Possible brand impersonation
Clone of the popular Y2Mate downloader on a 132-day-old domain with one spam flag and a high-risk Reddit report. The page looks styled like a known brand but may not be authentic. Check the URL carefully and navigate to the brand's real site before signing in or paying.
Is y2mate.gs legit or a scam?
Clone of the popular Y2Mate downloader on a 132-day-old domain with one spam flag and a high-risk Reddit report.
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. 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
The site appears to be a standard media conversion utility with a functional interface and no immediate visual indicators of a scam or phishing attempt.
What our vision model saw
5 signalsPage functions as a YouTube video downloader and converter
Simple layout with a central URL input field and conversion buttons
Contains instructional text on how to download and convert videos
No immediate deceptive urgency tactics or fake trust badges visible
Minimalist design typical of utility-based media conversion sites
Intelligence
The page presents itself as a free YouTube video converter with the same title, description, and interface as the original y2mate.com service. Our sandbox and antivirus network returned no malware detections, yet alphaMountain.ai flagged the page as spam. The domain registered on 26 February 2026 through Immaterialism Limited and uses Njalla privacy nameservers, giving it just 132 days of history. A Reddit post in r/ScamChecker scored the site 95/100 risk and called it likely unsafe. Gridinsoft assigned a 64/100 trust score and noted insufficient evidence to confirm safety. The combination of recent registration, clone branding, and external warnings outweighs the clean engine count.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for y2mate.gs, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain registered February 26, 2026 (132 days old as of July 2026) through Immaterialism Limited; ownership information not publicly available; uses Njalla privacy nameservers.
- Gridinsoft analysis gives 64/100 trust score: mix of positive and cautionary signals; one provider (alphaMountain.ai) flags as Spam; explicitly states it is not a confirmed scam but evidence insufficient to deem fully established; recommend
- A Reddit post in r/ScamChecker (July 2026) labels it High Risk and "likely unsafe" based on a WebSafely scan (score 95/100 in the post's screenshot reference).
- The site presents itself as a free YouTube to MP3/MP4 downloader with no sign-up required, matching the long-standing y2mate.com service.
- Related y2mate.com and clones are widely reported to feature aggressive ads, pop-ups, and redirects that can lead to malware, PUPs, or phishing (though no direct malware detections reported for .gs itself).
- Hosted in Stockholm, Sweden (IP 88.80.22.81, linked to y2mate.nu infrastructure); SSL certificate valid but short-term.
- No entries found on Trustpilot, ScamAdviser, or ScamDoc; appears in ScamAdviser sitemaps as a newly checked domain with no established reviews.
- Reddit r/ScamCheckeropen
"y2mate.gs is likely unsafe, check details in screenshot. Score: 95/100. Risk Level: High Risk. Domain Age: 127 days."
- Gridinsoftopen
"Current analysis does not clearly confirm that y2mate.gs is safe. Signals such as security-provider warnings and content related to streaming media support this assessment."
Registered via Immaterialism Limited (Manchester address listed in related WHOIS for y2mate.is); ownership hidden via Njalla privacy service; no public complaint contact
The site copies the exact branding, title "Y2Mate - Free YouTube to MP3 Converter", description, and functionality of the well-known y2mate.com (registered 2016). Multiple sources warn of clone/fake Y2Mate sites with similar URLs; this .gs variant is only 132 days old.
Two sources flag risk: a Reddit r/ScamChecker post scoring the site 95/100 high risk and a Gridinsoft analysis giving 64/100 trust with cautionary signals. No positive reviews found on independent review aggregators.
Domain Timeline
- Feb 26, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 4 months old today.
- Jul 8, 2026Latest security review — Flagged as suspicious
This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.
y2mate.gs was registered very recently and is already flagged. Freshly-registered domains are disproportionately used for scams, and a young domain with active threat signals warrants extra caution.
Threat Detection
Scam Network
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.
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 brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
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 brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
Technical Details
domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referencedContact 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 phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://y2mate.gs/
- 2200https://y2mate.gs/
Server Reputation
What to do
Possible brand impersonation
This page is styled as a known brand but is not the brand's real site.
- Treat y2mate.gs as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- Go to the brand's real site directly
Type the brand name into a search engine or open it from your bookmarks — don't use links from emails, SMS, ads, or social posts, which are the delivery vectors for impersonation.
- Never download or sign in here
Even if the page "just" offers a download or a giveaway, impersonation pages frequently deliver malware or set up follow-up phishing. Assume anything accepted from this site is hostile.
- OpenReport the impersonation to the brand
Most major brands have a dedicated abuse or anti-phishing reporting channel — reporting helps them take the site down and protects other users.
Final Verdict
This is a YouTube to MP3 converter site that copies the branding and layout of the established y2mate.com service. The domain is only 132 days old, carries one spam flag from alphaMountain.ai, and has a Reddit report labeling it high risk.
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 y2mate.gs 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.
- y2mate.gs currently scores 48/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend caution. Verify the site through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- Yes. y2mate.gs presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YE2, expiring in 84 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- y2mate.gs is 4 months old, registered on 2/26/2026. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 1 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged y2mate.gs as malicious or suspicious. Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. y2mate.gs is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- y2mate.gs resolves to an IP operated by PRQ VPN network in SE (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). 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 July 8, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around y2mate.gs 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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