Is aurum.foundation safe?
http://aurum.foundation/
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How we checked
Coverage: partial · 2 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (61 of 93 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading · limited: did not fully complete
- page capture · limited: did not fully complete
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
High risk: Aurum Foundation is covered by an investor warning and security detections
This financial-service domain presents a high operator and customer risk because the available independent evidence places the entity on an investor alert list intended to identify entities that should not be trusted. Separate saved security evidence records adverse results from two independent antivirus families, while the current page displays a “Suspected Misleading Website” warning. The score is not lower because no specific payment, wallet, or loss mechanism could be verified from the inaccessible site content.
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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 31/100
High Risk covers scores 21–44. 3 findings pulled the score down; 2 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Strong2 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
- ModerateOne public warning from an official or consumer-protection source: "This investor alert list can help you know which companies, businesses and websites (or ‘entities’) are not to be trusted."
- MinorThe observed page displays a “Suspected Misleading Website” warning.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe saved TLS check was valid and the browser threat feed returned no warning, but these checks do not verify the operator or its financial offering.
- SupportsThe registrable domain was observed to be 802 days old; this is contextual and does not outweigh the direct warnings.
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.
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01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
This financial-service domain presents a high operator and customer risk because the available independent evidence places the entity on an investor alert list intended to identify entities that should not be trusted. Separate saved security evidence records adverse results from two independent antivirus families, while the current page displays a “Suspected Misleading Website” warning. The score is not lower because no specific payment, wallet, or loss mechanism could be verified from the inaccessible site content.
Strong external warning signs
A national financial regulator’s consumer guidance describes its investor alert list as identifying companies, businesses, and websites that are not to be trusted; the research evidence associates Aurum Foundation with that warning list.
Saved scanning evidence also records adverse results from two independent antivirus families. Those results are potentially stale and do not establish the current technical behavior by themselves, but they materially reinforce the concern.
Clean connection checks do not resolve the operator risk
The domain currently shows a warning reading “Suspected Misleading Website.” At the same time, the saved TLS test found a valid encrypted connection and the browser threat feed returned no threat warning; encryption and a clean automated check do not override the investor warning or establish that the operator is trustworthy.
The site returned HTTP 403 during review, so its pages, contact information, About section, and policies could not be examined. The evidence therefore does not support a claim about exactly how it solicits money or what happens after a transaction.
Why the score is 31
One public warning from an official or consumer-protection source: "This investor alert list can help you know which companies, businesses and websites (or ‘entities’) are not to be trusted.". Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
3/ 93
detectionsSaved analysis from October 11, 2026 - stale
3 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 2
- Suspicious
- 1
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| alphaMountain.aiMalicious | malicious |
| ChainPatrolMalicious | malicious |
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 93 engine results
- alphaMountain.ai - Malicious
- ChainPatrol - Malicious
- Gridinsoft - Suspicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Unrated
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Orcapot - Unrated
- 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
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Clean
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - 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
- alphaMountain.aiFinance, Malicious
- BitDefenderonlinepay
- Dr.Webnot recommended site
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerfinancial data and services
- Googletechnology
- Sophosinformation technology
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
Warning Suspected Misleading Website
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Warning Suspected Misleading Website
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Independent evidence classifies the site as financial service, but the page's own claim could not be captured.
What we observed
The page itself could not be fully inspected, so the report relies on the other saved checks.
What independent research found
1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.
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
Investment, Crypto & Wallet Fraud
Service and business model
Financial Service
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01One public warning from an official or consumer-protection source: "This investor alert list can help you know which companies, businesses and websites (or ‘entities’) are not to be trusted."
- 022 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
- 03The observed page displays a “Suspected Misleading Website” warning.
Web research findings
Independent findings for aurum.foundation, 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.
- MoneySmart (ASIC)open
"This investor alert list can help you know which companies, businesses and websites (or ‘entities’) are not to be trusted."
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.
- Domainaurum.foundation
- Redirects toaurum.foundation
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
Domain Timeline
- Aug 1, 2024Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 2 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 12, 2026Saved security review — Rated High Risk
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
aurum.foundation is an established domain now carrying threat signals. An older domain that starts tripping security checks is a classic pattern for an asset that was sold, repurposed, or compromised — the age alone is not reassurance.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Certificate issued for aurum.foundation.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Redirect Chain
The site refused our redirect check, so this chain may be incomplete.
- 1403http://aurum.foundation/
Server Reputation
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentpartial
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencepartial
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
2 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
One public warning from an official or consumer-protection source: "This investor alert list can help you know which companies, businesses and websites (or ‘entities’) are not to be trusted." · The observed page displays a “Suspected Misleading Website” warning.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 3 of 93 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 11, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 12, 2026 |
| Page content | Page content was not available for semantic review | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Oct 12, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | The site showed a challenge page instead of its content; 1 visible observation saved | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Oct 12, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 12, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result3 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 11, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 12, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage content was not available for semantic review
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 12, 2026
- Visual evidence
- ResultThe site showed a challenge page instead of its content; 1 visible observation saved
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 12, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 12, 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
High risk: Aurum Foundation is covered by an investor warning and security detections
This financial-service domain presents a high operator and customer risk because the available independent evidence places the entity on an investor alert list intended to identify entities that should not be trusted. Separate saved security evidence records adverse results from two independent antivirus families, while the current page displays a “Suspected Misleading Website” warning. The score is not lower because no specific payment, wallet, or loss mechanism could be verified from the inaccessible site content.
09 · Community
Community
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