Is vgtimes.com a scam?

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

Is vgtimes.com safe to use?

vgtimes.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 81/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does vgtimes.com have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. vgtimes.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 72 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

How old is the vgtimes.com domain?

vgtimes.com is 18.3 years old, registered on 3/17/2008 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.

Has vgtimes.com been flagged by antivirus engines?

No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report vgtimes.com as clean.

Is vgtimes.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?

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

Where is vgtimes.com hosted?

vgtimes.com resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). 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.

Is vgtimes.com a well-known website?

Yes. vgtimes.com sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.

Security Review

Is vgtimes.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 81/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

VGTimes is an established gaming news site with an 18-year domain history and a clean security record across our antivirus network.

Why we trust it

Domain is over 18 years old with a consistent history in the gaming industry.Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines in our network.High global traffic ranking and verified business registration in Slovenia.

vgtimes.comScanned 1h ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Score breakdown

Heuristics 68·MT 88

Positive signals (5)

Antivirus clear Not on major blacklists Domain is 18 years old Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/92

All engines report clean

Domain Age

18 years old

Registered Mar 17, 2008

MT Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 90% confidence

SAFE

No threats detected

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

Website Preview

LIVE RENDER

vgtimes.com

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

Moderate visual risk

Visual red flags detected in the screenshot

The site appears to be a legitimate gaming news portal, though it utilizes aggressive clickbait tactics and gambling-style promotions to drive engagement.

Visual risk25/100

What our vision model saw

5 signals

Prominent banner offering a 'free GTA 6 copy' which is a common clickbait or phishing lure for unreleased games

Header contains a 'GAMES ROULETTE 3 FREE SPINS' gambling-style promotion

Professional layout with functional navigation, search, and user login elements

Content includes recent articles and quizzes with timestamps, suggesting an active site

No immediate signs of cloning a specific major brand or financial institution

Brand Impersonation

medium confidence

The page mentions or styles itself as Roblox, but is hosted on a domain that is not an official Roblox property.

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

MT Security Analyst

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust88/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

The domain was registered in 2008 and has a significant global traffic footprint, which is a strong indicator of legitimacy. Our antivirus network shows zero detections across 92 different engines, and the site maintains a valid SSL certificate. While the page uses 'Games Roulette' and 'GTA 6' giveaways as engagement lures, these are common marketing tactics for gaming tabloids rather than malicious phishing. The site is linked to a verified business founder and has a long history as a reputable Russian-language outlet before expanding its English presence. We found no confirmed scam reports or consumer complaints in our research.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The site functions as a comprehensive gaming encyclopedia and news outlet, featuring reviews, system requirements, and guides. It utilizes some aggressive engagement features, such as browser push-notification requests and a 'roulette' style mini-game for users.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted behind a reputable content delivery network with a clean IP reputation and no history of abuse reports. It loads resources from established social media platforms and dedicated gaming ad networks.

Domain History

With a registration date in March 2008, this domain is nearly 18 years old. This longevity is a major positive signal, as fraudulent sites are typically short-lived and recently registered.

Web Reputation

Independent trust aggregators and security researchers give the site near-perfect scores. It is recognized as a legitimate business entity with a registered trademark and a known founder in the gaming media space.

Risk Factors

Uses aggressive 'Games Roulette' and free giveaway clickbait to drive user engagement.
Requests browser push-notification permissions, which can be used for high-frequency advertising.
A single sandbox analysis in 2026 noted suspicious behavioral flags, though these may be related to aggressive ad scripts rather than direct malware.

Positive Signals

Domain is over 18 years old with a consistent history in the gaming industry.
Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines in our network.
High global traffic ranking and verified business registration in Slovenia.
Valid SSL certificate issued by a trusted authority.

AI Recommendation

The site is safe for general browsing and reading gaming news. We recommend declining the push-notification request if you wish to avoid frequent desktop advertisements.

