Is downr.org legit or a scam?
A reputable, ad-free media downloader with strong community backing and positive reviews across multiple independent platforms.
Analysis Summary
No threats detected
All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.
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 appears to be a standard, functional media downloader utility with a clean layout and no obvious visual scam indicators.
What our vision model saw
6 signalsGeneric 'Free Media Downloader' branding with a simple URL input field
Request for donations via 'Buy me a coffee' button to keep the site ad-free
Basic FAQ section with common questions about media downloading
Standard footer links for Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Contact Us
Minimalist and functional design typical of utility-based web tools
No immediate signs of deceptive urgency, fake trust badges, or phishing clones
MT Intelligence
The site has been active for over 450 days and maintains a very clean security profile. Only one engine out of 92, Webroot, flagged it as malicious, which is likely a false positive given the nature of media-downloading tools. Our analysis shows the site is an original project with its own GitHub repository and official browser extensions on the Firefox and Chrome stores. Independent review aggregators show high user satisfaction, specifically praising the lack of intrusive ads and pop-ups. While the domain owner is private, the site's integration with developer communities and its functional, non-deceptive design support its legitimacy.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for downr.org, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain registered March 25, 2025 (approx. 15 months old as of mid-2026) through NameSilo with WHOIS privacy via PrivacyGuardian.org (Phoenix, AZ address).
- Site is a browser-based video/audio/image downloader supporting YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter/X and 50+ other platforms; no registration or app required.
- Has official GitHub repo (downr/downr), Firefox/Chrome extensions with thousands of users, dedicated subreddit r/downr, and positive mentions on Hacker News and developer forums.
- Review aggregators rate it positively: Gridinsoft 73/100 (favorable 4.3/5 from 35 reviews), Scamadviser "probably not a scam but legit" with fair trust score, Trustpilot positive user feedback emphasizing no ads/popups and speed.
- Mozilla Add-on has 4.6/5 from 315 reviews praising simplicity and ad-free experience; some users note limitations on free resolution without extension.
- Minor concerns include one Reddit user questioning potential malware after download (unconfirmed), Scamadviser notes on hidden owner, young domain, file-sharing risks, and registrar popularity with scammers; some security warnings present.
- Creator positioned it as ad-free, privacy-focused alternative to installable downloaders that may bundle malware.
- Reddit r/computervirusesopen
"hi, i downloaded a video each from these sites: ytmp4.biz and downr.org and am now wondering whether I've installed malware onto my mac."
- Trustpilotopen
"Easy to navigate, quick to use, and high quality audio - i use this to download music i can't otherwise stream. Also no horrible pop ups!"
- Mozilla Add-onsopen
"Downr.org is incredibly fast, completely free, and has no ads or sign-up hassles. It downloads high-quality video and audio straight from YouTube without a single issue."
- Gridinsoftopen
"its legit and NOT at all related to anything that is remotely resembling to phishing. Site isnt asking for any login credentials or financial data."
- Scamadviseropen
"In summary, downr.org is probably not a scam but legit."
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://downr.org/
- 2200https://downr.org/
Server Reputation
Still, stay alert
No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.
- Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on downr.org and not a lookalike like d-ownr.org.com or an IDN homoglyph.
- Use a password manager
Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.
- OpenDiscuss this site on the forum
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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 found no threat indicators on downr.org. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
- downr.org passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 77/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
- Yes. downr.org presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · E8, expiring in 47 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- downr.org is 1.3 years old, registered on 3/25/2025 through NameSilo, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 1 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged downr.org as malicious or suspicious (1 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. downr.org is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- downr.org resolves to an IP operated by Amazon Technologies 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 29, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around downr.org 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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