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Is theprondude.com safe?

http://theprondude.com/

78/100
Low Risk

Analysis coverage: partial · 2 of 5 core capabilities

Verdict

theprondude.com shows dating search buttons on adult-oriented parked page

theprondude.com redirects to a page listing related searches for free dating sites. No credential collection, downloads, or active threats observed. Stale VirusTotal flags exist but Google Safe Browsing is clean and independent reviews rate the domain as generally safe for its adult-content niche.

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2 antivirus engines flagged this URLChong Lua Dao, LevelBlue
The page itself poses low risk for casual browsing. Use an ad blocker and avoid entering personal details on any linked dating services.
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01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

theprondude.com redirects to a page listing related searches for free dating sites. No credential collection, downloads, or active threats observed. Stale VirusTotal flags exist but Google Safe Browsing is clean and independent reviews rate the domain as generally safe for its adult-content niche.

What the site displays

The captured page shows the domain name above five large buttons offering searches for 100% free dating sites, senior singles, and similar queries. The body text is minimal and labeled Loading... with a footer privacy notice.

Strongest signals and limitations

Two stale VirusTotal engines flagged the domain as malicious or phishing more than 40 days ago. Current Google Safe Browsing reports no threat. The 11-year-old domain has zero IP abuse reports and no observed redirects, popups, or credential forms.

Practical user impact

Visitors reach an affiliate-style search aggregator likely monetized by adult dating ads. No deceptive identity or harmful downloads are present, but expect typical adult-industry advertising and possible further redirects.

Why the score is 78

Saved antivirus evidence is adverse but is not fresh enough for a current conviction. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Antivirus Engines

Saved result - stale

2 engines flagged this URL

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

Malicious
2
Suspicious
0
Total
92
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
Chong Lua DaoMaliciousmalicious
LevelBlueMaliciousphishing
All 92 engine results
  • Chong Lua Dao - malicious - Malicious
  • LevelBlue - phishing - Malicious
  • 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
  • Abusix - clean - Clean
  • Acronis - clean - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • alphaMountain.ai - clean - Clean
  • AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
  • Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
  • ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • AutoShun - unrated - Clean
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
  • BitDefender - clean - Clean
  • Bkav - unrated - Clean
  • BlockList - clean - Clean
  • Blueliv - clean - Clean
  • Certego - clean - Clean
  • ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
  • CRDF - clean - Clean
  • Criminal IP - clean - Clean
  • CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
  • CTX AI - clean - Clean
  • Cyan - unrated - Clean
  • Cyble - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - clean - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
  • DNS8 - unrated - Clean
  • Dr.Web - clean - Clean
  • EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
  • Emsisoft - clean - Clean
  • Ermes - unrated - Clean
  • ESET - clean - Clean
  • ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - unrated - Clean
  • Fortinet - clean - Clean
  • Fortra - unrated - Clean
  • G-Data - clean - Clean
  • GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
  • GreenSnow - clean - Clean
  • GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
  • Gridinsoft - unrated - Clean
  • Guardpot - unrated - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - unrated - Clean
  • Kaspersky - clean - Clean
  • Lionic - clean - Clean
  • Lumu - unrated - Clean
  • Malwared - clean - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
  • MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
  • Mimecast - unrated - Clean
  • Netcraft - unrated - Clean
  • OpenPhish - clean - Clean
  • PhishFort - unrated - Clean
  • Phishing Database - clean - Clean
  • Phishtank - clean - Clean
  • PREBYTES - clean - Clean
  • PrecisionSec - unrated - Clean
  • Quick Heal - clean - Clean
  • Quttera - clean - Clean
  • Rising - clean - Clean
  • SafeToOpen - unrated - Clean
  • Sangfor - clean - Clean
  • Sansec eComscan - unrated - Clean
  • Scantitan - clean - Clean
  • SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
  • Seclookup - clean - Clean
  • Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
  • SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
  • Sophos - clean - Clean
  • StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
  • ThreatHive - clean - Clean
  • URLhaus - clean - Clean
  • URLQuery - unrated - Clean
  • Viettel Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
  • VIPRE - unrated - Clean
  • ViriBack - clean - Clean
  • VX Vault - clean - Clean
  • Webroot - clean - Clean
  • Xcitium Verdict Cloud - unrated - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
  • ZeroFox - unrated - Clean

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
theprondude.com
What our review noticed on this page
1Dark-themed page with centered domain header and five stacked rectangular buttons listing dating-related search phrases

Captured during this scan in a safe sandbox. Opening this report does not revisit the site. Marker positions are approximate. See full visual analysis →

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Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

Dark-themed page with centered domain header and five stacked rectangular buttons listing dating-related search phrases

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    Dark-themed page with centered domain header and five stacked rectangular buttons listing dating-related search phrases

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

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

    What the site claims

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  2. 2

    What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 92 antivirus results.

  3. 3

    What independent research found

    2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.

