Is yesmovies.to safe?
http://yesmovies.to/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (60 of 93 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
yesmovies.to is a redirect shell for an unlicensed movie-streaming portal that admits its popup ads can deliver malware and pushes an unofficial APK
The address yesmovies.to does not serve a site of its own: it bounces the browser through https://yesmovies.ag/ to ww2.yesmovies.ag, a 'Yes! Movies' portal titled 'Yesmovies.to | Watch FREE Movies Online & TV shows' even though the visitor is now on a different domain. The page offers free HD movies and TV series with no visible licensing, and its own FAQ text concedes the site is 'maybe illegal depending on different jurisdiction'. Its income model is popup advertising, which the same text says can result in 'malware or an exclusive viral attack', and it steers readers to install a 'yes movies APK' instead of paid services. Independent scanner records call the domain suspicious and low-trust, and two saved antivirus verdicts flagged it. Nothing here is a payment scam, but the combination of an undisclosed operator, ad-driven malware exposure and an unofficial app download puts this in the High Risk band.
Saved site captureCaptured safely during this scan2 antivirus engines flagged this URLalphaMountain.ai, GridinsoftSaved antivirus result from Nov 1, 2026Where 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 38/100
High Risk covers scores 21–44. 6 findings pulled the score down; 2 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- ModerateThe site's own FAQ says popup advertising on such streaming sites results in malware or viral attacks and recommends ad blockers to avoid them.
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Gridinsoft clasifica actualmente este sitio como Sitio web sospechoso."
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "yesmovies.to 的信任度非常低，表示该网站很可能是骗局。"
- Moderate2 antivirus results marked the URL as suspicious. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
- MinorThe page redirected the browser to an unrelated external domain.
- MinorNo company, address, phone or domain email is visible, and the registration record hides personal details behind a privacy service.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection and the browser threat feed returned no threat warning.
- SupportsThe registrable domain is about 1,320 days old and the hosting IP has no saved abuse reports.
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor).
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01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
The address yesmovies.to does not serve a site of its own: it bounces the browser through https://yesmovies.ag/ to ww2.yesmovies.ag, a 'Yes! Movies' portal titled 'Yesmovies.to | Watch FREE Movies Online & TV shows' even though the visitor is now on a different domain. The page offers free HD movies and TV series with no visible licensing, and its own FAQ text concedes the site is 'maybe illegal depending on different jurisdiction'. Its income model is popup advertising, which the same text says can result in 'malware or an exclusive viral attack', and it steers readers to install a 'yes movies APK' instead of paid services. Independent scanner records call the domain suspicious and low-trust, and two saved antivirus verdicts flagged it. Nothing here is a payment scam, but the combination of an undisclosed operator, ad-driven malware exposure and an unofficial app download puts this in the High Risk band.
The domain you type is not the site you land on
Typing yesmovies.to sends the browser to https://yesmovies.ag/ and then on to ww2.yesmovies.ag, where the actual portal lives. The page heading still advertises 'Yesmovies.to' while the visitor is on a different registrable domain, so the brand name and the address in the bar no longer match.
Because the scanned address redirects elsewhere, the contact details of the destination site were not attributed to yesmovies.to, and no company name, address, phone or domain email appears in the rendered view. The registration record shows the domain was created on 24 March 2023 through a registrar with personal details hidden, so there is no accountable operator to hold to anything.
The navigation is entirely internal: HOME, MOVIES, TV-SERIES and 'Use the old Yesmovies? Click here' all stay on ww2.yesmovies.ag, and the only off-domain requests are Google Fonts and Cloudflare infrastructure. There is no checkout, price, plan or payment field anywhere in the observed pages, so no charge or refund mechanic is demonstrated.
The site's own text describes the malware risk and an APK download
The FAQ copy states that sites like this one use popup advertisements as their income source, 'resulting in malware or an exclusive viral attack', and recommends ad-blocking extensions to browse 'without any risk of malware assault'. That is the operator describing the exposure its own advertising model creates for visitors.
