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Mirror of blocked Russian torrent tracker Kinozal.tv flagged by Gridinsoft with 19/100 trust score.

Security Review

Is kinozal.me legit or a scam?

Mirror of blocked Russian torrent tracker Kinozal.tv flagged by Gridinsoft with 19/100 trust score.

Do this now:Avoid downloading copyrighted material. If you need legitimate media, use licensed streaming services instead.

Kinozal.me is a mirror site for the blocked torrent tracker Kinozal.tv. The domain carries a low trust score from Gridinsoft and is used to distribute copyrighted material.

Cross-checked against 8 completed checks 2 raised a concern
kinozal.meScanned 1h ago
58/100
Trust score
0 = danger · 100 = safe
SUSPICIOUS
Score breakdown
Heuristics 73·MT 55
Screenshot of kinozal.meSee the live page ↓
Category tags
torrentpiracyHow sure we are: Moderate
Warning signals (2)
1 of 92 engines flaggedScam-network signals (35/100)
Positive signals (3)
Not on major blacklistsEncrypted connectionClean server reputation

These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
1/92
Engines flagged this URL
Domain Age
Registration date unknown

Website Preview

Visual 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.

20
/ 100
Low visual risk

Visual red flags detected in the screenshot

The page appears to be a functional, albeit dated, community-driven torrent or media tracker site. The presence of maintenance notices and standard ad banners is consistent with this type of platform.

Visual risk20/100

What our vision model saw

4 signals

Site displays a notice regarding technical maintenance and redirects to an alternative domain

Contains multiple banner advertisements typical of file-sharing or torrent portals

Layout is consistent with established Russian-language community tracker sites

No evidence of phishing forms or deceptive urgency tactics

Intelligence

Editorial security brief
Intelligence
Elevated risktrust58/100
75%
Confidence
The site presents itself as a torrent tracker offering movies, series, music and software. It is explicitly identified as a mirror of kinozal.tv, which is blocked in multiple countries for copyright infringement. Gridinsoft assigns a 19/100 trust score to a related domain and notes multiple security vendors blacklist it. The page loads a login form and displays typical torrent-site advertisements. No antivirus engine flagged the current domain, yet the combination of copyright issues, mirror status, and low trust rating places it in the suspicious category.
Risk Factors
4
  • Functions as a mirror for blocked torrent tracker kinozal.tv distributing copyrighted material.
  • Gridinsoft assigns 19/100 trust score to related domain and notes multiple vendor blacklists.
  • No verifiable business registration or ownership information available.
  • Login form present on a site distributing pirated content.
Positive Signals
3
  • No detections from 92 antivirus engines.
  • Hosting IP shows zero abuse reports.
  • Valid SSL certificate from Google Trust Services.
Investigation notes

Page Content

The captured page shows a Russian-language torrent tracker interface with login fields, top downloads, and forum sections. A maintenance notice states kinozal.tv is temporarily unavailable and directs users to mirrors kinozal.me and kinozal.guru. Standard banner ads typical of file-sharing sites are present, and the layout matches established community torrent portals.

Infrastructure

The domain resolves to Cloudflare IP 104.21.87.84 with a clean abuse score of 0/100. SSL certificate is valid and issued by Google Trust Services. One external hop occurs to kinozal.guru. The page loads resources from fastpic.org, imageban.ru, pixhost.to and Telegram, consistent with torrent-site ad networks.

Domain History

WHOIS data is unavailable due to privacy protection. The site is documented as a mirror created to bypass ISP blocks on the primary kinozal.tv domain. No business registration records were located.

Web Reputation

Gridinsoft lists a related domain (kinozal.jumpingcrab.com) with a 19/100 trust score and notes multiple security vendors blacklist it. The site is widely reported as a proxy for distributing copyrighted content and has been blocked by ISPs in Lithuania and Latvia. No consumer complaints or positive reviews were found in the evidence package.

What this means for you

Accessing the site exposes users to copyright-infringement risks and potential ISP warnings. The low trust score and mirror status indicate the operator deliberately evades enforcement rather than operating a legitimate service.

Recommendation
Avoid downloading copyrighted material. If you need legitimate media, use licensed streaming services instead.
Editorial assessment
SpecificEvidence-led

Web Research Findings

Independent findings for kinozal.me, 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
Clones kinozal.tv
The page impersonates a well-known brand's site.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
1 scam report
Key findings
5 headline facts from open-web research
  • Kinozal.me functions as a mirror or proxy for the torrent tracker Kinozal.tv.
  • The site is frequently targeted by copyright enforcement agencies and has been blocked by ISPs in various jurisdictions (e.g., Lithuania, Latvia) for distributing copyrighted content.
  • Security assessments, such as those from Gridinsoft, have flagged related domains (e.g., kinozal.jumpingcrab.com) as suspicious due to blacklist detections and lack of verifiable ownership.
  • The site is primarily used for downloading movies, TV series, and other media via torrent files.
  • Users are often advised to use proxies or VPNs to access the site due to widespread regional blocking of the primary domain and its mirrors.
Scam reports (1)
Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.
  • Gridinsoftopen

    "Kinozal.jumpingcrab.com should not be treated as a safe website. Gridinsoft gives it a 19/100 trust score, and multiple security vendors blacklist the domain."

