Is auth.msi-sync.com safe?
http://auth.msi-sync.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (56 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading · limited: did not fully complete
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Brand-mimicking domain auth.msi-sync.com silently redirects visitors to an unrelated company's website
auth.msi-sync.com is a 68-day-old domain whose name imitates the naming convention of MSI (Micro-Star International), the hardware maker whose real services live on msi.com. Instead of hosting any MSI-related login or sync service, the page automatically sends the browser to motorolasolutions.com, the corporate site of an unrelated company. No malicious files, phishing forms, or commercial funnels were observed, and the domain is not flagged by the browser threat feed or the multi-engine malware scan. However, the combination of a freshly registered look-alike domain and an unexplained cross-company redirect is a classic pattern used for brand impersonation, traffic brokering, or future abuse, so the site cannot be considered safe.
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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 38/100
High Risk covers scores 21–44. 2 findings pulled the score down; 2 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- StrongThe page automatically sent the browser to an unrelated external site.-15 pts
- ModerateThe domain auth.msi-sync.com imitates MSI's naming convention, while MSI's genuine marketing portal is at auth.msi.com.-6 pts
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe browser threat feed and the multi-engine malware scan returned no malicious or suspicious detections.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
Points come from the saved evidence ledger: it lowered the score from 59 to 38 and split those 21 points between the findings that show points; the others carry no points in the ledger. Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
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01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
auth.msi-sync.com is a 68-day-old domain whose name imitates the naming convention of MSI (Micro-Star International), the hardware maker whose real services live on msi.com. Instead of hosting any MSI-related login or sync service, the page automatically sends the browser to motorolasolutions.com, the corporate site of an unrelated company. No malicious files, phishing forms, or commercial funnels were observed, and the domain is not flagged by the browser threat feed or the multi-engine malware scan. However, the combination of a freshly registered look-alike domain and an unexplained cross-company redirect is a classic pattern used for brand impersonation, traffic brokering, or future abuse, so the site cannot be considered safe.
A look-alike domain that does not belong to MSI
The domain auth.msi-sync.com uses the 'msi' brand token and an 'auth' subdomain, which strongly suggests an authentication or account-sync service. Independent research confirms that MSI's genuine marketing portal is hosted at auth.msi.com, not at msi-sync.com. The registrable domain is only 68 days old, which is inconsistent with an established corporate service.
Because the domain is not part of MSI's official infrastructure and is very new, visitors who reach it expecting an MSI login or sync page are being directed to an entity that has no verifiable relationship with MSI. This is the core brand-impersonation risk.
Automatic redirect to an unrelated corporation
When the page loads, the browser is automatically sent to https://www.motorolasolutions.com/en_us.html. A screenshot review confirms that the visible brand on the destination is Motorola Solutions, with the motorolasolutions.com address shown. There is no visible explanation on the page for why an MSI-themed domain would redirect to Motorola Solutions.
This kind of unexplained cross-company redirect is often used to broker traffic, to test redirect chains for future abuse, or to lend false legitimacy by landing on a well-known corporate site. It is not a normal behavior for a legitimate authentication or sync service.
Clean technical checks do not make the operator trustworthy
The browser threat feed returned no threat warning, the multi-engine malware scan reported zero malicious or suspicious detections across 93 engines, and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. These are positive technical signals, but they only mean no known malware or phishing payload was detected at the time of scanning.
The site's own contact details and page text were not reviewed in full, so there is no operator disclosure, registration information, or legitimate business context to offset the brand-mimicking domain and the unexplained redirect. Clean technical checks therefore do not establish that the operator is safe or that the domain is genuinely associated with MSI.
Why the score is 38
The page automatically sent the browser to an unrelated external site. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 93
No detectionsFresh result
No detections across 56 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 37 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
All 93 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
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- 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 - Unrated
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Unrated
- LevelBlue - Clean
- 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 - Unrated
- 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
- Googletechnology
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
Motorola Solutions
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Motorola Solutions
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
The captured page did not expose a clear title or service claim.
What we observed
Saved browser evidence recorded forced redirects.
What independent research found
1 external finding was 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
Phishing & Impersonation
Service and business model
Unknown
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The page automatically sent the browser to an unrelated external site.
- 02The domain auth.msi-sync.com imitates MSI's naming convention, while MSI's genuine marketing portal is at auth.msi.com.
- 03The registrable domain is 68 days old.
Web research findings
Independent findings for auth.msi-sync.com, 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.
- MSI Marketing Portalopen
"MSI Marketing Portal"
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.
- Domainauth.msi-sync.com
- Redirects toauth.msi-sync.com
- Hosted byGoogle LLC
- Referencesmotorolasolutions.com
Domain Timeline
- Aug 12, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 68 days old when this review was saved.
- Oct 20, 2026Saved security review — Rated High Risk
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
auth.msi-sync.com was registered very recently when this review was saved and was already flagged. Freshly-registered domains are disproportionately used for scams, and a young domain with active threat signals warrants extra caution.
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.
A certificate issued weeks or days before the scan on a domain registered recently is common on short-lived sites, though new legitimate sites look the same.
Certificate issued for *.msi-sync.com.
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
- 1308http://auth.msi-sync.com/
- 2200https://auth.msi-sync.com/
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
- Antiviruscomplete
- 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
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
The page automatically sent the browser to an unrelated external site. · The domain auth.msi-sync.com imitates MSI's naming convention, while MSI's genuine marketing portal is at auth.msi.com.
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 93 engines flagged | Completed | No adverse finding | fresh · analysed Oct 20, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 20, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Oct 20, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 20, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 20, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 20, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 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.
Is auth.msi-sync.com a scam or a legit website?
Is auth.msi-sync.com safe to use?
What should I do if I already gave my details to auth.msi-sync.com?
Can I get my money back from auth.msi-sync.com?
Did auth.msi-sync.com steal my password or personal information?
How do I report auth.msi-sync.com?
Why does auth.msi-sync.com look legitimate if it's a scam?
Has auth.msi-sync.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is auth.msi-sync.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Brand-mimicking domain auth.msi-sync.com silently redirects visitors to an unrelated company's website
auth.msi-sync.com is a 68-day-old domain whose name imitates the naming convention of MSI (Micro-Star International), the hardware maker whose real services live on msi.com. Instead of hosting any MSI-related login or sync service, the page automatically sends the browser to motorolasolutions.com, the corporate site of an unrelated company. No malicious files, phishing forms, or commercial funnels were observed, and the domain is not flagged by the browser threat feed or the multi-engine malware scan. However, the combination of a freshly registered look-alike domain and an unexplained cross-company redirect is a classic pattern used for brand impersonation, traffic brokering, or future abuse, so the site cannot be considered safe.
09 · Community
Community
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