Is direct-link.net safe?
https://direct-link.net/1357282/I7Eb0vUv1wtb
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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
direct-link.net is a Linkvertise redirect gateway that pushes visitors through ad-gated "Get link" steps to reach someone else's content
The address you were given is not a shop, a login page or a download host. It is a short-link gateway: opening it immediately forwards the browser to linkvertise.com with the same link ID, where the visitor is asked to click through advertising steps before a final destination is revealed. The domain itself is old (over eight years) and sits behind a clean hosting IP, and the encrypted connection and Safe Browsing checks came back clean, but one antivirus family does flag the address and the whole purpose of the page is to monetise your click through ads. That combination puts it in the moderate-risk band rather than the safe one.
Saved site captureCaptured safely during this scan2 antivirus engines flagged this URLChong Lua Dao, GridinsoftWhere 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 58/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 4 findings pulled the score down; 2 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- StrongThe page automatically sent the browser to an unrelated external site.
- Moderate1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result.
- MinorThe page redirected the browser to an unrelated external domain.
- MinorSearch results and a screenshot show the standard ad-unlock flow: click Continue, then "Free Access with Ads" or "Get link" to reach the content.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 3223 days old, so this is not a freshly created throwaway address.
- SupportsThe hosting IP has an abuse confidence score of 0/100 across zero saved reports, TLS is valid, and Safe Browsing returned no threat warning.
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor).
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
The address you were given is not a shop, a login page or a download host. It is a short-link gateway: opening it immediately forwards the browser to linkvertise.com with the same link ID, where the visitor is asked to click through advertising steps before a final destination is revealed. The domain itself is old (over eight years) and sits behind a clean hosting IP, and the encrypted connection and Safe Browsing checks came back clean, but one antivirus family does flag the address and the whole purpose of the page is to monetise your click through ads. That combination puts it in the moderate-risk band rather than the safe one.
What actually happens when you open the link
The saved navigation record shows the page sending the browser straight to an unrelated external domain, from direct-link.net/1357282/I7Eb0vUv1wtb to linkvertise.com/1357282/I7Eb0vUv1wtb. The redirect happens automatically, without the visitor choosing a destination, and the link ID is carried across unchanged.
Independent search results describe the same flow from the visitor's side: copy the link into the address bar, wait, click "Continue", then click "Free Access with Ads" or "Get link" to reach the file or page behind it. A screenshot of the destination shows the Linkvertise branding and a "Get Link" button. In other words, the advertising steps are the product — the content at the end belongs to whoever created the link, not to this domain.
Because the final destination is chosen by whoever generated the short link, the same direct-link.net address pattern can lead to a harmless file one day and to a junk installer or survey page the next. Nothing in the reviewed evidence shows what a specific link resolves to, so treat each one on its own merits.
Technical checks versus the operator side
On the technical side the picture is mixed but not alarming. The registrable domain is 3223 days old, the hosting IP carries an abuse confidence score of 0/100 across zero saved reports, the TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, and the browser threat feed returned no threat warning.
Against that, the antivirus aggregate records 1 malicious and 1 suspicious detection across 93 engines, with one antivirus family reporting an adverse result. A single flag on a high-traffic redirector is common and is not proof of malware, but it is a real signal that some engines consider the address worth blocking.
The operator side is where the score is decided. The page exists to move visitors into an ad-gated workflow on another company's platform, and the contact details behind the redirect were not attributed to this domain, so there is no named business standing behind the link you were given. The landing page itself was read; only the destination's contacts were left out of scope.
Why the score is 58
The page automatically sent the browser to an unrelated external site.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
2/ 93
detectionsFresh result
2 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 1
- Suspicious
- 1
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| Chong Lua DaoMalicious | malicious |
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 93 engine results
- Chong Lua Dao - Malicious
- Gridinsoft - Suspicious
- 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 - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- 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
- 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.aiAds/Analytics, Information Technology
- BitDefenderbusiness
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerinformation technology
- Sophosgames
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
Visual context from the captured page
Get Link from ibb.co
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Get Link from ibb.co
What the page says about itself
Quoted from the pages we read: the site's own words, not our findings.
