Fake pop-up / scareware warning signs
A non-functional backend domain used by intrusive advertising networks to bypass browser filters and serve unwanted ads. This looks like a fake-prize / fake-alert pop-up page used to push adware, push-notification spam, or unwanted software. Don't click "Allow" on notification prompts, don't install anything it offers, and close the tab rather than following any "claim" or "fix" button.
Is drawbut.com legit or a scam?
Be careful — we couldn't verify this site.
A non-functional backend domain used by intrusive advertising networks to bypass browser filters and serve unwanted ads.
Score breakdown
These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.
If this is a scam — what it means for you
You were probably about to click 'Allow', 'Download', or a 'fix'/'claim' button.
If it is, nothing is actually wrong with your device and you didn't win anything — those buttons install adware, spam notifications, or lead to a fake-support scam.
If this is a scam, how it works
The typical trap, step by step
This site is unverified — it may be legitimate. If it is a scam, this is the playbook pages like it follow:
A pop-up screams “Congratulations, you won!” or “Your device is infected!”.
A fake countdown or alarm manufactures panic and urgency.
Clicking “Allow”, “Download”, “Scan now”, or “Call support” is the trap.
You get adware, spam notifications, and junk extensions — or a fake phone-support scam.
If a site follows these steps, treat it as unsafe — close it and don't enter anything.
Analysis Summary
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. Marker positions are approximate. See full visual analysis →
Visual analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
The page is a generic informational landing page for a backend domain, lacking any functional content or typical website features.
What our vision model saw
5 signalsPage appears parked or non-functional
Generic placeholder text describing the domain as a service provider
Use of a generic green shield icon as a trust indicator
Text specifically targeting cybersecurity professionals to discourage blocking
Lack of functional navigation, user interface, or interactive elements
Intelligence
The domain shows clear signs of being part of a 'shadow' infrastructure rather than a legitimate website. While our antivirus partners do not currently flag it as malware, the page itself is a hollow placeholder with no functional navigation or business information. Our research indicates this domain is actively used by ad-serving networks to bypass content filters, leading to its inclusion on several major DNS blocklists. The presence of text specifically designed to discourage cybersecurity professionals from blocking the site is a significant red flag. Furthermore, the lack of any public business registration or ownership details suggests the operator is intentionally staying anonymous.
Web Research Findings
The accepted cited findings are shown below. This partial result is not used to claim that no complaints or reports exist.
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for drawbut.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain drawbut.com referenced in GitHub issue #3173 (StevenBlack/hosts) as a new ad serving network with subdomains like #.drawbut.com, noted for ads slipping past filters (Jun 21, 2026).
- Domain drawbut.com listed in hagezi/dns-blocklists discussion #10463 as an active domain missing from ad-shield.txt blocklist; added to list (around Jun 2026).
- Domain appears in ad-shield.txt blocklist file on GitHub (hagezi/dns-blocklists), associated with ad-block recovery or intrusive advertising tools.
- Domain age reported as 168 days; no WHOIS details, owner info, or registration records publicly surfaced in searches.
- No scam reports, complaints, Trustpilot/ScamAdviser/ScamDoc entries, Reddit discussions, or malware associations found for drawbut.com.
- No positive reviews, business registrations, or company information located.
- No evidence of typosquatting or relation to drawing/art education brands.
Domain Timeline
- Jan 17, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 6 months old today.
- Jul 4, 2026Latest security review — Flagged as suspicious
This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.
drawbut.com was registered very recently and is already flagged. Freshly-registered domains are disproportionately used for scams, and a young domain with active threat signals warrants extra caution.
Threat Detection
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 scam-type patterns detected
1 of 21 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 21 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Tagged as scareware / adware / malvertising.
- Scareware / adware / notification-spam language in the tags.
1 of 21 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 21 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Tagged as scareware / adware / malvertising.
- Scareware / adware / notification-spam language in the tags.
Technical Details
domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referencedThe plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
What to do
Fake pop-up / scareware page
This page uses fake "you won a prize" or "your device is infected" pop-ups to push adware, browser-notification spam, unwanted extensions, or a fake support number — none of it is real.
- Treat drawbut.com as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- Close the tab — don't click "Allow", "Download", or "Call"
You didn't win, and your device isn't infected. Every "Allow notifications", "Download", "Scan now", or "Call support" button leads to adware, junk extensions, or a scam. Just close the tab — or the whole browser.
- If you clicked "Allow", turn the notifications back off
Open your browser's Site Settings → Notifications, find the site, and set it to Block (or remove it). That stops the spam pop-ups it now pushes to your desktop.
- OpenRemove anything it installed, then run an adware scan
Uninstall any browser extension, "player", "codec", or app you added because of this page, and run a reputable free adware / malware cleaner (e.g. Malwarebytes) to clear leftover PUPs. And never call a number shown in a pop-up — real vendors don't do that.
Final Verdict
This domain is a non-functional landing page used as a backend for intrusive advertising networks. It lacks any legitimate business content and is actively flagged by community blocklists for bypassing ad filters. You should avoid interacting with any links or subdomains associated with it.
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- drawbut.com is a scareware / fake-pop-up page — the kind that flashes "Congratulations, you won!" or "Your device is infected!" alerts to push adware, browser-notification spam, unwanted extensions, or a fake support number. None of it is real — you didn't win, your device isn't infected, and its "Allow", "Download", and "Call" buttons all lead to junkware or a scam. Close the tab: don't click anything, don't allow notifications, and never call a number it shows.
- Proceed with caution — drawbut.com scores 55/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend verifying it through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- Almost certainly not from just loading it. drawbut.com shows fake "you won a prize" or "your device is infected" pop-ups to scare or tempt you into clicking — the pop-up itself is the trick, not a real infection or a real prize. The danger is what happens if you act on it: clicking "Allow" turns on spam desktop notifications, and "Download", "Update", or "Scan now" buttons install adware, unwanted extensions, or PUPs. If you only saw the pop-ups and closed the tab, you're fine. If you clicked "Allow", block the site under your browser's Notifications settings; if you installed or downloaded anything, remove it and run a reputable free adware/malware cleaner (e.g. Malwarebytes). And never call a "support" number shown in a pop-up — that's a scam.
- No. The "Congratulations, you won!" and "Your device is infected!" pop-ups on drawbut.com are fake — an automated ad-network page shows the same message to everyone who lands on it. You didn't win anything, and nothing actually scanned your device. The whole point is to get you to click: "Claim", "Allow", "Download", and "Call" all lead to adware, spam notifications, junk browser extensions, or a fake-support phone scam. Close the tab and don't click anything on the page.
- If you're getting pop-ups even after closing the page, you probably clicked "Allow" on a notification prompt — the spam now comes from your browser, not the site. Open your browser settings → Site Settings → Notifications, find drawbut.com (and anything else you don't recognise), and set it to Block or remove it. Then uninstall any extension, "player", or app you added because of the page, and run a reputable free adware/malware cleaner (e.g. Malwarebytes) to clear leftover PUPs.
- No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report drawbut.com as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
- No — drawbut.com is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
- drawbut.com is 5 months old, registered on January 17, 2026 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. Scam sites are very often freshly registered and short-lived, so an age under six months is a reason for extra caution.
- Yes — drawbut.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · E8, valid for another 46 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
- drawbut.com resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
- Yes — drawbut.com ranks in the global top 100,000 most-visited sites, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. Genuine popularity doesn't automatically make a site safe, but throwaway scam domains almost never reach this level of traffic, so it's a meaningful point in the site's favour.
- This report is a record of the scan run on July 5, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about drawbut.com has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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