Security Review

Is wetriedtls.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 81/100

A well-established web novel translation site with a 900-day history and strong community support on Reddit and NovelUpdates.

wetriedtls.comScanned 8h ago
0
Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 84·MT 80
View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
2 years old
Registered Jan 7, 2024
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.

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wetriedtls.com

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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.

15
/ 100
Low visual risk

Visual red flags detected in the screenshot

The site appears to be a legitimate fan-translation platform for web novels, currently displaying a standard legal compliance notice rather than any scam or phishing indicators.

Visual risk15/100

What our vision model saw

5 signals

Large modal overlay with an 'Important Notice' regarding legal threats and content removal

Links provided to legitimate external platforms like tapas.io and wuxiaworld.com

Professional layout for a web novel translation site including navigation, search, and rankings

Presence of upcoming chapter countdowns which are standard for serial content sites

No deceptive trust badges or typical phishing forms observed

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust80/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
The domain has been active for over 900 days and shows no signs of malicious activity. Our antivirus network and browser blocklists report no threats or phishing indicators. While the site uses countdown timers for chapter releases, these are standard for serial content platforms and not a deceptive urgency tactic. Community feedback across major forums is overwhelmingly positive, identifying this as a primary source for specific novel translations. The presence of a valid SSL certificate and professional layout further supports its legitimacy.
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Page Content

The site functions as a hub for web novel translations, featuring a professional library layout with search and ranking systems. It currently displays a legal notice regarding content removal, which is common for fan-translation sites navigating copyright issues.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted behind a reputable content delivery network with a clean IP reputation. It utilizes standard third-party integrations for analytics and community engagement via Discord.

Domain History

Registered over two years ago via NameCheap, the domain shows consistent uptime and a stable presence in the web novel niche. It has avoided the 'churn and burn' pattern typical of scam sites.

Web Reputation

The platform maintains a significant following, with approximately 1.75 million monthly visits. It is frequently cited as a trusted source on community hubs like Reddit and specialized novel tracking databases.
Risk Factors
3
  • No formal business registration or owner details are publicly listed.
  • The site has faced legal pressure from major publishers for hosting copyrighted content.
  • Uses countdown timers which can sometimes be mistaken for high-pressure sales tactics.
Positive Signals
5
  • Domain age is over 900 days, indicating long-term stability.
  • Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines in our network.
  • Strong positive sentiment and recommendations from the reading community.
  • High global traffic volume suggests a large, active user base.
  • Valid SSL certificate issued by a trusted authority.
AI Recommendation
This site is safe to use for reading web novels. You can browse the content freely, though as with any fan-translation site, be aware of potential copyright-related downtime.
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 wetriedtls.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
2.5 yrs
Registered Jan 2024
Business registration
No public record found
Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.
Independent review aggregators
66/100 · mixed
Average across 1 independent review aggregator.
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
3 positive
Web ratings
Scores pulled directly from third-party trust & review sites
ScamAdviser
66/100
Moderate trustopen
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • wetriedtls.com is a web novel translation and reading site (We Tried TLs / WeTried Translations) specializing in Korean web novels such as 'A Regressor's Tale of Cultivation', 'I'm an Infinite Regressor', and others; active for ~903 days (~
  • Site offers free chapters along with a premium/coin system using PayPal, Stripe, and previously Binance Pay for paid chapters and subscriptions.
  • Has faced legal threats from Kakao Entertainment, resulting in removal of certain licensed works from the site.
  • Frequently discussed positively on Reddit communities (r/RegressorsTOC, r/SSSClassSuicideHunter, r/ProgressionFantasy) as a primary reading source; occasional downtime reported by users.
  • Page includes scheduled release countdowns and urgency elements for upcoming chapters, matching the detected 'Countdown / Urgency' pattern.
  • No scam reports, fraud complaints, malware associations, or negative reviews found across web searches, Reddit, or review platforms.
  • ScamAdviser score of 66/100 noted; site has real traffic (~1.75M monthly per Semrush) and is listed with competitors like novelupdates.com and webnovel.com.
Positive reviews (3)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • Reddit (r/ProgressionFantasy)open

    "The best cultivation novel I've read thus far (Regressor's Tale of Cultivation) ... Read from here: https://wetriedtls.com/series/a-regressors-tale-of-cultivation"

  • NovelUpdatesopen

    "WeTried Translations ... Series (48). Releases 6895"

  • Reddit (r/RegressorsTOC)open

    "Yes we tried tls is the best place to read RTOC"

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above
We searched scam-report databases and community forums for wetriedtls.com and found no evidence of fraudulent activity. The site is widely recognized on Reddit (r/ProgressionFantasy and r/RegressorsTOC) as a top-tier source for specific Korean novels. It is also officially listed on NovelUpdates with thousands of recorded chapter releases, confirming its role as a legitimate translation group.

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.

0Malicious0Suspicious59Harmless92Engines
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.

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 profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No phone number listed on the page.
  • Countdown timer or 'limited time' urgency pressure detected.
  • Scam family match: Countdown / Urgency.
  • Postal address visible on the page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age2 years old
RegistrarNameCheap, Inc.
RegisteredJan 7, 2024
ExpiresJan 7, 2027
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1
ExpiresSep 13, 2026 (76d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingCloudflare, Inc.
Server locationUS
Web servercloudflare

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://wetriedtls.com/
  • 2200https://wetriedtls.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 wetriedtls.com and not a lookalike like w-etriedtls.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

    If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.

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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 ↗

Referenced Domains

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

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 wetriedtls.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • wetriedtls.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. wetriedtls.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 76 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • wetriedtls.com is 2.5 years old, registered on 1/7/2024 through NameCheap, Inc.. 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 wetriedtls.com as clean.
  • No. wetriedtls.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • wetriedtls.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.
  • Independent trust-rating sites currently show the following for wetriedtls.com: ScamAdviser: 66/100. Those scores come from user reviews and their own heuristics, so they are worth comparing against our verdict.

Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·wetriedtls.com
SAFE

We Tried TLs is a legitimate fan-translation platform for Korean web novels. It has a long operational history and a positive reputation within the online reading community.

This site is safe to use for reading web novels. You can browse the content freely, though as with any fan-translation site, be aware of potential copyright-related downtime.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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