- Page title
Linkvertise | The Search Engine for exclusive Content!
Pages we read
- Main page/1357282/I7Eb0vUv1wtbRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Linkvertise | The Search Engine for exclusive Content!
What we observed
Saved browser evidence recorded forced redirects, cross domain landing.
What independent research found
2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
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
Aggressive Ads & Malvertising
Service and business model
Content
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The page automatically sent the browser to an unrelated external site.
- 02The page redirected the browser to an unrelated external domain.
- 031 malicious and 1 suspicious detection across 93 engines, with one antivirus family reporting an adverse result.
If this is a scam — what it means for you
What a visitor is exposed to on the way through
A visitor who opens the link is handed to linkvertise.com automatically and asked to click "Continue" and then "Free Access with Ads" or "Get link" before any content appears. The exposure at that point is advertising and whatever the ad steps place in front of you, not a checkout on this domain.
If this is a scam, how it works
The evidence-backed path
Each stage below is preserved from the grounded analysis and linked to saved evidence.
The destination shown in the screenshot is the Linkvertise "Get Link" screen, which is the standard ad-unlock step for this platform. Nothing in the reviewed evidence shows a payment form, a credential prompt or a file download served by direct-link.net itself.
If you already know and trust the person who sent you this link, expect a few advertising steps and close any pop-up or installer prompt that is not the file you came for. If the link arrived unsolicited, in a comment, or as part of a "free download" offer, skip it — the destination is chosen by the link creator, not by this domain, and you have no way to see where it ends up before you click through.
Web research findings
Independent findings for direct-link.net, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for direct-link.net. 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.
Infrastructure map
- Domaindirect-link.net
- Redirects tolinkvertise.com
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencesfonts.gstatic.com · js.chargebee.com
Domain Timeline
- Jan 9, 2018Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 8 years old when this review was saved.
- Nov 7, 2026Saved security review — Rated Moderate Risk
The evidence in this saved scan is mixed or incomplete; the completed checks are detailed above.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
This is the certificate of linkvertise.com, the site this URL lands on. Certificate issued for linkvertise.com.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it. This is the address of linkvertise.com, the site this URL lands on.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- Google Fonts
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
- 1302https://direct-link.net/1357282/I7Eb0vUv1wtb
- 2200https://linkvertise.com/1357282/I7Eb0vUv1wtbcross-domain
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
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
The page automatically sent the browser to an unrelated external site. · The page redirected the browser to an unrelated external domain.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 2 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | Adverse | fresh · analysed Nov 7, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 7, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 7, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 7, 2026 |
| Independent research | 2 independent findings were saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 7, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result2 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Nov 7, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 7, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 7, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 7, 2026
- Independent research
- Result2 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 7, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Answered from the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
Is direct-link.net a scam or is it safe?
Is direct-link.net safe to use?
Has direct-link.net been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is direct-link.net on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the direct-link.net domain?
Does direct-link.net have a valid SSL certificate?
Where is direct-link.net hosted?
How often is the direct-link.net report updated?
08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
direct-link.net is a Linkvertise redirect gateway that pushes visitors through ad-gated "Get link" steps to reach someone else's content
The address you were given is not a shop, a login page or a download host. It is a short-link gateway: opening it immediately forwards the browser to linkvertise.com with the same link ID, where the visitor is asked to click through advertising steps before a final destination is revealed. The domain itself is old (over eight years) and sits behind a clean hosting IP, and the encrypted connection and Safe Browsing checks came back clean, but one antivirus family does flag the address and the whole purpose of the page is to monetise your click through ads. That combination puts it in the moderate-risk band rather than the safe one.
09 · Community
Community
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