Is shockbyte.com safe?
https://shockbyte.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: complete · 6 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Shockbyte is a long-running game server host with clean security checks, though some customers report refund and support problems
Shockbyte sells game server hosting, mainly for Minecraft, and says it launched in 2013. Its domain is more than 13 years old. Security scans found no malware, no Safe Browsing warning and a valid encrypted connection. Public reviews are mixed. One large review summary is broadly positive, and the site shows a 4.7 out of 5 rating. Smaller complaint sources describe crashes, slow support and a refund request that was answered only after the 72-hour refund window had closed. The site is a real hosting business rather than a scam, so the score is Low Risk. It is not higher because of the billing and support complaints.
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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 76/100
Low Risk covers scores 70–84. 2 findings pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "I requested a refund within the proper timeframe according to their TOS, but they waited to respond until it was outside that window. At that point, they…"
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Shockbyte has a 1.0 star rating from 4 reviews. Consumers report frequent server crashes, no control panel access, slow or silent support, and high prices."
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe domain is more than 13 years old.
- SupportsNo antivirus detections and no Safe Browsing 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.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
Shockbyte sells game server hosting, mainly for Minecraft, and says it launched in 2013. Its domain is more than 13 years old. Security scans found no malware, no Safe Browsing warning and a valid encrypted connection. Public reviews are mixed. One large review summary is broadly positive, and the site shows a 4.7 out of 5 rating. Smaller complaint sources describe crashes, slow support and a refund request that was answered only after the 72-hour refund window had closed. The site is a real hosting business rather than a scam, so the score is Low Risk. It is not higher because of the billing and support complaints.
Technically clean, established operator
No antivirus engine out of 93 flagged the site, and the browser threat feed showed no warning. The connection is properly encrypted.
The domain is about 4,983 days old. The site describes a history dating back to 2013 and says it has powered over 1 million servers. It offers a Client Area and a Knowledgebase for customers.
Refund window and customer complaints
The site's terms offer refunds within the first 72 hours of a monthly plan, and you must contact support to request one. After that, refunds are at the company's discretion.
One reviewer says they asked for a refund within the allowed time, but support replied only after the window had passed and then refused the refund. A complaint site lists a 1.0 rating from just 4 reviews, citing crashes, lack of control panel access and slow support. By contrast, a summary of 349 reviews is largely positive, while noting that response times can be slow.
Why the score is 76
The saved checks found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 93
No detectionsFresh result
No detections across 58 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 35 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
All 93 engine results
- 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
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Unrated
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Clean
- 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
- 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
- Gridinsoft - 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
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Unrated
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiGames, Hosting
- BitDefendergames
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekershopping
- Googletechnology
- Sophosinformation technology
- Xcitium Verdict Cloudcontent server
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
We're rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
We're rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
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
Minecraft Server Hosting & More | Shockbyte
- Meta description
Shockbyte provides the best Minecraft and game server hosting since 2013. Easy to set up, 24/7 support, with instant modpack and plugin install. Starting at $2.99.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/aboutRead
- Terms/legal/terms-of-serviceRead
- Contact page/contactRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Minecraft Server Hosting & More | Shockbyte
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 antivirus results.
What independent research found
3 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
The checks completed, but ownership, business claims, and future site behavior can still change after this snapshot.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Saas
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The domain is more than 13 years old.
- 02No antivirus detections and no Safe Browsing warning.
- 032 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "I requested a refund within the proper timeframe according to their TOS, but they waited to respond until it was outside that window. At that point, they…"
Web research findings
Independent findings for shockbyte.com, 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.
- PissedConsumeropen
"Shockbyte has a 1.0 star rating from 4 reviews. Consumers report frequent server crashes, no control panel access, slow or silent support, and high prices."
- Trustpilotopen
"I requested a refund within the proper timeframe according to their TOS, but they waited to respond until it was outside that window. At that point, they refused to issue a refund and simply said, “Let’s resolve the issue.”"
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.
- Domainshockbyte.com
- Redirects toshockbyte.com
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencesdev.visualwebsiteoptimizer.com · reviews.io
Domain Timeline
- Mar 10, 2013Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 13 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 31, 2026Saved security review — Rated Low Risk
This saved scan found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier.
shockbyte.com has operated for years and this review found no material threat — a long track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- No direct contact email found on the captured page.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Certificate issued for shockbyte.com.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
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.
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 contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "I requested a refund within the proper timeframe according to their TOS, but they waited to respond until it was outside that window. At that point, they…" · 2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Shockbyte has a 1.0 star rating from 4 reviews. Consumers report frequent server crashes, no control panel access, slow or silent support, and high prices."
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | No adverse finding | fresh · analysed Oct 31, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 31, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 31, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 31, 2026 |
| Independent research | 3 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 31, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 31, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 31, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 31, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 31, 2026
- Independent research
- Result3 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 31, 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
Shockbyte is a long-running game server host with clean security checks, though some customers report refund and support problems
Shockbyte sells game server hosting, mainly for Minecraft, and says it launched in 2013. Its domain is more than 13 years old. Security scans found no malware, no Safe Browsing warning and a valid encrypted connection. Public reviews are mixed. One large review summary is broadly positive, and the site shows a 4.7 out of 5 rating. Smaller complaint sources describe crashes, slow support and a refund request that was answered only after the 72-hour refund window had closed. The site is a real hosting business rather than a scam, so the score is Low Risk. It is not higher because of the billing and support complaints.
09 · Community
Community
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