Is tweakers.net a scam?

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on tweakers.net. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Is tweakers.net safe to use?

tweakers.net passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 79/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does tweakers.net have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. tweakers.net presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by DigiCert Inc · DigiCert Global G3 TLS ECC SHA384 2020 CA1, expiring in 168 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

Has tweakers.net been flagged by antivirus engines?

No. All 91 antivirus engines in our malware network report tweakers.net as clean.

Is tweakers.net on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. tweakers.net is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is tweakers.net hosted?

tweakers.net resolves to an IP operated by Akamai Technologies, Inc. in US (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.

What do third-party review sites say about tweakers.net?

Independent trust-rating sites currently show the following for tweakers.net: Trustpilot: 1.5/5 (168 reviews), ScamAdviser: 0/100. Those scores come from user reviews and their own heuristics, so they are worth comparing against our verdict.

How often is the tweakers.net report updated?

We cache results for 24 hours. Signed-in MalwareTips members can trigger a manual rescan at any time using the "Rescan" button on the report page, which re-runs every check from scratch and refreshes this page.

SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

Security Review

Is tweakers.net legit or a scam?

Name: Is tweakers.net legit or a scam?
Item: tweakers.net
Rating: 4
Author: MalwareTips

Our verdict:Safe· 79/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

Legitimate 25+ year old Dutch tech news and reviews site with clean security scans and verified business ownership.

Why we trust it

Domain active 27 years since 1999 with no clone indicators.Confirmed business registration: DPG Media B.V. in Netherlands, KVK 34172906.Praised on Reddit as safer tech marketplace than Marktplaats.

tweakers.netScanned 42d ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Heuristics 65·AI 85

Category tags

technologynewsreviews95% AI confidence

Positive signals (4)

Antivirus clear Not on major blacklists Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/91

All engines report clean

Domain Age

—

Registration date unknown

AI Rating

Safe

Low likelihood · 95% confidence

AI Security Analysis

Advanced threat intelligence

AI Security Analyst

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust85/100

AI AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

Tweakers.net runs a professional tech news, reviews, and community forum site with no suspicious elements in our page analyzer. The domain is 27 years old and owned by registered Dutch company DPG Media B.V. All our antivirus partners, blocklists, and IP checks came back clean with zero flags. Low scores on independent review aggregators stem from 168 complaints about misleading prices and ads, not scams or malware. Positive mentions on Reddit highlight it as a safer marketplace than competitors. Overall, strong legitimacy outweighs user gripes.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

Fully rendered professional site with tech news, reviews, pricewatch, and user forums.
Clean design, no scam patterns, popups, or urgent calls to action.

Infrastructure

Valid SSL certificate from DigiCert, expires in 168 days.
Hosting IP has perfect reputation with zero abuse reports.
No redirects, homoglyphs, or suspicious domain traits.

Domain History

Registered February 1999, over 27 years old.
WHOIS unavailable but evidence confirms long-established original site.

Web Reputation

Clean across our antivirus network (0/91 flags), sandbox, and blocklists.
Low trust scores on aggregators due to price complaints, but positives from security sites and Reddit.

Risk Factors

168 complaints on review sites about misleading price info and aggressive ads.
Independent review aggregators average low trust score of 15/100.
One user report calling out strange practices tied to TV appearances.

Positive Signals

Domain active 27 years since 1999 with no clone indicators.
Confirmed business registration: DPG Media B.V. in Netherlands, KVK 34172906.
Praised on Reddit as safer tech marketplace than Marktplaats.
High trust scores from security analysis sites (80/100).
Zero detections in our malware engines, sandbox, and blocklists.

AI Recommendation

Safe to visit and use for tech news or price checks. Be cautious with marketplace deals and verify prices independently due to ad complaints.

Next-gen fraud intelligence

Evidence-backedCross-checked

Website Preview

LIVE RENDER

tweakers.net

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.

Visual Screenshot Analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

/ 100

No visual red flags

No scam visual patterns detected

Fully rendered professional tech news and review site (Tweakers.net) with clean design, no scam patterns or suspicious elements.

