Our automated security review found no threat indicators on zdf.de. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Is zdf.de safe to use?

zdf.de passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 97/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does zdf.de have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. zdf.de presents a valid TLSv1.2 certificate issued by DigiCert Inc · GeoTrust TLS RSA CA G1, expiring in 176 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

Has zdf.de been flagged by antivirus engines?

No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report zdf.de as clean.

Is zdf.de on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. zdf.de is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is zdf.de hosted?

zdf.de resolves to an IP operated by ZDF Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen in DE (usage type: Commercial). 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.

Is zdf.de a well-known website?

Yes. zdf.de sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.

How often is the zdf.de report updated?

This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 27, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around zdf.de have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Security Review

Is zdf.de legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 97/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

Official streaming and news portal for the German public broadcaster ZDF, featuring a long-standing reputation and verified business registration.

Why we trust it

Official domain of a major national public-service broadcaster.Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines in our network.Verified business registration as a public-law institution in Mainz, Germany.

zdf.deScanned 15h ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Heuristics 100·MT 95

Warning signals (1)

Redirects to another domain

Positive signals (4)

Antivirus clear Not on major blacklists Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/92

All engines report clean

Domain Age

—

Registration date unknown

MT Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 100% confidence

SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

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LIVE RENDER

zdf.de

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

MT Security Analyst

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust95/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

The domain is the verified home of Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), a major public-law institution in Germany. Our analysis confirms it holds a top-tier global traffic rank and is backed by a valid SSL certificate from a reputable issuer. While some consumer reports mention phishing emails using the ZDF name, these are external scams impersonating the brand rather than issues with the website itself. The site loads legitimate content from its own infrastructure and shows no signs of malicious activity. Independent review aggregators and app store data further confirm its status as a trusted national media outlet.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The site serves as a comprehensive streaming platform, offering live TV, documentaries, and series. The content is professionally produced and matches the official branding of the German public broadcaster.

Infrastructure

The technical setup is robust, utilizing dedicated nameservers and a high-reputation hosting environment. It loads resources from verified internal subdomains like zdfheute.de and maintains a clean security profile across all monitored metrics.

Domain History

This domain has been active for decades, serving as a cornerstone of the German internet landscape. It has a massive footprint in global traffic indexes and a consistent history of legitimate operation.

Web Reputation

The site maintains a high trust rating across security databases. While some users post negative reviews on third-party sites, these typically concern programming preferences or technical app issues rather than security threats or fraudulent behavior.

Risk Factors

External phishing campaigns frequently impersonate this brand to send fake invoice emails.
Public-facing contact emails are not immediately visible on the landing page, though they are present in the legal Impressum.

Positive Signals

Official domain of a major national public-service broadcaster.
Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines in our network.
Verified business registration as a public-law institution in Mainz, Germany.
High global traffic ranking within the top 2,000 websites worldwide.
Long-standing domain history with no record of malicious hosting.

AI Recommendation

This site is safe to use. Always ensure you are on the official zdf.de domain before entering any personal information, and ignore emails asking for broadcasting fee payments that do not come from the official contribution service.

Next-gen fraud intelligence

Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for zdf.de, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration

Active · Germany

Site traces back to an actively registered business.

Clone check

Not a clone

No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.

Typosquat check

No look-alike match

The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.

Web mentions

2 scam reports · 2 positive

Key findings

7 headline facts from open-web research

zdf.de is the official streaming portal and website of Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Germany's major public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz.
ZDF is an Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts (public-law institution) established by interstate treaty in 1961/1963, regulated by German federal states, with no private owners.
The site provides free access to live streams, on-demand films, series, documentaries, news (ZDFheute), and sports; it has high traffic rank (#1507 globally, top in streaming category).
Domain has long history (references to 12+ or ~56 years in analyses); WHOIS shows nameservers ns01.zdf.de / ns02.zdf.de and updates from 2014.
Impressum confirms legal entity details including address, contact (info@zdf.de), Intendant Dr. Norbert Himmler, and VAT ID DE149065327.
Scam reports refer exclusively to phishing emails and fake invoices falsely claiming to be from "ZDF Beitragsservice" (licence fee); these are explicitly denied by official sources as not from ZDF.
Trustpilot page for www.zdf.de shows low 1.1/5 score from ~2,931 reviews (mostly complaints about programming, fees or app rather than scams); Gridinsoft rates the domain 85/100 safe.

Scam reports (2)

Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.

Verbraucherzentrale Niedersachsenopen
"Ein Verbraucher erhält eine E-Mail, angeblich vom ZDF Beitragsservice. ... Die Mail stammt nicht vom ARD ZDF Deutschlandradio Beitragsservice."
Rundfunkbeitrag.deopen
"Betrügerische E-Mails im Namen des ZDF ... Es handelt sich bei diesen E-Mails um Fälschungen. Sie stammen weder vom ZDF noch vom Beitragsservice."

Positive reviews (2)

Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.

Gridinsoftopen
"Based on current analysis, zdf.de leans generally safe with a 85/100 trust score. Key trust factors include 12.1-year domain history and public traffic rank."
Google Play (ZDF App)open
"4.2 *star* ... 189.000 Rezensionen"

Business registration

Status: active · Germany

Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts (public-law institution), ZDF-Straße 1, 55127 Mainz. Official German public-service broadcaster founded 1963, financed by licence fees, with VAT ID DE 149 065 327.

Research summary

Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

Web Research Summary

Our research confirms zdf.de is the official portal for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, established by German interstate treaty. We found reports from consumer protection groups like Verbraucherzentrale Niedersachsen warning about phishing emails that impersonate the 'ZDF Beitragsservice,' but these are external threats and not a reflection of the website's safety. Independent review sites show high trust scores for the domain, and the official mobile app has millions of downloads with a strong average rating on major app stores.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified

Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious60Harmless92Engines

Clean

Kaspersky

Clean

Bitdefender

Clean

Microsoft

Not in pass

ESET-NOD32

Not in pass

Avira

Not in pass

Sophos

Clean

Fortinet

Clean

Google Safebrowsing

Clean

Emsisoft

Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check

Not flagged on major threat lists

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.

What We Found

No clear contact details on the page

Emails on site's domainNone

Phone numbers26.06.2026

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles0

Signal Summary

Several contact red flags

No contact email found anywhere on the page.
No postal address visible on the page.

Phone number listed (26.06.2026).

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.2

IssuerDigiCert Inc · GeoTrust TLS RSA CA G1

ExpiresDec 20, 2026 (176d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingZDF Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen

Server locationDE

PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Yes

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://zdf.de/
2200https://www.zdf.de/cross-domain

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPZDF Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen

Usage typeCommercial

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on zdf.de and not a lookalike like z-df.de.com or an IDN homoglyph.
Use a password manager
Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.
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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

Not listedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

zdfheute.de

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 found no threat indicators on zdf.de. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
zdf.de passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 97/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
Yes. zdf.de presents a valid TLSv1.2 certificate issued by DigiCert Inc · GeoTrust TLS RSA CA G1, expiring in 176 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report zdf.de as clean.
No. zdf.de is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
zdf.de resolves to an IP operated by ZDF Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen in DE (usage type: Commercial). 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.
Yes. zdf.de sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.
This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 27, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around zdf.de have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·zdf.de

SAFE

This is the official website for ZDF, Germany's national public-service broadcaster. It is a legitimate, high-traffic media portal for streaming television content and news. You can safely use this site to watch videos and access information.

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