Is mullvad.net safe?

http://mullvad.net/

SafeStatus

Coveragecomplete4 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Mullvad.net is a long-established, privacy-focused VPN service with transparent subscription pricing.

The site sells a €5-per-month VPN subscription and has operated since 2009 under a Swedish company. No deceptive commercial mechanics or technical threats were observed.

The site is safe for users seeking a privacy-oriented VPN subscription.
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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.

01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

The site sells a €5-per-month VPN subscription and has operated since 2009 under a Swedish company. No deceptive commercial mechanics or technical threats were observed.

Evidence supporting legitimacy

The registrable domain is 6647 days old, indicating continuous operation since 2009.

The site presents clear pricing information for a €5 monthly VPN subscription.

Observed commercial and affiliate relationships

The site lists a 'Partnerships and resellers' section in its footer, indicating a formal reseller program.

Why the score is 92

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

0/ 90

No detections

Fresh result

No detections across 90 engines

No antivirus engine in this saved scan raised an adverse result. This is one signal, not a guarantee.

Malicious
0
Suspicious
0
Total
90
All 90 engine results
  • 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
  • Abusix - clean - Clean
  • Acronis - clean - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • alphaMountain.ai - clean - Clean
  • AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
  • Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
  • ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • AutoShun - unrated - Clean
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
  • BitDefender - clean - Clean
  • Bkav - unrated - Clean
  • BlockList - clean - Clean
  • Blueliv - clean - Clean
  • Certego - clean - Clean
  • ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
  • Chong Lua Dao - clean - Clean
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • CRDF - clean - Clean
  • Criminal IP - unrated - Clean
  • CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
  • CTX AI - clean - Clean
  • Cyan - unrated - Clean
  • Cyble - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - clean - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
  • DNS8 - unrated - Clean
  • Dr.Web - clean - Clean
  • EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
  • Emsisoft - clean - Clean
  • Ermes - unrated - Clean
  • ESET - clean - Clean
  • ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - clean - Clean
  • Fortinet - clean - Clean
  • Fortra - unrated - Clean
  • G-Data - clean - Clean
  • GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
  • GreenSnow - clean - Clean
  • GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
  • Gridinsoft - unrated - Clean
  • Guardpot - unrated - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - unrated - Clean
  • Kaspersky - clean - Clean
  • LevelBlue - clean - Clean
  • Lionic - clean - Clean
  • Lumu - unrated - Clean
  • Malwared - clean - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
  • MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
  • Mimecast - unrated - Clean
  • Netcraft - unrated - Clean
  • OpenPhish - clean - Clean
  • PhishFort - unrated - Clean
  • Phishtank - clean - Clean
  • PREBYTES - clean - Clean
  • PrecisionSec - unrated - Clean
  • Quick Heal - clean - Clean
  • Quttera - clean - Clean
  • Rising - clean - Clean
  • SafeToOpen - unrated - Clean
  • Sangfor - clean - Clean
  • Sansec eComscan - unrated - Clean
  • Scantitan - clean - Clean
  • SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
  • Seclookup - clean - Clean
  • Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
  • SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
  • Sophos - clean - Clean
  • StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
  • ThreatHive - clean - Clean
  • URLhaus - clean - Clean
  • URLQuery - clean - Clean
  • Viettel Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
  • VIPRE - clean - Clean
  • ViriBack - clean - Clean
  • VX Vault - clean - Clean
  • Webroot - clean - Clean
  • Xcitium Verdict Cloud - clean - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
  • ZeroFox - unrated - Clean

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
mullvad.net
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

Privacy is for the people

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    Privacy is for the people

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

    Mullvad VPN - Privacy is for the people

  2. What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 90 antivirus results.

  3. What independent research found

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

  4. 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

Saas

Subscription

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 01Domain registered for 6647 days.
  2. 02Clear €5 monthly subscription pricing displayed.

