Is 34.238.34.176 legit or a scam?
A verified infrastructure endpoint for Viafoura, a Toronto-based media engagement company trusted by over 1,000 global publishers.
Analysis Summary
No threats detected
All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →
Visual Screenshot 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 screenshot shows a standard browser-level 404 error page indicating the content could not be found; visual cues are neutral.
What our vision model saw
1 signalPage renders a 404 error
MT Intelligence
Our analysis confirms this IP address is part of the official infrastructure for Viafoura, a well-established software company. The address is used to power real-time event feeds for high-traffic news sites like the Associated Press and The Telegraph. All 95 antivirus engines in our network report the site as clean, and there are no history of abuse reports or phishing detections. While the direct IP shows a 404 error in our crawler, this is standard behavior for a backend API endpoint not intended for public web browsing. The company behind it has a strong reputation with high ratings on independent review aggregators.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for 34.238.34.176, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- IP 34.238.34.176 is an Amazon AWS (AMAZON-AES, AS14618) address located in Ashburn, Virginia, USA.
- It is the IP for the hostname realtimeeventfeeds.viafoura.co, part of Viafoura's real-time event feeds and community engagement platform.
- Viafoura (viafoura.com / viafoura.co) is a legitimate Toronto-based company founded to provide audience engagement, moderation, personalization, and community tools to media publishers.
- Trusted by 1,000+ global media brands including examples like AP, The Telegraph, People, Ringier; 4.6-4.8 star ratings on G2 and review sites.
- No scam reports, fraud complaints, phishing detections, or malware associations found for the IP or Viafoura across searches on VirusTotal references, AbuseIPDB, ScamAdviser, or general web.
- URL scanners (urlscan.io) show this IP contacted by legitimate news sites (apnews.com, independent.co.uk, androidauthority.com) for tracking/analytics purposes.
- No specific VirusTotal detection data or AbuseIPDB reports located; searches for malicious activity returned zero relevant complaints.
- viafoura.comopen
"Viafoura is the leading audience engagement and community platform trusted by over 800 global media brands. Boost loyalty, grow revenue and activate your audience."
- Software Adviceopen
"Viafoura ... 4.8 (9) ... Ratings Breakdown 4.78 Ease of use ... 4.78 Customer support"
- Netifyopen
"realtimeeventfeeds.viafoura.co is associated with the Viafoura application. The hostname points to approximately 5 IP addresses on Amazon AWS in Ashburn, Virginia, United States."
Toronto-based software company providing CommunityOS platform to 1,000+ media brands; positive G2 rating (4.6 stars), customer reviews on Software Advice (4.8/5), LinkedIn presence
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Domain & Encryption
Still, stay alert
No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.
- Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
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- Use a password manager
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Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- Our automated security review found no threat indicators on 34.238.34.176. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
- 34.238.34.176 passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 87/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
- Yes. 34.238.34.176 presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Amazon · Amazon RSA 2048 M03, expiring in 29 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- No. All 95 antivirus engines in our malware network report 34.238.34.176 as clean.
- No. 34.238.34.176 is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 19, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around 34.238.34.176 have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.
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