  4. 4

    What remains unverified

    3 of the five 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

Advertising

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 01Google Safe Browsing returned no threat warning
  2. 02The registrable domain is 4107 days old

Web research findings

Independent findings for theprondude.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.

Business registration
No public record found
Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.
Clone check
No clone detected
The completed research found no supported clone indicator.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The completed research found no supported look-alike match.
Web mentions
2 positive
Positive reviews (2)
Public quotes that support the operator's credibility.
  • Scamadviseropen

    "theprondude.com is probably legit as the trust score is reasonable"

  • Gridinsoftopen

    "theprondude.com appears to be generally safe"

Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
ListedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗
Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

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.

Domaintheprondude.com
Redirects toww1.theprondude.com
Hosted byCogini Hong Kong Limited

Domain Timeline

  1. May 3, 2015
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 11 years old today.

  2. Aug 1, 2026
    Saved security review — Reviewed — inconclusive

    The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.

theprondude.com has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable 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.

What We Found
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No direct contact email found on the captured page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age11 years old
RegistrarGransy, s.r.o.
RegisteredMay 3, 2015
ExpiresMay 3, 2027
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusInvalid
Protocolnone
IssuerNone
ExpiresInvalid Date (0d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingCogini Hong Kong Limited
Server locationUS
Web servernginx

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1302http://theprondude.com/
  • 2200http://ww1.theprondude.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPCogini Hong Kong Limited
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
Completed analysis

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

AntiviruspartialBrowser threat feedcompletePage contentpartialAnalysiscompleteVisual evidencenot run

Technical threat

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

suspicious

Additional evidence review

Operator / customer risk

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

unknown

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Source coverage and freshness

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

Antivirus
Result: 2 of 92 engines flagged
Limited
Adverse
Freshness: stale fallback · Aug 1, 2026
Browser protection
Result: No browser threat-list match
Completed
No adverse finding
Page content
Result: Page fetched · HTTP 200
Limited
No saved finding
Visual evidence
Result: 1 visible observation saved with the page capture
Completed
No adverse finding
Independent research
Result: 2 independent findings were saved
Completed
No adverse finding

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Verify before you trust

We couldn't gather enough signal for a confident verdict — tread carefully.

  • Find the company through independent channels

    Search for the business on LinkedIn, an official registry (Companies House, OpenCorporates, SEC EDGAR), or via the brand's known social channels. If you can't trace a real entity, that itself is a red flag.

  • Never pay by crypto, gift card, or bank transfer

    If the site forces an irreversible payment method, stop. Cards and PayPal give you chargeback protection — irreversible methods don't.

  • Ask the forum

    Post the URL in the MalwareTips Scam Reports forum — experienced members often recognise patterns immediately.

    Open
Final verdictLevel 2 of 5
78/100 safety

Low Risk

theprondude.com shows dating search buttons on adult-oriented parked page

theprondude.com redirects to a page listing related searches for free dating sites. No credential collection, downloads, or active threats observed. Stale VirusTotal flags exist but Google Safe Browsing is clean and independent reviews rate the domain as generally safe for its adult-content niche.

  1. 01

    Saved antivirus evidence is adverse but is not fresh enough for a current conviction.

  2. 02

    No Google browser threat warning

  3. 03

    Domain is 11 years old

The page itself poses low risk for casual browsing. Use an ad blocker and avoid entering personal details on any linked dating services.
Saved page capture
Evidence balance6 signals
Positive
3
Limited
2
Risk
1
Analysis coverage
74%
partial coverage
Core capabilities
2/5
completed checks
Source coverage
3/5
sources complete
Evidence checks
1/8
completed checks flagged
Technical threatSUSPICIOUS55/100 risk
Operator / customer riskNot confirmed50/100 risk
Safety range

Saved evidence only. Missing checks are never treated as a clean result.

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07 · Community

Community

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08 · 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 theprondude.com a scam or is it safe?
theprondude.com has a Safety Score of 78/100 (Low Risk). The saved checks found no material threat, but the report did not meet every requirement for the highest Safe tier. Use normal caution and independently verify the operator before irreversible payments or unusually sensitive actions.
Is theprondude.com safe to use?
theprondude.com has a Safety Score of 78/100 (Low Risk). Analysis coverage is partial at 74%. Normal caution; verify sensitive actions.
Has theprondude.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 2 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged theprondude.com, 2 of them as outright malicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
Is theprondude.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — theprondude.com 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 theprondude.com domain?
theprondude.com is 11.3 years old, registered on May 3, 2015 through Gransy, s.r.o.. 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 theprondude.com have a valid SSL certificate?
No — theprondude.com has an invalid or broken SSL certificate, so browsers will show a security warning. Combined with the other signals, we recommend avoiding it.
Where is theprondude.com hosted?
theprondude.com resolves to an IP operated by Cogini Hong Kong Limited in US (Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). 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 theprondude.com report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on August 1, 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 theprondude.com has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.