What Is IVI.ru?
IVI (ivi.ru) is a movies and TV show streaming site. lets you stream movies and TV shows directly from the site without having to download any files. It’s one of the more reliable streaming sites I’ve seen with quick-loading shows ready to go. As of December 2022, the site ivi.ru gets an estimated 3.0 million monthly views, according to SimilarWeb. The Wayback Machine estimates ivi.ru was founded on May 21, 2001.
Website: https://www.ivi.ru/
Is IVI.ru Safe?
I conducted a series of malware tests to find out if ivi.ru is safe and legit. Here are the results:
I installed the Malwarebytes Browser Guard on my Edge Browser and was able to browse the site ivi.ru without any issues.
To check this further I ran malware scans with Malwarebytes and Spybot on my computer after browsing the site ivi.ru and they returned no malware detection. I also ran a system-wide scan with Microsoft Defender and no malware was found.
To confirm that the site is clean, I also checked the site ivi.ru on the online malware scanner Sucuri and it returned with malware. You can see the same here: Sucuri scan for the site ivi.ru.
Sucuri says malware was detected during the scan and subsequently labels the site ivi.ru as a critical security risk. Sucuri says malware was found from seven different URLs.
Sucuri has listed the malware in the following locations:
1. Malware Found
Location: https://www.ivi.ru/
www.ivi.ru
Redirects to https://www.ivi.tv/
2. Malware Found
Location: https://www.ivi.ru/
www.ivi.ru
Redirects to https://www.ivi.tv/
3. Malware Found
<script src=”https://gambit-parent.dfs.ivi.ru/static/23.02.03/scripts/vendor.gambit.js?ver=48ecaf3dfd4ec85fc01cf0a5c6b10058″ fetchpriority=”high” defer></script>
gambit-parent.dfs.ivi.ru
4. Malware Found
<script src=”https://gambit-parent.dfs.ivi.ru/static/23.02.03/scripts/vendor.gambit.js?ver=48ecaf3dfd4ec85fc01cf0a5c6b10058″ fetchpriority=”high” defer></script>
gambit-parent.dfs.ivi.ru
5. Malware Found
<script src=”https://gambit-parent.dfs.ivi.ru/static/23.02.03/scripts/vendor.gambit.js?ver=48ecaf3dfd4ec85fc01cf0a5c6b10058″ fetchpriority=”high” defer></script>
gambit-parent.dfs.ivi.ru
6. Malware Found
<script src=”https://gambit-parent.dfs.ivi.ru/static/23.02.03/scripts/vendor.gambit.js?ver=48ecaf3dfd4ec85fc01cf0a5c6b10058″ fetchpriority=”high” defer></script>
gambit-parent.dfs.ivi.ru
7. Malware Found
<script src=”https://gambit-parent.dfs.ivi.ru/static/23.02.03/scripts/vendor.gambit.js?ver=48ecaf3dfd4ec85fc01cf0a5c6b10058″ fetchpriority=”high” defer></script>
gambit-parent.dfs.ivi.ru
Lastly, we ran a malware scan with VirusTotal on the domain ivi.ru and no security vendor has flagged the domain as malicious yet. You can see the same here: VirusTotal scan for the domain ivi.ru.
In conclusion, Sucuri detected several URLs on the site ivi.ru with Malware. Even though no security vendor associated with Sucuri or VirusTotal has listed the site as malicious, we don’t recommend using this domain until it passed a scan with Sucuri.