Is find-it.pro safe?

http://find-it.pro/

High RiskStatus

Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Find-it.pro is a fake search engine promoted by browser hijackers that redirects traffic to other engines.

The site functions as a landing page for browser hijackers, offering a search bar that forwards queries to third-party engines while exposing users to unwanted browser modifications and potential data tracking.

Avoid using this site and remove any associated browser hijackers if your settings have been changed without consent.
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Calibrated safety spectrum

Where this site sits

  1. Dangerous1–20
  2. High Risk21–44
  3. Moderate Risk45–69
  4. Low Risk70–84
  5. Safe85–100

The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.

01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

The site functions as a landing page for browser hijackers, offering a search bar that forwards queries to third-party engines while exposing users to unwanted browser modifications and potential data tracking.

Security research identifies the site as fraudulent

Multiple security researchers classify find-it.pro as a fake search engine that cannot provide independent results and instead redirects users to other engines.

The site is promoted through rogue redirects produced by browser hijackers that modify browser settings without user consent.

Users face browser hijacking and data tracking risks

Associated browser hijackers can collect browsing history and potentially sensitive information while forcing traffic through the site.

The search bar on the page redirects queries to other search engines, including Google and potentially other third-party sites.

Why the score is 25

Site is promoted through browser hijackers that modify settings without consent. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Collected signals and independent provider data for this URL.

Antivirus Engines

2/ 92

detections

Saved result - stale

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
92
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
Dr.WebMaliciousmalicious
alphaMountain.aiSuspicioussuspicious
All 92 engine results
  • Dr.Web - malicious - Malicious
  • alphaMountain.ai - suspicious - Suspicious
  • 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
  • Abusix - clean - Clean
  • Acronis - clean - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
  • Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
  • ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • AutoShun - unrated - Clean
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
  • BitDefender - clean - Clean
  • Bkav - unrated - Clean
  • BlockList - clean - Clean
  • Blueliv - clean - Clean
  • Certego - clean - Clean
  • ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
  • Chong Lua Dao - clean - Clean
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
  • CRDF - clean - Clean
  • Criminal IP - unrated - Clean
  • CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
  • CTX AI - clean - Clean
  • Cyan - unrated - Clean
  • Cyble - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - clean - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
  • DNS8 - unrated - Clean
  • EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
  • Emsisoft - clean - Clean
  • Ermes - unrated - Clean
  • ESET - clean - Clean
  • ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - clean - Clean
  • Fortinet - clean - Clean
  • Fortra - unrated - Clean
  • G-Data - clean - Clean
  • GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
  • GreenSnow - clean - Clean
  • GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
  • Gridinsoft - clean - Clean
  • Guardpot - unrated - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - unrated - Clean
  • Kaspersky - clean - Clean
  • LevelBlue - clean - Clean
  • Lionic - clean - Clean
  • Lumu - unrated - Clean
  • Malwared - clean - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
  • MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
  • Mimecast - unrated - Clean
  • Netcraft - unrated - Clean
  • OpenPhish - clean - Clean
  • PhishFort - unrated - Clean
  • Phishing Database - clean - Clean
  • Phishtank - clean - Clean
  • PREBYTES - clean - Clean
  • PrecisionSec - unrated - Clean
  • Quick Heal - clean - Clean
  • Quttera - clean - Clean
  • Rising - clean - Clean
  • SafeToOpen - unrated - Clean
  • Sangfor - clean - Clean
  • Sansec eComscan - unrated - Clean
  • Scantitan - clean - Clean
  • SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
  • Seclookup - clean - Clean
  • Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
  • SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
  • Sophos - clean - Clean
  • StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
  • ThreatHive - clean - Clean
  • URLhaus - clean - Clean
  • URLQuery - clean - Clean
  • Viettel Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
  • VIPRE - unrated - Clean
  • ViriBack - clean - Clean
  • VX Vault - clean - Clean
  • Webroot - clean - Clean
  • Xcitium Verdict Cloud - clean - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
  • ZeroFox - unrated - Clean

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.

What we observed

CAPTURED PAGE
find-it.pro
What our review noticed on this page
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

What to search?

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    What to search?

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.
  1. What the site claims

    Find It

  2. What we observed

    Saved browser evidence recorded forced redirects.

  3. What independent research found

    2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.

  4. What remains unverified

    1 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.

What kind of site and risk is this?

Threat category

Aggressive Ads & Malvertising

Service and business model

Content

Advertising

Observed behavior

Forced Redirects

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 01Site is promoted through browser hijackers that modify settings without consent
  2. 02Site is promoted through browser hijackers that modify settings without consent
  3. 03Search functionality redirects to other engines rather than providing independent results

Web research findings

Independent findings for find-it.pro, 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
No clone detected
The completed research found no supported clone indicator.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The completed research found no supported look-alike match.
Web mentions
2 scam reports
Scam reports (2)
Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.
  • Malware Guideopen

    "Find-it.pro is a fraudulent search engine spread through a browser hijacker."

  • PCriskopen

    "Find-it.pro is a fake search engine discovered by our researchers during a routine investigation. In most cases, sites of this kind cannot provide search results and redirect to legitimate search engines. These pages are promoted through rogue redirects produced by browser hijackers."

Reputation Sources

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

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

04 · Domain & Infrastructure

Domain & infrastructure

Timeline · identity · encryption · redirects · hosting

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.

Infrastructure map

How the saved page connected to the wider web.

