed 3.5/5 reviews praising free content while Reddit piracy discussions note buffering and ad issues but treat the site as a functional piracy option.
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.sc/
- 2200https://www.cineby.sc/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.
Malware distribution detected
Signals suggest this page may deliver malicious files or exploit the browser.
- Do not interact with cineby.sc
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- 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 flags cineby.sc as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — cineby.sc scored 15/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. cineby.sc 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.
- 4 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged cineby.sc as malicious or suspicious (2 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. cineby.sc is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- cineby.sc 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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