Is sfile.mobi safe?

http://sfile.mobi/

Moderate RiskStatus

Coveragestrong5 of 6 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Sfile is a long-running file-sharing site that now redirects to sfile.co and carries a stale antivirus warning.

Sfile presents itself as a file-sharing service where users upload files and earn money from downloads, and the scanned address sfile.mobi now redirects to sfile.co. The registrable domain is over nine years old and the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, but a saved antivirus observation records four independent engine families reporting an adverse result, and the site's own contact details were not reviewed because the address redirects to another site. The combination of a real, established file-sharing operation with an unresolved malware association and an off-domain redirect places this in the moderate-risk band rather than Safe.

Treat Sfile as a moderate-risk file-sharing site. If you use it, download only files you genuinely need and scan them before opening, avoid signing up with a primary email address, and be aware that the sfile.mobi address redirects to sfile.co. The unresolved antivirus flags and the off-domain redirect mean this is not a site to trust with sensitive data or to browse casually.
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Calibrated safety spectrum

Where this site sits

  1. Dangerous1–20
  2. High Risk21–44
  3. Moderate Risk45–69
  4. Low Risk70–84
  5. Safe85–100

The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.

01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

Sfile presents itself as a file-sharing service where users upload files and earn money from downloads, and the scanned address sfile.mobi now redirects to sfile.co. The registrable domain is over nine years old and the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, but a saved antivirus observation records four independent engine families reporting an adverse result, and the site's own contact details were not reviewed because the address redirects to another site. The combination of a real, established file-sharing operation with an unresolved malware association and an off-domain redirect places this in the moderate-risk band rather than Safe.

A file-sharing service with a paid-download model

The landing page shows a file-sharing platform with sections for Latest Uploads and Trending Files, and a call to action telling visitors that every download earns them money and to sign up and start sharing to get paid. That is a transaction-based model where the site monetises user-uploaded files and pays uploaders for downloads.

The site carries standard footer links for Member Payments, Privacy, Terms, About, DMCA and Contact, and a supplemental contact page with a Gmail address. The scanned address sfile.mobi redirects the browser to sfile.co, and the site's own contact details were not attributed to the scanned domain because of that cross-site landing.

A stale malware warning against a long-established domain

A saved antivirus observation records four independent engine families reporting an adverse result, associating the site with file sharing and malware categories. That detection is real but stale, and the exact reason for the flags — whether the site's content, its advertising, or the file-sharing model itself — is not resolved by the evidence.

Against that, the registrable domain is 3381 days old, the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. These are supportive technical signals, but they do not clear the unresolved antivirus association, and the site's own contact details were not reviewed because the address redirects to another site.

Why the score is 62

4 independent antivirus families 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

Collected signals and independent provider data for this URL.

Antivirus Engines

5/ 93

detections

Saved analysis from October 23, 2026 - stale

5 engines flagged this URL

Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.

Malicious
4
Suspicious
1
Total
93
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
alphaMountain.aiMaliciousmalicious
Chong Lua DaoMaliciousmalicious
Dr.WebMaliciousmalicious
WebrootMaliciousmalicious
GridinsoftSuspicioussuspicious
All 93 engine results
  • alphaMountain.ai - Malicious
  • Chong Lua Dao - Malicious
  • Dr.Web - Malicious
  • Webroot - Malicious
  • Gridinsoft - Suspicious
  • 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
  • Abusix - Clean
  • Acronis - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
  • AlienVault - 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - Clean
  • ZeroFox - Unrated

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.

What we observed

CAPTURED PAGE
sfile.mobi
What our review noticed on this page
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

sfile mobi

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    sfile mobi

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.
  1. What the site claims

    Cloud Storage For Your Files - Sfile.co

  2. What we observed

    Saved browser evidence recorded cross domain landing.

  3. What independent research found

    The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.

  4. 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

No threat category confirmed

Service and business model

Content

Transaction

Observed behavior

Cross Domain Landing

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 014 independent antivirus families 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.
  2. 02The page redirected the browser to an unrelated external domain.
  3. 03The registrable domain is 3381 days old, indicating a long-established operation.

If this is a scam — what it means for you

What a visitor actually experiences

A visitor arriving at sfile.mobi is redirected to sfile.co, so the domain they typed is not the domain that serves the page. The landing page then invites them to sign up and share files to earn money from downloads.

If this is a scam, how it works

The evidence-backed path

Each stage below is preserved from the grounded analysis and linked to saved evidence.

  1. Because the site hosts user-uploaded files and carries a stale antivirus association with file sharing and malware categories, a visitor who downloads files from it takes on the risk that those files are not what they claim to be. The evidence does not show a specific malicious file or a confirmed infection, so this is a caution rather than a proven harm.

Treat Sfile as a moderate-risk file-sharing site. If you use it, download only files you genuinely need and scan them before opening, avoid signing up with a primary email address, and be aware that the sfile.mobi address redirects to sfile.co. The unresolved antivirus flags and the off-domain redirect mean this is not a site to trust with sensitive data or to browse casually.

