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Report for Monkrus.ws

Report Date
October 8, 2025
Recommendation
Avoid
Overall Summary
Scam
  Why we think so? 

Short verdict: ❌ Likely scam / high-risk. monkrus.ws is a high-traffic Russian-language warez blog (about 550k monthly visits) that hosts links to pirated software and related downloads. Multiple security scanners and community reports flag the site or specific subdomains (e.g., w16.monkrus.ws) as distributing malware; Gridinsoft gives w16 a 2/100 trust score and several forum posts report antivirus blocks. The site exposes no public business contact emails and uses Reg.ru nameservers with Cloudflare in front. Overall: avoid downloads from this domain, do not provide personal or payment information, and treat any offered software as potentially malicious.

Confidence Score
20%

Risk Insights

🛡️

Warez site => high malware risk

  • Site openly serves pirated software and cracked installers.
  • Security vendors flag specific subdomains as malware distributors (e.g., w16.monkrus.ws).
  • Avoid downloads and entering credentials on this domain.

Contradictory Signals

Safe Browsing returned clean for the main domain while other scanners flagged subdomains; different engines may index or classify subdomains differently.

Signal A: Google Safe Browsing: no active matches

Signal B: Multiple vendor scans and community reports flag malware

Category Scores

Red Flags & Warnings

  • Security scans and community reports identify the site or subdomains as distributing malware (e.g., trojans hidden in cracked installers).
  • Primary site topic is warez/pirated software — category with inherently high malware and legal risk.
  • No verified business contact details or clear ownership information published on site.
  • Conflicting ratings from automated reputation engines (some show ambiguous/low trust scores), indicating unreliable trust signals.

🔎 Detailed Checks & Analysis

Domain content & intent (site category)

Score: 10/100
Failed

"The site description and page content explicitly advertise an "обновляемый список продуктов (сборок) от m0nkrus’a" — a list of pirated builds; this content type is high risk for malware."

Reason: Site is a warez/pirated-software blog that links to cracked installers and builds.

Reputation / malware reports

Score: 50/100
Failed

"Gridinsoft and several security review pages give very low trust scores (e.g., w16.monkrus.ws = 2/100) and forum posts report antivirus detections for downloads linked from the domain."

Reason: Multiple independent security scanners and community reports mark domain/subdomains as distributing malware.

Traffic & popularity

Score: 70/100
Passed

"SimilarWeb and SimilarTech report monthly visits in the mid-hundreds of thousands and top keywords (monkrus, m0nkrus) driving search traffic; high audience size increases downstream risk if malware is hosted."

Reason: High monthly visits (~553k) and visible search keywords indicate substantial traffic and reach.

Contact transparency

Score: 20/100
Failed

"Automated scraping returned an empty email/phone list; lack of verifiable contact information lowers trust and makes redress difficult."

Reason: No business emails or phone numbers were found on the site; only a Facebook profile was detected.

Technical infrastructure (DNS, CDN, SSL)

Score: 60/100
Passed

"Cloudflare provides edge protections and HTTPS encryption, but these do not imply site legitimacy; infrastructure is common for many sites including risky ones."

Reason: Uses Cloudflare CDN and has IPv4/IPv6 DNS records via Reg.ru nameservers; HTTPS present.

Blacklist checks (Safe Browsing, crypto scam lists)

Score: 35/100
Passed

"No matches were found in Google Safe Browsing or the crypto scam list, but third-party security engines still flagged specific subdomains — negative results here do not override other vendor warnings."

Reason: Google Safe Browsing and crypto-scam checks returned no active matches for the main domain at time of check.

Legal / trademark conflicts

Score: 40/100
Passed

"Absence of USPTO hits does not prove legitimacy; it only indicates no registered US trademark was found for the query."

Reason: No USPTO trademarks found for the domain, suggesting no registered brand ownership in the U.S.

Public reports of monetary loss or fraud complaints

Score: 25/100
Failed

"Search results show warnings and risk assessments rather than documented legal claims or chargeback/complaint records; absence of documented theft doesn't mean low risk given malware distribution."

Reason: No verifiable, detailed reports of direct monetary loss were found, but multiple reports warn of malware and scam patterns (e.g., fake prize scams).

Your Next Steps

  • 1

    Do not download or run files from monkrus.ws or its subdomains; treat offered installers as potentially malicious.

  • 2

    If you already downloaded something from the site, isolate the device, run updated antivirus scans (multiple engines), and consider reimaging if malware is confirmed.

  • 3

    Report suspicious pages/downloads to your antivirus vendor and to Google Safe Browsing if you encounter malicious content.

  • 4

    Avoid entering any personal or payment information; if you did, monitor accounts and change passwords, and enable 2FA where available.

  • 5

    If you need legitimate software, obtain it from the official vendor (Adobe, Microsoft, etc.) or authorized resellers.

Evidence & Citations

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