Is yt5s.rip safe?
http://yt5s.rip/
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How we checked
Coverage: partial · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 92 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
YouTube downloader yt5s.rip redirects visitors to a second domain and carries one antivirus flag
yt5s.rip presents itself as a YouTube video downloader and converter, offering a search box and download button for pasting YouTube links. The scanned address does not stay put: it redirects the browser to yt5s.biz, where the actual tool and its terms of use are served. One independent antivirus family has flagged the domain as malicious, while the browser threat feed reports no warning and the connection is encrypted. The operator is anonymous, the site's own contact details were not reviewed because the address redirects elsewhere, and the terms place full legal responsibility for downloading copyrighted content on the user. This is a functional download utility with a cross-domain redirect and a single adverse antivirus flag, not a confirmed phishing or malware operation, so it lands in the moderate-risk band.
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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 58/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 4 findings pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Strong1 independent antivirus family 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.
- ModerateThe scanned address redirects the browser from yt5s.rip to the unrelated domain yt5s.biz, which is where the actual tool and terms are served.
- ModerateOne public warning on a scam-warning or security site: "a redirect to another domain (yt5s.biz)"
- MinorThe page redirected the browser to an unrelated external domain.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the domain.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 456 days old
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). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
yt5s.rip presents itself as a YouTube video downloader and converter, offering a search box and download button for pasting YouTube links. The scanned address does not stay put: it redirects the browser to yt5s.biz, where the actual tool and its terms of use are served. One independent antivirus family has flagged the domain as malicious, while the browser threat feed reports no warning and the connection is encrypted. The operator is anonymous, the site's own contact details were not reviewed because the address redirects elsewhere, and the terms place full legal responsibility for downloading copyrighted content on the user. This is a functional download utility with a cross-domain redirect and a single adverse antivirus flag, not a confirmed phishing or malware operation, so it lands in the moderate-risk band.
A download utility that moves you to another domain
The landing page is built around a single task: a search field invites visitors to paste a YouTube link, and a download button processes it. The page also lists conversion targets such as YouTube to mp4 and YouTube to mp3, and offers a FAQ and a Contact Us link. This is the visible commercial call to action, and it is the only one the evidence shows.
The scanned address does not serve the tool itself. The browser is redirected from yt5s.rip to yt5s.biz, and the page content that was read belongs to the destination domain. That cross-domain hop is the most concrete operational fact here: a visitor who types the first address ends up on a different site, which is a common pattern for downloader services that rotate domains to survive takedowns or blocklists.
The site's own terms acknowledge the legal exposure of its core function. They tell users not to download or process copyrighted content without permission, and state that the user is solely responsible for having the legal right to access, convert, download, or use any content processed through the website. That is a disclaimer, not a scam mechanic, but it confirms the service is designed around content the user may not be authorized to copy.
One antivirus flag, no Safe Browsing warning, and an anonymous operator
The saved antivirus observation records one independent antivirus family reporting an adverse result for this domain. That is a real detection, but it is a single engine and the observation is marked stale, so it should be treated as a caution rather than proof of active malware distribution. The browser threat feed currently returns no threat warning, and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. Clean reputation checks mean no detections were recorded, not that the site is safe.
Independent research adds a second adverse data point: a security vendor's scanner page describes a redirect to another domain, yt5s.biz, which matches the cross-domain hop observed directly. The same research notes the domain was registered on July 27, 2025 through a registrar, with ownership information not publicly available. The registrable domain is 456 days old, so it is not brand new, but it is also not an established, long-standing service.
The operator is anonymous. No verifiable business address, phone number, or corporate entity is disclosed, and the contact details were not reviewed because the scanned address redirects to another site whose contacts are not attributed to the target. That absence of accountability matters for a service that asks users to paste links and download files, but it is not by itself evidence of fraud.
Why the score is 58
1 independent antivirus family 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
1/ 92
detectionsSaved analysis from June 15, 2026 - stale
1 engine flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 1
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 92
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| Chong Lua DaoMalicious | malicious |
All 92 engine results
- Chong Lua Dao - Malicious
- 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
- CINS Army - Clean
- Cluster25 - Unrated
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekershopping
- Googledownloads_and_sharing
- Sophosdownload freeware and shareware
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
YouTube Video Downloader
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
YouTube Video Downloader
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
Yt5s - Free Youtube Video Downloader [Ad-Free]
- Meta description
Download and convert YouTube videos in high quality (720p, 1080p, 2K, 4K) to various formats (MP4, MP3). No ads or apps required.
Pages we read
- Main page/enwr200/Read
- Terms/terms-of-useRead
- Contact page/contact-usRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Yt5s - Free Youtube Video Downloader [Ad-Free]
What we observed
Saved browser evidence recorded cross domain landing.
What independent research found
2 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
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Downloader
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The page redirected the browser to an unrelated external domain.
- 021 independent antivirus family 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.
- 03One public warning on a scam-warning or security site: "a redirect to another domain (yt5s.biz)"
Web research findings
Independent findings for yt5s.rip, 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.
- Gridinsoftopen
"a redirect to another domain (yt5s.biz)"
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.
- Domainyt5s.rip
- Redirects toyt5s.biz
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencestrustpilot.com · addtoany.com
Domain Timeline
- Jul 28, 2025Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 1.2 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 27, 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.
This is the certificate of yt5s.biz, the site this URL lands on. Certificate issued for yt5s.biz.
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 yt5s.biz, the site this URL lands on.
Analytics and ads
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
Security checks
- Cloudflare Turnstile
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://yt5s.rip/
- 2301https://yt5s.rip/
- 3301https://yt5s.rip/en11/
- 4301https://yt5s.biz/cross-domain
- 5200https://yt5s.biz/enwr200/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.
1 independent antivirus family 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.
The scanned address redirects the browser from yt5s.rip to the unrelated domain yt5s.biz, which is where the actual tool and terms are served. · One public warning on a scam-warning or security site: "a redirect to another domain (yt5s.biz)"
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 1 of 92 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Jun 15, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
| Independent research | 2 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result1 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Jun 15, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 2026
- Independent research
- Result2 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 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 yt5s.rip a scam or is it safe?
Is yt5s.rip safe to use?
Has yt5s.rip been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is yt5s.rip on any phishing or malware blacklists?
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Does yt5s.rip have a valid SSL certificate?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
YouTube downloader yt5s.rip redirects visitors to a second domain and carries one antivirus flag
yt5s.rip presents itself as a YouTube video downloader and converter, offering a search box and download button for pasting YouTube links. The scanned address does not stay put: it redirects the browser to yt5s.biz, where the actual tool and its terms of use are served. One independent antivirus family has flagged the domain as malicious, while the browser threat feed reports no warning and the connection is encrypted. The operator is anonymous, the site's own contact details were not reviewed because the address redirects elsewhere, and the terms place full legal responsibility for downloading copyrighted content on the user. This is a functional download utility with a cross-domain redirect and a single adverse antivirus flag, not a confirmed phishing or malware operation, so it lands in the moderate-risk band.
09 · Community
Community
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