  1. Domainfind-it.pro
  2. Redirects tofind-it.pro
  3. Hosted byDigitalOcean, LLC
  4. Referencesf.ai-search.org · chrome.google.com

Domain Timeline

  1. Aug 15, 2018
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 8.0 years old today.

  2. Aug 29, 2026
    Saved security review — Flagged as suspicious

    The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.

find-it.pro is an established domain now carrying threat signals. An older domain that starts tripping security checks is a classic pattern for an asset that was sold, repurposed, or compromised — the age alone is not reassurance.

Contact Verification

Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.

What We Found
Has a contact email on its own domain
Emails on site's domainsupport@find-it.pro
Phone numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • Contact email on the site's own domain (support@find-it.pro).

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age8 years old
RegistrarGoDaddy.com, LLC
RegisteredAug 15, 2018
ExpiresAug 15, 2027
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.2
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YR2
ExpiresOct 25, 2026 (57d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingDigitalOcean, LLC
Server locationDE
Web servernginx/1.10.3
PopularityNot in popularity top list

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://find-it.pro/
  • 2200https://find-it.pro/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPDigitalOcean, LLC
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Referenced Domains

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

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
  1. Antiviruspartial
  2. Browser threat feedcomplete
  3. Page contentcomplete
  4. Analysiscomplete
  5. Visual evidencecomplete
Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

Technical threat

suspicious

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

Additional evidence review

Operator / customer risk

suspicious

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

Additional evidence review · Additional evidence review

Source coverage and freshness

Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.

Antivirus
Result2 of 92 engines flagged
CompletionLimited
FindingAdverse
Freshnessstale fallback · Aug 29, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Page content
ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Visual evidence
Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Independent research
Result2 independent findings were saved
CompletionCompleted
FindingAdverse
FreshnessNot available

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Aggressive ads and redirects

Observed behavior includes unrelated pop-ups or redirects, notification prompts, or deceptive download controls. These are the primary risk unless the evidence separately proves a more serious mechanism.

  1. Treat find-it.pro as unverified

    Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.

  2. Close unexpected tabs and deny notification requests

    Do not follow an unrelated landing page, click "Allow notifications", or install a player, codec, browser extension, or update offered through an advert.

  3. If you clicked "Allow", turn the notifications back off

    Open your browser's Site Settings → Notifications, find the site, and set it to Block (or remove it). That stops the spam pop-ups it now pushes to your desktop.

  4. Remove anything installed through an advert

    Uninstall any browser extension, player, codec, or app added because of a pop-up, then run a reputable adware and malware scan. Do not call support numbers shown by unrelated landing pages.

    Open

07 · Safety FAQ

Safety FAQ

Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.

Is find-it.pro a scam or a legit site?
find-it.pro exposes visitors to aggressive advertising or malvertising behavior such as unrelated pop-ups, forced redirects, notification prompts, or deceptive download controls. 2 of 92 security engines flag it (1 as outright malicious). The external destination is a separate actor unless same-site evidence proves otherwise. Close unexpected tabs, deny notification requests, and do not install software offered through an advert.
Is find-it.pro safe to use?
find-it.pro has a Safety Score of 25/100 (High Risk). Analysis coverage is strong at 83%. Avoid login, payment and downloads.
What is the risk from the ads and redirects on find-it.pro?
find-it.pro can expose visitors to unrelated pop-ups, forced redirects, notification prompts, or deceptive download controls. Simply seeing an advert is not the same as an infection, but following the landing, allowing notifications, or installing an offered player, codec, extension, or update creates real risk. Close unexpected tabs, block notification permission, and scan anything you downloaded before opening it.
Why does find-it.pro open unrelated pages or pop-ups?
The saved browser evidence shows an aggressive advertising or affiliate path. A play, convert, continue, or download control may open a separate destination, and that landing can request notifications or offer unwanted software. This is malvertising exposure; it does not mean every message on the external page was written by find-it.pro.
How do I stop the pop-ups or notifications from find-it.pro?
If you're getting pop-ups even after closing the page, you probably clicked "Allow" on a notification prompt — the spam now comes from your browser, not the site. Open your browser settings → Site Settings → Notifications, find find-it.pro (and anything else you don't recognise), and set it to Block or remove it. Then uninstall any extension, "player", or app you added because of the page, and run a reputable free adware/malware cleaner (e.g. Malwarebytes) to clear leftover PUPs.
Has find-it.pro been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 2 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged find-it.pro, 1 of them as outright malicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
Is find-it.pro on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — find-it.pro 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.
How old is the find-it.pro domain?
find-it.pro is 8 years old, registered on August 15, 2018 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. 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.
Does find-it.pro have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — find-it.pro presents a valid TLSv1.2 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR2, valid for another 57 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".
Where is find-it.pro hosted?
find-it.pro resolves to an IP operated by DigitalOcean, LLC in DE (Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). 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.
How often is the find-it.pro report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on August 29, 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 find-it.pro has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.

08 · Final Verdict

Final verdict

The saved conclusion, decisive evidence, and practical action in one final view.
Verdict score
25/100
High Risk

Find-it.pro is a fake search engine promoted by browser hijackers that redirects traffic to other engines.

Saved capturefind-it.proCapture-safe
Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.
Conclusion

The site functions as a landing page for browser hijackers, offering a search bar that forwards queries to third-party engines while exposing users to unwanted browser modifications and potential data tracking.

Recommended actionAvoid using this site and remove any associated browser hijackers if your settings have been changed without consent.
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09 · Community

Community

First-hand experiences add human context after the scanner has reached its conclusion.