Warning signs detected
10-year-old adult link aggregator that funnels traffic to high-risk third-party adult sites.
Is whichav.com legit or a scam?
10-year-old adult link aggregator that funnels traffic to high-risk third-party adult sites.
This is an adult-content directory that links to dozens of third-party streaming sites. The domain is 10 years old with clean antivirus results, but the page loads many external domains known for aggressive advertising and redirects.
Score breakdown
See the live page ↓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
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. Marker positions are approximate. See full visual analysis →
Visual 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.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
This site functions as a directory or aggregator for adult content, which frequently serves as a gateway for malicious advertising and high-risk redirects.
What our vision model saw
4 signalsAggregator site hosting a large collection of high-risk adult content links
Contains links to numerous known adult streaming platforms and potentially malicious redirect hubs
Layout is designed to facilitate mass traffic redirection to third-party adult sites
High density of links often associated with malvertising and aggressive pop-under networks
Intelligence
The site is a long-established adult directory that lists hundreds of external adult video, escort, and gambling links. Antivirus engines returned zero detections and the domain has existed since 2016, yet the page loads trackers and redirect hubs that are frequently tied to malvertising. Visual analysis shows a dense collection of outbound links rather than hosted content, a pattern that often exposes visitors to pop-unders and unwanted redirects. ScamAdviser flagged the registrar for hosting many low-reputation sites, though it did not label this specific domain malicious. The combination of legitimate age and clean scans with high-risk external destinations places the site in the suspicious band.
Web Research Findings
Independent findings for whichav.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
- Whichav.com is a long-standing adult content directory, registered in 2016.
- The site receives significant traffic (over 170k monthly visits as of mid-2026) and is frequently indexed in adult-oriented link lists.
- Security services like Gridinsoft have assigned it a moderate trust score (78/100), noting it hosts explicit content and may contain third-party trackers.
- The site is frequently used as a spam keyword in comment sections of unrelated blogs, often associated with gambling or other adult sites.
- Registrant information is hidden behind a privacy service, which is common for this type of site but limits transparency.
- ScamAdviser has flagged the registrar for hosting a high volume of low-reputation websites, though it does not explicitly label whichav.com as a scam.
- ScamAdviseropen
"We discovered that the registrar is facilitating a high number of websites that have a low to very low review score. This may be a coincidence but it may also be caused by lax 'Know your customer' processes"
ScamAdviser reported that the registrar facilitates a high number of low-review-score websites, though it stopped short of calling whichav.com a scam. No consumer complaints, Trustpilot reviews, or regulatory actions were found for the domain. Independent security vendor Gridinsoft assigned a moderate trust score of 78/100, noting the presence of explicit content and third-party trackers.
Domain Timeline
- Jul 21, 2016Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 10 years old today.
- Jul 24, 2026Latest security review — Flagged as suspicious
This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.
whichav.com is an established domain now carrying threat signals. An older domain that starts tripping security checks is a classic pattern for an asset that was sold, repurposed, or compromised — the age alone is not reassurance.
Threat Detection
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Technical Details
domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referencedThe plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
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 postal address visible on the page.
- Phone number listed (2048 (2048).
- Links to 26 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://whichav.com/
- 2200https://whichav.com/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
What to do
Proceed with caution
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Treat whichav.com as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- 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
Crypto, gift cards, wire transfers, and cash apps offer zero buyer protection. Use a credit card or PayPal if you must pay.
- OpenShare your experience
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Final Verdict
This is an adult-content directory that links to dozens of third-party streaming sites. The domain is 10 years old with clean antivirus results, but the page loads many external domains known for aggressive advertising and redirects.
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- whichav.com looks like a likely scam site — avoid interacting with it. The domain is 10 years old through NameCheap, Inc.. It may not be an outright scam, but the risk is high enough that you should verify it independently before trusting it with money or data.
- Proceed with caution — whichav.com scores 59/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend verifying it through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- If you've already paid or handed over details on whichav.com, act quickly. 1) Contact your bank or card issuer immediately and ask to dispute the charge or open a chargeback — the sooner you act, the better your odds. 2) Report the site to the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov or the FBI's IC3 at ic3.gov, and in the UK to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. 3) If you entered a password, change it on whichav.com and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. 4) Watch your bank and email for follow-up fraud, and keep screenshots as evidence.
- Often yes, if you act fast. Payments made by credit or debit card can frequently be reversed through a chargeback or dispute — contact your bank right away and explain it was a fraudulent site. Bank transfers and gift-card or voucher payments are much harder to recover, but you should still report them to your bank and to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) or Action Fraud (actionfraud.police.uk). Avoid any "refund" or "recovery" service that contacts you first — it's usually a follow-up scam.
- Just viewing a scam page is usually low-risk on an up-to-date browser — the real danger is what it asks you to DO (enter details, download a file, send money). If you downloaded anything, run a full antivirus scan and treat the file as untrusted. If you entered a password or card number, change the password everywhere you reused it and contact your bank.
- You can report whichav.com through several official channels: the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at ic3.gov, and — in the UK — Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. You can also flag it to Google Safe Browsing (safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish) so other browsers warn about it, and report it to the company being impersonated if there is one. Reporting helps get scam sites taken down faster.
- Modern scams are built to look convincing. A valid SSL padlock, a polished template, stock photos, fake reviews, and a trust badge can all be added in minutes and prove nothing about who runs the site. Scammers buy cheap domains, clone real designs, and copy legal pages wholesale. That's exactly why an automated review that checks the domain's age, hosting, blacklists, and behaviour — rather than just how the page looks — is more reliable than a first impression.
- No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report whichav.com as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
- No — whichav.com is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
- whichav.com is 10 years old, registered on July 21, 2016 through NameCheap, Inc.. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
- Yes — whichav.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, valid for another 71 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
- whichav.com resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
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