Is hianime.by safe?

http://hianime.by/

Moderate RiskStatus

Coveragepartial1 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Hianime.by streams copyrighted anime without authorization and relies on third-party advertising.

The site is an ad-supported piracy platform that offers free access to anime titles. While current the browser threat feed shows no active malware warning, the domain has a stale antivirus flag and connects to multiple ad and tracking networks typical of unauthorized streaming services.

Treat the site as unauthorized streaming; avoid logging in or providing personal data, and use strong ad-blocking if visiting.

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Saved site captureCaptured safely during this scan 1 antivirus engine flagged this URLSeclookup

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

Key evidence from the dossier

The page contains a prominent 'Watch anime' call-to-action and a 'Login' portal, confirming the streaming functionality.

Historical antivirus data from Seclookup flagged the domain as malicious, although the record is not current.

Technical checks versus operator risk

TLS encryption is valid and the browser threat feed currently reports no threat, giving a clean technical snapshot.

The operator remains anonymous, uses Cloudflare, and links to mirror domains such as hianime.to and hianime.help, a pattern common in piracy networks.

How a visitor interacts with the site

Users land on the homepage, see the 'Watch anime' prompt, and can click through to content or create a login.

Viewing requires no payment, but the site loads ads and trackers from third-party domains, exposing visitors to aggressive or potentially malicious advertising.

Why the score is 55

Saved antivirus evidence is adverse but is not fresh enough for a current conviction. 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

1/ 97

detections

Saved result - stale

1 engine flagged this URL

Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.

Malicious: 1
Suspicious: 0
Total: 97

Adverse antivirus results
Engine	Finding
SeclookupMalicious	malicious

All 97 engine results

Seclookup - malicious - Malicious
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
Artists Against 419 - clean - Clean
AutoShun - unrated - Clean
Axur - unrated - Clean
benkow.cc - clean - 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
CMC Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
CRDF - clean - Clean
Criminal IP - clean - Clean
CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
Cyan - unrated - Clean
Cyble - clean - Clean
CyRadar - clean - Clean
desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
DNS8 - clean - Clean
Dr.Web - clean - Clean
EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
Emsisoft - clean - Clean
Ermes - unrated - Clean
ESET - clean - Clean
ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
Feodo Tracker - clean - Clean
Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - unrated - Clean
Fortinet - clean - Clean
Fortra - unrated - Clean
G-Data - clean - Clean
GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
GreenSnow - clean - Clean
Gridinsoft - unrated - Clean
Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
IPsum - clean - Clean
Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
Kaspersky - clean - Clean
Lionic - clean - Clean
Lumu - unrated - Clean
Malwared - clean - Clean
MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
malwares.com URL checker - 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
securolytics - clean - Clean
Snort IP sample list - clean - Clean
SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
Sophos - clean - Clean
Spam404 - clean - Clean
StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
ThreatHive - clean - Clean
Threatsourcing - clean - Clean
Trustwave - 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.by

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
The page content was captured and checked alongside 97 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
3 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

No threat category confirmed

Service and business model

Streaming Piracy

Advertising

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

01Login
02Saved antivirus evidence is adverse but is not fresh enough for a current conviction.
03the browser threat feed returned no threat warning

Web research findings

Independent findings for hianime.by, 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

No scam reports found

The completed search returned no sourced scam reports or complaints.

No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for hianime.by. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.

Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

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.by
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

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://hianime.by/
2206https://hianime.by/

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
Analysispartial
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

unknown

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

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	1 of 97 engines flagged	Limited	Adverse	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	The search completed without a material external finding	Completed	No adverse finding	Not available

Antivirus: Result1 of 97 engines flagged; CompletionLimited; FindingAdverse; 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: ResultThe search completed without a material external finding; CompletionCompleted; FindingNo adverse finding; FreshnessNot available

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Proceed with caution

Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.

Analyst recommendation
Treat the site as unauthorized streaming; avoid logging in or providing personal data, and use strong ad-blocking if visiting.
Treat hianime.by as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
Verify the business through independent channels
Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.
Never use irreversible payment methods
Crypto, gift cards, wire transfers, and cash apps offer zero buyer protection. Use a credit card or PayPal if you must pay.
Share your experience
If you have additional context, drop a comment below or post on the MalwareTips forum.
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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.by a scam or is it safe?

There isn't enough evidence yet for us to give hianime.by a confident verdict, so treat it with caution. Until it can be independently verified, don't enter passwords, card details, or send money, and confirm the company through channels you find yourself rather than links on the site.

Is hianime.by safe to use?

hianime.by has a Safety Score of 55/100 (Moderate Risk). Analysis coverage is partial at 69%. Do not trust blindly; analysis may be limited.

Has hianime.by been flagged by antivirus engines?

Yes. 1 of 97 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged hianime.by, 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 hianime.by on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No — hianime.by 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.by have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes — hianime.by 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.by hosted?

hianime.by 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.by 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.by 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

55/100

Moderate Risk

Hianime.by streams copyrighted anime without authorization and relies on third-party advertising.

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

Conclusion

Recommended actionTreat the site as unauthorized streaming; avoid logging in or providing personal data, and use strong ad-blocking if visiting.

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09 · Community

Community

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

Is hianime.by safe?

Hianime.by streams copyrighted anime without authorization and relies on third-party advertising.

Key evidence from the dossier

Technical checks versus operator risk

How a visitor interacts with the site

Why the score is 55

What the captured page showed

What the site claims

What we observed

What independent research found

What remains unverified

Technical threat

Operator / customer risk

Proceed with caution

Analyst recommendation

Treat hianime.by as unverified

Verify the business through independent channels

Never use irreversible payment methods

Share your experience

Trying to watch something? Use a safe option instead

Hianime.by streams copyrighted anime without authorization and relies on third-party advertising.

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