Is manga-bay.biz safe?
https://manga-bay.biz/10151-darashinai-desu-hotta-sensei.html
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (59 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading · not available: did not fully complete
- page capture · limited: did not fully complete
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Manga reader site blocked by its own server and flagged suspicious by one vendor
Manga-bay.biz is a 110-day-old domain that currently returns HTTP 403 Forbidden, so its own pages could not be reviewed. Gridinsoft labels it a Suspicious Website with a 10/100 trust score citing its young age and lack of history, while the browser threat feed shows no threat.
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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 45/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 3 findings pulled the score down; 2 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Moderate1 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious.-21 pts
- ModerateOne public warning on a scam-warning or security site: "Gridinsoft currently classifies this site as Suspicious Website. The report highlights 1 blacklist detections, a very young domain (4 months), and no…"-18 pts
- MinorHTTP 403 Forbidden prevents any review of the site’s own pages.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe browser threat feed reports no threat.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection
Points come from the saved evidence ledger: it lowered the score from 84 to 45 and split those 39 points between the findings that show points; the others carry no points in the ledger. Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
Manga-bay.biz is a 110-day-old domain that currently returns HTTP 403 Forbidden, so its own pages could not be reviewed. Gridinsoft labels it a Suspicious Website with a 10/100 trust score citing its young age and lack of history, while the browser threat feed shows no threat.
Technical signals and access status
The site returns HTTP 403 Forbidden on every scan attempt, so the scanner could not read any page content, contact details, or policy text.
One antivirus engine (Gridinsoft) marks the URL suspicious; 92 other engines report no detection.
The browser threat feed and the saved TLS check show no active threat warnings and a valid encrypted connection.
Reputation and operator transparency
The domain is only 110 days old and registered through NameCheap; Gridinsoft’s report highlights the lack of established user-review history as a reason for the low trust score.
Independent web research found one blacklist warning but no additional customer complaints or confirmed harmful behavior.
Why the score is 45
1 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
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
- 0
- Suspicious
- 1
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 93 engine results
- 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
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- 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 - Unrated
- 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
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
403 Forbidden
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
403 Forbidden
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Independent evidence classifies the site as content, but the page's own claim could not be captured.
What we observed
The page itself could not be fully inspected, so the report relies on the other saved checks.
What independent research found
1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 6 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
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01HTTP 403 Forbidden prevents any review of the site’s own pages.
- 02One public warning on a scam-warning or security site: "Gridinsoft currently classifies this site as Suspicious Website. The report highlights 1 blacklist detections, a very young domain (4 months), and no…"
- 03Domain registered 110 days ago.
Web research findings
Independent findings for manga-bay.biz, 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.
- Manga-bay.biz Scam Check: Blacklist Warning (10/100 Trust Score)open
"Gridinsoft currently classifies this site as Suspicious Website. The report highlights 1 blacklist detections, a very young domain (4 months), and no established public user-review history."
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.
- Domainmanga-bay.biz
- Redirects tomanga-bay.biz
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
Domain Timeline
- Jul 14, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 3 months old when this review was saved.
- Nov 1, 2026Saved security review — Rated Moderate Risk
The evidence in this saved scan is mixed or incomplete; the completed checks are detailed above.
manga-bay.biz was registered very recently when this review was saved. Freshly-registered domains are disproportionately used for scams, so a young domain whose evidence is mixed or incomplete warrants extra caution.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Certificate issued for manga-bay.biz.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Redirect Chain
The site refused our redirect check, so this chain may be incomplete.
- 1403https://manga-bay.biz/10151-darashinai-desu-hotta-sensei.html
Server Reputation
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruscomplete
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentunavailable
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencepartial
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
1 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
One public warning on a scam-warning or security site: "Gridinsoft currently classifies this site as Suspicious Website. The report highlights 1 blacklist detections, a very young domain (4 months), and no…" · HTTP 403 Forbidden prevents any review of the site’s own pages.
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 1, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 1, 2026 |
| Page content | Page content was not available for semantic review | Unavailable | No saved finding | Not available |
| Visual evidence | The site blocked our capture or showed an error page; 1 visible observation saved | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Nov 1, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Nov 1, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result1 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Nov 1, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 1, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage content was not available for semantic review
- CompletionUnavailableFindingNo saved finding
- FreshnessNot available
- Visual evidence
- ResultThe site blocked our capture or showed an error page; 1 visible observation saved
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 1, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 1, 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.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Manga reader site blocked by its own server and flagged suspicious by one vendor
Manga-bay.biz is a 110-day-old domain that currently returns HTTP 403 Forbidden, so its own pages could not be reviewed. Gridinsoft labels it a Suspicious Website with a 10/100 trust score citing its young age and lack of history, while the browser threat feed shows no threat.
09 · Community
Community
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