Is yt118.com safe?
http://yt118.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: partial · 2 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (59 of 92 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading · limited: did not fully complete
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
yt118.com is flagged by multiple antivirus engines and historically linked to malware distribution.
The domain yt118.com has been active since 2010 and currently presents links to computer security topics that redirect users to external search or affiliate-style pages. Multiple security vendors have flagged the site as malicious, and sandbox analysis shows it performs redirects and loads external JavaScript files.
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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 21/100
High Risk covers scores 21–44. 3 findings pulled the score down; 1 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Decisive6 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.-5 pts
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Several Chinese sites — qsng.cn, stock888.cn and yt118.com — were included in Symantec's sample list of dirtiest sites."-2 pts
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "http://ww1.yt118.com/bsFarBkdJ.js"-1 pts
What pushed the score up
- SupportsDomain has been registered for over 15 years.
Points come from the saved evidence ledger: it lowered the score from 29 to 21 and split those 8 points between the findings that show points; the others carry no points in the ledger. Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
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- Report the site
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- Report the domain to its registrar
Media Elite Holdings Limited, S.A. registered this domain. ICANN's lookup shows the registrar's abuse contact.
- Ignore anyone offering to recover your money
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Full answers about refunds and reporting are in the Safety FAQ below.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
The domain yt118.com has been active since 2010 and currently presents links to computer security topics that redirect users to external search or affiliate-style pages. Multiple security vendors have flagged the site as malicious, and sandbox analysis shows it performs redirects and loads external JavaScript files.
Security vendor detections and historical reports
Six independent antivirus families reported an adverse result for yt118.com, classifying it as malicious.
In 2009, Symantec included yt118.com in a published list of the 'dirtiest' websites due to malware and security risks.
Redirect behavior and external script loading
Sandbox analysis shows the site loads external JavaScript from ww1.yt118.com and performs redirects to external destinations.
The page displays links such as 'COMPUTER VIRUS REMOVAL SERVICE' that lead to external search or affiliate-style pages.
Why the score is 21
6 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
7/ 92
detectionsSaved analysis from October 2, 2026 - stale
7 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 6
- Suspicious
- 1
- Total
- 92
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| alphaMountain.aiMalicious | phishing |
| Dr.WebMalicious | malicious |
| Forcepoint ThreatSeekerMalicious | malicious |
| FortinetMalicious | malware |
| GridinsoftMalicious | malicious |
| WebrootMalicious | malicious |
| ESETSuspicious | suspicious |
All 92 engine results
- alphaMountain.ai - phishing - Malicious
- Dr.Web - Malicious
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Malicious
- Fortinet - malware - Malicious
- Gridinsoft - Malicious
- Webroot - Malicious
- ESET - 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 - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESTsecurity - 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
- 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 - Unrated
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiPhishing
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekermalicious web sites
- WebrootMalware Sites
- Dr.Webknown infection source
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
COMPUTER VIRUS REMOVAL SERVICE
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
COMPUTER VIRUS REMOVAL SERVICE
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
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Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
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What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 59 antivirus results.
What independent research found
2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
2 of the 4 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
Content
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 016 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
- 022 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "http://ww1.yt118.com/bsFarBkdJ.js"
Web research findings
Independent findings for yt118.com, 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.
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.
- Domainyt118.com
- Redirects toww547.yt118.com
- Hosted byLimestone Networks, Inc.
Domain Timeline
- Oct 22, 2010Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 15 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 10, 2026Saved security review — Rated High Risk
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
yt118.com 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
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
- 1302http://yt118.com/
- 2200http://ww547.yt118.com/
Server Reputation
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentpartial
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
6 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. 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: "Several Chinese sites — qsng.cn, stock888.cn and yt118.com — were included in Symantec's sample list of dirtiest sites." · 2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "http://ww1.yt118.com/bsFarBkdJ.js"
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 7 of 92 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 10, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Oct 10, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 10, 2026 |
| Independent research | 2 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 10, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result7 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 10, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 10, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 10, 2026
- Independent research
- Result2 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 10, 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 yt118.com a scam or a legit download site?
Is yt118.com safe to use?
What should I do if I already gave my details to yt118.com?
Can I get my money back from yt118.com?
Is my device infected after visiting yt118.com?
How do I report yt118.com?
Why does yt118.com look legitimate if it's a scam?
Has yt118.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is yt118.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the yt118.com domain?
Does yt118.com have a valid SSL certificate?
How often is the yt118.com report updated?
08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
yt118.com is flagged by multiple antivirus engines and historically linked to malware distribution.
The domain yt118.com has been active since 2010 and currently presents links to computer security topics that redirect users to external search or affiliate-style pages. Multiple security vendors have flagged the site as malicious, and sandbox analysis shows it performs redirects and loads external JavaScript files.
09 · Community
Community
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