Is mountain.com a scam?

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on mountain.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Is mountain.com safe to use?

mountain.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 87/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does mountain.com have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. mountain.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YE1, expiring in 73 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

How old is the mountain.com domain?

mountain.com is 29.0 years old, registered on 6/18/1997 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.

Has mountain.com been flagged by antivirus engines?

No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report mountain.com as clean.

Is mountain.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. mountain.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is mountain.com hosted?

mountain.com resolves to an IP operated by WPEngine, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.

Is mountain.com a well-known website?

Yes. mountain.com sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.

Security Review

Is mountain.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 87/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

Mountain.com is the official, long-established platform for MNTN, a publicly traded American advertising technology company with a 29-year-old domain.

Why we trust it

Domain age of 29 years is a premier indicator of long-term legitimacy.Verified as a publicly traded company (NYSE: MNTN) with active SEC filings.Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines in our security network.

mountain.comScanned 2h ago

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Trust score

SAFE

Heuristics 75·MT 92

Warning signals (1)

Some abuse reports (43%)

Positive signals (4)

Antivirus clear Not on major blacklists Domain is 29 years old Encrypted connection

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/92

All engines report clean

Domain Age

29 years old

Registered Jun 18, 1997

MT Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 95% confidence

SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

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mountain.com

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

MT Security Analyst

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust92/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

The domain has been registered since 1996, which is a massive indicator of legitimacy for a corporate entity. Our analysis confirms this is the official site for MNTN, Inc., a company incorporated in 2009 and currently listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The site uses high-quality infrastructure, valid security certificates, and maintains a significant global traffic presence. While some industry professionals on Reddit discuss technical disputes regarding ad attribution, these are standard B2B operational critiques rather than evidence of a scam. All technical signals, including the clean antivirus consensus and verified business registration, point to a legitimate enterprise.

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Page Content

The site serves as a professional B2B portal for MNTN's Connected TV (CTV) advertising services. It features comprehensive resources including case studies, white papers, and a 'QuickFrame AI' video tool. The content is high-quality, lacks grammatical errors common in scams, and provides clear paths for enterprise demos.

Infrastructure

The technical setup is robust, utilizing a valid Let's Encrypt SSL certificate and hosting on a reputable IP range. Although the IP has a moderate abuse score, this is typical for large-scale cloud hosting environments and is offset by the domain's clean history. The page loads various legitimate third-party assets from Google, LinkedIn, and Adobe (Typekit).

Domain History

Registered over 10,500 days ago (1996), the domain age is exceptional. It is managed via GoDaddy and has a consistent history of ownership by the same corporate entity. This longevity is one of the strongest possible signals against phishing or 'fly-by-night' scam operations.

Web Reputation

The site maintains a high global traffic rank, appearing in the top 100,000 sites worldwide. Our antivirus network shows 0 detections across 92 different security engines. Independent research confirms the company is a recognized leader in the ad-tech space with verified SEC filings and a physical headquarters in Austin, Texas.

Risk Factors

Some industry users on Reddit report aggressive attribution modeling and billing disputes.
The hosting IP has a moderate history of abuse reports, though likely due to shared cloud infrastructure.
No direct contact email or phone number is listed on the landing page, requiring a form submission.

Positive Signals

Domain age of 29 years is a premier indicator of long-term legitimacy.
Verified as a publicly traded company (NYSE: MNTN) with active SEC filings.
Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines in our security network.
High global traffic ranking confirms a massive, active user base.
Official business registration in Delaware and physical HQ in Austin, Texas.

AI Recommendation

This is a legitimate business website. You can safely provide your business information for a demo or log in to your existing MNTN account.

Next-gen fraud intelligence

Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for mountain.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age

29 yrs

Registered Jun 1997

Business registration

Active · United States

Site traces back to an actively registered business.

Clone check

Not a clone

No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.

Typosquat check

No look-alike match

The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.

