s5.archive.party
Category: Entertainment
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Description of s5.archive.party
The domain s5.archive.party appears to host a web page that mirrors or proxies a YouTube video page. Based on the page title, metadata, and screenshot, the visible content is a video watch page for "HUH YUNJIN - '해파리'" with a layout closely resembling YouTube, including sign-in elements, related videos, and references to multiple Google and YouTube resources.
The domain name suggests an archival or alternative access service rather than an official Google or YouTube property. The page pulls in numerous external resources associated with YouTube and Google, which may indicate that it is reproducing or embedding content from those platforms. No clear operator identity is provided in the scan data, so ownership and operational purpose cannot be confirmed from the available information alone.
Safety Assessment for s5.archive.party
Scan results were mixed but limited. One out of 92 security engines flagged the domain as suspicious, while the malware scan reported no flagged files and major threat databases were clean at the time of this scan. The referenced-domain analysis noted a generic suspicious heuristic on a YouTube-related domain string, but this appears to be a low-confidence pattern match rather than confirmed malware activity.
At the same time, the site presents a page that closely resembles YouTube while operating on a different domain. That does not by itself prove harmful intent, but it may increase caution because users could mistake it for an official platform page. The domain is over two years old, uses valid HTTPS, and no phishing or malware listings were detected in the checked blacklist sources at the time of review.
Based on available scan data, no significant threats were detected at the time of this scan, but the non-official domain branding and single-engine suspicious flag suggest visitors may still want to exercise normal caution.
Technical Description
The site uses a valid Let's Encrypt SSL certificate with expiry listed as 2026-12-03, which indicates HTTPS was configured at the time of the scan. DNSSEC is enabled, which may help protect DNS integrity. The domain uses nameservers associated with Openprovider infrastructure, and the resolved server IP was 45.86.153.203, hosted by Calibour Limited in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
The reported web server was identified as ESF, while the application appears to load numerous third-party resources from Google and YouTube domains. No direct malware payloads were flagged in the scanned files, and blacklist checks were clean at the time of this scan. The main technical concern is not the TLS setup but the site's presentation as a YouTube-like page on an unrelated domain, which may warrant additional scrutiny.
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