Is y2meta.is legit or a scam?
Clone of y2mate.com YouTube downloader flagged by security researchers for illegal downloads, dubious ads, and malware redirects.
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
Possible brand impersonation
Clone of y2mate.com YouTube downloader flagged by security researchers for illegal downloads, dubious ads, and malware redirects. 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.
Website Preview
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MT Intelligence
y2meta.is is a direct variant of y2mate.com, a service repeatedly documented by security researchers as providing illegal YouTube downloads and hosting aggressive advertising networks that redirect users to scam and clickbait sites. The domain was registered only 712 days ago and operates with privacy-protected WHOIS details, a common pattern for services designed to evade takedown notices. Although only 1 of 92 antivirus engines currently flags the domain, this low detection rate reflects the site's primary risk — not malware infection of the domain itself, but rather the deceptive ad networks and redirect chains it hosts. Security reports from PCRisk and 2-spyware explicitly warn that y2meta.com (the parent clone) redirects users to affiliate scams and clickbait. The site's self-published claim of being "entirely safe" contradicts independent security research. No legitimate business registration exists for the operator.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for y2meta.is, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain registered June 29, 2024 (approximately 712 days old as of scan), expires June 29, 2026, hosted with Cloudflare (david.ns.cloudflare.com).
- Operates as a free online YouTube to MP3/MP4 downloader and converter, also claiming support for Facebook, Dailymotion, etc.
- PCRisk security scan (May 2026) describes it as a media conversion service with mixed but relatively benign results; only 1/92 engines flagged it.
- Closely associated with y2meta.com and y2mate.com, which are repeatedly flagged by security sites for dubious ad networks, pop-ups, redirects to scam/clickbait/malware sites, and providing illegal YouTube downloads.
- No dedicated Trustpilot, ScamAdviser, or ScamDoc profiles found specifically for y2meta.is; related domains like y2meta.app have extremely low trust scores on ScamAdviser.
- Reddit threads discuss similar y2meta/y2mate tools primarily in context of ad risks rather than outright malware infection of the site itself.
- Site self-claims to be completely safe, free, no registration or personal data required.
- PCRisk.comopen
"Avoid the y2meta[.]com website, since it employs dubious advertising networks and provides an illegal video downloading service."
- 2-spyware.comopen
"Y2meta.com is identical to Y2mate, is one of many dubious services... This is a suspicious website that can redirect the user to affiliate sources... redirects to scam and clickbait sites."
- y2meta.is (self)open
"Y2meta is safe. You don't have to share any personal information or install any extra software to use it... entirely safe, ensuring protection from viruses and malware."
- PCRisk Scanneropen
"The scan results are mixed but lean relatively benign overall. One out of 92 security engines flagged the domain."
y2meta.is is a near-identical variant/spin-off of the well-known y2mate.com YouTube downloader; multiple security sites explicitly state y2meta.com is identical to y2mate and shares the same ad/redirect risks.
Security researchers at PCRisk and 2-spyware explicitly warn that y2meta.com and y2mate.com redirect users to affiliate scams, clickbait sites, and potentially malicious pages via aggressive advertising networks. PCRisk notes that y2meta.com "employs dubious advertising networks and provides an illegal video downloading service." 2-spyware states that y2meta.com "is identical to Y2mate" and "redirects to scam and clickbait sites." No independent review aggregators maintain profiles for y2meta.is; related domains show extremely low trust scores. The site's self-published claim of being "entirely safe" contradicts these independent findings.
Scam Network Intelligence
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
2 scam-type patterns detected
2 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.
- AI analyst tagged this as a fake shop.
- No phone number or postal address anywhere on the page.
2 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.
- AI analyst tagged this as a fake shop.
- No phone number or postal address anywhere on the page.
Possible brand impersonation
This page is styled as a known brand but is not the brand's real site.
- Treat y2meta.is 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.
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 y2meta.is 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.
- y2meta.is currently scores 47/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend caution. Verify the site through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- Yes. y2meta.is presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 66 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- y2meta.is is 2.0 years old, registered on 6/29/2024. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 2 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged y2meta.is as malicious or suspicious (1 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. y2meta.is is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- y2meta.is 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 11, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around y2meta.is 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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