Is studystark.in safe?
http://studystark.in/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (57 of 91 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Study material site pushes an APK download to an unrelated external host
StudyStark presents itself as a free study-materials and video-lecture platform for Indian competitive exams such as JEE and NEET, and it does offer study content: the captures show a 'Download for Android (APK)' control, a Login / Add Batches entry, and a Telegram channel link for support. The single most serious finding is that clicking the primary download control opened an unrelated external destination at vidcloud.eu.org, an off-domain host that is not the studystark.in brand, rather than delivering an app from the site's own domain. Basic technical checks are clean — no browser threat feed warning, a valid TLS connection, and a registrable domain roughly two years old — but there is no direct contact email on the captured page, and support is funneled through a Telegram channel and contact link, which gives visitors no verifiable operator identity. Cross-domain APK delivery is a well-known distribution pattern for unverified or third-party applications, so this is a moderate-risk rating rather than a safe one. Independent web research ran but produced no adverse or supportive reputation records to weigh.
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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 58/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 3 findings pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- StrongA primary play, convert, continue, or download control opened an unrelated external destination.
- ModerateThe primary download control opened https://vidcloud.eu.org/install/, an unrelated external host, instead of serving the APK from studystark.in.
- ModerateNo direct contact email was found on the captured page; support is routed through a Contact Us entry and a Telegram channel.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the domain.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 753 days old, so it is not a freshly registered shell.
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
StudyStark presents itself as a free study-materials and video-lecture platform for Indian competitive exams such as JEE and NEET, and it does offer study content: the captures show a 'Download for Android (APK)' control, a Login / Add Batches entry, and a Telegram channel link for support. The single most serious finding is that clicking the primary download control opened an unrelated external destination at vidcloud.eu.org, an off-domain host that is not the studystark.in brand, rather than delivering an app from the site's own domain. Basic technical checks are clean — no browser threat feed warning, a valid TLS connection, and a registrable domain roughly two years old — but there is no direct contact email on the captured page, and support is funneled through a Telegram channel and contact link, which gives visitors no verifiable operator identity. Cross-domain APK delivery is a well-known distribution pattern for unverified or third-party applications, so this is a moderate-risk rating rather than a safe one. Independent web research ran but produced no adverse or supportive reputation records to weigh.
The download button points off-site to an unrelated host
The captured page shows a 'Download for Android (APK)' control as a primary call to action. When that control was exercised, it opened an unrelated external destination at https://vidcloud.eu.org/install/ rather than serving the file from studystark.in. The destination host is not the brand, not the domain the visitor was browsing, and not a store-verified APK channel.
This cross-domain hand-off matters because it breaks the chain of accountability: the site that advertises the app is not the host that delivers the binary. The link graph confirms this is a consistent, repeatable pattern on the snapshot, with studystark.in pointing at vidcloud.eu.org for both the top-level open-now control and the APK download control. Nothing in the allowed evidence describes what is actually served at vidcloud.eu.org, so the nature of that package remains unverified.
Clean technical checks, but no verifiable operator identity
On the technical side there is nothing adverse to report: the browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the domain, the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, and the registrable domain is 753 days old. Those facts mean there were no automated detections and the transport is encrypted — they do not establish who runs the site or what happens after a visitor installs the APK from the external host.
On the operator side, the captured page contains no direct contact email. Support is routed to a generic 'Contact Us' entry and a Telegram channel, with a separate 'Join Telegram' control on the page. Telegram-only support means the person behind the brand is not tied to a verified email domain, a company registration, or a physical address in the evidence we hold, so a visitor has no independent way to attribute the brand or to seek recourse if the externally hosted APK misbehaves.
Why the score is 58
A primary play, convert, continue, or download control opened an unrelated external destination. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 91
No detectionsSaved analysis from September 21, 2026 - stale
No detections across 57 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 34 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 91
All 91 engine results
- 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
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- BitDefendereducation
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerinformation technology
- Googleeducation
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
STUDY STARK Login / Add Batches
What the captured page showed
2 observations- 01
STUDY STARK
- 02
Login / Add Batches
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
StudyStark - Peeedabluee Clone, Batches & Notes | studystark.in
- Meta description
StudyStark is India's free study platform. Access free video lectures, notes, PDFs and study batches. Generate your free key and unlock all content on studystark.com.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
StudyStark - Peeedabluee Clone, Batches & Notes | studystark.in
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 57 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
1 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
Content
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01A primary play, convert, continue, or download control opened an unrelated external destination.
- 02No direct contact email was found on the captured page; support is routed through a Contact Us entry and a Telegram channel.
- 03The registrable domain is 753 days old, so it is not a freshly registered shell.
If this is a scam — what it means for you
What a visitor actually experiences
A visitor arriving at studystark.in sees study-content branding and a Login / Add Batches prompt. If they tap the 'Download for Android (APK)' control expecting the app, the navigation leaves studystark.in and lands on vidcloud.eu.org — a different domain entirely — where the install path continues outside any brand context the visitor can verify.
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.
If anything goes wrong with the installed application, the only support route visible on the captured page is a Telegram channel and a generic Contact Us link — there is no direct contact email on the page to fall back on. That combination of off-domain delivery plus Telegram-only support is the core reason this site sits in the moderate-risk band despite clean automated checks.
Treat the APK download with caution. If you need the app, do not install the package delivered through vidcloud.eu.org on a device that holds personal data or banking apps; prefer official app-store versions of any study application, and verify the package independently (scan it, check the signer) before installing. If you only need notes or video lectures, use the site in a browser rather than downloading a binary from an unverified external host, and treat Telegram-only support as a reason not to entrust it with personal information or payment details.
Web research findings
Independent findings for studystark.in, 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 studystark.in. 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.
- Domainstudystark.in
- Redirects tostudystark.in
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencescdn.tailwindcss.com · fonts.googleapis.com
Domain Timeline
- Sep 28, 2024Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 2 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 22, 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.
- No direct contact email found on the captured page.
- Links to 3 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Certificate issued for studystark.in.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Analytics and ads
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
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://studystark.in/
- 2200https://studystark.in/
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 contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
A primary play, convert, continue, or download control opened an unrelated external destination.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
The primary download control opened https://vidcloud.eu.org/install/, an unrelated external host, instead of serving the APK from studystark.in. · No direct contact email was found on the captured page; support is routed through a Contact Us entry and a Telegram channel.
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 91 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Sep 21, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 22, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 22, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 2 visible observations saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 22, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 22, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 91 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Sep 21, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 22, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 22, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result2 visible observations saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 22, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 22, 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 studystark.in a scam or is it safe?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Study material site pushes an APK download to an unrelated external host
StudyStark presents itself as a free study-materials and video-lecture platform for Indian competitive exams such as JEE and NEET, and it does offer study content: the captures show a 'Download for Android (APK)' control, a Login / Add Batches entry, and a Telegram channel link for support. The single most serious finding is that clicking the primary download control opened an unrelated external destination at vidcloud.eu.org, an off-domain host that is not the studystark.in brand, rather than delivering an app from the site's own domain. Basic technical checks are clean — no browser threat feed warning, a valid TLS connection, and a registrable domain roughly two years old — but there is no direct contact email on the captured page, and support is funneled through a Telegram channel and contact link, which gives visitors no verifiable operator identity. Cross-domain APK delivery is a well-known distribution pattern for unverified or third-party applications, so this is a moderate-risk rating rather than a safe one. Independent web research ran but produced no adverse or supportive reputation records to weigh.
09 · Community
Community
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