Is 20.69.140.28 safe?

http://20.69.140.28/

Low RiskStatus

Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

No clear malicious mechanism is established for this IP address

The available evidence links the address with arc.msn.com and shows only one isolated adverse detection among 90 antivirus engines, with no broader consensus. This supports a Low Risk rating rather than a clean bill of health because the evidence is limited and one source still labels the IP adversely.

Avoid treating the raw IP as a verified destination unless you know why you need it. If encountered unexpectedly, use the intended hostname or official service route and reassess if the address begins serving downloads, login forms, or redirects.
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No saved capture is availableThe verdict remains based on the completed checks below.
1 antivirus engine flagged this URLCriminal IP
Calibrated safety spectrum

Where this site sits

  1. Dangerous1–20
  2. High Risk21–44
  3. Moderate Risk45–69
  4. Low Risk70–84
  5. Safe85–100

The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.

01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

The available evidence links the address with arc.msn.com and shows only one isolated adverse detection among 90 antivirus engines, with no broader consensus. This supports a Low Risk rating rather than a clean bill of health because the evidence is limited and one source still labels the IP adversely.

The adverse signal is isolated

One antivirus family reported the address as “Criminal IP,” but the broader scan recorded just one detection across 90 engines and explicitly noted that there was no vendor consensus.

Context is limited to an MSN-associated hostname

The research evidence associates 20.69.140.28 with arc.msn.com, but it does not document a consumer-facing page, download, checkout, credential form, redirect flow, or other harmful visitor interaction.

Because the supplied evidence does not establish who controls any specific service at this address or what content it currently serves, the isolated detection should be treated cautiously rather than dismissed or escalated into a scam classification.

Technical suspicion exists, but operator and customer harm are unproven

The evidence provides a weak technical warning but no documented commercial mechanism, customer transaction, or visitor-impact sequence. Accordingly, no phishing, malware, shop, subscription, investment, or other scam category can be substantiated.

Why the score is 72

The single reporting antivirus family labeled the address “Criminal IP.”. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Collected signals and independent provider data for this URL.

Antivirus Engines

1/ 90

detections

Fresh result

1 engine flagged this URL

Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.

Malicious
1
Suspicious
0
Total
90
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
Criminal IPMaliciousmalicious
All 90 engine results
  • Criminal IP - malicious - Malicious
  • 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
  • Abusix - clean - Clean
  • Acronis - clean - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • alphaMountain.ai - unrated - Clean
  • AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
  • Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
  • ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • AutoShun - unrated - Clean
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
  • BitDefender - clean - Clean
  • Bkav - unrated - Clean
  • BlockList - clean - Clean
  • Blueliv - clean - Clean
  • Certego - clean - Clean
  • ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
  • Chong Lua Dao - clean - Clean
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • CRDF - clean - Clean
  • CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
  • CTX AI - clean - Clean
  • Cyan - unrated - Clean
  • Cyble - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - clean - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
  • DNS8 - unrated - Clean
  • Dr.Web - clean - Clean
  • EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
  • Emsisoft - clean - Clean
  • Ermes - unrated - Clean
  • ESET - clean - Clean
  • ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - clean - Clean
  • Fortinet - clean - Clean
  • Fortra - unrated - Clean
  • G-Data - clean - Clean
  • GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
  • GreenSnow - clean - Clean
  • GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
  • Gridinsoft - unrated - Clean
  • Guardpot - unrated - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - unrated - Clean
  • Kaspersky - unrated - Clean
  • LevelBlue - clean - Clean
  • Lionic - clean - Clean
  • Lumu - unrated - Clean
  • Malwared - clean - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
  • MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
  • Mimecast - unrated - Clean
  • Netcraft - unrated - Clean
  • OpenPhish - clean - Clean
  • PhishFort - unrated - Clean
  • Phishtank - clean - Clean
  • PREBYTES - clean - Clean
  • PrecisionSec - unrated - Clean
  • Quick Heal - clean - Clean
  • Quttera - clean - Clean
  • Rising - clean - Clean
  • SafeToOpen - unrated - Clean
  • Sangfor - clean - Clean
  • Sansec eComscan - unrated - Clean
  • Scantitan - clean - Clean
  • SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
  • Seclookup - clean - Clean
  • Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
  • SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
  • Sophos - clean - Clean
  • StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
  • ThreatHive - clean - Clean
  • URLhaus - clean - Clean
  • URLQuery - unrated - Clean
  • Viettel Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
  • VIPRE - unrated - Clean
  • ViriBack - clean - Clean
  • VX Vault - clean - Clean
  • Webroot - clean - Clean
  • Xcitium Verdict Cloud - clean - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
  • ZeroFox - unrated - Clean

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.
  1. What the site claims

    No page claim could be verified for 20.69.140.28 because no usable page content or saved capture was available.

