Is cinebytv.com legit or a scam?
Unlicensed free-streaming portal distributing pirated movies and TV shows, flagged by security scanners and government piracy blocklists despite clean antivirus scans.
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
Shop shows non-delivery red flags
Several red flags typical of non-delivery shops are present. Don't pay by crypto or wire, and keep the chargeback window in mind.
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
The page presents a polished but unlicensed-appearing streaming portal with navigation categories, featured films with implausible metadata, and aggressive play CTAs — a layout pattern strongly associated with piracy sites that monetize through ad redirects or credential collection. No clone match can be confirmed without a visible URL.
What our vision model saw
6 signalsSite presents itself as a full streaming platform (Movies, TV Shows, Live TV, Live Sports) under the brand 'CINEBYTV' — a pattern common to unauthorized piracy/streaming portals distributing copyright
Featured title 'The Furious' is listed with a 2026 release year, which is implausible for currently available streaming content, suggesting fabricated or scraped metadata
Prominent 'WATCH NOW!' call-to-action button likely leads to ad-redirect chains or paywall/credential-harvesting flows typical of piracy sites
Chat widget visible in bottom-right corner — commonly used on piracy/scam streaming sites to simulate support legitimacy
No visible legal notices, copyright attributions, or licensing indicators anywhere on the rendered portion of the page
No URL bar is visible in the screenshot, preventing domain verification, but the site layout mimics legitimate streaming services (Netflix/similar) without any identifiable brand authorization
Brand Impersonation
medium confidenceThe page mentions or styles itself as Disney+, but is hosted on a domain that is not an official Disney+ property.
MT Intelligence
Cineby presents itself as a legitimate streaming service but operates as an unauthorized piracy aggregator. The domain is 124 days old with hidden WHOIS registration via an Italian contact, and the page mimics legitimate streaming platforms (Netflix, Disney+) without any licensing or authorization. Our antivirus network shows no malware detections, but independent security scanners report high scam scores (30–61/100 on some platforms) and categorize the site as piracy. The evidence package confirms the site is listed in Indian government blocked-sites documents, actively promoted in piracy wikis with perfect feature scores, and frequently discussed on Reddit's r/Piracy community as a source for high-quality pirated content. The visual analysis flags implausible metadata (2026 release dates for current films), aggressive play-now CTAs, and a chat widget typical of ad-redirect chains. While some aggregators rate it as 'not a confirmed scam', the overwhelming evidence points to deliberate copyright infringement and monetization through ad redirects rather than legitimate streaming.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for cinebytv.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain registered approximately February 14, 2026 (about 4 months old as of June 2026) via NETIM SAS with hidden WHOIS and Italian registrant contact.
- High-traffic piracy streaming site (SimilarWeb rank ~#267 in Streaming & Online TV, ~#14k globally); frequently discussed on r/Piracy as a source for movies/TV with subtitles, no-login, adblock-friendly.
- Gridinsoft analysis: 61/100 trust score; no major malware/phishing detections but mixed signals due to new domain; 'does not currently look like a confirmed scam'.
- Scamadviser: 'Very likely not a scam but legit and reliable' despite young domain; valid SSL, hosted on Cloudflare (US).
- Some security scanners flag related Cineby domains (e.g. cineby.sc: 30/100, 5/91 engines) for piracy category and suspicious signals; Reddit users warn of potential malware from ads on such sites.
- Listed in Indian government DoT blocked/illegal websites document alongside other piracy domains; promoted in FMHY piracy wiki with perfect 18/18 score for features.
- Page title/description matches free movie streaming claims; no direct evidence of active Disney+ phishing but offers pirated access to major studio content including Disney.
- Reddit r/ScamCheckeropen
"cinebytv.com is likely unsafe, check details in screenshot /cinebytv.com Scanned using WebSafely chrome extension."
- WebSafely.appopen
"Our algorithm gave cinebytv.com a high scam score. This website exhibits multiple red flags consistent with fraudulent activity, phishing, or being a fake store."
- PCrisk / similar sitesopen
"trust score 30/100, 5/91 engines flagged... Category: Piracy, Plagiarism"
- Scamadviseropen
"In summary, cinebytv.com is very likely not a scam but legit and reliable."
- Gridinsoftopen
"The site does not currently look like a confirmed scam, but the evidence is not strong enough to treat it as fully established either."
- FMHY GitHub Wikiopen
"Cineby: Score: 18/18. Has movies, TV, anime, 1080p, adjustable quality, and subtitles. ✔️ (all criteria checked)"
- Reddit r/Piracyopen
"The site is amazing. it has EVERYTHING in high quality WITH SUBTITLES!!"
Our research found 3 scam reports and 4 positive reviews across independent security scanners and community sources. Reddit's r/ScamChecker and WebSafely.app flagged the site with high scam scores citing 'multiple red flags consistent with fraudulent activity'; PCrisk categorized it as Piracy/Plagiarism with 30/100 trust score and 5/91 engine detections. Conversely, Scamadviser rated it 'very likely not a scam but legit and reliable', and Gridinsoft gave 61/100 trust score with 'not a confirmed scam' assessment. The site is listed in Indian government DoT blocked/illegal websites document and promoted in FMHY piracy wiki with perfect 18/18 feature score. Reddit r/Piracy users praise it as 'amazing' with 'EVERYTHING in high quality WITH SUBTITLES'. The evidence confirms Cineby operates as a known piracy aggregator with high traffic ranking (~#267 in Streaming category, ~#14k globally), registered 124 days ago via NETIM SAS with hidden WHOIS and Italian registrant contact.
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.
- Page impersonates Disney+ on a non-official domain.
Domain & Encryption
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 fake shop.
- No phone number or postal address anywhere on the page.
- Multiple contact / trust-signal red flags on the page.
- Domain is 124 days old — very young for a shop.
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 fake shop.
- No phone number or postal address anywhere on the page.
- Multiple contact / trust-signal red flags on the page.
- Domain is 124 days old — very young for a shop.
Fake-shop warning signs
Signals common to non-delivery scam shops were detected on this site.
- Treat cinebytv.com as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- If you already paid by card or PayPal — start a chargeback
Contact your bank or card issuer and dispute the charge as "goods not received" or "merchant fraud." PayPal users can open a case in the Resolution Centre. Act within 120 days for card chargebacks in most jurisdictions.
- Save every piece of evidence
Screenshots of the checkout, order confirmation emails, any chat transcripts, and the product listing page. Chargeback and fraud reports go faster when you have receipts.
- OpenReport the shop
Report to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov), Action Fraud UK, or your local consumer-protection body. Post the URL on the MalwareTips scam forum so other buyers can find it.
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 directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- Our automated security review marked cinebytv.com 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.
- cinebytv.com currently scores 49/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend caution. Verify the site through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- Yes. cinebytv.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 83 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- cinebytv.com is 4 months old, registered on 2/14/2026 through NETIM SAS. 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 cinebytv.com as clean.
- No. cinebytv.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- cinebytv.com 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 18, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around cinebytv.com 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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