Is manhwaz.cc safe?
http://manhwaz.cc/
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How we checked
Coverage: complete · 4 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (60 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
ManhwaZ is a young manga aggregator flagged by several security vendors, with an Android app download path that cannot be verified.
ManhwaZ presents itself as an independently operated catalog and reading interface for manga, manhwa and webtoons, and it does list contact addresses on its own domain. However, the domain is only 48 days old, and two malicious plus one suspicious detection were recorded across 93 scanning engines, including Bfore.Ai PreCrime, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker and alphaMountain.ai. The site also pushes a "↓ Download for Android" call to action that leads to an Android app page. Nothing in the evidence shows a confirmed scam mechanism such as a payment trap or credential theft, but the combination of a very new domain, adverse vendor flags and an unverified app download path keeps this 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. 1 finding pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Strong2 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe site publishes a contact email on its own domain.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the host.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
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
ManhwaZ presents itself as an independently operated catalog and reading interface for manga, manhwa and webtoons, and it does list contact addresses on its own domain. However, the domain is only 48 days old, and two malicious plus one suspicious detection were recorded across 93 scanning engines, including Bfore.Ai PreCrime, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker and alphaMountain.ai. The site also pushes a "↓ Download for Android" call to action that leads to an Android app page. Nothing in the evidence shows a confirmed scam mechanism such as a payment trap or credential theft, but the combination of a very new domain, adverse vendor flags and an unverified app download path keeps this in the Moderate Risk band rather than Safe.
Security vendors flag the site despite a clean Safe Browsing result
Scanning across 93 engines returned 2 malicious and 1 suspicious detection for this host. The named engines behind those results include Bfore.Ai PreCrime, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker and alphaMountain.ai, which are reputation and threat-intelligence feeds rather than simple signature scanners.
At the same time, the browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. Those two results mean the connection is encrypted and Google has no current listing, not that the site's content or operator is trustworthy.
The domain itself is only 48 days old. A young registration is not proof of wrongdoing on its own, but it means there is no long track record to weigh against the vendor flags.
The Android app download path is the main unverified action
The site carries a "↓ Download for Android" call to action that leads to an Android app page, where the visible navigation references an APP section and a Google Play link with the text "Get the Android app".
The evidence does not show what that app actually is, whether it is distributed through Google Play or sideloaded, or what permissions it requests. Because the same host is flagged by multiple security vendors, installing an app obtained through this path carries unquantified risk.
Operator identity is thin but contact details exist
The site describes itself as an independently operated catalog and reading interface and provides contact addresses on its own domain, including contact@manhwaz.cc. That is a mild positive signal compared with sites that publish no contact route at all.
It does not, however, disclose the legal entity or person behind the operation, and the evidence contains no independent reviews, registration record or established reputation to corroborate the site's own description. The operator's public reputation therefore remains unverified.
Why the score is 52
2 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
3/ 93
detectionsFresh result
3 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 2
- Suspicious
- 1
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| Bfore.Ai PreCrimeMalicious | malicious |
| Forcepoint ThreatSeekerMalicious | malicious |
| alphaMountain.aiSuspicious | suspicious |
All 93 engine results
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Malicious
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Malicious
- alphaMountain.ai - Suspicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - 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
- 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
- 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.aiSuspicious
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekersuspicious content
- 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
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Visual context from the captured page
APP Android · Google Play Get the Android app
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
APP Android · Google Play Get the Android app
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
ManhwaZ — Read Manhwa, Manga & Webtoons Online
- Meta description
Read manhwa, manga and manhua online at ManhwaZ. Discover popular webtoons, newly added series and the latest chapter updates in one searchable catalog.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/aboutRead
- Terms/termsRead
- Refund / returns policy/webtoon/coffee-return-of-the-first-patriarch-the-strongest-reincarnates-into-his-descendaRead
- Contact page/contactRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
ManhwaZ — Read Manhwa, Manga & Webtoons Online
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 60 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
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
Content
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 012 malicious and 1 suspicious detections across 93 engines, including Bfore.Ai PreCrime, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker and alphaMountain.ai.
- 022 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result.
- 03The registrable domain is 48 days old, so there is no long operating history to assess.
Web research findings
Independent findings for manhwaz.cc, 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.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for manhwaz.cc. 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. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domainmanhwaz.cc
- Redirects tomanhwaz.cc
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencescdn.jsdelivr.net · rx.comizy.io
Domain Timeline
- Aug 31, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 48 days old when this review was saved.
- Oct 19, 2026Saved security review — Rated Moderate Risk
The evidence in this saved scan is mixed or incomplete; the completed checks are detailed above.
manhwaz.cc 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.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (contact@manhwaz.cc).
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Certificate issued for manhwaz.cc.
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
- jsDelivr
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://manhwaz.cc/
- 2200https://manhwaz.cc/
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
- 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.
2 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 3 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | Adverse | fresh · analysed Oct 18, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 19, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 19, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 19, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 19, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result3 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 18, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 19, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 19, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 19, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 19, 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
ManhwaZ is a young manga aggregator flagged by several security vendors, with an Android app download path that cannot be verified.
ManhwaZ presents itself as an independently operated catalog and reading interface for manga, manhwa and webtoons, and it does list contact addresses on its own domain. However, the domain is only 48 days old, and two malicious plus one suspicious detection were recorded across 93 scanning engines, including Bfore.Ai PreCrime, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker and alphaMountain.ai. The site also pushes a "↓ Download for Android" call to action that leads to an Android app page. Nothing in the evidence shows a confirmed scam mechanism such as a payment trap or credential theft, but the combination of a very new domain, adverse vendor flags and an unverified app download path keeps this in the Moderate Risk band rather than Safe.
09 · Community
Community
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