Visitor impactConfidence: Moderate

Grounded in 4 saved evidence references.

Web research findings

Independent findings for sfile.mobi, 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.

Business registration
Not checked
This report did not include a company-registry lookup, so no registration result is claimed.
Clone check
Not checked
No site-clone comparison was run for this report, so no clean result is claimed.
Typosquat check
Not checked
No look-alike domain comparison was run for this report, so no clean result is claimed.
Web mentions
No scam reports found
The completed search returned no sourced scam reports or complaints.

No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for sfile.mobi. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.

Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
ListedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

04 · Domain & Infrastructure

Domain & infrastructure

Timeline · identity · encryption · redirects · hosting

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.

  1. Domainsfile.mobi
  2. Redirects tosfile.co
  3. Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
  4. Referencescdnjs.cloudflare.com · googletagmanager.com

Domain Timeline

  1. Jul 22, 2017
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 9 years old when this review was saved.

  2. Oct 25, 2026
    Saved 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.

What We Found
Contact details were not attributed (the address redirects to another site)
Emails on site's domainNot reviewed
Phone numbersNot reviewed
Postal addressNot reviewed
Linked social profiles0

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age9 years old
RegistrarNameCheap, Inc.
RegisteredJul 22, 2017
ExpiresJul 22, 2027
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1
ExpiresDec 6, 2026 (42d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingCloudflare, Inc.
Server locationUS
Web servercloudflare

Redirect Chain

Hops
2
Cross-domain
Yes
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://sfile.mobi/
  • 2301https://sfile.mobi/
  • 3206https://sfile.co/cross-domain

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPCloudflare, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
  1. Antiviruspartial
  2. Browser threat feedcomplete
  3. Page contentcomplete
  4. Analysiscomplete
  5. Visual evidencecomplete
Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

Technical threat

suspicious

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

4 independent antivirus families 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

unknown

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

The page redirected the browser to an unrelated external domain.

Source coverage and freshness

Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.

Antivirus
Result5 of 93 engines flagged
CompletionLimited
FindingAdverse
Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 23, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 25, 2026
Page content
ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 25, 2026
Visual evidence
Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 25, 2026
Independent research
ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 25, 2026

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Proceed with caution

The evidence is mixed or incomplete, so treat this site as unverified until you can confirm who runs it.

  1. Analyst recommendation

    Treat Sfile as a moderate-risk file-sharing site. If you use it, download only files you genuinely need and scan them before opening, avoid signing up with a primary email address, and be aware that the sfile.mobi address redirects to sfile.co. The unresolved antivirus flags and the off-domain redirect mean this is not a site to trust with sensitive data or to browse casually.

  2. Treat sfile.mobi as unverified

    Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Share your experience

    If you have additional context, drop a comment below or post on the MalwareTips forum.

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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 sfile.mobi a scam or is it safe?
There isn't enough evidence yet for us to give sfile.mobi a confident verdict, so treat it with caution. The domain is 9 years old. Until it can be independently verified, don't enter passwords, card details, or send money, and confirm the company through channels you find yourself rather than links on the site.
Is sfile.mobi safe to use?
sfile.mobi has a Safety Score of 62/100 (Moderate Risk). Analysis coverage is strong at 86%. Do not trust blindly; analysis may be limited.
Has sfile.mobi been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 5 of 93 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged sfile.mobi, 4 of them as outright malicious in the saved analysis from October 23, 2026. None of these detections came from the engines we treat as highest-confidence, so they are weighed alongside the other checks rather than on their own.
Is sfile.mobi on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — sfile.mobi 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.
How old is the sfile.mobi domain?
sfile.mobi is 9 years old, registered on July 22, 2017 through NameCheap, Inc. 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.
Does sfile.mobi have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — sfile.mobi presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, valid for another 42 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
Where is sfile.mobi hosted?
sfile.mobi resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (Content Delivery Network). 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.
How often is the sfile.mobi report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on October 25, 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 sfile.mobi has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.

08 · Final Verdict

Final verdict

The saved conclusion, decisive evidence, and practical action in one final view.
Verdict score
62/100
Moderate Risk

Sfile is a long-running file-sharing site that now redirects to sfile.co and carries a stale antivirus warning.

Saved capturesfile.mobiCapture-safe
Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.
Conclusion

Sfile presents itself as a file-sharing service where users upload files and earn money from downloads, and the scanned address sfile.mobi now redirects to sfile.co. The registrable domain is over nine years old and the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, but a saved antivirus observation records four independent engine families reporting an adverse result, and the site's own contact details were not reviewed because the address redirects to another site. The combination of a real, established file-sharing operation with an unresolved malware association and an off-domain redirect places this in the moderate-risk band rather than Safe.

Recommended actionTreat Sfile as a moderate-risk file-sharing site. If you use it, download only files you genuinely need and scan them before opening, avoid signing up with a primary email address, and be aware that the sfile.mobi address redirects to sfile.co. The unresolved antivirus flags and the off-domain redirect mean this is not a site to trust with sensitive data or to browse casually.
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09 · Community

Community

First-hand experiences add human context after the scanner has reached its conclusion.