Web research findings

Independent findings for mullvad.net, 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
No public record found
Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.
Clone check
No clone detected
The completed research found no supported clone indicator.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The completed research found no supported look-alike match.
Web mentions
2 positive
Positive reviews (2)
Public quotes that support the operator's credibility.
  • Aboutopen

    "Mullvad VPN AB is owned by parent company Amagicom AB."

  • Aboutopen

    "Mullvad VPN AB and its parent company Amagicom AB are 100% owned by founders Fredrik Strömberg and Daniel Berntsson"

Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not 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. Domainmullvad.net
  2. Redirects tomullvad.net
  3. Hosted by31173 Services AB infrastructure in Malmo, SE.
  4. Referencesmullvad.careers · o54hon2e2vj6c7m3aqqu6uyece65by3vgoxxhlqlsvkmacw6a7m7kiad.onion

Domain Timeline

  1. Jul 10, 2008
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 18 years old today.

  2. Sep 22, 2026
    Saved security review — Reviewed as safe

    This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.

mullvad.net has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.

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 numbers53049 400 14
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles3
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • Phone number listed (53049 400 14).
  • Links to 7 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age18 years old
RegistrarDomeneshop AS dba domainnameshop.com
RegisteredJul 10, 2008
ExpiresJul 10, 2027
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YE2
ExpiresNov 8, 2026 (46d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
Hosting31173 Services AB infrastructure in Malmo, SE.
Server locationSE
Web servernginx

Redirect Chain

Hops
2
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://mullvad.net/
  • 2302https://mullvad.net/
  • 3200https://mullvad.net/en

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score7%
Reports on file5
ISP31173 Services AB infrastructure in Malmo, SE.
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

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. Antiviruscomplete
  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.

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

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
Result0 of 90 engines flagged
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessfresh · Sep 22, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Page content
ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Visual evidence
Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Independent research
Result2 independent findings were saved
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

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.

  1. Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on mullvad.net and not a lookalike like m-ullvad.net or an IDN homoglyph.

  2. 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.

  3. Discuss this site on the forum

    If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.

    Open

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 mullvad.net legit and safe?
Our automated security review found no threat indicators on mullvad.net, so it appears legitimate. All 90 antivirus engines we queried report it clean, and the domain is 18.2 years old, registered on July 10, 2008 — established domains are far less likely to be scams. Even so, always double-check the exact address in your browser, because phishing emails routinely spoof real, trusted domains like this one.
Is mullvad.net safe to use?
mullvad.net has a Safety Score of 92/100 (Safe). Core checks and semantic analysis found no material threat at scan time. Treat unexpected login or payment requests with normal caution.
Could a legitimate site like mullvad.net still be used in a scam?
Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from mullvad.net), and legitimate sites are occasionally compromised on specific pages. A clean verdict means the site itself checks out today; it does not mean every email or link claiming to be from mullvad.net is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.
Has mullvad.net been flagged by antivirus engines?
No — all 90 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report mullvad.net as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
Is mullvad.net on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — mullvad.net 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 mullvad.net domain?
mullvad.net is 18.2 years old, registered on July 10, 2008 through Domeneshop AS dba domainnameshop.com. 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 mullvad.net have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — mullvad.net presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YE2, valid for another 46 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 mullvad.net hosted?
mullvad.net resolves to an IP operated by 31173 Services AB infrastructure in Malmo, SE. 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.
How often is the mullvad.net report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on September 22, 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 mullvad.net 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
92/100
Safe

Mullvad.net is a long-established, privacy-focused VPN service with transparent subscription pricing.

Saved capturemullvad.netCapture-safe
Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.
Conclusion

The site sells a €5-per-month VPN subscription and has operated since 2009 under a Swedish company. No deceptive commercial mechanics or technical threats were observed.

Recommended actionThe site is safe for users seeking a privacy-oriented VPN subscription.
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09 · Community

Community

First-hand experiences add human context after the scanner has reached its conclusion.