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How we checked

Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities

  • Antivirus (59 of 92 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
  • Google Safe Browsing: completed
  • page reading: completed
  • page capture: completed
  • domain records: completed
  • web research: completed
Verdict

Impulse brain-training site sells auto-renewing subscriptions with a stated no-refund policy and a checkout complaint about an extra charge

mental-impulse.com is the website of Impulse, a brain-training subscription service. Its own pages describe a 7-day introductory trial for $0.99 that auto-renews at $29.98 per month, and a 28-day plan for $19.99 that auto-renews at $39.98 per month until cancelled, and the terms state that website purchases are final and non-refundable. One an independent review platform complaint describes being charged an additional $29.99 at checkout beyond the $19.99 the customer intended to pay, while another review describes a refund obtained through customer service. Technical checks are clean and the domain is over three years old, but the combination of aggressive auto-renewal pricing, a stated no-refund policy, and a checkout-charge complaint places this in the Moderate Risk band rather than Safe.

If you want to try Impulse, treat the $0.99 or $19.99 introductory price as the start of a recurring charge, not a one-off payment: the site states the trial auto-renews at $29.98 or $39.98 per month until cancelled, and the terms say website purchases are non-refundable. Read the checkout page carefully before confirming, since one customer reported an additional $29.99 charge at that step, and cancel through your profile immediately if you do not intend to keep the subscription.

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mental-impulse.com: Moderate Risk — MalwareTips website safety report

Calibrated safety spectrum

Where this site sits

  1. Dangerous1–20
  2. High Risk21–44
  3. Moderate Risk45–69
  4. Low Risk70–84
  5. Safe85–100

The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.

Score explained

Why 58/100

Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 1 finding pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.

What pulled the score down

  1. Moderate1 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.

What pushed the score up

  • SupportsThe registrable domain is 1143 days old
  • SupportsGoogle Safe Browsing returned no threat warning
  • 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

mental-impulse.com is the website of Impulse, a brain-training subscription service. Its own pages describe a 7-day introductory trial for $0.99 that auto-renews at $29.98 per month, and a 28-day plan for $19.99 that auto-renews at $39.98 per month until cancelled, and the terms state that website purchases are final and non-refundable. One an independent review platform complaint describes being charged an additional $29.99 at checkout beyond the $19.99 the customer intended to pay, while another review describes a refund obtained through customer service. Technical checks are clean and the domain is over three years old, but the combination of aggressive auto-renewal pricing, a stated no-refund policy, and a checkout-charge complaint places this in the Moderate Risk band rather than Safe.

Auto-renewing trials and a stated no-refund policy

The site's own subscription page lists a 7-day introductory trial for $0.99 that auto-renews at $29.98 every month, and a 28-day introductory plan for $19.99 that auto-renews at $39.98 every month until cancelled. The same text says cancellation is possible at any time through the user's profile.

The terms of service go further and state that the purchase is final, that Impulse will not refund any transaction once it has been made, and that the purchase cannot be cancelled, with all purchases described as non-refundable or exchangeable. A separate clause says subscriptions bought through an App Store are subject to that store's refund policy and that Impulse cannot grant refunds for those.

The site also states that it is a subscription service that automatically renews and that it aims to provide subscription-policy information at or near the point of purchase. Payments for website purchases are attributed to GMRD Apps Limited in Cyprus or LibroTech, Inc. in Wyoming, so the charging entity is disclosed rather than hidden.

What a customer complaint and a positive review actually say

One an independent review platform complaint describes taking an IQ test, paying $19.99 for the result, and then being charged an additional $29.99 after clicking through a checkout page the customer did not read. That is a first-hand account of an unexpected second charge at the point of payment, and it is the strongest adverse item in the evidence.

A second review describes a user who forgot to cancel a subscription, was charged, contacted customer service, and received a refund after a patient and helpful exchange. That shows the refund outcome is not uniformly negative, but it also confirms the auto-renewal charge occurred as the terms describe.

The two accounts point in different directions, so the fair reading is that the billing model is real and disclosed, while the checkout experience has at least one credible report of an extra charge the customer did not expect.

Clean technical checks do not resolve the billing risk

The browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. One antivirus engine previously marked the URL as suspicious, but that single stale result is not corroborated by other vendors and is context rather than a confirmed threat.