Next-gen fraud intelligence

Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

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

Domain age

18 yrs

Registered Mar 2008

Business registration

Active · Slovenia (Ljubljana mentioned for founder/operations)

Site traces back to an actively registered business.

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

4 positive

Key findings

7 headline facts from open-web research

Domain vgtimes.com registered March 17, 2008 (domain age ~18 years / 6682 days matches input); WHOIS hidden; SSL valid (Google Trust Services).
ScamAdviser rates as 'Very Likely Safe' with average-to-good trust score; notes long existence, valid SSL, high traffic (Tranco 50), no reviews on major sites; DNSFilter considers safe.
ScamDoc rates 'Excellent Trust Score: 95%' with 'Risk is extremely low!'; no user reviews on the platform.
Gridinsoft rates vgtimes.com with 100/100 trust score; low-risk profile based on domain history and verified social profiles (X, Facebook, etc.).
Founder: Evgenii Sokolov (also founder of LibertyCity.net); site offers news, reviews, guides, mods, forums, UGC with moderation; multilingual (EN, RU, etc.); has advertising page and push notification toggle.
One ANY.RUN sandbox report (May 2026) on www.vgtimes.com flagged 'Malicious activity' with tags fingerprinting, evasion, adware, stealer; detailed behaviors observed in analysis environment (credential access attempts, certificate changes,
No scam reports, complaints, malware/virus associations, or negative user reviews found on Reddit, Trustpilot, ScamAdviser, or general web searches for 'scam', 'malware', 'push notification spam', etc. Reddit mentions are neutral (users lin

Business registration

Status: active · Slovenia (Ljubljana mentioned for founder/operations)

Founder Evgenii (Evgeny) Sokolov; VGTimes registered trademark since July 28, 2020; originally Russian-language site launched ~2010-2011 as vgtimes.ru; English .com version launched mid-2024. Domain registered March 17, 2008 (18+ years old).

Research summary

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

We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for vgtimes.com and found no scam reports or complaints. Independent trust aggregators rate the site with scores as high as 95% to 100%, citing its long domain age and high traffic volume. The site is a registered trademark and is operated by an established founder in the gaming news industry.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified

Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious58Harmless92Engines

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.

Technical checksdomain · encryption · redirects · server reputation

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.

What We Found

No clear contact details on the page

Emails on site's domainNone

Phone numbersNone

Postal addressPresent

Linked social profiles3

Signal Summary

Several contact red flags

No contact email found anywhere on the page.
No phone number listed on the page.
Page requests browser push-notification permission — common malvertising vector.
Page impersonates Roblox on a non-official domain.
Scam family match: Push-Notification Spam.

Postal address visible on the page.
Links to 3 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History

Age18 years old

RegistrarGoDaddy.com, LLC

RegisteredMar 17, 2008

ExpiresMar 17, 2027

Owner privacyVisible

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1

ExpiresSep 14, 2026 (72d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingCloudflare, Inc.

Server locationUS

Web servercloudflare

PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://vgtimes.com/
2200https://vgtimes.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPCloudflare, Inc.

Usage typeContent Delivery Network

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 vgtimes.com and not a lookalike like v-gtimes.com.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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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 ↗

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

cdn.intergient.com vgtimes.ru vk.com t.me twitter.com twitch.tv youtube.com rutube.ru discord.com playwire.com static.cloudflareinsights.com

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on vgtimes.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
vgtimes.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 81/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
Yes. vgtimes.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 72 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
vgtimes.com is 18.3 years old, registered on 3/17/2008 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report vgtimes.com as clean.
No. vgtimes.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
vgtimes.com resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). 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.
Yes. vgtimes.com sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·vgtimes.com

SAFE

VGTimes is a long-standing gaming news and media portal with a high trust rating and nearly two decades of domain history. While it uses aggressive clickbait and push-notification prompts, it is a legitimate editorial platform. You can browse the news and guides safely.

The site is safe for general browsing and reading gaming news. We recommend declining the push-notification request if you wish to avoid frequent desktop advertisements.

AV engines

MT passes

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