Kickass Torrents (katcr.to) is a directory for torrent files and magnet links. As with many torrenting sites, Kickass Torrents has oeprated out of many domain names which are usually mirrors of the site and uploaded onto different domains to prevent others from taking down their site.

As of April 2023, the site katcr.to has 2.4 million monthly views according to Similar Web. The Wayback Machine estimates that katcr.to was founded on January 12, 2016. The Internet Archive has saved the domain katcr.to 635 times between January 12, 2016 and May 6, 2023.

Is katcr.to Safe?

I analyzed katcr.to for malware and malicious content to check if it was legit or a scam. Here are the results:

I checked katcr.to on Sucuri, and it returned with a critical security risk warning. Results: Sucuri scan for the site katcr.to.

Katcr.to Sucuri results

Sucuri says katcr.to is a critical security risk because it has been blacklisted by McAfee. Sucuri also says the site katcr.to is running outdated software (PHP under 7.4.6). Outdated software usually gets graded as a medium security risk by Sucuri.

I then ran a parasite scan with Unmask Parasites on katcr.to, and it is clean. Results: Unmask Parasites scan for the site katcr.to.

I also checked katcr.to on VirusTotal and it says that Seclookup has flagged the domain as malicious. Results: VirusTotal scan for the site katcr.to.

Katcr.to VirusTotal results

Further, katcr.to is blocked by Seclookup on URLVoid. Results: URLVoid scan for katcr.to.

In conclusion, Sucuri shows the site katcr.to is blacklisted by McAfee. Unmask Parasites says the site katcr.to is clean of parasites. And the security vendor Seclookup has flagged the domain katcr.to as malicious on VirusTotal. Overall, 2 security vendors out of 86 have blacklisted or flagged the domain katcr.to as malicious. OVERALL GRADE: Suspicious.

Links and Profiles

Website: Katcr.to

References

1. SimilarWeb – katcr.to

2. Wayback Machine – katcr.to