The registrable domain is 1143 days old, which is a supportive signal against a throwaway operation, and the site discloses charging entities and provides App Store and Google Play support links plus an online dispute-resolution reference. None of that addresses the core issue, which is the auto-renewal and no-refund terms the site itself publishes.

Why the score is 58

The score combines saved deterministic evidence with the grounded analysis available for this report. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Collected signals and independent provider data for this URL.

Antivirus Engines

1/ 92

detections

Saved analysis from October 2, 2026 - stale

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
92
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
GridinsoftSuspicioussuspicious
All 92 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 - Clean
  • 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 - Unrated
  • LevelBlue - Clean
  • Lionic - Clean
  • Lumu - Unrated
  • Malwared - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - Clean
  • MalwareURL - Unrated
  • Mimecast - Unrated
  • Netcraft - Unrated
  • OpenPhish - Clean
  • 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.aiBusiness/Economy
  • BitDefenderbusiness
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeekerbusiness and economy
  • Googlehealthcare
  • Sophoshealth and medicines

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

Browser Threat Feed
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.

What we observed

CAPTURED PAGE
mental-impulse.com
What our review noticed on this page
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

We offer different subscription plans, e.g. 7-day introductory trial for $0.99 auto-renewed at $29.98 every month or 28-day introductory plan for $19.99 auto-renewed at $39.98 every month until canceled

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    We offer different subscription plans, e.g. 7-day introductory trial for $0.99 auto-renewed at $29.98 every month or 28-day introductory plan for $19.99 auto-renewed at $39.98 every month until canceled

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
Impulse – Self Discovery & Brain Training
Meta description
Explore who you are and train your mind with Impulse – personalized quizzes and fun exercises to unlock your full potential.

Pages we read

  • Main page/Read
  • Terms/legaldocs/tosRead

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.
  1. What the site claims

    Impulse – Self Discovery & Brain Training

  2. What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 59 antivirus results.

  3. What independent research found

    2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.

  4. What remains unverified

    1 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.

Web research findings

Independent findings for mental-impulse.com, 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
Not checked
This report did not include a company-registry lookup, so no registration result is claimed.
Clone check
Not checked
No site-clone comparison was run for this report, so no clean result is claimed.
Typosquat check
Not checked
No look-alike domain comparison was run for this report, so no clean result is claimed.
Web mentions
1 complaint or warning
Complaints and warnings (1)
Direct quotes from public complaints, negative reviews, warnings and security listings.
  • Trustpilotopen

    "I took the IQ test and was willing to pay 19.99 to get my result. As I was checking out I didn’t read the first page that popped up as I’ve just entered my card information to pay for it so I proceeded to hit the continue button only to see that I was also charged another 29.99 for what, I have no clue."

Reputation Sources

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

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

04 · Domain & Infrastructure

Domain & infrastructure

Timeline · identity · encryption · redirects · hosting

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.

  1. Domainmental-impulse.com
  2. Redirects tomental-impulse.com
  3. Hosted byAmazon.com, Inc.
  4. Referencescdn-cookieyes.com · googletagmanager.com

Domain Timeline

  1. Aug 31, 2023
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 3 years old when this review was saved.

  2. Oct 17, 2026
    Saved 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.

What We Found
Has contact info, but not on the site's domain
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbers+1 346 361 3849
Postal addressPresent
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • Phone number listed (+1 346 361 3849).
  • Postal address visible on the page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age3 years old
RegistrarAmazon Registrar, Inc.
RegisteredAug 31, 2023
ExpiresAug 31, 2027
Last updatedJul 27, 2026
RegistrantNot published (privacy or GDPR redaction)
Owner privacyUnknown (owner not published)
Nameserversns-1266.awsdns-30.orgns-1666.awsdns-16.co.ukns-330.awsdns-41.comns-625.awsdns-14.netDNS by Amazon Route 53
Verified ownerNo owner has verified this domain on MalwareTips
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerAmazon · Amazon RSA 2048 M04
IssuedFeb 17, 2026 (242 days before this scan)
ExpiresMar 18, 2027 (152d)
Self-signedNo
Trusted chainYes: our check verified the issuer chain
Matches hostnameYes

Certificate issued for mental-impulse.com.

Hosting & Technology
HostingAmazon.com, Inc.
Server IP18.238.49.28 · shared CDN edge

A shared content-delivery network address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.

