Is kotanime.com safe?
https://kotanime.com/anime/koyomimonogatari
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How we checked
Coverage: complete · 6 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Kotanime is an anime streaming site with no confirmed harm, but an isolated detection and no named operator keep it at Moderate Risk
Kotanime is a free anime streaming site with a search box and a 'Support With Mellowtel' prompt. Its domain is about 5 years 11 months old, the browser threat feed shows no warning and the TLS connection is valid. One antivirus engine out of 93 flagged it, and the site names no operator or contact email. That mix places it at Moderate Risk rather than Low Risk.
At a glance
Saved with this scan; each value is explained in the sections below.
Domain age
5 years old
Registered Nov 21, 2020Expires Nov 21, 2026Certificate
Valid
Expires Dec 18, 2026 (34d)Hosting
United States (US)
Cloudflare, Inc.Popularity
Not in the Cloudflare Radar top list
Antivirus
1/58
1 antivirus engine flagged this URLSafe Browsing
Not flagged
Not flagged on major threat listsCommunity
No reviews yet
Checked
Nov 14, 2026
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 66/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 2 findings pulled the score down; 2 pushed it up.
- Start75
- -9
- Score66
What pulled the score down
- Moderate1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result.-9 pts
- MinorThe captured page lists no direct contact email and names no operator.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe domain is about 5 years 11 months old.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning, and the TLS connection is valid.
Points come from the saved evidence ledger: it lowered the score from 75 to 66 and split those 9 points between the findings that show points; the others carry no points in the ledger.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
Kotanime is a free anime streaming site with a search box and a 'Support With Mellowtel' prompt. Its domain is about 5 years 11 months old, the browser threat feed shows no warning and the TLS connection is valid. One antivirus engine out of 93 flagged it, and the site names no operator or contact email. That mix places it at Moderate Risk rather than Low Risk.
What the technical checks show
Only one of 93 antivirus engines flagged the domain, and no other vendor agreed. The browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. No confirmed malware or phishing mechanic was found.
A third-party review site, Gridinsoft, gave the domain a trust score of 79/100, calling the signals mostly positive but not fully verified. This is a neutral reputation note, not proof of safety.
Operator and monetization risk
The captured page lists no direct contact email, and no company or operator is named, so visitors cannot tell who runs the site.
The page shows a 'Support With Mellowtel' prompt. This points to a monetization partner, and the evidence does not show what it does for visitors. The site's search box and anime pages are its main content.
Why the score is 66
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
1/ 93
detectionsFresh result
1 engine flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 1
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
- Malicious1
- Clean57
- Undetected35
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| SeclookupMalicious | malicious |
All 93 engine results
- Seclookup - Malicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Unrated
- 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
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Clean
- 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
- Gridinsoft - 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
- 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 - Unrated
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerhacking
- Googlemedia_and_entertainment
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
Visual context from the captured page
Support With Mellowtel
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Support With Mellowtel
Browser behavior
What our isolated browser recorded while it loaded the page. Host names only: no full addresses are published.
- Pop-ups
- 0
- Download attempts
- 0
- Notification prompts
- 0
- Navigations
- 2
- Other hosts contacted
- 5
Where the page went
- First loadkotanime.comSame site
- On its ownkotanime.comSame site
Hosts on our aggressive-advertising list
None contacted.
Test clicks
No test click was made on this page.
What the page says about itself
Quoted from the pages we read: the site's own words, not our findings.
- Page title
Koyomimonogatari - Kotanime
- Meta description
Third season of the Monogatari Series, part 2/5. Adapts the arcs Koyomi Stone, Koyomi Flower, Koyomi Sand, Koyomi Water, Koyomi Wind, Koyomi Tree, Koyomi Tea, Koyomi Mountain, Koyomi Torus, Koyomi Seed, Koyomi Nothing, and Koyomi Dead from the Koyomimonogatari light novel. “You’re looking for a h
Pages we read
- Main page/anime/koyomimonogatariRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Koyomimonogatari - Kotanime
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 antivirus results.
What independent research found
1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
The checks completed, but ownership, business claims, and future site behavior can still change after this snapshot.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Streaming Piracy
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01One antivirus engine out of 93 flagged the domain, with no vendor consensus.
- 02The page shows a 'Support With Mellowtel' prompt, a monetization partner.
- Also 3 listed under Why 66/100 above
Web research findings
Independent findings for kotanime.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for kotanime.com. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
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.
Infrastructure map
- Domainkotanime.com
- Redirects tokotanime.com
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencesfiles.ktni.me · googletagmanager.comand 3 more
Domain Timeline
- Nov 21, 2020Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 5 years old when this review was saved.
- Nov 14, 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 direct contact email found on the captured page.
Domain & Encryption
At the scan on Nov 14, 2026: 100% of the registration period had passed
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
At the scan on Nov 14, 2026: 61% of the validity period had passed
Certificate issued for kotanime.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
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.
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
Grouped by what each domain is for. in page: named in the page’s HTML. contacted: the browser loaded it while rendering the page. ad list: on our aggressive-advertising list.
Analytics & tracking3
- google-analytics.comcontacted
- googletagmanager.comin pagecontacted
- static.cloudflareinsights.comin pagecontacted
CDN & fonts1
- cdn.mellow.telcontacted
Platform & social2
- fb.mein page
- instagram.comin page
Other / unknown1
- files.ktni.mein pagecontacted
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruscomplete
- 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.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 1 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | Adverse | fresh · analysed Nov 14, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 14, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 14, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 14, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 14, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result1 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Nov 14, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 14, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 14, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 14, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 14, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Answered from the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
Is kotanime.com a scam or is it safe?
Is kotanime.com safe to use?
Has kotanime.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is kotanime.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the kotanime.com domain?
Does kotanime.com have a valid SSL certificate?
Where is kotanime.com hosted?
How often is the kotanime.com report updated?
08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Kotanime is an anime streaming site with no confirmed harm, but an isolated detection and no named operator keep it at Moderate Risk
Kotanime is a free anime streaming site with a search box and a 'Support With Mellowtel' prompt. Its domain is about 5 years 11 months old, the browser threat feed shows no warning and the TLS connection is valid. One antivirus engine out of 93 flagged it, and the site names no operator or contact email. That mix places it at Moderate Risk rather than Low Risk.
09 · Community
Community
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