Is picrew.me safe?
http://picrew.me/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (59 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading · limited: did not fully complete
- page capture · limited: did not fully complete
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Picrew is an established Japanese avatar-maker platform with clean technical checks, but its own pages could not be reviewed during this scan.
Picrew is a Japanese layered paper doll-style avatar maker website, initially developed by two staff of the Japanese company TetraChroma, according to independent research. The domain is long-established, and saved technical checks found no malicious detections and a valid encrypted connection. However, the site returned HTTP 403 during the investigation, so its current terms, contact details and policy text were never reviewed. No commercial CTA, affiliate relationship or cross-domain order path was found. The score reflects a well-known, technically clean platform whose live content could not be directly verified.
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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 82/100
Low Risk covers scores 70–84. No adverse finding was saved; 4 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
No adverse finding was saved with this report.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsIndependent research identifies Picrew as a Japanese avatar-maker platform developed by staff of the company TetraChroma.
- SupportsSaved scans found 0 malicious and 0 suspicious detections across 93 engines, and Safe Browsing returned no threat warning.
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 3803 days old, consistent with a long-running service.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection
Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
Picrew is a Japanese layered paper doll-style avatar maker website, initially developed by two staff of the Japanese company TetraChroma, according to independent research. The domain is long-established, and saved technical checks found no malicious detections and a valid encrypted connection. However, the site returned HTTP 403 during the investigation, so its current terms, contact details and policy text were never reviewed. No commercial CTA, affiliate relationship or cross-domain order path was found. The score reflects a well-known, technically clean platform whose live content could not be directly verified.
What Picrew is and what independent research shows
Independent research describes Picrew as a Japanese layered paper doll-style avatar maker website, initially developed by two staff of the Japanese company TetraChroma. That gives the platform a named corporate origin and a clear, non-commercial-deception purpose: creating and sharing avatar-style images.
The registrable domain is 3803 days old, which is consistent with a long-running service rather than a recently registered shell. No affiliate relationships, commercial CTAs or cross-domain order paths were identified in our review.
Technical checks are clean, but they are not a full safety verdict
Saved scans found 0 malicious and 0 suspicious detections across 93 engines, and the browser threat feed returned no threat warning. The saved TLS check also found a valid encrypted connection. These results mean no known technical threat was detected at scan time.
Clean antivirus, Safe Browsing and TLS results mean no detections, not proof of operator or customer safety. They do not substitute for reviewing the site's own terms, contact details and policies.
The site's own pages could not be reviewed
The page content could not be read: the site returned HTTP 403, and a retry as the scanner's own identity also returned HTTP 403. The site's own page, contact, About and policy text was therefore not reviewed.
A screenshot review recorded a 403 ERROR page stating the request could not be satisfied and was blocked. This is consistent with regional or automated-traffic blocking, but it means current terms and content remain unverified.
Why the score is 82
The saved checks found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 93
No detectionsFresh result
No detections across 59 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 34 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
All 93 engine results
- 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
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Orcapot - Unrated
- 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.aiGames, Information Technology
- BitDefenderbusiness
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekergambling
- Sophosgames
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
403 ERROR The request could not be satisfied. Request blocked.
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
403 ERROR The request could not be satisfied. Request blocked.
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Independent evidence classifies the site as content, but the page's own claim could not be captured.
What we observed
The page itself could not be fully inspected, so the report relies on the other saved checks.
What independent research found
1 external finding was 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.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Content
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The registrable domain is 3803 days old, consistent with a long-running service.
- 02The site returned HTTP 403, so its own page, contact, About and policy text was not reviewed.
- 03Saved scans found 0 malicious and 0 suspicious detections across 93 engines, and Safe Browsing returned no threat warning.
Web research findings
Independent findings for picrew.me, 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.
- Wikipediaopen
"Picrew is a Japanese layered paper doll-style avatar maker website. It was initially developed by two staff of the Japanese company TetraChroma"
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.
- Domainpicrew.me
- Redirects topicrew.me
- Hosted byAmazon.com, Inc.
Domain Timeline
- May 19, 2016Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 10 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 17, 2026Saved security review — Rated Low Risk
This saved scan found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier.
picrew.me has operated for years and this review found no material threat — a long track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for picrew.me.
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.
Redirect Chain
The site refused our redirect check, so this chain may be incomplete.
- 1301http://picrew.me/
- 2403https://picrew.me/
Server Reputation
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruscomplete
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentpartial
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencepartial
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
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 | 0 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | No adverse finding | fresh · analysed Oct 16, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 17, 2026 |
| Page content | Page content was not available for semantic review | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Oct 17, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | The site blocked our capture or showed an error page; 1 visible observation saved | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Oct 17, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 17, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 16, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 17, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage content was not available for semantic review
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 17, 2026
- Visual evidence
- ResultThe site blocked our capture or showed an error page; 1 visible observation saved
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 17, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- 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.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Picrew is an established Japanese avatar-maker platform with clean technical checks, but its own pages could not be reviewed during this scan.
Picrew is a Japanese layered paper doll-style avatar maker website, initially developed by two staff of the Japanese company TetraChroma, according to independent research. The domain is long-established, and saved technical checks found no malicious detections and a valid encrypted connection. However, the site returned HTTP 403 during the investigation, so its current terms, contact details and policy text were never reviewed. No commercial CTA, affiliate relationship or cross-domain order path was found. The score reflects a well-known, technically clean platform whose live content could not be directly verified.
09 · Community
Community
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