Possible brand impersonation
Clone of Y2Mate YouTube converter with multiple reports of redirects to scam sites and notification spam. The page looks styled like a known brand but may not be authentic. Check the URL carefully and navigate to the brand's real site before signing in or paying.
Is v3.y2mate.nu legit or a scam?
Clone of Y2Mate YouTube converter with multiple reports of redirects to scam sites and notification spam.
These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.
Analysis Summary
MT Intelligence
The page presents itself as a legitimate YouTube to MP3/MP4 converter with standard instructions and no login forms. Our sandbox and blocklist checks returned clean, and the hosting IP shows zero abuse reports. However, the site is explicitly flagged as a clone of y2mate.com, and user reports on Reddit and independent review aggregator describe redirects to malicious pages and push-notification prompts after clicking download. These behaviors match common patterns on unofficial mirrors that monetize through aggressive advertising. The combination of clone status and documented redirect complaints outweighs the clean technical signals.
Website Preview
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.
No scam visual patterns detected
Clean, fully rendered page for a known YouTube converter service with no visible scam indicators or suspicious elements.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for v3.y2mate.nu, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- v3.y2mate.nu serves the exact Y2Mate YouTube to MP3/MP4 converter page as described in the query.
- y2mate.nu has Trustpilot reviews (3 total) with mixed feedback including mentions of pop-ups and one alleged payment scam via ad.
- Reddit threads report redirects from y2mate.nu to other sites and notification permission prompts leading to scam pages.
- y2mate.nu appears in lists of Y2Mate mirror domains alongside y2mate.com and others like y2mate.vet, y2mate.bet.
- No malware or scam family detections reported specifically for v3.y2mate.nu in search results; general Y2Mate sites criticized for aggressive ads.
- Domain listed on OTX AlienVault and Scamadviser variants (v1.y2mate.nu etc.) with mixed trust scores.
- High traffic noted for y2mate.nu (~27M visits per Semrush data).
- Trustpilotopen
"one other trustpilot reviewer said that the platform asked him to pay money, and i understood from his review that he did it. well, he got SCAMMED;"
- Redditopen
"I went on to Y2mate.nu to see if it would work for my project, I entered in the YouTube link, and it redirected me to a different site so I closed it instantly"
- Redditopen
"The site seemed secure at first, but when I clicked on download it instantly redirected me to a scammy site asking me to allow notifications."
- Trustpilotopen
"actually useful and legit site 👍 it actually is good if you ignore the bs (not much) pros: - i can download a vid really easy; - not 5k add pop-ups (like other y2mate sites);"
- Mozilla Add-onsopen
"Works like a charm every single time ! The downloading is super fast. I don't know how you guys are doing what any other downloading tools I've tested can't do."
Multiple mirror domains (y2mate.nu, v3.y2mate.nu, etc.) hosting identical YouTube converter service with same branding and functionality.
Our research found three scam reports on Reddit and independent review aggregator mentioning redirects to scam sites and notification permission prompts from y2mate.nu mirrors. Two positive reviews on independent review aggregator and Mozilla Add-ons describe functional downloads. No business registration was located, and the domain is noted as part of the y2mate mirror network.
Scam Network Intelligence
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Contact Verification
We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No phone number listed on the page.
- Postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://v3.y2mate.nu/
- 2200https://v3.y2mate.nu/
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 scam-type patterns detected
0 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
0 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
Possible brand impersonation
This page is styled as a known brand but is not the brand's real site.
- Treat v3.y2mate.nu as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- Go to the brand's real site directly
Type the brand name into a search engine or open it from your bookmarks — don't use links from emails, SMS, ads, or social posts, which are the delivery vectors for impersonation.
- Never download or sign in here
Even if the page "just" offers a download or a giveaway, impersonation pages frequently deliver malware or set up follow-up phishing. Assume anything accepted from this site is hostile.
- OpenReport the impersonation to the brand
Most major brands have a dedicated abuse or anti-phishing reporting channel — reporting helps them take the site down and protects other users.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
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 marked v3.y2mate.nu as suspicious. Several warning signs were detected; it may still turn out legitimate, but you should verify it through independent channels before trusting it with money or credentials.
- v3.y2mate.nu currently scores 55/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend caution. Verify the site through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- Yes. v3.y2mate.nu presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by ZeroSSL GmbH · ZeroSSL RSA DV SSL CA 2, expiring in 56 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- No. v3.y2mate.nu is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- v3.y2mate.nu resolves to an IP operated by PRQ VPN network in SE (usage type: Commercial). 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.
- 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.
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