Is hotel-bistrita.ro safe?

http://hotel-bistrita.ro/

High RiskStatus

Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Hotel site heavily compromised by gambling spam links

The legitimate hotel-bistrita.ro domain now serves dozens of injected links to casino and betting sites, turning the page into an unauthorized gambling link farm.

Avoid visiting or entering any information on hotel-bistrita.ro until the site owner removes the injected gambling content and secures the Joomla installation.
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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 legitimate hotel-bistrita.ro domain now serves dozens of injected links to casino and betting sites, turning the page into an unauthorized gambling link farm.

Injected gambling links dominate the page

Visible text blocks on the homepage contain repeated casino keywords such as "tower rush казино", "aviator", "stake", "Frumzi Casino", "betjam casino", "1xslots", "пинап казино", "BetFury Casino", "vavada casino", "verde casino", "royal sea casino", "parimatch", "megafaraon casino", "thor casino", and "betwarrior".

Additional injected phrases include "best usa online casinos", "5 deposit casinos", "POLi deposit casinos NZ", and "aviator website", confirming the page is being used as a search-engine spam target.

Outbound links point to external gambling domains

The site contains hyperlinks to at least fifteen external gambling destinations including betfury-casino.io, casinos-prive.com, smarkets-uk.com, revolutslots.ro, vavadacasino.guide, verde-cazino.ro, royalseacasino.hu, royalseacasino.it, parimatch-ukraina.com, megafaraoncasino-argentina.com, thor-casinoar.com, and bet-warrior-casino.com.

These links appear without any hotel-related context, indicating they were inserted by an attacker rather than the hotel operator.

Why the score is 25

Zagraj w Polski Vavada Internetowe Casino. W końcu to oficjalne. Bistriţa Hotel http://www.hotel-bistrita.ro/en/. 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/ 66

No detections

Saved result - stale

No detections across 66 engines

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

Malicious
0
Suspicious
0
Total
66
All 66 engine results
  • ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
  • AutoShun - unrated - Clean
  • Avira - clean - Clean
  • Baidu-International - clean - Clean
  • BitDefender - clean - Clean
  • Blueliv - clean - Clean
  • C-SIRT - clean - Clean
  • Certly - clean - Clean
  • CLEAN MX - clean - Clean
  • Comodo Site Inspector - clean - Clean
  • CyberCrime - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - clean - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
  • DNS8 - clean - Clean
  • Dr.Web - clean - Clean
  • Emsisoft - clean - Clean
  • ESET - clean - Clean
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - clean - Clean
  • Fortinet - clean - Clean
  • Fortra - unrated - Clean
  • FraudScore - clean - Clean
  • FraudSense - clean - Clean
  • G-Data - clean - Clean
  • Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - clean - Clean
  • Kaspersky - clean - Clean
  • Lionic - clean - Clean
  • Malc0de Database - clean - Clean
  • Malekal - clean - Clean
  • Malware Domain Blocklist - clean - Clean
  • Malwarebytes hpHosts - clean - Clean
  • Malwared - clean - Clean
  • MalwareDomainList - clean - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
  • malwares.com URL checker - clean - Clean
  • Netcraft - unrated - Clean
  • NotMining - unrated - Clean
  • Nucleon - clean - Clean
  • OpenPhish - clean - Clean
  • Opera - clean - Clean
  • Phishtank - clean - Clean
  • Quttera - clean - Clean
  • Rising - clean - Clean
  • SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
  • SecureBrain - clean - Clean
  • securolytics - clean - Clean
  • Sophos - unrated - Clean
  • Spam404 - clean - Clean
  • StopBadware - unrated - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
  • Tencent - clean - Clean
  • ThreatHive - clean - Clean
  • Trustwave - clean - Clean
  • URLQuery - unrated - Clean
  • Virusdie External Site Scan - clean - Clean
  • VX Vault - clean - Clean
  • Web Security Guard - clean - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
  • ZCloudsec - clean - Clean
  • ZDB Zeus - clean - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
  • Zerofox - clean - Clean
  • ZeusTracker - clean - Clean
  • zvelo - clean - 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
hotel-bistrita.ro
What our review noticed on this page
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

Hotel Bistrita

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    Hotel Bistrita

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

    Hotel Bistrita

  2. What we observed

    Saved browser evidence recorded cross domain landing.

  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

Affiliate

Observed behavior

Cross Domain Landing

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 01Zagraj w Polski Vavada Internetowe Casino. W końcu to oficjalne. Bistriţa Hotel http://www.hotel-bistrita.ro/en/
  2. 02Dozens of casino and betting keywords injected into legitimate hotel pages
  3. 03best usa online casinos

Web research findings

Independent findings for hotel-bistrita.ro, 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.
  • Bistriţa Hotelopen

    "Zagraj w Polski Vavada Internetowe Casino. W końcu to oficjalne."

  • Conference Roomopen

    "Compare top-rated best usa online casinos that offer smooth interfaces, diverse games, and accessible user experiences."

Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not 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. Domainhotel-bistrita.ro
  2. Redirects tohotel-bistrita.ro
  3. Hosted byCLAUS WEB srl
  4. Referencesfonts.googleapis.com · hotel-bistrita.pynbooking.direct

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 numbers0730660837
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No direct contact email found on the captured page.
  • No operator postal address visible on the captured page.
  • Phone number listed (0730660837).

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate
StatusInvalid
Protocolnone
IssuerNone
ExpiresNot applicable
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingCLAUS WEB srl
Server locationRO
Platform / CMSJoomla

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://hotel-bistrita.ro/
  • 2200http://hotel-bistrita.ro/ro/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPCLAUS WEB srl
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Referenced Domains

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

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.

Antivirus
Result0 of 66 engines flagged
CompletionLimited
FindingNo saved finding
Freshnessstale fallback · Sep 10, 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 hotel-bistrita.ro 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 hotel-bistrita.ro a scam or a legit site?
hotel-bistrita.ro 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 hotel-bistrita.ro safe to use?
hotel-bistrita.ro has a Safety Score of 25/100 (High Risk). Analysis coverage is strong at 82%. Avoid login, payment and downloads.
What is the risk from the ads and redirects on hotel-bistrita.ro?
hotel-bistrita.ro 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 hotel-bistrita.ro 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 hotel-bistrita.ro.
How do I stop the pop-ups or notifications from hotel-bistrita.ro?
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 hotel-bistrita.ro (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 hotel-bistrita.ro been flagged by antivirus engines?
No — all 66 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report hotel-bistrita.ro 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 hotel-bistrita.ro on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — hotel-bistrita.ro 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 hotel-bistrita.ro have a valid SSL certificate?
No — hotel-bistrita.ro has an invalid or broken SSL certificate, so browsers will show a security warning. Combined with the other signals, we recommend avoiding it.
Where is hotel-bistrita.ro hosted?
hotel-bistrita.ro resolves to an IP operated by CLAUS WEB srl in RO (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 hotel-bistrita.ro report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on September 10, 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 hotel-bistrita.ro 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

Hotel site heavily compromised by gambling spam links

Saved capturehotel-bistrita.roCapture-safe
Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.
Conclusion

The legitimate hotel-bistrita.ro domain now serves dozens of injected links to casino and betting sites, turning the page into an unauthorized gambling link farm.

Recommended actionAvoid visiting or entering any information on hotel-bistrita.ro until the site owner removes the injected gambling content and secures the Joomla installation.
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09 · Community

Community

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