Visual risk0/100

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for tweakers.net, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration

Active · Netherlands

Site traces back to an actively registered business.

Independent review aggregators

15/100 · low trust

Average across 2 independent review aggregators.

Clone check

Not a clone

No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.

Typosquat check

No look-alike match

The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.

Web mentions

1 scam report · 168 complaints · 3 positive

Web ratings

Scores pulled directly from third-party trust & review sites

ScamAdviser

0/100

High riskopen

Trustpilot

1.5/5 (168 reviews)

Very pooropen

Key findings

7 headline facts from open-web research

Tweakers.net is a major Dutch/Belgian technology news, reviews, and pricewatch website since 1998.
Domain registered 1999-02-04, approximately 27 years old.
Owned by DPG Media B.V., registered at Dutch Chamber of Commerce (KVK) Amsterdam under number 34172906.
Trustpilot score 1.5/5 based on 168 reviews, with complaints about misleading price information and ads.
Features large user forum 'Gathering of Tweakers' for tech discussions and marketplace.
No evidence of malware, phishing, or site-level scams; occasional user-reported scams on forum.
Positive mentions on Reddit as safer community for buying/selling tech than alternatives like Marktplaats.

Scam reports (1)

Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.

Trustpilotopen
"Deze website houd er vreemde praktijken op na Ze misleiden mensen met verkeerde en valse prijs info en ze doen zich op rtl4 voor als de consumenten waakhond"

Positive reviews (3)

Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.

Redditopen
"Tweakers.net is more like a community. It's far safer to buy or sell there then marktplaats.nl."
Scam Detectoropen
"Is tweakers.net safe ? This website is well-known, scoring a fairly high score on our chart."
Gridinsoftopen
"We scanned tweakers.net and found it to be legitimate. Our analysis shows a high trust score of 80/100"

Business registration

Status: active · Netherlands

DPG Media B.V., KVK Amsterdam 34172906, BTW NL810828662B01

Research summary

Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

Our research confirms Tweakers.net as a major Dutch/Belgian tech news, reviews, and pricewatch site since 1998, owned by DPG Media B.V. (active Dutch registration KVK 34172906).

independent review aggregator shows 1.5/5 from 168 reviews with complaints about false prices and ads. Reddit users call it a safe community for tech buys/sells versus Marktplaats.

Security sites rate it highly legitimate (80/100 trust); no malware or phishing evidence, just occasional forum user scams.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified

Clean across 91 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 91 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious61Harmless91Engines

Clean

Kaspersky

Clean

Bitdefender

Clean

Microsoft

Not in pass

ESET-NOD32

Not in pass

Avira

Not in pass

Sophos

Clean

Fortinet

Clean

Google Safebrowsing

Clean

Emsisoft

Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check

Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Sandbox Render

Page rendered in a safe sandbox

Requests made0

Unique IPs0

Countries2

Detected brandsNone

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerDigiCert Inc · DigiCert Global G3 TLS ECC SHA384 2020 CA1

ExpiresOct 7, 2026 (168d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingAkamai Technologies, Inc.

Server locationUS

Server Reputation

Hosting

CountryUnited States

NetworkAKAMAI-ASN1 Akamai International B.V., NL

IP address23.53.11.178

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPAkamai Technologies, Inc.

Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on tweakers.net and not a lookalike like t-weakers.net.com or an IDN homoglyph.
Use a password manager
Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.
Discuss this site on the forum
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Trust History

Trust score over time

Last 2 public scans of tweakers.net

79/100

+3 vs Apr 21

Apr 21Apr 22

Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

Not listedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on tweakers.net. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·tweakers.net

SAFE

Tweakers.net is a popular Dutch technology news, reviews, and price comparison site running since 1998. Our scans found it clean with no malware or phishing risks, backed by confirmed business registration. You can visit safely, but double-check prices due to some user complaints about ads.

Safe to visit and use for tech news or price checks. Be cautious with marketplace deals and verify prices independently due to ad complaints.

AV engines

AI passes

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