Fake pop-ups & scareware — don't click or call
2 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page. This page throws fake "you won a prize" or "your device is infected" pop-ups to push adware, browser-notification spam, unwanted extensions, or a fake "support" number. None of it is real — you didn't win, your device isn't infected, and every "Allow", "Download", or "Call" prompt leads to junkware or a scam. Close the tab, don't click "Allow" on any notification request, don't install anything, and never call a number it shows. If you already allowed notifications or installed something, revoke the permission and run a reputable adware / malware cleaner.
Is retrotve.com legit or a scam?
Yes — this is almost certainly a scam.
Unauthorized retro streaming portal with push-notification spam, registration prompts, and a 35/100 trust score from security vendors.
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.
What this means for you
You were probably about to click 'Allow', 'Download', or a 'fix'/'claim' button.
Nothing is actually wrong with your device and you didn't win anything — those buttons install adware, spam notifications, or lead to a fake-support scam.
How this scam works
The trap, step by step
A pop-up screams “Congratulations, you won!” or “Your device is infected!”.
A fake countdown or alarm manufactures panic and urgency.
Clicking “Allow”, “Download”, “Scan now”, or “Call support” is the trap.
You get adware, spam notifications, and junk extensions — or a fake phone-support scam.
Recognising the pattern is the best defence — if a site follows these steps, close it and don't enter anything.
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 Spanish-language streaming portal for copyrighted media, which carries a high risk of malicious redirects, deceptive advertising, and potential credential harvesting via its registration and VIP payment systems.
What our vision model saw
5 signalsSite offers copyrighted movies and TV shows for streaming without clear licensing
Prominent 'VIP' subscription banner promising an ad-free experience
Presence of a generic 'Chat' widget in the bottom corner often used for social engineering
Layout typical of unauthorized streaming portals which often host malicious advertisements
Registration requirement for access to media content
Intelligence
The site presents itself as a free Spanish-language streaming portal for classic TV series and movies, hosted on a 3.5-year-old domain. One antivirus engine flagged it as malware and another as suspicious, while the page actively requests browser push-notification permission. The visual analysis shows a VIP subscription banner, a generic chat widget, and a requirement to register before accessing content. Evidence from independent sources confirms a blacklist warning and 35/100 trust score, plus complaints about aggressive redirects common in pirate streaming sites. The combination of copyright-infringing content, push-notification abuse, and registration prompts raises the risk of credential harvesting and malware delivery.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for retrotve.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- The domain is blacklisted by at least one security vendor and holds a low trust score of 35/100.
- The website offers free downloads of copyrighted TV series and movies via third-party hosts like MEGA and Mediafire.
- The site's own legal notice contains conflicting domain references, mentioning 'seriesretro.com' and 'retrotv.org' in its DMCA text.
- Users are prompted to 'register' or 'log in' to use features like chat, which poses a risk for credential harvesting on an untrusted site.
- The site is associated with push-notification spam and aggressive redirects common in pirate streaming niches.
- Gridinsoftopen
"retrotve.com has a blacklist warning and a 35/100 trust score. Verify the site identity before use and avoid sending sensitive or payment data."
Our research located one security-vendor report flagging retrotve.com with a blacklist warning and 35/100 trust score. The same source notes the site offers copyrighted downloads via third-party hosts and contains conflicting legal references to other domains. A single complaint was recorded about aggressive redirects and push-notification spam. No positive reviews or business registration records were found.
Domain Timeline
- Jan 24, 2023Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 3.5 years old today.
- Jul 14, 2026Latest security review — Flagged as dangerous
This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.
retrotve.com is an established domain now carrying threat signals. An older domain that starts tripping security checks is a classic pattern for an asset that was sold, repurposed, or compromised — the age alone is not reassurance.
Threat Detection
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.
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 scam-type patterns detected
1 of 21 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 21 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Tagged as scareware / adware / malvertising.
- Scareware / adware / notification-spam language in the tags.
- Browser push-notification spam / 'click Allow' bait detected.
1 of 21 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 21 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Tagged as scareware / adware / malvertising.
- Scareware / adware / notification-spam language in the tags.
- Browser push-notification spam / 'click Allow' bait detected.
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 postal address visible on the page.
- Page requests browser push-notification permission — common malvertising vector.
- Scam family match: Push-Notification Spam.
