Is coinhive.com safe?

The scan of coinhive.com on 14 Aug 2026 reached no verdict either way (score 2). Too little was captured to judge it, which is an unknown rather than a pass.

What malware is associated with coinhive.com?

1 analysed samples communicate with this URL, including Coinminer.

How was coinhive.com checked?

A static pass resolved DNS, captured TLS and headers and followed the redirect chain, and where the fast tier allows, a headless browser rendered the page and recorded every request. Egress is SSRF-locked. Signatures that matched only page text are weighted far below one that matched a served file, because a page documenting malware matches the same rules.

coinhive.com - URL scan, 14 Aug 2026

MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble scanned coinhive.com and returned a unknown verdict (score 2). The page resolved to 104.18.29.80 on Cloudflare, Inc. in US. 1 domain and 1 IP were contacted. 1 malware sample communicates with this URL (Coinminer). This is a point-in-time observation from 14 Aug 2026; the page may have changed since.

Scan result

Verdict: unknown (score 2) · Confidence 8%
Scanned URL: https://coinhive.com/lib/coinhive.min.js
Domain: coinhive.com · IP: 104.18.29.80 · AS13335 · US
Server: cloudflare
HTTP status: 200 · application/x-javascript
TLS issuer: C=US, O=Google Trust Services, CN=WE1 · valid to Nov 9 23: · subject CN=coinhive.com
Scan tier: fast · observed 2026-08-14 04:17:03 UTC

Malware communicating with this URL (1)

These samples were observed contacting or being served from coinhive.com. Each links to its full analysis.

Coinminer - referenced · 80e56e418b757e267af35a0b02f7bb06 · first seen 2026-08-14

Antivirus & YARA (0 of 44 engines)

No engine flagged this page's content.

Why this verdict

File download routed to the malware sandbox (coinhive.min.js)
Valid TLS, no impersonation or off-origin credential post

Detected technologies

Cloudflare
ASP.NET

Contacted infrastructure

104.18.29.80 - AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. (United States)

Files served by this page

coinhive.min.js · 39f7a131d7976b1cbbf08c89727ba5c1

Observed indicators

coinhive.com
104.18.29.80
https://coinhive.com/lib/coinhive.min.js

Other scans of coinhive.com (6)

This host has been scanned before. Each scan is a separate observation, so a verdict here does not carry over to the others.

22 Aug 2026 - suspicious
21 Aug 2026 - suspicious
21 Aug 2026 - suspicious
20 Aug 2026 - unknown · http://xj650.blogspot.com/2009/01/cafe-racer-newfoundland-style.html
20 Aug 2026 - suspicious
14 Aug 2026 - suspicious · https://www.troyhunt.com/i-now-own-the-coinhive-domain-heres-how-im-fighting-cryptojacking-and-doing

Questions about coinhive.com

Is coinhive.com safe?: The scan of coinhive.com on 14 Aug 2026 reached no verdict either way (score 2). Too little was captured to judge it, which is an unknown rather than a pass.
What malware is associated with coinhive.com?: 1 analysed samples communicate with this URL, including Coinminer.
How was coinhive.com checked?: A static pass resolved DNS, captured TLS and headers and followed the redirect chain, and where the fast tier allows, a headless browser rendered the page and recorded every request. Egress is SSRF-locked. Signatures that matched only page text are weighted far below one that matched a served file, because a page documenting malware matches the same rules.

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