Is yts.gg legit or a scam?
Piracy torrent site with malware detections and history of malware-laden torrents across its domain network.
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
Critical risk detected
2 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page. Multiple independent checks — antivirus engines, browser safety blocklists, and threat databases — flagged this site. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.
Website Preview
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Visual Screenshot 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 page is a fully-rendered torrent index site operating under the YTS.GG domain, presenting itself as the authoritative successor to prior YTS domains; the primary risk is the nature of the service itself (piracy/torrent distribution) rather than phishing or credential theft patterns, though the domain-hopping history and redirect-away button warrant moderate caution.
What our vision model saw
5 signalsSite presents itself as the 'only official website' for YTS/YIFY torrents, a claim associated with a long-running series of competing mirror/clone domains (YTS.MX, YTS.BZ, YTS.GG) each claiming offici
Prominent 'Go to YTS Full Homepage' button redirects users away from the current domain, suggesting this page may itself be a proxy or redirect front-end rather than the primary service
Footer text references domain migration history (former YTS.MX → YTS.BZ → YTS.GG), a pattern common among piracy mirror sites cycling through domains to evade takedowns
Site facilitates torrent downloads of copyrighted movies, an inherently high-risk activity associated with malware-laden torrents and legal exposure for users
No visible trust badges, payment forms, or credential-harvesting elements detected in this screenshot
MT Intelligence
YTS.GG operates as a torrent index for copyrighted films, presenting itself as the current official home of the YTS/YIFY service after prior domains (YTS.MX, YTS.BZ) faced legal action. Two engines—alphaMountain.ai and Fortinet—flag the domain as malicious. The evidence package documents that YTS and its mirror domains are known vectors for malware distribution; older YTS domains like YTS.AG generated user complaints about malware and adware popups. The site's domain-hopping pattern (YTS.MX → YTS.BZ → YTS.GG) is typical of piracy operations evading takedowns. While Reddit users treat YTS.GG as a working alternative domain, the combination of antivirus detections, the inherent risks of torrent-based piracy, and the documented malware history of the YTS network elevates the risk profile significantly. The lack of business registration and the redirect-away button on the page further suggest this is a proxy or mirror rather than a stable, legitimate service.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for yts.gg, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- yts.gg presents itself as "The New Official Home of YTS YIFY Movies (Formerly YTS.MX)" and hosts a large movie torrent index in 720p/1080p/3D with small file sizes.
- Reddit users in r/torrents and r/TorrentSites frequently list yts.gg alongside yts.bz as a current working or backup domain for YTS after yts.mx issues.
- YTS/YIFY original site shut down by MPAA in 2015; current operators (who took over in 2015) have repeatedly changed domains (yts.to, .ag, .mx, .lt, .bz) due to legal pressure.
- TorrentFreak reports yts.bz as the primary recent official domain with yts.lt redirecting to it; yts.gg not explicitly named in that article but treated as legitimate alternative in community sources.
- Torrent sites like YTS are known for aggressive ads that have led to malware/adware complaints (e.g., on older domains like yts.ag and yts.mx).
- No specific WHOIS or business registration details surfaced for yts.gg; domain age listed as unknown in input.
- Scamadviser page for yts.gg notes that yts.bz redirects to it, with no direct scam flag in results.
- YouTube (This Week in Malware)open
"The Website yts.mx is Part of a Broader Network of Torrent Sites That Pose Significant Risks to Users. ... cybercriminals frequently exploit them to distribute malware."
- Malwarebytes Forumsopen
"yts.ag malware/adware popups & AVIRA ... The main SUSPECT is the "Avira Antivirus" while yts .ag is an online website & not an application."
Our research found 2 scam or malware-related reports and 3 positive community mentions. A YouTube security channel documented that YTS.MX and related YTS domains are part of a broader network of torrent sites that pose significant risks, with cybercriminals frequently exploiting them to distribute malware. Malwarebytes forums contain user complaints about malware and adware popups on YTS.AG. Reddit users in r/TorrentSites and r/torrents list YTS.GG as a current working or backup domain for YTS after earlier domains faced legal action. The original 2015 UK company registration for YTS was dissolved in 2016; no current registration details were found for YTS.GG operators.
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Contact 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 postal address visible on the page.
- Phone number listed (2010-2019).
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://yts.gg/
- 2200https://yts.gg/
Server Reputation
Avoid this site
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Do not interact with yts.gg
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- Verify the business through independent channels
Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.
- Never use irreversible payment methods
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Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
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 flags yts.gg as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — yts.gg scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. yts.gg presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 57 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- 2 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged yts.gg as malicious or suspicious (2 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. yts.gg is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- yts.gg 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 17, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around yts.gg 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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