Warning signs detected
Clone of the MP3Juice downloader on a new .sc domain with documented malware redirects and low trust scores. Several risk indicators suggest caution. This site might be legitimate — but treat it as unverified until you can independently confirm.
Is mp3juice.sc legit or a scam?
Be careful — we couldn't verify this site.
Clone of the MP3Juice downloader on a new .sc domain with documented malware redirects and low trust scores.
Score breakdown
See the live page ↓These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.
Analysis Summary
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. Marker positions are approximate. See full visual analysis →
Visual analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
The site is a typical MP3 downloader portal with a clean, functional layout; while visually low-risk for scams, such sites are frequently associated with copyright issues and potentially malicious advertisements.
What our vision model saw
4 signalsSimple layout focused on a search bar for MP3 downloading
Minimalist design with basic navigation links and instructional text
No aggressive urgency tactics or fake trust badges visible
Site offers free downloads from YouTube and SoundCloud which often involves copyright infringement risks
Intelligence
The page presents itself as a straightforward MP3 search and download tool with no login forms or payment requests. Our sandbox and antivirus network returned clean results, yet the domain is a confirmed clone of mp3juices.cc and carries a 35/100 suspicion score from our fingerprinting. Independent review aggregators give the site an average trust rating of only 40/100. Evidence from Reddit, Scam Detector, and 2-Spyware documents users encountering redirects to fake Flash updates and battery-draining malware after attempting downloads. The service also operates in a legal gray area by enabling unauthorized copying of copyrighted material. These combined signals outweigh the clean technical scan and point to moderate risk for visitors.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for mp3juice.sc, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- The domain mp3juice.sc is a search engine and downloader for audio files from YouTube and SoundCloud.
- Users report frequent redirects to suspicious third-party sites, including fake 'Flash Player' updates and VPN scams.
- Security researchers classify the site and its mirrors as adware/PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) due to intrusive monetization.
- The service operates in a legal gray area, facilitating the download of copyrighted material without authorization.
- Scam Detector assigned the domain a low trust score of 28.8/100 based on phishing and malware risks.
- Redditopen
"I was trying to download mp3 on mp3.juice but i got a virus. The 'mp3' file led to a website called secretoptions... It gave me a battery virus where my battery drains fast."
- Scam Detectoropen
"The algorithm detected high-risk activity related to phishing, spamming... we recommend staying away from this website. Trust index: 28.8/100."
- 2-Spywareopen
"Mp3juices.cc virus is a term used to describe a third-party website... users have experienced intrusive and unexpected activities... redirected him to a fake flash player update."
The site is one of many mirrors/clones of the original MP3Juices brand, often using different TLDs (.cc, .sc, .sx, .co) to avoid domain seizures.
Reddit threads document users encountering malware after attempting MP3 downloads from the site, including redirects to suspicious domains that caused battery-draining issues. Scam Detector flagged the domain with a 28.8/100 trust index due to phishing and spamming activity. 2-Spyware researchers classify MP3Juice mirrors as adware/PUP distributors that push fake Flash updates and VPN scams. Two positive user comments on an independent review aggregator and Reddit praise the download speed but do not address safety concerns.
Threat Detection
Scam Network
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Technical Details
domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referencedThe 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.
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.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://mp3juice.sc/
- 2200https://mp3juice.sc/
Server Reputation
What to do
Proceed with caution
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Treat mp3juice.sc as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- 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.
- 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.
- OpenShare your experience
If you have additional context, drop a comment below or post on the MalwareTips forum.
Final Verdict
MP3Juice is a free MP3 downloader that pulls audio from YouTube and SoundCloud. The site is a clone of mp3juices.cc and carries multiple user reports of redirects to malware and adware. Avoid entering any personal information or downloading files from it.
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- mp3juice.sc looks like a likely scam site — avoid interacting with it. Our review tagged it for clone site. 1 of 92 security engines flag it. It may not be an outright scam, but the risk is high enough that you should verify it independently before trusting it with money or data.
- Proceed with caution — mp3juice.sc scores 48/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend verifying it through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- If you've already paid or handed over details on mp3juice.sc, act quickly. 1) Contact your bank or card issuer immediately and ask to dispute the charge or open a chargeback — the sooner you act, the better your odds. 2) Report the site to the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov or the FBI's IC3 at ic3.gov, and in the UK to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. 3) If you entered a password, change it on mp3juice.sc and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. 4) Watch your bank and email for follow-up fraud, and keep screenshots as evidence.
- Often yes, if you act fast. Payments made by credit or debit card can frequently be reversed through a chargeback or dispute — contact your bank right away and explain it was a fraudulent site. Bank transfers and gift-card or voucher payments are much harder to recover, but you should still report them to your bank and to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) or Action Fraud (actionfraud.police.uk). Avoid any "refund" or "recovery" service that contacts you first — it's usually a follow-up scam.
- Just viewing a scam page is usually low-risk on an up-to-date browser — the real danger is what it asks you to DO (enter details, download a file, send money). If you downloaded anything, run a full antivirus scan and treat the file as untrusted. If you entered a password or card number, change the password everywhere you reused it and contact your bank.
- You can report mp3juice.sc through several official channels: the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at ic3.gov, and — in the UK — Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. You can also flag it to Google Safe Browsing (safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish) so other browsers warn about it, and report it to the company being impersonated if there is one. Reporting helps get scam sites taken down faster.
- Modern scams are built to look convincing. A valid SSL padlock, a polished template, stock photos, fake reviews, and a trust badge can all be added in minutes and prove nothing about who runs the site. Scammers buy cheap domains, clone real designs, and copy legal pages wholesale. That's exactly why an automated review that checks the domain's age, hosting, blacklists, and behaviour — rather than just how the page looks — is more reliable than a first impression.
- Yes. 1 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged mp3juice.sc as suspicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
- No — mp3juice.sc 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.
- Yes — mp3juice.sc presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · E8, valid for another 40 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".
- mp3juice.sc resolves to an IP operated by PRQ VPN network in SE (Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). 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.
- Independent trust-rating sites currently show ScamAdviser (40/100) for mp3juice.sc. Those scores mix user reviews with their own automated heuristics, so they're useful to compare against our verdict — but treat any single source, including review sites that can be gamed with fake reviews, as one data point rather than the final word.
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