Impersonation / typosquat
Clone of kinozal.tv

Kinozal.me is widely identified as a mirror or proxy site for the primary torrent tracker Kinozal.tv, used to bypass regional blocks and copyright enforcement.

Research summary
Editorial synthesis of the sourced facts above

Gridinsoft reports that kinozal.jumpingcrab.com should not be treated as safe, citing a 19/100 trust score and multiple security-vendor blacklists. The evidence package identifies kinozal.me as a mirror/proxy for the primary torrent tracker kinozal.tv, used to bypass regional blocks and copyright enforcement in countries such as Lithuania and Latvia. No consumer complaints or positive reviews were located.

Threat Detection

Scam Network

Cross-site correlation

This site shares signals with a broader cluster

Moderate correlation

Many scams don't operate alone. We correlate third-party scripts, hosting infrastructure, brand-impersonation signals, and the AI evidence package to detect when a site is part of a broader scam network.

Suspicion score
35/100
ClearLowModerateHighCritical
Evidence (1)
  • Evidence confirms this site is a clone of kinozal.tv.
Linked signals (2)
t.meClone of kinozal.tv

Antivirus Engines

Detection matrix · live
1 engine flagged this URL

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. Each detection is listed below by engine name — even a single hit is a meaningful signal.

0Malicious1Suspicious58Harmless92Engines
1
of 92
alphaMountain.ai
Suspicious· not recommended

1 antivirus engine flagged this URL. Even a single detection is a meaningful signal — treat this site with extra caution and avoid entering credentials, payment info, or downloading any files.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

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

Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
ListedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

Technical Details

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.

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 numbers2017-2025
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles1
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Phone number listed (2017-2025).

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1
ExpiresSep 4, 2026 (40d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingCloudflare, Inc.
Server locationUS
Web servercloudflare
PopularityNot in popularity top list

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://kinozal.me/
  • 2200https://kinozal.me/

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.

What to do

Proceed with caution

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

  • Treat kinozal.me 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.

    Open

Final Verdict

58
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·kinozal.me
SUSPICIOUS

Kinozal.me is a mirror site for the blocked torrent tracker Kinozal.tv. The domain carries a low trust score from Gridinsoft and is used to distribute copyrighted material.

Avoid downloading copyrighted material. If you need legitimate media, use licensed streaming services instead.

AV engines
92
Domain age
Flagged
1
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Safety FAQ

Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • kinozal.me shows strong warning signs of being a scam site — avoid interacting with it. Our review tagged it for clone site. 1 of 92 security engines flag it. It may not be an outright scam, but the risk is high enough that you should verify it independently before trusting it with money or data.
  • Proceed with caution — kinozal.me scores 58/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend verifying it through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
  • If you've already paid or handed over details on kinozal.me, act quickly. 1) Contact your bank or card issuer immediately and ask to dispute the charge or open a chargeback — the sooner you act, the better your odds. 2) Report the site to the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov or the FBI's IC3 at ic3.gov, and in the UK to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. 3) If you entered a password, change it on kinozal.me and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. 4) Watch your bank and email for follow-up fraud, and keep screenshots as evidence.
  • Often yes, if you act fast. Payments made by credit or debit card can frequently be reversed through a chargeback or dispute — contact your bank right away and explain it was a fraudulent site. Bank transfers and gift-card or voucher payments are much harder to recover, but you should still report them to your bank and to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) or Action Fraud (actionfraud.police.uk). Avoid any "refund" or "recovery" service that contacts you first — it's usually a follow-up scam.
  • Just viewing a scam page is usually low-risk on an up-to-date browser — the real danger is what it asks you to DO (enter details, download a file, send money). If you downloaded anything, run a full antivirus scan and treat the file as untrusted. If you entered a password or card number, change the password everywhere you reused it and contact your bank.
  • You can report kinozal.me through several official channels: the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at ic3.gov, and — in the UK — Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. You can also flag it to Google Safe Browsing (safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish) so other browsers warn about it, and report it to the company being impersonated if there is one. Reporting helps get scam sites taken down faster.
  • Modern scams are built to look convincing. A valid SSL padlock, a polished template, stock photos, fake reviews, and a trust badge can all be added in minutes and prove nothing about who runs the site. Scammers buy cheap domains, clone real designs, and copy legal pages wholesale. That's exactly why an automated review that checks the domain's age, hosting, blacklists, and behaviour — rather than just how the page looks — is more reliable than a first impression.
  • Yes. 1 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged kinozal.me as suspicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
  • No — kinozal.me 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.
  • Yes — kinozal.me presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, valid for another 40 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".
  • kinozal.me 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.
  • This report is a record of the scan run on July 25, 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 kinozal.me has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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