SAFE

No specific threat detected

Long-running Minecraft server with clean security scans and no scam indicators.

Security Review

Is earthmc.net legit or a scam?

Long-running Minecraft server with clean security scans and no scam indicators.

EarthMC.net is a legitimate Minecraft server community that has operated for nine years. The site shows no malicious indicators and antivirus engines report zero detections. Players should verify they are connecting to the correct IP address listed on the official page.

Cross-checked against 9 completed checks — none raised a concern
earthmc.netScanned 1h ago
94/100
Trust score
0 = danger · 100 = safe
SAFE
Score breakdown
Heuristics 100·MT 92
Screenshot of earthmc.netSee the live page ↓
Positive signals (5)
Antivirus clearNot on major blacklistsDomain is 9 years oldEncrypted connectionClean server reputation

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
9 years old
Registered Jul 30, 2017

Website Preview

Screenshot of earthmc.net
LIVE RENDER
earthmc.net

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.

Visual 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.

10
/ 100
Low visual risk

Visual red flags detected in the screenshot

The website appears to be a legitimate landing page for a Minecraft server community with no visual signs of malicious intent or scam patterns.

Visual risk10/100

What our vision model saw

4 signals

Professional landing page for a Minecraft server community

Clear navigation menu with links to community, blog, and map

Prominent server IP address provided for user connection

No visible indicators of phishing, deceptive urgency, or malicious overlays

Brand Impersonation

medium confidence

The page mentions or styles itself as Minecraft, but is hosted on a domain that is not an official Minecraft property.

Intelligence

Editorial security brief
Intelligence
Low observed risktrust94/100
85%
Confidence
The domain has been registered since 2017 and hosts a well-established Minecraft server focused on geopolitical roleplay. Zero antivirus engines flagged the site and browser blocklists show no warnings. The page displays standard community information including server IP, Discord links, and player testimonials. Two isolated mentions of in-game trading disputes appear in search results, but these reflect permitted gameplay mechanics rather than real-world fraud. The combination of domain age, clean infrastructure, and active player base supports a safe classification.
Risk Factors
2
  • Page impersonates Minecraft branding on a non-official domain, which is standard for community servers but can confuse new players.
  • Two search results mention in-game trading disputes that some players misinterpret as real-world scams.
Positive Signals
5
  • Domain registered in 2017 and active for nine years with consistent community presence.
  • Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines and clean browser blocklist status.
  • Valid SSL certificate from Google Trust Services with no hosting abuse reports.
  • Professional landing page with clear navigation and no deceptive overlays or urgency tactics.
  • Active player base documented across multiple Minecraft server listing platforms.
Investigation notes

Page Content

The captured page presents a professional landing site for a Minecraft server called EarthMC. Navigation includes links to community resources, a wiki, blog, and server map. The text describes a custom Earth recreation map, player-driven economy, and roleplay features. No login forms, payment prompts, or credential collection fields appear on the landing page.

Infrastructure

The site loads from IP 104.26.14.54 with a clean abuse score and valid SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services. No redirects beyond a single internal hop occur. External resources load from docusaurus.io, earthtale.net, and artmc.net, all consistent with a documentation and community platform stack.

Domain History

WHOIS records show the domain registered on 2017-07-30 through Cloudflare with privacy protection disabled. At nine years old, the domain predates most current scam campaigns and aligns with the server's documented launch period around 2016-2017.

Web Reputation

Two search results reference in-game trading disputes that server rules explicitly permit as part of gameplay. Positive mentions appear on CurseForge and Minecraft server listing sites. No consumer complaints about payment fraud, account theft, or malware distribution surface in the evidence package. The site explicitly states it is not an official Minecraft service.

What this means for you

EarthMC.net operates as a legitimate community server. Players connecting to the listed IP address face no evident security risk from the website itself. Standard Minecraft account security practices still apply when joining any multiplayer server.

Recommendation
Connect to the server IP listed on the official page if you wish to play. Use standard account security practices and verify you are on earthmc.net before downloading any additional tools or mods.
Editorial assessment
SpecificEvidence-led

Web Research Findings

Independent findings for earthmc.net, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.

