Is yts.torrentbay.st legit or a scam?
Malicious torrent proxy clone flagged by antivirus engines and security vendors; hosts aggressive ads and malware vectors.
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
Brand impersonation — not the real site
Malicious torrent proxy clone flagged by antivirus engines and security vendors; hosts aggressive ads and malware vectors. This page is styled as a brand but is not the brand's real site. Go to the official site directly, and treat any download, login, or payment request here as unsafe.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
MT Intelligence
This domain operates as an unblocked proxy for the YTS movie-torrent brand, which was officially shut down by authorities in 2015. Our antivirus network detected malicious code (Chong Lua Dao flagged it; Gridinsoft marked it suspicious). The site is a confirmed clone of yts.mx and part of a wider torrentbay.st proxy farm that hosts multiple torrent-site mirrors (RARBG, Kickass, Pirate Bay, 1337x). Security vendors consistently blacklist torrentbay.st subdomains with low trust scores (33–35/100). Reddit users report aggressive pop-ups and sandbox analysis flagged malicious activity on related subdomains. The domain uses privacy registration through Njalla, typical of sites designed to evade takedown. While the site itself receives traffic and is listed in proxy guides, the combination of malware detection, vendor blacklisting, and clone-farm infrastructure indicates active malicious intent.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for yts.torrentbay.st, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- torrentbay.st is a proxy/mirror service providing unblocked access to torrent sites including YTS, 1337x, RARBG, EZTV, Pirate Bay and others.
- yts.torrentbay.st is widely listed and recommended in 2025-2026 proxy/mirror lists for YTS/YIFY movie torrents.
- Gridinsoft flags torrentbay.st and its subdomains (including kickass.torrentbay.st, rarbg.torrentbay.st) with low trust scores (33-35/100) and blacklists due to suspicious activity.
- Reddit users report aggressive pop-ups and ad issues on extranet.torrentbay.st; one sandbox analysis flagged it for malicious activity.
- No formal business registration details beyond privacy-protected .st domain owned through Njalla; typical for torrent proxy services.
- YTS brand itself has a long history of official shutdowns by authorities (2015) and numerous unofficial copycat/proxy sites.
- SimilarWeb and SEMrush show significant traffic to torrentbay.st and subdomains (millions of visits).
- Gridinsoftopen
"torrentbay.st has a blacklist warning and a 35/100 trust score. Gridinsoft blocks this website because it was classified as suspicious website."
- Scamadviseropen
"We scanned rarbg.torrentbay.st for several indicators and we think the website may be a scam. Exercise extreme caution when using this website."
- Gridinsoft (subdomain)open
"Kickass.torrentbay.st has a blacklist warning and a 33/100 trust score. Multiple security vendors blacklist it."
Registered via Njalla Okta LLC (privacy service); .st ccTLD for Saint Helena. Owner listed as Njalla Okta LLC in WHOIS history.
Subdomain yts.torrentbay.st acts as a proxy/mirror for the official YTS (YIFY) movie torrent site, which has been shut down and has many copycats.
Gridinsoft blocks torrentbay.st with a 35/100 trust score, citing blacklist warnings and suspicious classification. Gridinsoft also flags related subdomains (kickass.torrentbay.st: 33/100, rarbg.torrentbay.st) as suspicious and blacklisted. Reddit users in r/torrents confirm yts.torrentbay.st works as a YTS mirror but report aggressive pop-ups and malicious activity on extranet.torrentbay.st. Proxy-guide sites (WizCase, MomoProxy) list yts.torrentbay.st among recommended YTS mirror sites for 2025–2026. The domain is registered via Njalla privacy service in Saint Helena (.st ccTLD) with no public business details.
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
1 scam-type patterns detected
1 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.
1 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.
Brand impersonation detected
This page is styled as a known brand but is not the brand's real site.
- Do not interact with yts.torrentbay.st
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- 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 flags yts.torrentbay.st as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — yts.torrentbay.st scored 25/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. yts.torrentbay.st presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 70 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.torrentbay.st as malicious or suspicious (1 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. yts.torrentbay.st is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- yts.torrentbay.st 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.torrentbay.st 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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