Is eztv.re legit or a scam?
Post-2015 EZTV clone operating anonymously with multiple detections and a history of brand impersonation following a 2015 hostile takeover.
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
Brand impersonation — not the real site
4 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page as malicious. This page is styled as a brand but is not the brand's real site. Go to the official site directly, and treat any download, login, or payment request here as unsafe.
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MT Intelligence
The original EZTV volunteer group (founded 2005) dissolved in April 2015 after their domains were seized by EZCLOUD LIMITED in a hostile takeover. Wikipedia and torrent-community sources document that the original staff warned users against the new operators, labeling them as scams and impersonations. The current eztv.re domain is part of a rotating mirror network (eztv.it, eztv.io, eztv.ag, eztv.ch, eztv.li) operated by anonymous parties with no public business registration. Six antivirus engines flag the site as malicious or suspicious, including ADMINUSLabs, Chong Lua Dao, CyRadar, and Fortinet. User reports are mixed: some Reddit users report reliable torrent access, while others explicitly state the site has been fake since 2015 due to aggressive advertising and revenue focus. The absence of legitimate business registration, combined with the documented hostile takeover and brand impersonation, places this in the high-risk category despite the lack of specific phishing or malware complaints.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for eztv.re, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- eztv.re is listed as the current main/official domain by multiple proxy/mirror lists and its own status page (eztvstatus.org / .com), following suspension of eztv.io.
- Original EZTV volunteer group (founded 2005 by NovaKing) dissolved in 2015 after hostile takeover of domains by EZCLOUD LIMITED, who continued operating under the brand with ads and revenue focus.
- Wikipedia and 2015 reports state original staff and sites like TPB/RARBG warned users to avoid post-takeover EZTV sites as scams/impersonations.
- User comments are mixed: some Reddit users report no issues and call it reliable for TV torrents; others label it fake since 2015 due to ads.
- No specific malware, phishing, or user scam complaints found for eztv.re; site described as TV-focused torrent index with magnet links.
- Domain frequently changes (eztv.re adopted ~2020-2021); multiple mirrors listed (eztv.wf, eztv.tf, eztv.tv etc.); blocked in some countries by ISPs.
- No WHOIS or business registration details publicly tied to a legitimate company; operators remain anonymous.
- Wikipediaopen
"EZTV was a TV torrent distribution group founded in May 2005 and dissolved in April 2015, after a hostile takeover of their domains and brand by "EZCLOUD LIMITED"."
- torrends.toopen
"you guys kow eztv been a fake since 2015 or something? serously dont use it, dot give those add people what they want by keep using it and forcing adds down your pants."
- Wikipediaopen
"Post-2015 sites illegitimate/scams (impostors, ads/Bitcoin revenue); other sites (Rarbg etc.) warned/removed affiliates."
- cooltechzone.comopen
"eztv torrent site is safe and legit. EZTV has been through numerous changes and shutdowns in the past but it's currently working well."
- Reddit r/torrentsopen
"I use eztv, thepiratebay and 1337 the most. All very good and eztv has been very good too . Never had any issues either btw."
- cooltechzone.comopen
"EZTV.RE + vpn = 100% works. I download and watch all movies and series via eztv."
Post-2015 domains (including eztv.io then eztv.re) are continuations after hostile takeover of original EZTV by EZCLOUD LIMITED; original group dissolved and warned against the new operators.
Wikipedia confirms the original EZTV volunteer group (founded May 2005) dissolved in April 2015 after a hostile takeover of their domains by EZCLOUD LIMITED. The original staff warned users against post-2015 operators, labeling them as scams and impersonations. A torrent-community forum user states the site has been fake since 2015 due to aggressive advertising and revenue focus. Reddit users are divided: some report reliable torrent access without issues, while others acknowledge the 2015 takeover and brand impersonation. No public business registration or company details are tied to the current operators. No specific phishing, malware distribution, or user-fraud complaints were found for eztv.re, but the documented hostile takeover, brand impersonation, and anonymous operation are significant concerns.
Scam Network Intelligence
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://eztv.re/
- 2200https://eztvx.to/cross-domain
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 brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
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 brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
Brand impersonation detected
This page is styled as a known brand but is not the brand's real site.
- Do not interact with eztv.re
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- Go to the brand's real site directly
Type the brand name into a search engine or open it from your bookmarks — don't use links from emails, SMS, ads, or social posts, which are the delivery vectors for impersonation.
- Never download or sign in here
Even if the page "just" offers a download or a giveaway, impersonation pages frequently deliver malware or set up follow-up phishing. Assume anything accepted from this site is hostile.
- OpenReport the impersonation to the brand
Most major brands have a dedicated abuse or anti-phishing reporting channel — reporting helps them take the site down and protects other users.
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 eztv.re as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — eztv.re scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. eztv.re presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 50 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- 6 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged eztv.re as malicious or suspicious (4 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. eztv.re is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- eztv.re 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.
- Yes. eztv.re sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.
- This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 15, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around eztv.re 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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