Is austinpbs.org safe?
http://austinpbs.org/
Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
Austin PBS (austinpbs.org) is a legitimate non-profit public television station with standard donation and membership CTAs.
The site belongs to Austin PBS, KLRU-TV, a long-established community-supported public media organization. It offers educational, arts, and news programming and solicits donations and memberships through clearly labeled buttons. No technical threats or deceptive commercial patterns were detected.
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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.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
The site belongs to Austin PBS, KLRU-TV, a long-established community-supported public media organization. It offers educational, arts, and news programming and solicits donations and memberships through clearly labeled buttons. No technical threats or deceptive commercial patterns were detected.
Domain age and hosting reputation support legitimacy
The registrable domain is 3917 days old, indicating a long-standing online presence consistent with a public media organization.
The hosting IP shows an abuse confidence score of 0/100 with no saved reports, indicating clean technical infrastructure.
Donation and membership CTAs are transparent and non-deceptive
The site prominently displays 'BECOME A MEMBER' buttons that direct users to standard membership and donation flows for the non-profit station.
An 'ACL All Access' raffle promotes VIP wristbands and taping passes, with proceeds supporting Austin PBS; the entry mechanism routes through pledgecart.org, a third-party pledge platform.
Cross-site links connect to PBS-affiliated and Austin City Limits entities
The site links to shop.acltv.com for Austin PBS merchandise and to pbskids.org for PBS KIDS Livestream content, both consistent with the organization's public media mission.
Why the score is 92
The score combines saved deterministic evidence with the grounded analysis available for this report. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 91
No detectionsSaved result - stale
No detections across 91 engines
No antivirus engine in this saved scan raised an adverse result. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 91
All 91 engine results
- 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
- Abusix - clean - Clean
- Acronis - clean - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
- AlienVault - clean - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - clean - 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 - unrated - Clean
- CINS Army - clean - Clean
- Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
- CRDF - clean - Clean
- Criminal IP - 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 - clean - 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
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
Win Big During ACL All Access. Enter now for a chance to win VIP wristbands to ACL Fest, taping passes for Austin City Limits, and more! Plus, each raffle ticket helps support Austin PBS.
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Win Big During ACL All Access. Enter now for a chance to win VIP wristbands to ACL Fest, taping passes for Austin City Limits, and more! Plus, each raffle ticket helps support Austin PBS.
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Austin PBS, KLRU-TV
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 91 antivirus results.
What independent research found
2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 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
- 01Domain is over 10 years old, consistent with a legitimate public media organization.
- 02Hosting IP has zero abuse reports, indicating clean infrastructure.
- 03Membership and donation buttons are clearly labeled and lead to standard non-profit support flows.
Web research findings
Independent findings for austinpbs.org, 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.
- LinkedInopen
"Austin PBS, KLRU-TV is your neighbor! We are a community-supported, locally-owned PBS station recognized as a valuable partner and a trusted storyteller."
- Austin PBSopen
"Austin PBS uses the power of media to enrich lives and transform communities. One of the most prolific public media stations in the country, Austin PBS produces more than 130 hours of original content each year."
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.
- Domainaustinpbs.org
- Redirects toaustinpbs.org
- Hosted byDigitalOcean, LLC
- Referencesuse.typekit.net · kit.fontawesome.com
Domain Timeline
- Dec 18, 2015Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 11 years old today.
- Sep 8, 2026Saved security review — Reviewed as safe
This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.
austinpbs.org has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable 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.
- Phone number listed ((512) 890-1020).
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1307http://austinpbs.org/
- 2200https://austinpbs.org/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- 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.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
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 91 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · Sep 8, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | Not available |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | Not available |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | Not available |
| Independent research | 2 independent findings were saved | Completed | No adverse finding | Not available |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 91 engines flagged
- CompletionLimited
- FindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · Sep 8, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- FreshnessNot available
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- FreshnessNot available
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- FreshnessNot available
- Independent research
- Result2 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- FreshnessNot available
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
Austin PBS (austinpbs.org) is a legitimate non-profit public television station with standard donation and membership CTAs.
The site belongs to Austin PBS, KLRU-TV, a long-established community-supported public media organization. It offers educational, arts, and news programming and solicits donations and memberships through clearly labeled buttons. No technical threats or deceptive commercial patterns were detected.
09 · Community