Security Review

Is bauschsurg1dev.wpenginepowered.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 74/100

Development staging subdomain for Bausch Surgical, a legitimate ophthalmic-surgery equipment manufacturer with 170+ years of history.

bauschsurg1dev.wpenginepowered.comScanned 10h ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 58·MT 82
View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
6 years old
Registered May 22, 2020
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 92% confidence
SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

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MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust82/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
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Confidence
The domain bauschsurg1dev.wpenginepowered.com is hosted on WP Engine, a managed WordPress platform widely used by enterprises for development and staging environments. The subdomain name 'bauschsurg1dev' and the .wpenginepowered.com suffix are standard naming patterns for internal testing sites. The page content matches the official Bausch Surgical website (bauschsurgical.com) exactly, displaying legitimate medical products like Stellaris Elite, enVista intraocular lenses, and Storz instruments. Our antivirus network flagged zero detections, browser blocklists are clean, and no scam reports exist for this domain. The hosting IP has a moderate abuse score (45/100) typical of shared hosting infrastructure, not indicative of malicious activity on this specific subdomain. Bausch + Lomb Surgical is a well-established, publicly-traded company division with no history of fraud or deception.
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Page Content

The page displays a professional product catalog for ophthalmic surgical equipment, including cataract lenses, refractive lasers, retinal instruments, and diagnostic tools. Navigation menus, product categories, and educational resources are consistent with a legitimate medical-device distributor. No login forms, countdown timers, or pressure tactics are present.

Infrastructure

Hosted on WP Engine (141.193.213.10), a managed WordPress platform used by thousands of legitimate enterprises for development and staging. The subdomain naming convention 'bauschsurg1dev' and .wpenginepowered.com TLD are standard for internal testing environments. SSL certificate is valid (Let's Encrypt) with 50 days to expiry, typical for staging sites.

Domain History

WHOIS age is 2208 days (approximately 6 years), registered with MarkMonitor Inc., a reputable domain-management service used by large corporations. Privacy protection is disabled, showing legitimate registration practices. No redirects or homoglyph tricks detected.

Web Reputation

Zero detections from our antivirus network (0/92 engines), clean browser blocklists, and no sandbox flags. No scam reports, complaints, or security alerts found across web searches. The official Bausch Surgical brand (bauschsurgical.com) is well-established with no fraud history.

Risk Factors
4
  • Hosting IP has moderate abuse score (45/100) with 65 reported abuse incidents, typical of shared hosting but worth noting.
  • No contact email or postal address visible on the page, consistent with a staging/development environment not intended for public use.
  • Not indexed in global traffic rankings, expected for an internal development subdomain.
  • No business registration found for this specific subdomain, as it is a development environment, not a separate legal entity.
Positive Signals
5
  • Zero antivirus detections and clean browser blocklists across all major security feeds.
  • Valid SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt, indicating secure HTTPS connection.
  • WHOIS registration age of 2208 days with MarkMonitor registrar, a trusted corporate domain-management service.
  • Content and branding match the official Bausch Surgical website (bauschsurgical.com), a legitimate 170+ year-old medical-device manufacturer.
  • WP Engine hosting is a standard platform for development and staging environments used by Fortune 500 companies and healthcare organizations.
AI Recommendation
This page is safe to visit. It is a development/staging environment for a legitimate medical-device manufacturer and is not intended for public transactions. Do not enter payment information or sensitive data on staging sites, as they are for testing purposes only.
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Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for bauschsurg1dev.wpenginepowered.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
6.0 yrs
Registered May 2020
Business registration
No public record found
Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
No scam reports found
No complaints, no negative coverage turned up in our sweep.
Key findings
6 headline facts from open-web research
  • Domain is a WP Engine-hosted subdomain (bauschsurg1dev.wpenginepowered.com) with page title "Home - Bausch Surgical", matching the official brand.
  • Official Bausch Surgical website is www.bauschsurgical.com, which presents identical title and content focused on ophthalmic surgery products (Stellaris Elite, enVista, Storz instruments, etc.).
  • No search results contain the exact subdomain string "bauschsurg1dev.wpenginepowered.com".
  • No scam reports, complaints, reviews, or security alerts found for the domain across web searches.
  • WP Engine subdomains of the form *.wpenginepowered.com are routinely used for development, staging, and temporary testing by legitimate customers, including medical and corporate sites.
  • Bausch + Lomb Surgical is a well-established division of Bausch + Lomb with official sites at bauschsurgical.com and bauschsurgical.eu; no evidence this subdomain is public-facing or malicious.
Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for bauschsurg1dev.wpenginepowered.com and found no scam reports, complaints, or security alerts. The subdomain naming convention and WP Engine hosting confirm this is an internal development/staging environment for Bausch Surgical, not a public-facing site. The official Bausch Surgical brand (bauschsurgical.com) has no history of fraud or deception.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified
Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious56Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not in pass
ESET-NOD32
Not in pass
Avira
Not in pass
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Clean
Emsisoft
Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbers2017-2019
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Phone number listed (2017-2019).

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age6 years old
RegistrarMarkMonitor Inc.
RegisteredMay 22, 2020
ExpiresMay 22, 2028
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · E8
ExpiresJul 30, 2026 (50d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingWPEngine, Inc.
Server locationUS
Web servercloudflare
Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1302http://bauschsurg1dev.wpenginepowered.com/
  • 2200https://bauschsurg1dev.wpenginepowered.com/en-ca/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score45%
Reports on file65
ISPWPEngine, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

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.

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    Confirm you are actually on bauschsurg1dev.wpenginepowered.com and not a lookalike like b-auschsurg1dev.wpenginepowered.com.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
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Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

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 bauschsurg1dev.wpenginepowered.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • bauschsurg1dev.wpenginepowered.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 74/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • Yes. bauschsurg1dev.wpenginepowered.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · E8, expiring in 50 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • bauschsurg1dev.wpenginepowered.com is 6.0 years old, registered on 5/22/2020 through MarkMonitor Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
  • No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report bauschsurg1dev.wpenginepowered.com as clean.
  • No. bauschsurg1dev.wpenginepowered.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • bauschsurg1dev.wpenginepowered.com resolves to an IP operated by WPEngine, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
  • This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 9, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around bauschsurg1dev.wpenginepowered.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·bauschsurg1dev.wpenginepowered.com
SAFE

This is a development/staging subdomain for Bausch Surgical, a legitimate medical-device manufacturer. The WP Engine hosting, subdomain naming convention, and identical content to the official site confirm it's an internal testing environment, not a public-facing or malicious page.

This page is safe to visit. It is a development/staging environment for a legitimate medical-device manufacturer and is not intended for public transactions. Do not enter payment information or sensitive data on staging sites, as they are for testing purposes only.

AV engines
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MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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