Is keysfan.com safe?
http://keysfan.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (60 of 93 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Keysfan sells cheap software keys, but buyers report keys that were already used and support that never answers
Keysfan.com is a five-year-old storefront selling discounted software and game activation keys, with a same-domain checkout and a support address on its own domain. The technical picture is clean — valid TLS, no browser threat feed warning, and no abuse history on the hosting IP — but the operator side is not: a customer review describes buying a Windows 11 Pro key that was already used on another device and getting no reply from support, and a security vendor has flagged the site as potentially malicious. The store also publishes no phone number or postal address, so there is no way to identify or reach the business behind it. That combination of unverifiable operator identity and reported key-validity failures puts the site in the Moderate Risk band rather than Safe.
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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.
Why 52/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 4 findings pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Strong1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "I purchase an activation key for Windows 11 Pro, but there was an error said: the product key was already used on another device. no response from the support…"
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Gridinsoft has flagged this website as potentially malicious"
- MinorThe captured pages list no phone number and no operator postal address, leaving the business behind the store unidentified.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe registrable domain is approximately five years old, indicating some continuity rather than a brand-new throwaway storefront.
- SupportsValid TLS, no the browser threat feed warning, and a hosting IP with zero abuse reports indicate no current technical threat.
- SupportsThe site provides a support email on its own domain, giving a reachable contact channel.
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
Keysfan.com is a five-year-old storefront selling discounted software and game activation keys, with a same-domain checkout and a support address on its own domain. The technical picture is clean — valid TLS, no browser threat feed warning, and no abuse history on the hosting IP — but the operator side is not: a customer review describes buying a Windows 11 Pro key that was already used on another device and getting no reply from support, and a security vendor has flagged the site as potentially malicious. The store also publishes no phone number or postal address, so there is no way to identify or reach the business behind it. That combination of unverifiable operator identity and reported key-validity failures puts the site in the Moderate Risk band rather than Safe.
What buyers report and what the store does not disclose
The most concrete adverse evidence is a customer account of purchasing a Windows 11 Pro activation key that returned an error saying the product key had already been used on another device, with no response from the support team. That is the core commercial risk here: the product is a licence key whose value depends entirely on it being unused and valid, and the buyer has no way to verify that before paying.
The store's own pages list no phone number and no operator postal address, so there is no disclosed legal entity or physical location to hold accountable if a key fails. The only contact route visible is a support email on the site's own domain, which is a genuine positive for reachability but does not identify who is behind the business.
Independent reputation evidence is also adverse: a security vendor has flagged the site as potentially malicious, and a saved antivirus observation records an adverse result from an independent engine. These are vendor flags rather than proof of a specific scam, but they reinforce the caution warranted by the customer report.
Clean technical checks do not make the seller trustworthy
On the technical side the site behaves normally: the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, and the hosting IP carries an abuse confidence score of 0/100 across zero saved reports. Nothing in the scan suggests malware delivery, credential harvesting, or a browser-level block.
Those results mean the site is not currently flagged as a technical threat — they say nothing about whether the keys sold are valid or whether the seller honours refunds. The domain being roughly five years old is a mild supportive signal of continuity, but age alone does not establish that the operator is accountable or that the products are legitimate.
Why the score is 52
1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
2/ 93
detectionsSaved analysis from October 2, 2026 - 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
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| Chong Lua DaoMalicious | malicious |
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 93 engine results
- Chong Lua Dao - Malicious
- Gridinsoft - Suspicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Clean
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Orcapot - Unrated
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiShopping
- BitDefendermisc
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekershopping
- Googleshopping
- Sophosdownload freeware and shareware
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
Service E-mail: support@keysfan.com
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Service E-mail: support@keysfan.com
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
KeysFan - World Best Game & Software Digital Key Marketplace
- Meta description
Buy game & software professional key at best price, delivered via email within seconds, download and activate directly from official website.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/about-usRead
- Terms/terms-and-conditionRead
- Refund / returns policy/returns-and-refundsRead
- Shipping policy/delivery-informationRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
KeysFan - World Best Game & Software Digital Key Marketplace
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 60 antivirus results.
What independent research found
2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
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
Fake Shop & Commercial Deception
Service and business model
Shop
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 012 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "I purchase an activation key for Windows 11 Pro, but there was an error said: the product key was already used on another device. no response from the support…"
- 022 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Gridinsoft has flagged this website as potentially malicious"
- 031 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
If this is a scam — what it means for you
What happens when a visitor buys a key
A visitor browsing the catalogue clicks an 'Add to Cart' button on a product listing and proceeds to the site's own checkout page to pay for a discounted software or game key.
If this is a scam, how it works
The evidence-backed path
Each stage below is preserved from the grounded analysis and linked to saved evidence.
In the reported case, the key delivered after payment failed activation because it had already been used on another device, leaving the buyer with a product that did not work as advertised.
The same report states that the support team did not respond, so the buyer had no evident route to a replacement key or a refund through the channel the store itself advertises.
Avoid buying activation keys from Keysfan unless you are willing to risk receiving a key that has already been used. If you do purchase, pay with a method that offers chargeback protection rather than an irreversible transfer, keep the order confirmation, and test the key immediately on arrival so you can dispute the charge quickly. Because the store publishes no phone number or postal address, treat any unresolved key problem as difficult to escalate.
Web research findings
Independent findings for keysfan.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.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
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.
- Domainkeysfan.com
- Redirects towww.keysfan.com
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencesfonts.googleapis.com · dwin1.com
Domain Timeline
- Sep 13, 2021Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 5 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 22, 2026Saved security review — Rated Moderate Risk
The evidence in this saved scan is mixed or incomplete; the completed checks are detailed above.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- No phone number listed on the captured page.
- No operator postal address visible on the captured page.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (support@keysfan.com).
- Links to 15 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Certificate issued for keysfan.com.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- Google Fonts
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://keysfan.com/
- 2302https://keysfan.com/
- 3200https://www.keysfan.com/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "I purchase an activation key for Windows 11 Pro, but there was an error said: the product key was already used on another device. no response from the support…" · 2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Gridinsoft has flagged this website as potentially malicious"
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 2 of 93 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 22, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 22, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 22, 2026 |
| Independent research | 2 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 22, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result2 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 22, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 22, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 22, 2026
- Independent research
- Result2 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 22, 2026
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 keysfan.com a scam or is it safe?
Is keysfan.com safe to use?
Has keysfan.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is keysfan.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the keysfan.com domain?
Does keysfan.com have a valid SSL certificate?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Keysfan sells cheap software keys, but buyers report keys that were already used and support that never answers
Keysfan.com is a five-year-old storefront selling discounted software and game activation keys, with a same-domain checkout and a support address on its own domain. The technical picture is clean — valid TLS, no browser threat feed warning, and no abuse history on the hosting IP — but the operator side is not: a customer review describes buying a Windows 11 Pro key that was already used on another device and getting no reply from support, and a security vendor has flagged the site as potentially malicious. The store also publishes no phone number or postal address, so there is no way to identify or reach the business behind it. That combination of unverifiable operator identity and reported key-validity failures puts the site in the Moderate Risk band rather than Safe.
09 · Community
Community
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