Is real-y2mate.com safe?
http://real-y2mate.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 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
YouTube downloader flagged by antivirus and low-trust validator; operator identity hidden.
real-y2mate.com offers a free YouTube video downloader and converter. One antivirus engine labels it malicious for phishing/fraud, and an independent validator gives it a 36.2/100 trust score. The site uses a Gmail contact address, provides no corporate details, and is only 331 days old.
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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 48/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 2 findings pulled the score down; 2 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Strong1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
- ModerateOne public warning in public web research: "Its medium-low trust score caused us to flag this site as questionable. We utilized 53 powerful factors to expose high-risk activity and see if real-y2mate.com…"
What pushed the score up
- SupportsNo the browser threat feed 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
real-y2mate.com offers a free YouTube video downloader and converter. One antivirus engine labels it malicious for phishing/fraud, and an independent validator gives it a 36.2/100 trust score. The site uses a Gmail contact address, provides no corporate details, and is only 331 days old.
Antivirus and trust-score evidence
Webroot flagged the domain for phishing and other frauds.
Scam Detector assigned a 36.2/100 trust score after reviewing 53 risk factors and labeled the site questionable.
Operator identity and contact details
The site lists only a generic Gmail address and no company registration, physical address, or ownership information.
The domain is 331 days old, placing it in the higher-risk window for new download utilities.
Site function and claims
The site markets itself as a completely free, unlimited YouTube downloader with no account required.
The browser threat feed currently shows no active threat warning, and the TLS certificate is valid.
Why the score is 48
1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing. 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
- 1
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 92
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| WebrootMalicious | malicious |
All 92 engine results
- Webroot - Malicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Unrated
- 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
- 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
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- WebrootPhishing and Other Frauds
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerinformation technology
- Googledownloads_and_sharing
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
Y2mate YouTube Downloader
What the captured page showed
2 observations- 01
Y2mate
- 02
YouTube Downloader
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
YouTube Downloader Online - Free, Fast & No Ads | Y2mate
- Meta description
Download YouTube videos online for free with Y2mate. Convert YouTube to MP4, MP3, HD, 1080p, or 4K instantly. No ads, no installation, unlimited downloads.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/aboutRead
- Terms/terms-of-useRead
- Contact page/contactRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
YouTube Downloader Online - Free, Fast & No Ads | Y2mate
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 antivirus results.
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
Aggressive Ads & Malvertising
Service and business model
Downloader
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 011 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
- 02One public warning in public web research: "Its medium-low trust score caused us to flag this site as questionable. We utilized 53 powerful factors to expose high-risk activity and see if real-y2mate.com…"
- 03Only Gmail contact address disclosed
Web research findings
Independent findings for real-y2mate.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.
- Scam Detectoropen
"Its medium-low trust score caused us to flag this site as questionable. We utilized 53 powerful factors to expose high-risk activity and see if real-y2mate.com is a scam. Let's look at it and its Streaming &"
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.
- Domainreal-y2mate.com
- Redirects toreal-y2mate.com
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencesstatic.cloudflareinsights.com
Domain Timeline
- Nov 18, 2025Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 11 months old when this review was saved.
- Oct 16, 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.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Certificate issued for real-y2mate.com.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Analytics and ads
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
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://real-y2mate.com/
- 2200https://real-y2mate.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
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. 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
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
One public warning in public web research: "Its medium-low trust score caused us to flag this site as questionable. We utilized 53 powerful factors to expose high-risk activity and see if real-y2mate.com…"
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 16, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 16, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 2 visible observations saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 16, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 16, 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 16, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result2 visible observations saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 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 real-y2mate.com a scam or is it safe?
Is real-y2mate.com safe to use?
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Is real-y2mate.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
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Does real-y2mate.com have a valid SSL certificate?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
YouTube downloader flagged by antivirus and low-trust validator; operator identity hidden.
real-y2mate.com offers a free YouTube video downloader and converter. One antivirus engine labels it malicious for phishing/fraud, and an independent validator gives it a 36.2/100 trust score. The site uses a Gmail contact address, provides no corporate details, and is only 331 days old.
09 · Community
Community
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