Is mental-impulse.com safe?
http://mental-impulse.com/
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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
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.
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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 58/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 1 finding pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- 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
Antivirus Engines
1/ 92
detectionsSaved 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
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
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
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
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 captured page showed
1 observation- 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
What the site claims
Impulse – Self Discovery & Brain Training
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 59 antivirus results.
What independent research found
2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
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.
- 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.
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.
- Domainmental-impulse.com
- Redirects tomental-impulse.com
- Hosted byAmazon.com, Inc.
- Referencescdn-cookieyes.com · googletagmanager.com
Domain Timeline
- Aug 31, 2023Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 3 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 17, 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.
- Phone number listed (+1 346 361 3849).
- Postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for mental-impulse.com.
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.
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
- 1301http://mental-impulse.com/
- 2200https://mental-impulse.com/
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
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, 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
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 | 1 of 92 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 17, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 17, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 17, 2026 |
| Independent research | 2 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 17, 2026 |
- 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
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?
Is mental-impulse.com safe to use?
Has mental-impulse.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is mental-impulse.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
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Does mental-impulse.com have a valid SSL certificate?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final 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.
09 · Community
Community
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