Is kinopoisk.ru a scam?

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on kinopoisk.ru. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Is kinopoisk.ru safe to use?

kinopoisk.ru passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 90/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does kinopoisk.ru have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. kinopoisk.ru presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by GlobalSign nv-sa · GlobalSign RSA OV SSL CA 2018, expiring in 102 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

Is kinopoisk.ru on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. kinopoisk.ru is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is kinopoisk.ru hosted?

kinopoisk.ru resolves to an IP operated by Yandex enterprise network in RU (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.

How often is the kinopoisk.ru report updated?

We cache results for 24 hours. Signed-in MalwareTips members can trigger a manual rescan at any time using the "Rescan" button on the report page, which re-runs every check from scratch and refreshes this page.

SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

Security Review

Is kinopoisk.ru legit or a scam?

Name: Is kinopoisk.ru legit or a scam?
Item: kinopoisk.ru
Rating: 5
Author: MalwareTips

Our verdict:Safe· 90/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

Official Kinopoisk.ru movie database protected by Yandex CAPTCHA, backed by long business history and positive user reviews with no scam indicators.

Why we trust it

Clean status on major browser blocklists.Valid SSL certificate with reputable issuer.Active business registration in Russia since 2003 with Yandex ownership since 2013.

kinopoisk.ruScanned 1d ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Heuristics 86·MT 92

Category tags

entertainment95% MT confidence

Positive signals (3)

Not on major blacklists Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

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Data unavailable

Domain Age

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Registration date unknown

MT Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 95% confidence

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

MT Security Analyst

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust92/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

The site is the well-known Russian equivalent of IMDb, offering movie ratings, trailers, and streaming. Our scan shows clean browser blocklists and a valid SSL certificate on a low-abuse IP. The displayed CAPTCHA is a normal anti-bot measure used by Yandex services. Evidence confirms active Russian business registration and multiple positive reviews on independent sites with zero complaints. No clone indicators or malicious patterns appear in the scan data.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The page shows a Yandex SmartCaptcha prompt asking users to confirm they are not a robot. No login forms, payment fields, or suspicious scripts were detected beyond standard Yandex domains.

Infrastructure

Valid SSL certificate issued by GlobalSign with 102 days remaining. Hosting IP carries an abuse score of 0/100. External resources load only from yandex.com and related Yandex domains.

Domain History

Business records show the company was founded in 2003, acquired by Yandex in 2013, and remains active in Russia. No recent registration red flags.

Web Reputation

Two positive reviews appear on otzovik.com with 90% recommendation rate. Zero scam reports or complaints were located across searched sources.

Positive Signals

Clean status on major browser blocklists.
Valid SSL certificate with reputable issuer.
Active business registration in Russia since 2003 with Yandex ownership since 2013.
Multiple positive reviews on independent review sites and zero complaints found.

AI Recommendation

The site is safe to use. Complete the CAPTCHA if prompted and proceed normally.

Next-gen fraud intelligence

Evidence-backedCross-checked

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LIVE RENDER

kinopoisk.ru

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Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →

Visual Screenshot Analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

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High visual risk

Visual red flags detected in the screenshot

We could not capture a fully-rendered screenshot of this page; visual analysis is inconclusive.

Visual risk50/100

What our vision model saw

1 signal

Screenshot incomplete — site may be slow to render

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for kinopoisk.ru, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration

Active · Russia

Site traces back to an actively registered business.

Clone check

Not a clone

No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.

Typosquat check

No look-alike match

The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.

Web mentions

2 positive

Key findings

7 headline facts from open-web research

kinopoisk.ru is the official domain of Kinopoisk, a major Russian-language film database and streaming service (often called Russia's IMDb).
Owned by Yandex since October 2013 acquisition (previously founded 2003 by Vitaliy Tatsiy and Dmitry Sukhanov).
Has official apps on Google Play and Apple App Store with millions of downloads and positive ratings.
Wikipedia and Yandex press releases confirm legitimacy and ownership.
Multiple review sites (otzovik, scamadviser, scamdoc) rate it as legitimate with high trust scores; no verified scam complaints found.
Reddit discussions focus on service usage, content availability, and VPN access, not fraud.
Domain hosts official content including movie search, ratings, trailers, and theater tickets.

Positive reviews (2)

Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.

otzovik.comopen
"Пользуюсь онлайн-кинотеатром Kinopoisk.ru уже довольно давно , и в целом очень доволен. Огромный выбор фильмов, сериалов и мультфильмов — как зарубежных, так и ..."
otzovik.comopen
"Отзывов: 12623 Рекомендуют 90%"

Business registration

Status: active · Russia

Acquired by Yandex in 2013; previously independent Russian company founded 2003

Research summary

Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

Our research found the domain belongs to the official Kinopoisk service, a major Russian film database acquired by Yandex in 2013. Positive reviews appear on otzovik.com with high recommendation rates. No scam reports or complaints were located in any searched sources.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check

Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found

No clear contact details on the page

Emails on site's domainNone

Phone numbers1780650561

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles0

Signal Summary

Several contact red flags

No contact email found anywhere on the page.
No postal address visible on the page.

Phone number listed (1780650561).

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerGlobalSign nv-sa · GlobalSign RSA OV SSL CA 2018

ExpiresSep 15, 2026 (102d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingYandex enterprise network

Server locationRU

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Lookalike

Punycode

1302http://kinopoisk.ru/
2200http://kinopoisk.ru/showcaptcha?cc=1&form-fb-hint=2.20&mt=80B06D26124855BDBF7EA9A15479211C9C15F283775D26ABFC2046D0F386A891EFEB1A2C7466319E7998D613C4B154FD1E34F9AC6D59B9FF7DCF6FE53C0C7FB36FA61C3ACA66F29487CBA97EE7C893A2827EE8B9E0E862CB0480A10E87A0772DAFC7385C4DFFDE479D83CBF5B84E5BDF482EA40E7F4DD60981AA3A31649BCED5BBA1DEA8B9CED14F6486C0106BCB9F01389673D47AF95FB837BF39CF4EF444CF6260234D939B35480129296F8DACA14B5D0DB26252B7C8EC99DA049EE0C83A23430EB4EF4B69C732AB87B02A83A54A9B335BC5643D368C2A1EE5BA356C2B25B3A21D7B3B9F0C583C4C03AA7C91411E0B4CE1&retpath=aHR0cDovL2tpbm9wb2lzay5ydS8%2C_31a93212a47577340f8911aea97434c8&t=2%252F1780650581%252Fa9420c668ecb2bc227cbefccfc96926a&u=8816973251538079373&s=f5471262150d542bd29dc9fb29546b95

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file2

ISPYandex enterprise network

Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on kinopoisk.ru and not a lookalike like k-inopoisk.ru.com or an IDN homoglyph.
Use a password manager
Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.
Discuss this site on the forum
If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.
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Trust History

Trust score over time

Last 2 public scans of kinopoisk.ru

90/100

-1 vs Jun 4

Jun 4Jun 5

Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

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Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

yandex.com yandex.cloud mc.yandex.ru adfstat.yandex.ru

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on kinopoisk.ru. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·kinopoisk.ru

SAFE

Kinopoisk.ru is the official Russian film database and streaming service owned by Yandex. The page displays a standard Yandex SmartCaptcha check with clean blocklist status and zero scam reports. Business records confirm active registration since 2003 with acquisition by Yandex in 2013.

The site is safe to use. Complete the CAPTCHA if prompted and proceed normally.

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