The same page pushes readers to 'download and install the yes movies APK into your cellphone', dismissing paid services as 'imposter and costly programs'. An app installed from an unofficial source like this bypasses the store review that normally screens for malicious code, and nothing on the page shows who built or signed it.
The only data-collection element is a mailing-list form asking for an email address to 'receive updates on movies, tv-series and news of top movies'. No privacy policy or terms page was visible alongside it, so what happens to submitted addresses is unstated.
Clean encryption and no browser warning, but a low-trust record
The connection itself is sound: the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted certificate, and the browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the address. The hosting IP carries an abuse confidence score of 0 across 0 saved reports, and the domain has been registered for about 1,320 days. Those facts mean no live payload or broken encryption was caught in this capture; they do not vouch for the operator.
Against that, a saved antivirus observation records two engines marking the URL suspicious, and independent scanner records describe the domain as a suspicious website with a blacklist warning and a trust score of 35/100, with other questionable sites reported on the same server. The site's own FAQ also concedes legality is jurisdiction-dependent, and it presents free HD film and TV distribution with no rights information at all.
Why the score is 38
The site's own FAQ says popup advertising on such streaming sites results in malware or viral attacks and recommends ad blockers to avoid them.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
2/ 93
detectionsSaved analysis from November 1, 2026 - stale
2 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 2
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| alphaMountain.aiSuspicious | not recommended |
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 93 engine results
- alphaMountain.ai - not recommended - Suspicious
- Gridinsoft - Suspicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- 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 - Clean
- 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
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Unrated
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiPiracy/Plagiarism, Video/Multimedia
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerhacking
- BitDefendermisc
- Googlemedia_and_entertainment
- Sophosentertainment
- Xcitium Verdict Cloudentertainment
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
Visual context from the captured page
Centered logo lockup reads 'Yes! Movies' with a pink/magenta rounded rectangle behind 'Yes!' and white 'Movies' text, over a dark blurred background image. Top navigation shows three items: HOME (boxed/active), MOVIES, TV-SERIES. A large search input with placeholder 'Enter Movies or Series name' and a pink magnifier button sits below the logo. A pink button labeled 'Use the old Yesmovies? Click here' appears beneath the search bar. Page heading reads 'Yesmovies.to | Watch FREE Movies Online & TV shows' followed by an 'About yesmovies' section heading. No price, plan, checkout, payment field, operator company name, address or contact details are visible in the rendered viewport.
What the captured page showed
6 observations- 01
Centered logo lockup reads 'Yes! Movies' with a pink/magenta rounded rectangle behind 'Yes!' and white 'Movies' text, over a dark blurred background image.
- 02
Top navigation shows three items: HOME (boxed/active), MOVIES, TV-SERIES.
- 03
A large search input with placeholder 'Enter Movies or Series name' and a pink magnifier button sits below the logo.
- 04
A pink button labeled 'Use the old Yesmovies? Click here' appears beneath the search bar.
- 05
Page heading reads 'Yesmovies.to | Watch FREE Movies Online & TV shows' followed by an 'About yesmovies' section heading.
- 06
No price, plan, checkout, payment field, operator company name, address or contact details are visible in the rendered viewport.
What the page says about itself
Quoted from the pages we read: the site's own words, not our findings.
- Page title
YesMovies.to | Watch FREE Movies Online & TV shows
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
YesMovies.to | Watch FREE Movies Online & TV shows
What we observed
Saved browser evidence recorded cross domain landing.
What independent research found
7 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 6 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
Malware & Deceptive Downloads
Service and business model
Streaming Piracy
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The page redirected the browser to an unrelated external domain.
- 02The site's own FAQ says popup advertising on such streaming sites results in malware or viral attacks and recommends ad blockers to avoid them.
- 03No company, address, phone or domain email is visible, and the registration record hides personal details behind a privacy service.
