Is vxvault.net legit or a scam?
Long-standing malware-list provider with legitimate security-research purpose, but multiple red flags (expired self-signed SSL, hidden WHOIS, high-abuse hosting IP) trigger caution.
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
Critical risk detected
Multiple independent checks — antivirus engines, browser safety blocklists, and threat databases — flagged this site. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.
Website Preview
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MT Intelligence
VXVault has operated for over 11 years as a public repository of malicious URLs, MD5 hashes, and IP addresses — a genuine resource used by security researchers, threat-intelligence platforms, and blocklist maintainers. The domain is registered in the Bahamas and remains active. However, several technical signals conflict with this legitimate purpose. The SSL certificate is self-signed and expired by 2,718 days, creating browser warnings. The hosting IP (82.221.129.39) carries an abuse score of 72/100 with 34 reported abuse incidents, suggesting the server hosts other problematic content. WHOIS privacy is enabled, obscuring the operator's identity. Independent trust aggregators give mixed signals: one rates it "Very Likely Safe," another suggests "Caution Advised" with a 55/100 score, and a third flags it as "Suspicious" (45/100) due to minimal visible content and lack of standard trust markers. Security sandboxes flag visits to the site as "malicious activity" because the indexed content itself is malware — a false positive for the site's purpose. No scam complaints or user fraud reports exist; the site is referenced positively in cybersecurity communities as a researcher-maintained resource.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for vxvault.net, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- vxvault.net is a long-established (11+ years) site that publishes lists of malicious URLs, MD5s, and IPs (e.g. URL_List.php, ViriList.php), widely used in OSINT, blocklists, and threat intelligence feeds (FireHOL, IntelMQ, ThreatQ, AlienVau
- Multiple security sandboxes (ANY.RUN) have flagged visits to vxvault.net or its list pages as "Malicious activity" or "phishing" due to the nature of the malicious content it indexes.
- Scamadviser rates it as "Very Likely Safe" with average-to-good trust score; notes long domain age and DNSFilter considers it safe, but flags hidden WHOIS, shared server with low-rated sites, no SSL, and low traffic.
- Gridinsoft gives 55/100 trust score with "Caution Advised"; limited independent reputation data, not a confirmed scam.
- Desenmascara.me rates 45/100 "Suspicious" citing minimal visible content (just title 'VX Vault'), no contact/social links, Bahamas registration, and lack of trust signals (analysis April 2026).
- WHOIS privacy used via Whois Privacy Corp.; registrar TLD Registrar Solutions Ltd.; hosted in Iceland (Advania). No direct user scam complaints found on Reddit or review sites.
- Referenced positively in cybersecurity communities (Reddit r/Malware, r/netsecstudents, r/cybersecurity) as a source for malware samples and blocklists; described as maintained by a security researcher.
- Scamadviseropen
"In summary, It seems that vxvault.net is legit and safe to use and not a scam website."
- Gridinsoftopen
"The site does not currently look like a confirmed scam, but the evidence is not strong enough to treat it as fully established either."
- GitHub (intelMQ feeds)open
"VXVault is run by a security researcher. Malware VXVault publishes a list of malicious URLs."
Registered April 18, 2015 (approx. 11 years old) via TLD Registrar Solutions Ltd.; owner hidden behind Whois Privacy Corp. (Nassau, BS). Expires 2026/2027.
Web research confirmed VXVault is a long-established (11+ years) malware-list provider used by security researchers and threat-intelligence platforms. No scam complaints or user fraud reports were found. Independent trust aggregators gave mixed assessments: one rated it 'Very Likely Safe,' another 55/100 with caution advised, and a third 45/100 citing minimal visible content and hidden WHOIS. Cybersecurity communities (Reddit, GitHub) reference the site positively as a researcher-maintained resource for malware samples and blocklists. Security sandboxes flag visits as 'malicious' due to the indexed malware content itself, not the site's legitimacy — a false positive for this type of repository.
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
Avoid this site
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Do not interact with vxvault.net
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- Verify the business through independent channels
Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.
- Never use irreversible payment methods
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Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
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 flags vxvault.net as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — vxvault.net scored 25/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- No. vxvault.net has an invalid or broken SSL certificate (self-signed). Browsers will display a security warning and we recommend avoiding the site.
- vxvault.net is 11.2 years old, registered on 4/18/2015 through TLD Registrar Solutions Ltd.. 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 vxvault.net as clean.
- No. vxvault.net is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- vxvault.net resolves to an IP operated by Icenetworks Ltd. in IS (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.
- This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 17, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around vxvault.net have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.
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