Is imgcup.com safe?

http://imgcup.com/

Low RiskStatus

Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Adult content site with third-party ad scripts and age gate

imgcup.com presents itself as a 2022-established platform for sharing cosplay and anime photos, including adult-oriented material. It displays an age-verification gate and loads scripts from known ad networks, but no malware detections or fee-collection claims were found.

The site is a standard adult-content aggregator with intrusive ad networks; use an ad blocker and exercise normal caution with any downloads or external links.
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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

imgcup.com presents itself as a 2022-established platform for sharing cosplay and anime photos, including adult-oriented material. It displays an age-verification gate and loads scripts from known ad networks, but no malware detections or fee-collection claims were found.

Content and access controls

The site shows an explicit age-verification prompt stating it contains adult content and requires visitors to be 18 or older.

Navigation includes a search bar and category links such as "Hentai Cosplay," indicating the primary focus is adult-oriented imagery.

Advertising and technical profile

The hosting IP carries an abuse confidence score of 0/100, and the site uses Cloudflare infrastructure with no malware detections reported.

Third-party ad scripts from wpnsrv.com, magsrv.com, and pemsrv.com are loaded, consistent with an advertising-supported model common on adult-content platforms.

Why the score is 72

The saved analysis does not include enough completed checks for a Safe rating. 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/ 67

No detections

Saved result - stale

No detections across 67 engines

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

Malicious
0
Suspicious
0
Total
67
All 67 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
  • 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 - unrated - 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 - unrated - 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
  • Spamhaus - clean - Clean
  • StopBadware - unrated - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
  • Tencent - clean - Clean
  • ThreatHive - clean - Clean
  • Trustwave - clean - Clean
  • URLQuery - clean - Clean
  • Virusdie External Site Scan - clean - Clean
  • VX Vault - clean - Clean
  • Web Security Guard - clean - Clean
  • Webutation - 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
imgcup.com
What our review noticed on this page
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

IMGCUP.COM NEW

Context only

What the captured page showed

2 observations
  1. 01

    IMGCUP.COM

  2. 02

    NEW

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

    Download Hentai Cosplay Photos - Sexy Anime Photos

  2. What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 67 antivirus results.

  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

No threat category confirmed

Service and business model

Content

Advertising

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 01Age Verification
  2. 02Third-party ad scripts from known networks are present, increasing exposure to pop-ups or redirects.

Web research findings

Independent findings for imgcup.com, 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 positive
Positive reviews (2)
Public quotes that support the operator's credibility.
  • About Us - Sexy Anime Photosopen

    "IMGCUP.COM was born in 2022, is a website to share beautiful Cosplay photos, anime photos, bikini model photos, computer wallpapers with high quality completely free!"

  • About Us - Sexy Anime Photosopen

    "Downloading content from IMGCUP.COM is completely free, we do not collect fees from any users!"

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. Domainimgcup.com
  2. Redirects toimgcup.com
  3. Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
  4. Referencesgmpg.org · fonts.googleapis.com

Domain Timeline

  1. Aug 27, 2022
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 4.0 years old today.

  2. Sep 2, 2026
    Saved security review — Reviewed — inconclusive

    The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.

imgcup.com has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.

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 numbers2026 769
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles2
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • No direct contact email found on the captured page.
  • Phone number listed (2026 769).
  • Links to 4 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age4 years old
RegistrarNameCheap, Inc.
RegisteredAug 27, 2022
ExpiresAug 27, 2027
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1
ExpiresOct 16, 2026 (44d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingCloudflare, Inc.
Server locationUS
Web servercloudflare
Platform / CMSSite Kit by Google 1.183.0

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://imgcup.com/
  • 2206https://imgcup.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file1
ISPCloudflare, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

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.

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.

Antivirus
Result0 of 67 engines flagged
CompletionLimited
FindingNo saved finding
Freshnessstale fallback · Sep 2, 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
Result2 visible observations saved with the page capture
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Independent research
Result2 independent findings were saved
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Verify before you trust

We couldn't gather enough signal for a confident verdict — tread carefully.

  1. Find the company through independent channels

    Search for the business on LinkedIn, an official registry (Companies House, OpenCorporates, SEC EDGAR), or via the brand's known social channels. If you can't trace a real entity, that itself is a red flag.

  2. Never pay by crypto, gift card, or bank transfer

    If the site forces an irreversible payment method, stop. Cards and PayPal give you chargeback protection — irreversible methods don't.

  3. Ask the forum

    Post the URL in the MalwareTips Scam Reports forum — experienced members often recognise patterns immediately.

    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 imgcup.com a scam or is it safe?
imgcup.com has a Safety Score of 72/100 (Low Risk). The saved checks found no material threat, but the report did not meet every requirement for the highest Safe tier. Use normal caution and independently verify the operator before irreversible payments or unusually sensitive actions.
Is imgcup.com safe to use?
imgcup.com has a Safety Score of 72/100 (Low Risk). Analysis coverage is strong at 83%. Normal caution; verify sensitive actions.
Has imgcup.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
No — all 67 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report imgcup.com 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 imgcup.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — imgcup.com 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 imgcup.com domain?
imgcup.com is 4 years old, registered on August 27, 2022 through NameCheap, Inc.. 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 imgcup.com have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — imgcup.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, valid for another 44 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 imgcup.com hosted?
imgcup.com 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 imgcup.com report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on September 2, 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 imgcup.com 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
72/100
Low Risk

Adult content site with third-party ad scripts and age gate

Saved captureimgcup.comCapture-safe
Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.
Conclusion

imgcup.com presents itself as a 2022-established platform for sharing cosplay and anime photos, including adult-oriented material. It displays an age-verification gate and loads scripts from known ad networks, but no malware detections or fee-collection claims were found.

Recommended actionThe site is a standard adult-content aggregator with intrusive ad networks; use an ad blocker and exercise normal caution with any downloads or external links.
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09 · Community

Community

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