Is www.cineby.at legit or a scam?
Newly-registered piracy streaming site with low security ratings, heavy ads, and no verifiable business operation.
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
Shop shows non-delivery red flags
Newly-registered piracy streaming site with low security ratings, heavy ads, and no verifiable business operation. Several red flags typical of non-delivery shops are present. Don't pay by crypto or wire, and keep the chargeback window in mind.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →
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.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
We could not capture a fully-rendered screenshot of this page; visual analysis is inconclusive.
What our vision model saw
1 signalScreenshot incomplete — site may be slow to render
MT Intelligence
The domain was registered on June 6, 2026—extremely recent—and hosts free streaming content via third-party links with no stored files. Security scanners rate it poorly: Gridinsoft assigns 21/100 trust, PCRisk 50/100 with one spam flag. No company registration exists in Austria or elsewhere. User complaints on an independent review aggregator and Reddit describe an ad-heavy experience with frequent site downtime. The site appears to be part of a piracy network (cineby.sc, cineby.uk, cineby.com.co) that cycles through domains, likely to evade takedowns. While our antivirus network shows minimal detections, the combination of brand-new registration, zero business legitimacy, poor independent security ratings, and user-reported ad spam creates a high-risk profile.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for www.cineby.at, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain registered on June 6, 2026 (extremely new, reported age 0 days at time of scans).
- Site provides free streaming of movies and TV shows by linking to third-party hosted content; disclaimer states "This site does not store any files on our server".
- Associated with r/Cineby subreddit where users discuss downtime and new .at URL as replacement for previous cineby.sc.
- Security scans show mixed results: PCRisk 50/100 (1/91 flagged spam), Gridinsoft 21-22/100 with blacklist warnings; categorized under piracy/plagiarism.
- User complaints include heavy ads/popups on every click, site downtime, streaming issues, and one Trustpilot review calling it "ad hell".
- Mobile apps exist on Apple App Store and Google Play; some users prefer older versions or the website over the current app.
- No formal business registration or verifiable company information located.
- Gridinsoftopen
"cineby.at should not be treated as a safe website. Gridinsoft gives it a 21/100 trust score, and multiple security vendors blacklist the domain."
- PCRisk Scanneropen
"The published trust score for this scan is 50/100... One out of 91 security engines flagged the domain with a spam-related label."
- Trustpilot (cineby.sc)open
"Ad hell. Every link and button triggers an ad. Absolutely horrible experience 👎"
Independent security scanners report low trust ratings: Gridinsoft assigns 21/100 and flags the domain as blacklisted; PCRisk rates it 50/100 with one spam detection. A an independent review aggregator review of the related cineby.sc domain describes 'ad hell' with popups on every link. Reddit discussions in r/Cineby and r/Piracy confirm the site is a free streaming platform and note that cineby.at is a replacement URL for the previous cineby.sc domain. User complaints focus on ad saturation, site downtime, and streaming failures. No legitimate business registration or company details were found.
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 scam-type patterns detected
1 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 fake shop.
- No phone number or postal address anywhere on the page.
1 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 fake shop.
- No phone number or postal address anywhere on the page.
Fake-shop warning signs
Signals common to non-delivery scam shops were detected on this site.
- Treat www.cineby.at as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- If you already paid by card or PayPal — start a chargeback
Contact your bank or card issuer and dispute the charge as "goods not received" or "merchant fraud." PayPal users can open a case in the Resolution Centre. Act within 120 days for card chargebacks in most jurisdictions.
- Save every piece of evidence
Screenshots of the checkout, order confirmation emails, any chat transcripts, and the product listing page. Chargeback and fraud reports go faster when you have receipts.
- OpenReport the shop
Report to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov), Action Fraud UK, or your local consumer-protection body. Post the URL on the MalwareTips scam forum so other buyers can find it.
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 marked www.cineby.at 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.
- www.cineby.at 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. www.cineby.at presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 88 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- 1 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged www.cineby.at as malicious or suspicious. Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. www.cineby.at is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- www.cineby.at 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.
- This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 10, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around www.cineby.at 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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