Web research findings
Independent findings for yesmovies.to, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence.
- Gridinsoft (Spanish URL scanner report)open
"Gridinsoft clasifica actualmente este sitio como Sitio web sospechoso."
- Gridinsoft (Spanish URL scanner report)open
"La evaluación actual de Gridinsoft para yesmovies.to se basa en redirección a dominio externo."
- Gridinsoft (German URL scanner report)open
"Für yesmovies.to liegt eine Blacklist-Warnung vor, bei einem Trust-Score von 35/100."
- ScamAdviseropen
"yesmovies.to 的信任度非常低，表示该网站很可能是骗局。"
- ScamAdviseropen
"我们发现其他可疑网站与该网站设在同一服务器上。"
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.
Infrastructure map
- Domainyesmovies.to
- Redirects toww2.yesmovies.ag
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencesfonts.googleapis.com · static.cloudflareinsights.com
Domain Timeline
- Mar 24, 2023Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 3 years old when this review was saved.
- Nov 4, 2026Saved security review — Rated High Risk
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
yesmovies.to is an established domain now carrying threat signals. An older domain that starts tripping security checks is a classic pattern for an asset that was sold, repurposed, or compromised — the age alone is not reassurance.
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.
Report this domain to its registrar: send the address and what happened to this contact.
This is the certificate of ww2.yesmovies.ag, the site this URL lands on. Certificate issued for yesmovies.ag.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it. This is the address of ww2.yesmovies.ag, the site this URL lands on.
Analytics and ads
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- Google Fonts
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.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://yesmovies.to/
- 2301https://yesmovies.to/
- 3301https://yesmovies.ag/cross-domain
- 4200https://ww2.yesmovies.ag/cross-domain
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
- Antiviruspartial
- 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.
The site's own FAQ says popup advertising on such streaming sites results in malware or viral attacks and recommends ad blockers to avoid them. · 2 antivirus results marked the URL as suspicious. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Gridinsoft clasifica actualmente este sitio como Sitio web sospechoso." · 2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "yesmovies.to 的信任度非常低，表示该网站很可能是骗局。"
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 | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Nov 1, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 4, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 4, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 6 visible observations saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 4, 2026 |
| Independent research | 7 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Nov 4, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result2 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Nov 1, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 4, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 4, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result6 visible observations saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 4, 2026
- Independent research
- Result7 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 4, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Answered from the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
Is yesmovies.to a scam or a legit download site?
Is yesmovies.to safe to use?
I already paid or entered my details on yesmovies.to — what should I do?
Can I get my money back from yesmovies.to?
Is my device infected after visiting yesmovies.to?
How do I report yesmovies.to?
yesmovies.to looks professional — how can it still be a scam?
Has yesmovies.to been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is yesmovies.to on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the yesmovies.to domain?
Does yesmovies.to have a valid SSL certificate?
How often is the yesmovies.to report updated?
08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
yesmovies.to is a redirect shell for an unlicensed movie-streaming portal that admits its popup ads can deliver malware and pushes an unofficial APK
The address yesmovies.to does not serve a site of its own: it bounces the browser through https://yesmovies.ag/ to ww2.yesmovies.ag, a 'Yes! Movies' portal titled 'Yesmovies.to | Watch FREE Movies Online & TV shows' even though the visitor is now on a different domain. The page offers free HD movies and TV series with no visible licensing, and its own FAQ text concedes the site is 'maybe illegal depending on different jurisdiction'. Its income model is popup advertising, which the same text says can result in 'malware or an exclusive viral attack', and it steers readers to install a 'yes movies APK' instead of paid services. Independent scanner records call the domain suspicious and low-trust, and two saved antivirus verdicts flagged it. Nothing here is a payment scam, but the combination of an undisclosed operator, ad-driven malware exposure and an unofficial app download puts this in the High Risk band.
09 · Community
Community
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