Is share.zip safe?
http://share.zip/
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How we checked
Coverage: partial · 2 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (68 of 97 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading · limited: did not fully complete
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
share.zip is a free anonymous file-sharing utility with no disclosed operator and one stale 'suspicious' antivirus flag
share.zip presents itself as a simple file-sharing service: the visible page text reads 'Share files without an account' and 'Up to 5 GB, links that just work', with an upload button as the main action. The domain is about 522 days old, uses a valid encrypted connection, and the browser threat feed currently returns no threat warning. However, the site's own contact and policy pages were not reviewed, the operator is not disclosed, and one saved antivirus observation previously marked the URL as suspicious. Independent research surfaced only a Hacker News discussion about the .zip top-level domain confusing users, not a report of harm from this site. Because the site's own pages could not be reviewed and its operator remains unverified, it cannot be rated Safe or Low Risk; the score reflects a functional utility with unresolved accountability.
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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 62/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 2 findings pulled the score down; 2 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Moderate1 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
- MinorThe operator is not disclosed on the reviewed page text, and the site's own contact details were not reviewed in full, leaving no verified party accountable for uploaded files.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 522 days old, past the brand-new-domain window but not yet a long-established reputation.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the 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
share.zip presents itself as a simple file-sharing service: the visible page text reads 'Share files without an account' and 'Up to 5 GB, links that just work', with an upload button as the main action. The domain is about 522 days old, uses a valid encrypted connection, and the browser threat feed currently returns no threat warning. However, the site's own contact and policy pages were not reviewed, the operator is not disclosed, and one saved antivirus observation previously marked the URL as suspicious. Independent research surfaced only a Hacker News discussion about the .zip top-level domain confusing users, not a report of harm from this site. Because the site's own pages could not be reviewed and its operator remains unverified, it cannot be rated Safe or Low Risk; the score reflects a functional utility with unresolved accountability.
A free file-sharing utility with an undisclosed operator
The visible page text describes a straightforward service: 'Share files without an account' and 'Up to 5 GB, links that just work'. The primary call to action is an upload button. There is no sign of a shop, subscription, gambling, or crypto mechanism in the reviewed material.
The registrable domain is 522 days old, which is old enough to be past the brand-new-domain window but not long enough to establish a durable reputation. The operator is not disclosed on the reviewed page text, and the site's own contact details were not reviewed in full, so there is no verified entity, address, or support channel to hold accountable.
Clean current checks, but a stale suspicious flag and unverified ownership
The saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, and the browser threat feed returned no threat warning. Those are current, supportive technical signals: traffic to the site is encrypted and no active blocklist warning is present.
One antivirus result previously marked the URL as suspicious. That observation is stale and comes from a saved record rather than a fresh submission, so it should be treated as a real but dated flag rather than proof of current malicious activity. It does not by itself establish malware, phishing, or fraud on this domain.
Independent web research was completed but returned only a Hacker News discussion noting that the .zip top-level domain confuses less savvy users. That is a general observation about the TLD, not a complaint, warning, or report of harm involving share.zip itself. No customer reports, scam warnings, or blocklist listings specific to this site were found in the reviewed evidence.
Why the score is 62
The score combines saved deterministic evidence with the grounded analysis available for this report. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
1/ 97
detectionsSaved analysis from July 16, 2025 - stale
1 engine flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 1
- Total
- 97
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| Forcepoint ThreatSeekerSuspicious | suspicious |
All 97 engine results
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Suspicious
- 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
- Artists Against 419 - Clean
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Axur - Unrated
- benkow.cc - Clean
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- Cluster25 - Unrated
- CMC Threat Intelligence - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Clean
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Clean
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Feodo Tracker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- Kaspersky - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- malwares.com URL checker - 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
- securolytics - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Clean
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- Spam404 - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- ThreatHive - Clean
- Threatsourcing - Clean
- Trustwave - Clean
- Underworld - Unrated
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerelevated exposure
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
share.zip Share files without an account Up to 5 GB, links that just work
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
share.zip Share files without an account Up to 5 GB, links that just work
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
Send Files Online Free – Fast & Secure File Sharing - share.zip
- Meta description
share.zip makes online file sharing fast, simple, and secure. Send large files free online with easy uploads, quick sharing, and reliable file transfers.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Send Files Online Free – Fast & Secure File Sharing - share.zip
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 68 antivirus results.
What independent research found
1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
2 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
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Unknown
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 011 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
- 02The registrable domain is 522 days old, past the brand-new-domain window but not yet a long-established reputation.
- 03The operator is not disclosed on the reviewed page text, and the site's own contact details were not reviewed in full, leaving no verified party accountable for uploaded files.
If this is a scam — what it means for you
What a visitor actually does and what remains unverified
A visitor to share.zip is invited to upload files without creating an account, with a stated limit of up to 5 GB and links that 'just work'. The reviewed page text shows no checkout, no payment step, and no account registration, so the immediate action is uploading a file and receiving a shareable link.
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.
Because the site's own contact, About, and policy pages were not reviewed in full, the retention, deletion, and access-control practices for uploaded files are unknown from the evidence. The absence of a disclosed operator means there is no verified party to contact if a file is mishandled or a link is abused.
share.zip appears to be a working free file-sharing utility rather than a confirmed scam, but its operator is undisclosed and its own policy pages were not reviewed. Treat it as a convenience tool, not a trusted vault: avoid uploading sensitive documents, identity papers, financial records, or anything you would not want publicly linkable. If you need to share confidential files, use a service with a named operator, published retention terms, and access controls. If you encounter unexpected payment requests, forced downloads, or pop-ups on this domain, stop and report it.
Web research findings
Independent findings for share.zip, 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.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for share.zip. 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.
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.
- Domainshare.zip
- Redirects toshare.zip
- Hosted byAlexHost SRL
- Referencesfonts.googleapis.com · fonts.gstatic.com
Domain Timeline
- May 16, 2025Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 1.4 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 20, 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 share.zip.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- Google Fonts
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://share.zip/
- 2206https://share.zip/
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 contentpartial
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
1 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious. 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
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
The operator is not disclosed on the reviewed page text, and the site's own contact details were not reviewed in full, leaving no verified party accountable for uploaded files.
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 97 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Jul 16, 2025 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 20, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Oct 20, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 20, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 20, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result1 of 97 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Jul 16, 2025
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 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 share.zip a scam or is it safe?
Is share.zip safe to use?
Has share.zip been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is share.zip on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the share.zip domain?
Does share.zip have a valid SSL certificate?
Where is share.zip hosted?
How often is the share.zip report updated?
08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
share.zip is a free anonymous file-sharing utility with no disclosed operator and one stale 'suspicious' antivirus flag
share.zip presents itself as a simple file-sharing service: the visible page text reads 'Share files without an account' and 'Up to 5 GB, links that just work', with an upload button as the main action. The domain is about 522 days old, uses a valid encrypted connection, and the browser threat feed currently returns no threat warning. However, the site's own contact and policy pages were not reviewed, the operator is not disclosed, and one saved antivirus observation previously marked the URL as suspicious. Independent research surfaced only a Hacker News discussion about the .zip top-level domain confusing users, not a report of harm from this site. Because the site's own pages could not be reviewed and its operator remains unverified, it cannot be rated Safe or Low Risk; the score reflects a functional utility with unresolved accountability.
09 · Community
Community
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