Server locationUnited States (US)
Web serverhide
PopularityTop 100k worldwide
Technologies and payments

Analytics and ads

  • Google Tag Manager

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

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://mental-impulse.com/
  • 2200https://mental-impulse.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPAmazon.com, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

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

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
  1. Antiviruspartial
  2. Browser threat feedcomplete
  3. Page contentcomplete
  4. Analysiscomplete
  5. Visual evidencecomplete
Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

Technical threat

unknown

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

1 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.

Operator / customer risk

unknown

Complaints, 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.

Antivirus
Result1 of 92 engines flagged
CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 17, 2026
Page content
ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 17, 2026
Visual evidence
Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 17, 2026
Independent research
Result2 independent findings were saved
CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 17, 2026

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Proceed with caution

The evidence is mixed or incomplete, so treat this site as unverified until you can confirm who runs it.

  1. Analyst recommendation

    If you want to try Impulse, treat the $0.99 or $19.99 introductory price as the start of a recurring charge, not a one-off payment: the site states the trial auto-renews at $29.98 or $39.98 per month until cancelled, and the terms say website purchases are non-refundable. Read the checkout page carefully before confirming, since one customer reported an additional $29.99 charge at that step, and cancel through your profile immediately if you do not intend to keep the subscription.

  2. Treat mental-impulse.com as unverified

    Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Share your experience

    If you have additional context, drop a comment below or post on the MalwareTips forum.

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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.

Is mental-impulse.com a scam or is it safe?
There isn't enough evidence yet for us to give mental-impulse.com a confident verdict, so treat it with caution. The domain is 3 years old. Until it can be independently verified, don't enter passwords, card details, or send money, and confirm the company through channels you find yourself rather than links on the site.
Is mental-impulse.com safe to use?
mental-impulse.com has a Safety Score of 58/100 (Moderate Risk). Analysis coverage is strong at 83%. Do not trust blindly; analysis may be limited.
Has mental-impulse.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 1 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged mental-impulse.com as suspicious in the saved analysis from October 2, 2026. A single "suspicious" vote is a weak signal on its own, so it is weighed alongside the other checks rather than treated as a confirmed threat.
Is mental-impulse.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — mental-impulse.com 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.
How old is the mental-impulse.com domain?
mental-impulse.com is 3 years old, registered on August 31, 2023 through Amazon Registrar, Inc. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
Does mental-impulse.com have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — mental-impulse.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Amazon · Amazon RSA 2048 M04, valid for another 152 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".
Where is mental-impulse.com hosted?
mental-impulse.com resolves to an IP operated by Amazon.com, 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.
Is mental-impulse.com a well-known website?
Yes — mental-impulse.com ranks in the global top 100,000 most-visited sites, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. Genuine popularity doesn't automatically make a site safe, but throwaway scam domains almost never reach this level of traffic, so it's a meaningful point in the site's favour.
How often is the mental-impulse.com report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on October 17, 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 mental-impulse.com has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.

08 · Final Verdict

Final verdict

The saved conclusion, decisive evidence, and practical action in one final view.
Verdict score
58/100
Moderate Risk

Impulse brain-training site sells auto-renewing subscriptions with a stated no-refund policy and a checkout complaint about an extra charge

Saved capturemental-impulse.comCapture-safe
Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.
Conclusion

mental-impulse.com is the website of Impulse, a brain-training subscription service. Its own pages describe a 7-day introductory trial for $0.99 that auto-renews at $29.98 per month, and a 28-day plan for $19.99 that auto-renews at $39.98 per month until cancelled, and the terms state that website purchases are final and non-refundable. One an independent review platform complaint describes being charged an additional $29.99 at checkout beyond the $19.99 the customer intended to pay, while another review describes a refund obtained through customer service. Technical checks are clean and the domain is over three years old, but the combination of aggressive auto-renewal pricing, a stated no-refund policy, and a checkout-charge complaint places this in the Moderate Risk band rather than Safe.

Recommended actionIf you want to try Impulse, treat the $0.99 or $19.99 introductory price as the start of a recurring charge, not a one-off payment: the site states the trial auto-renews at $29.98 or $39.98 per month until cancelled, and the terms say website purchases are non-refundable. Read the checkout page carefully before confirming, since one customer reported an additional $29.99 charge at that step, and cancel through your profile immediately if you do not intend to keep the subscription.
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