Web mentions

3 scam reports · 2 positive

Key findings

7 headline facts from open-web research

mountain.com is the official website of MNTN (MNTN, Inc.), a Connected TV (CTV) / Performance TV advertising platform that enables self-serve creation and launch of TV commercials.
Company incorporated in Delaware in April 2009; publicly listed on NYSE under ticker MNTN following IPO in 2025; maintains official IR site at ir.mountain.com with SEC filings.
Headquartered in Austin, Texas (823 Congress Avenue #1827); leadership includes CEO Mark Douglas and Chief Creative Officer Ryan Reynolds; won awards from Fast Company, AdAge, and others.
Trustpilot shows only 2 reviews for mountain.com (as of late 2022); no major scam reports on BBB or widespread fraud alerts.
Some Reddit users in r/programmatic report positive campaign results but criticize over-attribution of conversions, billing disputes, and aggressive attribution modeling; LinkedIn commentary questions past practices (formerly related to Ste
Domain age of ~29 years (10596 days) aligns with long-established company history; no evidence of typosquatting or cloning of unrelated major brands.
Company publishes earnings (e.g., record Q1 2026 results), press releases on product updates (QuickFrame AI), and actively advertises on social media and YouTube.

Scam reports (3)

Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.

Reddit (r/programmatic)open
"We've used MNTN for a couple years and the results have been fantastic. However, our AP dept is in the midst of a billing dispute with them"
Reddit (r/programmatic)open
"Fair warning that MNTN always grossly over-attributes conversions to its campaigns, so you won't see nearly as many CTV conversions on any other platform."
LinkedInopen
"MNTN IPO: A scam or a turd? ... Steelhouse is IPOing, their offering is a scam, they use fingerprinting on CTV with conversion hacking site side to take credit for CTV conversions"

Positive reviews (2)

Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.

mountain.com (official site)open
"The #1 platform that lets brands of any size create & launch TV commercials on the hottest shows, movies, & live sports - in under an hour."
AdExchangeropen
"MNTN's SMB CTV Ad Business Is Growing Like Gangbusters"

Business registration

Status: active · United States

MNTN, Inc. incorporated in Delaware in April 2009 (EIN 26-4741839). Publicly traded (NYSE: MNTN) since 2025 with SEC filings (S-1 in 2025). HQ: 823 Congress Avenue #1827, Austin, TX 78768. Operates investor relations site ir.mountain.com.

Research summary

Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

Mountain.com is the official website of MNTN, Inc., a Connected TV advertising platform incorporated in Delaware in 2009 and publicly listed on the NYSE. Our research found that the company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and has received industry recognition from outlets like Fast Company and AdAge. While some users on Reddit and LinkedIn have criticized their attribution software and billing practices, these are professional critiques of their business model rather than scam alerts. No evidence of phishing, malware, or consumer fraud was found across major reporting databases.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified

Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious59Harmless92Engines

Clean

Kaspersky

Clean

Bitdefender

Clean

Microsoft

Not in pass

ESET-NOD32

Not in pass

Avira

Not in pass

Sophos

Clean

Fortinet

Clean

Google Safebrowsing

Clean

Emsisoft

Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check

Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found

No clear contact details on the page

Emails on site's domainNone

Phone numbersNone

Postal addressPresent

Linked social profiles5

Signal Summary

Contact details look reasonable

No contact email found anywhere on the page.
No phone number listed on the page.

Postal address visible on the page.
Links to 5 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History

Age29 years old

RegistrarGoDaddy.com, LLC

RegisteredJun 18, 1997

ExpiresJun 17, 2028

Owner privacyVisible

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerLet's Encrypt · YE1

ExpiresSep 3, 2026 (73d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingWPEngine, Inc.

Server locationUS

Web servercloudflare

Platform / CMSWordPress

PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://mountain.com/
2200https://mountain.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score43%

Reports on file56

ISPWPEngine, Inc.

Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on mountain.com and not a lookalike like m-ountain.com.com or an IDN homoglyph.
Use a password manager
Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.
Discuss this site on the forum
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Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

Not listedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

ListedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

Referenced Domains

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

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Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on mountain.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
mountain.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 87/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
Yes. mountain.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YE1, expiring in 73 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
mountain.com is 29.0 years old, registered on 6/18/1997 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report mountain.com as clean.
No. mountain.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
mountain.com resolves to an IP operated by WPEngine, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
Yes. mountain.com sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·mountain.com

SAFE

Mountain.com is the official website for MNTN, a legitimate and publicly traded Connected TV advertising platform. The domain is nearly 30 years old and belongs to an established American corporation with no signs of fraudulent activity. You can safely interact with this business.

This is a legitimate business website. You can safely provide your business information for a demo or log in to your existing MNTN account.

AV engines

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