Is server.elscione.com legit or a scam?
Open-directory file-sharing site hosting pirated media; flagged by one antivirus engine and security aggregators, but no phishing or credential-harvesting detected.
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.
Analysis Summary
Warning signs detected
Several risk indicators suggest caution. This site might be legitimate — but treat it as unverified until you can independently confirm.
Website Preview
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Visual Screenshot 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 page presents as a personal file-hosting index (server.elscione.com) distributing books, manga, movies, music, and games — strongly indicative of a piracy distribution server rather than a phishing or financial scam. No credential-harvesting, fake trust seals, or deceptive UI patterns are visible, but the content distribution model raises copyright-infringement concerns.
What our vision model saw
5 signalsFile-sharing index page hosting Books, Manga, Movies, Music, and Games folders — consistent with a piracy/warez distribution site serving copyrighted content without authorization
Mirror site link visible (server.elsci.one) suggesting the operator runs multiple domains to evade takedowns, a common piracy-site pattern
Solicitation for donations to cover server costs (€46/month stated) alongside ad-free claim, typical of informal piracy hosting operations
No trust badges, payment forms, or credential-harvesting elements visible; no urgency tactics or countdown timers present
Discord community link used as the primary support/communication channel rather than any formal contact mechanism
MT Intelligence
The domain elscione.com is over 10 years old and hosted on legitimate infrastructure (Cloudflare, valid SSL). The page functions as an index for downloading pirated light novels, ebooks, manga, music, movies, and games — a pattern discussed openly in piracy communities on Reddit and GitHub. One antivirus engine (Chong Lua Dao) flagged it as malicious, and two others marked it suspicious, likely due to its file-distribution nature and copyright-infringement profile rather than credential theft or financial fraud. Independent security aggregators show mixed signals: one rates it as "Very Likely Safe," while another assigns a moderate-risk score. The site lacks phishing indicators, fake trust seals, countdown timers, or credential-harvesting forms. The operator requests donations to cover server costs and maintains a Discord channel for support — typical of informal piracy operations. No user complaints, malware infections, or scam reports appear in public databases.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for server.elscione.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain elscione.com registered June 27, 2015 (over 10 years old) via Porkbun with privacy protection; hosted on Cloudflare.
- server.elscione.com functions as an open directory/index of pirated/unofficially shared light novels (including "Officially Translated" folders), ebooks, CBZ files, manga, music, movies, and games.
- Users on Reddit r/opendirectories and r/DataHoarder discuss it as a source for bulk downloading novels/books and have created GitHub cloners to copy its content.
- Site owner/maintainer references a Discord, mirror at server.elsci.one, donation requests for server costs (~€46/month), and contact petrusnk@gmail.com in associated GitHub repo.
- Security scans: Scamadviser rates it as "Very Likely Safe" / legit; PCrisk 65/100 (moderate risk) with 1/92 engines flagged and one blacklist entry; Gridinsoft 35/100 with blacklist warning.
- No direct user complaints, scam reports, malware infection reports, or phishing incidents found in searches; primarily discussed in piracy/hoarding communities.
- Page contains notes like "Please share the folder link, not the file link" and "The site has been ad-free for years now" with donation appeals.
- Gridinsoftopen
"server.elscione.com should not be treated as a safe website. Gridinsoft gives it a 35/100 trust score, and multiple security vendors blacklist the domain."
- PCrisk Scanneropen
"One out of 92 security engines flagged the domain at the time of this scan... combination of a single-engine detection, one blacklist listing, and the site’s file-distribution nature means some caution may still be warranted."
Our research found the domain discussed primarily in piracy and file-hoarding communities rather than in scam-report or complaint databases. Security aggregators show conflicting assessments: one rates it as 'Very Likely Safe,' while others assign moderate-risk scores due to the single-engine detection and file-distribution profile. The operator maintains a GitHub repository referencing a personal email (petrusnk@gmail.com), a Discord channel, and a mirror domain (server.elsci.one). No user complaints, malware-infection reports, or financial-scam allegations appear in public sources. The site's primary risk is copyright infringement, not credential theft or financial fraud.
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
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 phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://server.elscione.com/
- 2403https://server.elscione.com/
Server Reputation
Proceed with caution
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Treat server.elscione.com as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- Verify the business through independent channels
Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.
- Never use irreversible payment methods
Crypto, gift cards, wire transfers, and cash apps offer zero buyer protection. Use a credit card or PayPal if you must pay.
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Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- Our automated security review marked server.elscione.com as suspicious. Several warning signs were detected; it may still turn out legitimate, but you should verify it through independent channels before trusting it with money or credentials.
- server.elscione.com currently scores 48/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend caution. Verify the site through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- Yes. server.elscione.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 87 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- server.elscione.com is 11.0 years old, registered on 6/27/2015 through Porkbun LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 3 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged server.elscione.com as malicious or suspicious (1 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. server.elscione.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- server.elscione.com resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
- This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 13, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around server.elscione.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.
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