- Phone number listed (0123456789).
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://retrotve.com/
- 2200https://retrotve.com/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
What to do
Fake pop-ups & scareware
This page uses fake "you won a prize" or "your device is infected" pop-ups to push adware, browser-notification spam, unwanted extensions, or a fake support number — none of it is real.
- Do not interact with retrotve.com
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- Close the tab — don't click "Allow", "Download", or "Call"
You didn't win, and your device isn't infected. Every "Allow notifications", "Download", "Scan now", or "Call support" button leads to adware, junk extensions, or a scam. Just close the tab — or the whole browser.
- If you clicked "Allow", turn the notifications back off
Open your browser's Site Settings → Notifications, find the site, and set it to Block (or remove it). That stops the spam pop-ups it now pushes to your desktop.
- OpenRemove anything it installed, then run an adware scan
Uninstall any browser extension, "player", "codec", or app you added because of this page, and run a reputable free adware / malware cleaner (e.g. Malwarebytes) to clear leftover PUPs. And never call a number shown in a pop-up — real vendors don't do that.
Safer Alternatives
Trying to watch something? Use a safe option instead
Looking for something to watch? These are legal, malware-free ways to stream — several have free, ad-supported tiers, so there's no need to risk a sketchy pirate site.
Anime, subbed & dubbed — free ad-supported tier.
Thousands of movies & shows, completely free (ads).
Free live channels and on-demand, no account needed.
Large catalogue incl. anime; paid subscription.
Movies, TV & anime; paid / Prime membership.
Suggestions for safety only — not endorsements. Always verify the address bar before signing in or paying, even on well-known sites.
Final Verdict
RetroTVE is an unauthorized streaming site offering retro TV shows and movies for free download. The strongest red flag is the push-notification permission request combined with a registration wall and a low trust score from security vendors. Avoid entering any personal details or payment information.
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- retrotve.com is a scareware / fake-pop-up page — the kind that flashes "Congratulations, you won!" or "Your device is infected!" alerts to push adware, browser-notification spam, unwanted extensions, or a fake support number. 2 of 92 security engines flag it (1 as outright malicious). None of it is real — you didn't win, your device isn't infected, and its "Allow", "Download", and "Call" buttons all lead to junkware or a scam. Close the tab: don't click anything, don't allow notifications, and never call a number it shows.
- No — retrotve.com scored just 20/100 on our trust scale, and we detected active threat indicators. We recommend avoiding it entirely: don't log in, pay, download anything, or connect a wallet.
- Almost certainly not from just loading it. retrotve.com shows fake "you won a prize" or "your device is infected" pop-ups to scare or tempt you into clicking — the pop-up itself is the trick, not a real infection or a real prize. The danger is what happens if you act on it: clicking "Allow" turns on spam desktop notifications, and "Download", "Update", or "Scan now" buttons install adware, unwanted extensions, or PUPs. If you only saw the pop-ups and closed the tab, you're fine. If you clicked "Allow", block the site under your browser's Notifications settings; if you installed or downloaded anything, remove it and run a reputable free adware/malware cleaner (e.g. Malwarebytes). And never call a "support" number shown in a pop-up — that's a scam.
- No. The "Congratulations, you won!" and "Your device is infected!" pop-ups on retrotve.com are fake — an automated ad-network page shows the same message to everyone who lands on it. You didn't win anything, and nothing actually scanned your device. The whole point is to get you to click: "Claim", "Allow", "Download", and "Call" all lead to adware, spam notifications, junk browser extensions, or a fake-support phone scam. Close the tab and don't click anything on the page.
- If you're getting pop-ups even after closing the page, you probably clicked "Allow" on a notification prompt — the spam now comes from your browser, not the site. Open your browser settings → Site Settings → Notifications, find retrotve.com (and anything else you don't recognise), and set it to Block or remove it. Then uninstall any extension, "player", or app you added because of the page, and run a reputable free adware/malware cleaner (e.g. Malwarebytes) to clear leftover PUPs.
- Yes. 2 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged retrotve.com, 1 of them as outright malicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
- No — retrotve.com 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.
- retrotve.com is 3.5 years old, registered on January 24, 2023 through Nominalia Internet SL. 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.
- retrotve.com resolves to an IP operated by DEFT.COM in US (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.
- This report is a record of the scan run on July 14, 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 retrotve.com has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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