Is crotorrents.com legit or a scam?
A long-standing game piracy site with a high risk of malware infections and multiple security engine detections.
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
Critical risk detected
5 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page (1 outright malicious). Multiple independent checks — antivirus engines, browser safety blocklists, and threat databases — flagged this site. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.
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 site is a piracy portal offering torrent downloads for copyrighted software, which carries a high risk of bundled malware or deceptive advertising common to such platforms.
What our vision model saw
5 signalsSite offers unauthorized torrent downloads for copyrighted video games
Promotes external site 'SteamUnlocked' known for hosting pirated content
Uses generic 'PC CD-ROM' badges on modern digital-only game titles
Future-dated post timestamps (June 2026) suggest automated or deceptive content management
Layout mimics a legitimate storefront but lacks legal identifiers or official publisher links
MT Intelligence
The site operates as a hub for pirated software, a category inherently linked to security risks. While the domain is over nine years old, our antivirus network shows five different engines, including Chong Lua Dao and CyRadar, flagging it as malicious or suspicious. User evidence from community forums like Reddit confirms that files downloaded here have triggered trojan alerts in Windows Defender and other security tools. The presence of future-dated posts from 2026 suggests automated, deceptive content management. Furthermore, reports indicate the site is linked to a network previously associated with credential theft and adware distribution.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for crotorrents.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain approximately 9 years old (created ~2017, matches site 'About Us' claiming founded 2017), part of CROHASIT network.
- Scamadviser concludes 'very likely not a scam but legit and reliable' despite Trust Score 0 and hidden owner.
- Gridinsoft rates 20/100, classifies as 'Adware distributor' with multiple blacklist detections and security warnings.
- Reddit r/PiratedGames thread (2020) shows mixed user reports: many successful downloads but several malware/Trojan/VirusTotal detections and one PC issue claim.
- Affiliated with CroHasIt.com, which has Trustpilot reviews reporting malware/viruses in downloads (especially 2022).
- Hudson Rock reports 13 infostealer-compromised credentials associated with the domain.
- Site hosts recent game torrents (e.g. Frostpunk 2, June 2026 posts) and claims torrents are 'carefully checked'.
- Gridinsoftopen
"crotorrents.com has a blacklist warning and a 20/100 trust score. ... classified as Adware distributor"
- Reddit r/PiratedGamesopen
"Update: It’s not. I tried downloading Need for Speed: Underground 2, but VirusTotal showed me why I shouldn’t run it."
- Reddit r/PiratedGamesopen
"no. I downloaded the amazing spider man 2 from it, and windows defender found a trojan virus. dont recommend"
- Trustpilot (CroHasIt affiliate)open
"For everyone that downloaded anything off this site in 2022 sorry to inform you but you have downloaded malwares and viruses."
- Scamadviseropen
"In summary, crotorrents.com is very likely not a scam but legit and reliable."
- Scamvoidopen
"The site seems safe according to this report"
- MyWOTopen
"This website is safe, but to make sure, scan it with antivirus after download. ... Legit. Extremely legitimate. yes."
- Reddit r/PiratedGamesopen
"it's hella safe It's the only site I use. ... I also downloaded games like metal gear rising ... and it works fine without any problems."
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://crotorrents.com/
- 2200https://crotorrents.com/
Server Reputation
Avoid this site
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Do not interact with crotorrents.com
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- Verify the business through independent channels
Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.
- Never use irreversible payment methods
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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 directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- Our automated security review flags crotorrents.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — crotorrents.com scored 25/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. crotorrents.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 64 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- crotorrents.com is 9.4 years old, registered on 2/19/2017 through Bluehost Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 5 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged crotorrents.com as malicious or suspicious (1 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. crotorrents.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- crotorrents.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 27, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around crotorrents.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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