Is aibafs.net safe?
http://aibafs.net/
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How we checked
Coverage: partial · 2 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (68 of 97 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading · limited: did not fully complete
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
aibafs.net is a long-running phpBB political discussion forum with no detected threats, but its own pages were not fully reviewed
aibafs.net presents itself as "America is Becoming a Fascist State," a phpBB-style message board for political discussion that also carries a "Tip Jar" section inviting small anonymous contributions. The domain is roughly thirteen years old and the saved technical checks are clean: a valid encrypted connection and no browser threat feed warning. Nothing in the evidence shows malware, phishing, a fake shop, a subscription trap, or any commercial deception. The score sits in the Low Risk band rather than Safe because the site's own contact, About and policy text was not read in full, so the operator behind the forum and the handling of any tip payments remain unverified.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 78/100
Low Risk covers scores 70–84. 1 finding pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- MinorThe site's own contact details were not reviewed because the page text was not read in full, leaving the operator unverified.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 4,872 days old, consistent with a long-running community site.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the site.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
aibafs.net presents itself as "America is Becoming a Fascist State," a phpBB-style message board for political discussion that also carries a "Tip Jar" section inviting small anonymous contributions. The domain is roughly thirteen years old and the saved technical checks are clean: a valid encrypted connection and no browser threat feed warning. Nothing in the evidence shows malware, phishing, a fake shop, a subscription trap, or any commercial deception. The score sits in the Low Risk band rather than Safe because the site's own contact, About and policy text was not read in full, so the operator behind the forum and the handling of any tip payments remain unverified.
A long-standing political forum with a voluntary tip jar
The visible page identifies the site as "America is Becoming a Fascist State" at aibafs.net, and a second captured element shows a "Tip Jar - Leave a small anonymous tip if you can!" section. That is the profile of a community discussion board that accepts optional reader contributions rather than a store, a service, or a financial product.
The registrable domain is 4,872 days old, which is consistent with a forum that has been online for many years rather than a freshly registered front. Longevity is context, not a guarantee, but it weighs against the throwaway-domain pattern seen in most short-lived scam operations.
Clean technical checks, but the operator's own pages were not reviewed
The saved checks found a valid encrypted connection and no browser threat feed threat warning, and the hosting IP carries an abuse confidence score of 0/100 across zero saved reports. These results mean no threats were detected; they do not by themselves establish that the people running the site are trustworthy.
The site's own contact details were not reviewed because the page text was not read in full. That leaves the identity of the operator, and how any tip payment would be collected or handled, unverified. This is the main reason the score stays below the Safe band despite the clean technical picture.
Why the score is 78
The saved checks found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 97
No detectionsSaved analysis from January 12, 2026 - stale
No detections across 68 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 29 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 97
All 97 engine results
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Unrated
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- Artists Against 419 - Clean
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Axur - Unrated
- benkow.cc - Clean
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- Cluster25 - Unrated
- CMC Threat Intelligence - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Clean
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Clean
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Feodo Tracker - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- Kaspersky - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- malwares.com URL checker - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- securolytics - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Clean
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- Spam404 - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- ThreatHive - Clean
- Threatsourcing - Clean
- Trustwave - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekermessage boards and forums
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
America is Becoming a Fascist State Tip Jar - Leave a small anonymous tip if you can!
What the captured page showed
2 observations- 01
America is Becoming a Fascist State
- 02
Tip Jar - Leave a small anonymous tip if you can!
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
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Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
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What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 68 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
2 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Content
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The registrable domain is 4,872 days old, consistent with a long-running community site.
- 02The hosting IP has an abuse confidence score of 0/100 across zero saved reports.
- 03The site's own contact details were not reviewed because the page text was not read in full, leaving the operator unverified.
Web research findings
Independent findings for aibafs.net, 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.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for aibafs.net. 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.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
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.
- Domainaibafs.net
- Redirects toaibafs.net
- Hosted byNewfold Digital, Inc.
Domain Timeline
- Jun 16, 2013Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 13 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 18, 2026Saved security review — Rated Low Risk
This saved scan found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier.
aibafs.net has operated for years and this review found no material threat — a long track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Certificate issued for clj.yaf.temporary.site.
A shared content-delivery network address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://aibafs.net/
- 2200https://aibafs.net/
Server Reputation
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentpartial
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
The site's own contact details were not reviewed because the page text was not read in full, leaving the operator unverified.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 97 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Jan 12, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 18, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Oct 18, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 2 visible observations saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 18, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 18, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 97 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Jan 12, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 18, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 18, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result2 visible observations saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 18, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 18, 2026
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.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
aibafs.net is a long-running phpBB political discussion forum with no detected threats, but its own pages were not fully reviewed
aibafs.net presents itself as "America is Becoming a Fascist State," a phpBB-style message board for political discussion that also carries a "Tip Jar" section inviting small anonymous contributions. The domain is roughly thirteen years old and the saved technical checks are clean: a valid encrypted connection and no browser threat feed warning. Nothing in the evidence shows malware, phishing, a fake shop, a subscription trap, or any commercial deception. The score sits in the Low Risk band rather than Safe because the site's own contact, About and policy text was not read in full, so the operator behind the forum and the handling of any tip payments remain unverified.
09 · Community
Community
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