Is hianime.be safe?

http://hianime.be/

High RiskStatus

Coveragestrong2 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Unauthorized mirror of a defunct piracy streaming site that redirects through multiple domains and relies on high-risk advertising.

hianime.be is a streaming-piracy site that immediately redirects visitors through hianime.tw to hianime.by. The original HiAnime service was shut down after arrests in Vietnam; this domain is an unauthorized copycat that monetizes through advertising rather than direct malware distribution.

Avoid visiting hianime.be and similar unauthorized mirrors. Use legal streaming services to avoid copyright issues and exposure to high-risk advertising networks.

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Saved site captureCaptured safely during this scan No antivirus detections across 92 engines

Calibrated safety spectrum

Where 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.

01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

Redirect chain and site purpose

The browser was redirected from hianime.be to hianime.tw and then to hianime.by, a common tactic used by piracy networks to evade domain blocks and maintain ad revenue.

The page contains a typical streaming interface with a login option and search bar, consistent with ad-supported piracy portals.

Technical checks versus operator risk

the browser threat feed and the TLS check returned no active malware warnings, which is typical for ad-supported piracy sites that do not host malicious binaries directly.

The primary risk stems from the site's illegal nature and exposure to aggressive third-party advertising networks that frequently serve deceptive or malicious ads.

How visitors reach the content

A visitor lands on hianime.be, is immediately redirected through hianime.tw to the final destination hianime.by, and then encounters the streaming interface and advertisements.

Why the score is 35

The page automatically sent the browser to an unrelated external site. 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

0/ 92

No detections

Saved result - stale

No detections across 92 engines

No antivirus engine in this saved scan raised an adverse result. This is one signal, not a guarantee.

Malicious: 0
Suspicious: 0
Total: 92

All 92 engine results

0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
Abusix - clean - Clean
Acronis - clean - Clean
ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
AlienVault - clean - Clean
alphaMountain.ai - unrated - 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 - unrated - Clean
CINS Army - clean - Clean
Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
CRDF - clean - Clean
Criminal IP - clean - 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
Dr.Web - clean - 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 - unrated - 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 - unrated - 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

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CAPTURED PAGE

hianime.be

What our review noticed on this page

1Hianime - Watch Anime Online Free

Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

Hianime - Watch Anime Online Free

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation

01
Hianime - Watch Anime Online Free

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

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

What the site claims
Hianime - Watch Anime Online Free
What we observed
Saved browser evidence recorded forced redirects.
What independent research found
2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
2 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

Streaming Piracy

Advertising

Observed behavior

Forced Redirects

Evidence behind this classification

01Multi-domain redirect chain (hianime.be → hianime.tw → hianime.by) indicates evasion tactics typical of piracy networks.
02Login

Web research findings

Independent findings for hianime.be, 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.

Wikipediaopen
"HiAnime, (formerly Zoro.to and Aniwatch.to) sometimes stylized as H!Anime, was an anime-focused file streaming website that hosted links and embedded videos, allowing users to stream movies and TV shows illegally for free. It operated under its current name from 2024 to 2026."
BleepingComputeropen
"Vietnamese authorities have arrested and are prosecuting seven suspects believed to have run HiAnime, the largest anime piracy streaming service before its shutdown in June."

Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

Not listedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

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.

Domainhianime.be
Redirects tohianime.by
Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
Referencesstatic.cloudflareinsights.com

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

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 direct contact email found on the captured page.

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.2

IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1

ExpiresSep 27, 2026 (49d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingCloudflare, Inc.

Server locationUS

Web servercloudflare

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Yes

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://hianime.be/
2301https://hianime.tw/cross-domain
3206https://hianime.by/cross-domain

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.

static.cloudflareinsights.com

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.

Antiviruspartial
Browser threat feedcomplete
Page contentpartial
Analysiscomplete
Visual evidencecomplete

Completed analysis

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

Technical threat

unknown

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

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.

Source coverage
Source	Result	Completion	Finding	Freshness
Antivirus	0 of 92 engines flagged	Limited	No saved finding	stale fallback · Aug 9, 2026
Browser protection	No browser threat-list match	Completed	No adverse finding	Not available
Page content	Page fetched · HTTP 200	Limited	No saved finding	Not available
Visual evidence	1 visible observation saved with the page capture	Completed	No adverse finding	Not available
Independent research	2 independent findings were saved	Completed	Adverse	Not available

Antivirus: Result0 of 92 engines flagged; CompletionLimited; FindingNo saved finding; Freshnessstale fallback · Aug 9, 2026
Browser protection: ResultNo browser threat-list match; CompletionCompleted; FindingNo adverse finding; FreshnessNot available
Page content: ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200; CompletionLimited; FindingNo saved 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.

Treat hianime.be as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
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.
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.
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

Safer Alternatives

Trying to watch something? Use a safe option instead

Looking for something to watch? These are legal, malware-free ways to stream — several have free, ad-supported tiers, so there's no need to risk a sketchy pirate site.

Suggestions for safety only — not endorsements. Always verify the address bar before signing in or paying, even on well-known sites.

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 hianime.be a scam or a legit site?

hianime.be exposes visitors to aggressive advertising or malvertising behavior such as unrelated pop-ups, forced redirects, notification prompts, or deceptive download controls. 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 hianime.be safe to use?

hianime.be has a Safety Score of 35/100 (High Risk). Analysis coverage is strong at 83%. Avoid login, payment and downloads.

What is the risk from the ads and redirects on hianime.be?

hianime.be 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 hianime.be 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 hianime.be.

How do I stop the pop-ups or notifications from hianime.be?

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 hianime.be (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 hianime.be been flagged by antivirus engines?

No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report hianime.be 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.

Is hianime.be on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No — hianime.be 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.

Does hianime.be have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes — hianime.be presents a valid TLSv1.2 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, valid for another 49 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 hianime.be hosted?

hianime.be 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.

How often is the hianime.be report updated?

This report is a record of the scan run on August 9, 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 hianime.be 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

35/100

High Risk

Unauthorized mirror of a defunct piracy streaming site that redirects through multiple domains and relies on high-risk advertising.

Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.

Conclusion

Recommended actionAvoid visiting hianime.be and similar unauthorized mirrors. Use legal streaming services to avoid copyright issues and exposure to high-risk advertising networks.

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09 · Community

Community

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

Is hianime.be safe?

Unauthorized mirror of a defunct piracy streaming site that redirects through multiple domains and relies on high-risk advertising.

Redirect chain and site purpose

Technical checks versus operator risk

How visitors reach the content

Why the score is 35

What the captured page showed

What the site claims

What we observed

What independent research found

What remains unverified

Technical threat

Operator / customer risk

Aggressive ads and redirects

Treat hianime.be as unverified

Close unexpected tabs and deny notification requests

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

Remove anything installed through an advert

Trying to watch something? Use a safe option instead

Unauthorized mirror of a defunct piracy streaming site that redirects through multiple domains and relies on high-risk advertising.

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