Is www.clipconverter.cc safe?
https://www.clipconverter.cc/jp/3/
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How we checked
Coverage: complete · 6 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (59 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
ClipConverter.cc is a long-running video converter, but visitor reviews describe aggressive ads and unwanted installers
ClipConverter.cc is a free online tool that converts video and audio links from sites such as YouTube into formats like MP3 and MP4. The domain is more than 16 years old, and the site lists an email address on its own domain, a German phone number and a postal address. Those are real points in its favour. Against them, review sites carry visitor complaints about spammy ads and about installers being pushed instead of the requested file, and a small number of security engines flag the site. We score it Moderate Risk because the risk comes mainly from the advertising and download experience, not from the converter itself.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 52/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 3 findings pulled the score down; 4 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Moderate1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result.-6 pts
- Moderate3 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "started spamming so many porn ads its impossible to even download anything it spams ads before you even click once on the website"-5 pts
- Moderate3 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Instead of giving me the video I requested, they gave me an installer for PriceChop, essentially malware."-4 pts
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe domain is over 16 years old and the site lists contact details.
- SupportsPostal address visible on the page.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection
Points come from the saved evidence ledger: it lowered the score from 67 to 52 and split those 15 points between the findings that show points; the others carry no points in the ledger. Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
ClipConverter.cc is a free online tool that converts video and audio links from sites such as YouTube into formats like MP3 and MP4. The domain is more than 16 years old, and the site lists an email address on its own domain, a German phone number and a postal address. Those are real points in its favour. Against them, review sites carry visitor complaints about spammy ads and about installers being pushed instead of the requested file, and a small number of security engines flag the site. We score it Moderate Risk because the risk comes mainly from the advertising and download experience, not from the converter itself.
What reviewers and security checks report
One an independent review platform's reviewer says the site shows porn ads before they had even clicked anything. Another says it tried to install four viruses on their computer. A SmartCustomer reviewer says that instead of the video they asked for, they were given an installer for PriceChop, which they called essentially malware. An independent review site also states that ClipConverter is not safe and installs malware.
Out of 93 security engines, 1 marked the site as malicious and 1 as suspicious, and these flags come from one antivirus family. The browser threat feed showed no warning, and the site's encrypted connection is valid.
An established operator with a risky ad experience
The site has been online a long time and publishes real contact details, which is not typical of a throwaway scam site. The page also promotes Cryptoradar, a separate website for comparing places to buy cryptocurrency. The site offers no investment service of its own. The main danger reviewers describe is what happens around the download, such as ads and installers that are not the file you asked for. The converter page also lists adult video sites among its supported sources.
Why the score is 52
1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
2/ 93
detectionsFresh result
2 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 1
- Suspicious
- 1
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| WebrootMalicious | malicious |
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 93 engine results
- Webroot - Malicious
- Gridinsoft - Suspicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Unrated
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Orcapot - Unrated
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- WebrootSpyware and Adware
- BitDefenderentertainment
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekermedia file download
- Googledownloads_and_sharing
- Sophosdownload freeware and shareware
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
ClipConverter.cc
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
ClipConverter.cc
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
YouTube変換 - ClipConverter.cc
- Meta description
YouTubeの動画を MP3, AAC, WMA, M4A, OGG, MP4, 3GP, AVI, MPG, WMV, FLV へ変換できます
Pages we read
- Main page/jp/3/Read
- About page/jp/about/Read
- Terms/terms/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
YouTube変換 - ClipConverter.cc
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 59 antivirus results.
What independent research found
4 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
The checks completed, but ownership, business claims, and future site behavior can still change after this snapshot.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
Aggressive Ads & Malvertising
Service and business model
Downloader
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 013 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "started spamming so many porn ads its impossible to even download anything it spams ads before you even click once on the website"
- 023 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Instead of giving me the video I requested, they gave me an installer for PriceChop, essentially malware."
- 03A small number of security engine detections.
Web research findings
Independent findings for www.clipconverter.cc, 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.
- Trustpilotopen
"started spamming so many porn ads its impossible to even download anything it spams ads before you even click once on the website"
- Trustpilotopen
"full of virus it tried to install 4 viruses on my computer so if you wanna try it so make sure you have a good antivirus program"
- The Balanced Byteopen
"No, ClipConverter is not safe to use. I have verified that the tool installs viruses and malware on computers"
- SmartCustomeropen
"Instead of giving me the video I requested, they gave me an installer for PriceChop, essentially malware."
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The 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.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domainwww.clipconverter.cc
- Redirects towww.clipconverter.cc
- Hosted byOVH GmbH
- Referencesanalytics.lunaweb.cloud · twitter.com
Domain Timeline
- Mar 20, 2010Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 16 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 27, 2026Saved security review — Rated Moderate Risk
The evidence in this saved scan is mixed or incomplete; the completed checks are detailed above.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (info@clipconverter.cc).
- Phone number listed (+49 89 30669804).
- Postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for www.clipconverter.cc.
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruscomplete
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
3 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "started spamming so many porn ads its impossible to even download anything it spams ads before you even click once on the website" · 3 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Instead of giving me the video I requested, they gave me an installer for PriceChop, essentially malware."
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 2 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | Adverse | fresh · analysed Oct 27, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
| Independent research | 4 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result2 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 27, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 2026
- Independent research
- Result4 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
ClipConverter.cc is a long-running video converter, but visitor reviews describe aggressive ads and unwanted installers
ClipConverter.cc is a free online tool that converts video and audio links from sites such as YouTube into formats like MP3 and MP4. The domain is more than 16 years old, and the site lists an email address on its own domain, a German phone number and a postal address. Those are real points in its favour. Against them, review sites carry visitor complaints about spammy ads and about installers being pushed instead of the requested file, and a small number of security engines flag the site. We score it Moderate Risk because the risk comes mainly from the advertising and download experience, not from the converter itself.
09 · Community
Community
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