Is rootz.so safe?
http://rootz.so/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (61 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading · limited: did not fully complete
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Rootz is a file-sharing and proxy service flagged by multiple security vendors as malicious or suspicious.
Rootz (rootz.so) presents itself as a fast, secure and effortless file-sharing service, offering 'Remote Upload' and 'Upload File' buttons. However, the domain is only 360 days old, its operator identity is not disclosed, and multiple independent security vendors have flagged it as malicious or suspicious. The browser threat feed currently shows no warning, and the connection is encrypted, but these clean technical checks do not offset the adverse vendor detections and the inherent risk of a file-sharing platform with no transparent ownership.
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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 30/100
High Risk covers scores 21–44. 2 findings pulled the score down; 2 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Decisive3 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result.
- ModerateOne public warning in public web research: "Maltiverse has identified this website as being currently involved in malicious or suspicious activities. It is therefore considered to be potentially harmful."
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat 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.
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01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
Rootz (rootz.so) presents itself as a fast, secure and effortless file-sharing service, offering 'Remote Upload' and 'Upload File' buttons. However, the domain is only 360 days old, its operator identity is not disclosed, and multiple independent security vendors have flagged it as malicious or suspicious. The browser threat feed currently shows no warning, and the connection is encrypted, but these clean technical checks do not offset the adverse vendor detections and the inherent risk of a file-sharing platform with no transparent ownership.
Multiple security vendors flag the domain as malicious or suspicious
The saved antivirus analysis shows 4 malicious and 2 suspicious detections across 93 engines, with three independent antivirus families (BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, G-Data) reporting an adverse result. These are current, fresh detections, not historical noise.
Independent research adds that Maltiverse has identified the website as being currently involved in malicious or suspicious activities, and an independent site-rating service's reports a low trust score. This corroborates the vendor detections and raises the risk profile beyond a single false positive.
The browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. These are positive technical signals, but they only mean no active blocklist entry or certificate problem was observed at scan time; they do not clear the site of the adverse vendor findings.
Undisclosed operator and file-sharing model create exposure
The site's own contact details were not visible to the page reader because the page builds its content with scripts, so the operator's identity remains undisclosed. The domain is only 360 days old, which is short of the one-year mark often associated with established services.
The visible interface offers 'Remote Upload' and 'Upload File' buttons, and the site describes itself as 'Fast, secure and effortless file sharing.' File-sharing platforms that allow remote uploads and lack transparent ownership are commonly abused to distribute malware, and the vendor detections on this domain are consistent with that risk.
Why the score is 30
3 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
6/ 93
detectionsFresh result
6 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 4
- Suspicious
- 2
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| BitDefenderMalicious | malware |
| Chong Lua DaoMalicious | malicious |
| G-DataMalicious | malware |
| VIPREMalicious | malware |
| ESETSuspicious | suspicious |
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 93 engine results
- BitDefender - malware - Malicious
- Chong Lua Dao - Malicious
- G-Data - malware - Malicious
- VIPRE - malware - Malicious
- ESET - Suspicious
- Gridinsoft - Suspicious
- 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
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- 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
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - 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
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- BitDefenderpiracy
- alphaMountain.aiFile Sharing/Storage
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerpersonal network storage and backup
- 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
Fast, secure and effortless file sharing.
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Fast, secure and effortless file sharing.
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
Rootz - Fast, Secure File Sharing
- Meta description
Upload, share, and download files instantly with Rootz.so. Free file hosting with secure cloud storage, fast downloads, and no registration required. Perfect for sharing documents, images, videos, and more.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Rootz - Fast, Secure File Sharing
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 61 antivirus results.
What independent research found
1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 6 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
Malware & Deceptive Downloads
Service and business model
Content
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 014 malicious and 2 suspicious detections across 93 engines, with three independent antivirus families reporting adverse results.
- 023 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result.
- 03One public warning in public web research: "Maltiverse has identified this website as being currently involved in malicious or suspicious activities. It is therefore considered to be potentially harmful."
Web research findings
Independent findings for rootz.so, 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.
- ScamAdviseropen
"Maltiverse has identified this website as being currently involved in malicious or suspicious activities. It is therefore considered to be potentially harmful."
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.
- Domainrootz.so
- Redirects torootz.so
- Hosted byIQWeb FZ-LLC
- Referencesplausible.io · static.getclicky.com
Domain Timeline
- Nov 3, 2025Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 12 months old when this review was saved.
- Oct 29, 2026Saved security review — Rated High Risk
The completed checks from this saved scan 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
Certificate issued for rootz.so.
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://rootz.so/
- 2200https://rootz.so/
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
- Antiviruscomplete
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentpartial
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
maliciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
3 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
One public warning in public web research: "Maltiverse has identified this website as being currently involved in malicious or suspicious activities. It is therefore considered to be potentially harmful."
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 6 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | Adverse | fresh · analysed Oct 29, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 29, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Oct 29, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 29, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 29, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result6 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 29, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 29, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 29, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 29, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 29, 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
Rootz is a file-sharing and proxy service flagged by multiple security vendors as malicious or suspicious.
Rootz (rootz.so) presents itself as a fast, secure and effortless file-sharing service, offering 'Remote Upload' and 'Upload File' buttons. However, the domain is only 360 days old, its operator identity is not disclosed, and multiple independent security vendors have flagged it as malicious or suspicious. The browser threat feed currently shows no warning, and the connection is encrypted, but these clean technical checks do not offset the adverse vendor detections and the inherent risk of a file-sharing platform with no transparent ownership.
09 · Community
Community
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