Business registration
No public record found
Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
2 scam reports · 2 positive
Key findings
5 headline facts from open-web research
  • EarthMC.net is a long-standing Minecraft server (established ~2016-2017) featuring a geopolitical sandbox game mode.
  • The server has been subject to historical security incidents, including a reported hack in 2020 involving the theft of player IP addresses.
  • In-game 'scamming' (e.g., tricking players into buying plots at inflated prices) is often permitted by server rules as part of the gameplay, which some users confuse with real-world financial scams.
  • The site is listed on numerous Minecraft server tracking websites and maintains an active player base.
  • The site explicitly states it is not an official Minecraft service and is not approved by or associated with Mojang or Microsoft.
Scam reports (2)
Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.
  • YouTubeopen

    "EarthMC - Scam Shop."

  • GitHubopen

    "A scam and an exploit are not the same and scamming has always been legal. Dont cry when someone has gotten the better of you."

Positive reviews (2)
Public quotes that support the operator's credibility.
  • CurseForgeopen

    "5 out of 5 stars. 2nd July 2026."

  • Minecraft Server Listopen

    "Very nice server and nice mods and admins i love thi sserver."

Research summary
Editorial synthesis of the sourced facts above

Search results contain two references to in-game trading disputes on YouTube and GitHub that reflect permitted server gameplay rather than external fraud. Two positive reviews appear on CurseForge and Minecraft Server List. No consumer complaints about payment fraud, malware, or account theft appear in the evidence package. EarthMC is described as a long-standing geopolitical Minecraft server with an active player base and explicit disclaimer that it is not an official Mojang service.

Domain Timeline

  1. Jul 30, 2017
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 9.0 years old today.

  2. Jul 24, 2026
    Latest security review — Reviewed as safe

    This scan re-ran every check and found no active threat signals.

earthmc.net has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.

Threat Detection

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified
Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious59Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not queried
ESET-NOD32
Not queried
Avira
Not queried
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Not queried
Emsisoft
Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

Technical Details

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. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.

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.

What We Found
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No phone number listed on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Page impersonates Minecraft on a non-official domain.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age9 years old
RegistrarCloudflare, Inc.
RegisteredJul 30, 2017
ExpiresJul 30, 2033
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1
ExpiresSep 16, 2026 (53d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingCloudflare, Inc.
Server locationUS
Web servercloudflare
PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://earthmc.net/
  • 2200https://earthmc.net/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPCloudflare, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

What to do

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 earthmc.net and not a lookalike like e-arthmc.net.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.

  • Discuss this site on the forum

    If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.

    Open

Final Verdict

94
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·earthmc.net
SAFE

EarthMC.net is a legitimate Minecraft server community that has operated for nine years. The site shows no malicious indicators and antivirus engines report zero detections. Players should verify they are connecting to the correct IP address listed on the official page.

Connect to the server IP listed on the official page if you wish to play. Use standard account security practices and verify you are on earthmc.net before downloading any additional tools or mods.

AV engines
92
Domain age
9 yrs
Flagged
0
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Safety FAQ

Common questions, 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 earthmc.net, so it appears legitimate. All 92 antivirus engines we queried report it clean, it ranks among the world's most-visited sites, and the domain is 9 years old, registered on July 30, 2017 — established domains are far less likely to be scams. Even so, always double-check the exact address in your browser, because phishing emails routinely spoof real, trusted domains like this one.
  • earthmc.net passed our automated checks with a trust score of 94/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged it at the time of the last scan, and its signals line up with an established, legitimate site. Treat any unexpected login prompt or payment request on it with the same caution you would anywhere.
  • Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from earthmc.net), and legitimate sites are occasionally compromised on specific pages. A clean verdict means the site itself checks out today; it does not mean every email or link claiming to be from earthmc.net is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.
  • No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report earthmc.net as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
  • No — earthmc.net is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
  • earthmc.net is 9 years old, registered on July 30, 2017 through Cloudflare, Inc.. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
  • Yes — earthmc.net presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, valid for another 53 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
  • earthmc.net resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
  • Yes — earthmc.net ranks in the global top 100,000 most-visited sites, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. Genuine popularity doesn't automatically make a site safe, but throwaway scam domains almost never reach this level of traffic, so it's a meaningful point in the site's favour.
  • This report is a record of the scan run on July 24, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about earthmc.net has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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