Is www.epub.pub safe?
https://www.epub.pub/book/hot-blooded-by-heather-guerre
Checked on
How we checked
Coverage: complete · 4 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Established ebook site faces credible piracy complaints, despite clean malware checks
Epub.pub presents a page for “Hot Blooded” by Heather Guerre and accepts donations. An author complaint says books from several independent authors appeared without authorization and takedown requests went unanswered. Separate research raises file-privacy concerns, while current checks found no malware warning. These conflicting findings support a Moderate Risk score rather than a malware or scam classification.
Loading saved screenshot
Preparing the saved page preview.
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 55/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 2 findings pulled the score down; 2 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "epub.pub is a website that's pirating from indie authors (and some trad as well). Me and several indie friends have found our books on their site and they have…"-23 pts
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "This seems like a medium risk option. I found the epub.pub interface to be clean and the option to upload epub files to be safe from malware. However, I do…"-22 pts
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe saved checks found no Safe Browsing warning, no malicious or suspicious detections across 93 engines, and a valid encrypted connection.
- SupportsThe registrable domain was recorded as 4,375 days old.
Points come from the saved evidence ledger: it lowered the score from 100 to 55 and split those 45 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
Epub.pub presents a page for “Hot Blooded” by Heather Guerre and accepts donations. An author complaint says books from several independent authors appeared without authorization and takedown requests went unanswered. Separate research raises file-privacy concerns, while current checks found no malware warning. These conflicting findings support a Moderate Risk score rather than a malware or scam classification.
Copyright and accountability concerns
An author states that their books and those of several independent authors were hosted on epub.pub without authorization, and that the site had not responded to their DMCA takedown requests. This is a direct external complaint, although the supplied evidence does not independently adjudicate the copyright dispute.
The reviewed contact material shows an Outlook email address, and the page includes a Donate control. These facts offer limited transparency about who runs the service or receives contributions.
No current malware detection, but file privacy remains a concern
Saved checks found no threat warning, no malicious or suspicious detections across 93 scanning engines, and a valid encrypted connection. These results reduce evidence of an active technical attack but do not resolve the site's copyright practices or operator accountability.
One external reviewer described uploading an EPUB without encountering malware, but expressed concern that uploaded files did not appear to be encrypted. That is a privacy concern from one review, not proof that files were exposed or stolen.
Why the score is 55
2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "epub.pub is a website that's pirating from indie authors (and some trad as well). Me and several indie friends have found our books on their site and they have…". Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 93
No detectionsFresh result
No detections across 58 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 35 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
All 93 engine results
- 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
- Gridinsoft - 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
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- BitDefendermisc
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekernews and media
- Googledownloads_and_sharing
- Sophosreference
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
Loading saved screenshot
Preparing the saved page preview.
Visual context from the captured page
Hot Blooded by Heather Guerre
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Hot Blooded by Heather Guerre
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
Hot Blooded by Heather Guerre - EpubPub
- Meta description
Desperate times call for desperate measures… Saddled with insurmountable debt, Tessa is desperate for a way out. When she’s referred to an agency that pairs v...
Pages we read
- Main page/book/hot-blooded-by-heather-guerreRead
- About page/aboutRead
- Terms/termsRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Hot Blooded by Heather Guerre - EpubPub
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 antivirus results.
What independent research found
2 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
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Content
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 012 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "epub.pub is a website that's pirating from indie authors (and some trad as well). Me and several indie friends have found our books on their site and they have…"
- 022 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "This seems like a medium risk option. I found the epub.pub interface to be clean and the option to upload epub files to be safe from malware. However, I do…"
- 03The registrable domain was recorded as 4,375 days old.
Web research findings
Independent findings for www.epub.pub, 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.
- Threadsopen
"epub.pub is a website that's pirating from indie authors (and some trad as well). Me and several indie friends have found our books on their site and they have yet to respond to any DMCA takedowns."
- GoodNovelopen
"This seems like a medium risk option. I found the epub.pub interface to be clean and the option to upload epub files to be safe from malware. However, I do have some concerns as when I uploaded a rare EPUB book for an out-of-print novel, it seemed to process it rather fast. The site doesn’t seem to encrypt the files as paid services do."
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.epub.pub
- Redirects towww.epub.pub
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
Domain Timeline
- Oct 23, 2014Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 11 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 16, 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.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Certificate issued for epub.pub.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
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
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
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "epub.pub is a website that's pirating from indie authors (and some trad as well). Me and several indie friends have found our books on their site and they have…" · 2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "This seems like a medium risk option. I found the epub.pub interface to be clean and the option to upload epub files to be safe from malware. However, I do…"
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | No adverse finding | fresh · analysed Oct 15, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 16, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 16, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 16, 2026 |
| Independent research | 2 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 16, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 15, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 2026
- Independent research
- Result2 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 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.
Is www.epub.pub a scam or is it safe?
Is www.epub.pub safe to use?
Has www.epub.pub been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is www.epub.pub on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the www.epub.pub domain?
Does www.epub.pub have a valid SSL certificate?
Where is www.epub.pub hosted?
How often is the www.epub.pub report updated?
08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Established ebook site faces credible piracy complaints, despite clean malware checks
Epub.pub presents a page for “Hot Blooded” by Heather Guerre and accepts donations. An author complaint says books from several independent authors appeared without authorization and takedown requests went unanswered. Separate research raises file-privacy concerns, while current checks found no malware warning. These conflicting findings support a Moderate Risk score rather than a malware or scam classification.
09 · Community
Community
Are you the owner of www.epub.pub?Verify and reply