  2. What we observed

    The page itself could not be fully inspected, so the report relies on the other saved checks.

  3. What independent research found

    1 external finding were saved and compared with the page evidence.

  4. What remains unverified

    1 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.

Web research findings

Independent findings for 20.69.140.28, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.

Business registration
No public record found
Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.
Clone check
No clone detected
The completed research found no supported clone indicator.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The completed research found no supported look-alike match.
Web mentions
No scam reports found
The completed search returned no sourced scam reports or complaints.

No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for 20.69.140.28. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.

Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
ListedCheck ↗

04 · Domain & Infrastructure

Domain & infrastructure

Timeline · identity · encryption · redirects · hosting

The 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.

Infrastructure map

How the saved page connected to the wider web.

  1. Domain20.69.140.28
  2. Redirects to20.69.140.28

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate
StatusInvalid
Protocolnone
IssuerNone
ExpiresNot applicable
Self-signedNo

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
  1. Antiviruscomplete
  2. Browser threat feedcomplete
  3. Page contentpartial
  4. Analysiscomplete
  5. Visual evidenceunavailable
Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

Technical threat

suspicious

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

Additional evidence review · Additional evidence review

Operator / customer risk

unknown

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Source coverage and freshness

Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.

Antivirus
Result1 of 90 engines flagged
CompletionCompleted
FindingAdverse
Freshnessfresh · Sep 17, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Page content
ResultPage content was not available for semantic review
CompletionLimited
FindingNo saved finding
FreshnessNot available
Visual evidence
ResultThe saved page capture was not reliable enough to use
CompletionUnavailable
FindingNo saved finding
FreshnessNot available
Independent research
Result1 independent finding were saved
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Verify before you trust

We couldn't gather enough signal for a confident verdict — tread carefully.

  1. Find the company through independent channels

    Search for the business on LinkedIn, an official registry (Companies House, OpenCorporates, SEC EDGAR), or via the brand's known social channels. If you can't trace a real entity, that itself is a red flag.

  2. Never pay by crypto, gift card, or bank transfer

    If the site forces an irreversible payment method, stop. Cards and PayPal give you chargeback protection — irreversible methods don't.

  3. Ask the forum

    Post the URL in the MalwareTips Scam Reports forum — experienced members often recognise patterns immediately.

    Open

07 · Safety FAQ

Safety FAQ

Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.

Is 20.69.140.28 a scam or is it safe?
20.69.140.28 has a Safety Score of 72/100 (Low Risk). The saved checks found no material threat, but the report did not meet every requirement for the highest Safe tier. Use normal caution and independently verify the operator before irreversible payments or unusually sensitive actions.
Is 20.69.140.28 safe to use?
20.69.140.28 has a Safety Score of 72/100 (Low Risk). Analysis coverage is strong at 97%. Normal caution; verify sensitive actions.
Has 20.69.140.28 been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 1 of 90 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged 20.69.140.28, 1 of them as outright malicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
Is 20.69.140.28 on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — 20.69.140.28 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.
Does 20.69.140.28 have a valid SSL certificate?
No — 20.69.140.28 has an invalid or broken SSL certificate, so browsers will show a security warning. Combined with the other signals, we recommend avoiding it.
How often is the 20.69.140.28 report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on September 17, 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 20.69.140.28 has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.

08 · Final Verdict

Final verdict

The saved conclusion, decisive evidence, and practical action in one final view.
Verdict score
72/100
Low Risk

No clear malicious mechanism is established for this IP address

Saved capture20.69.140.28Capture-safe
No saved screenshot was available for this report.
Conclusion

The available evidence links the address with arc.msn.com and shows only one isolated adverse detection among 90 antivirus engines, with no broader consensus. This supports a Low Risk rating rather than a clean bill of health because the evidence is limited and one source still labels the IP adversely.

Recommended actionAvoid treating the raw IP as a verified destination unless you know why you need it. If encountered unexpectedly, use the intended hostname or official service route and reassess if the address begins serving downloads, login forms, or redirects.
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09 · Community

Community

First-hand experiences add human context after the scanner has reached its conclusion.