Is cacostores.com safe?
http://cacostores.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 92 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Young clothing storefront with a generic service mailbox and conflicting operator details
cacostores.com is a Shopify-hosted clothing storefront that takes orders through a standard cart and checkout. The domain is only 270 days old, its only published contact is a generic service@ mailbox, and the saved antivirus record marks the URL as suspicious. There is no evidence of malware, phishing or a blocked page, but the operator identity and customer-service path are not verifiable, so the site sits in the moderate-risk band rather than being called 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 52/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 2 findings pulled the score down; 1 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- ModerateThe store gives a generic service@ mailbox as its contact, a pattern repeated across fake-shop networks.-10 pts
- Moderate1 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
Points come from the saved evidence ledger: it lowered the score from 62 to 52 and split those 10 points between the findings that show points; the others carry no points in the ledger. Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
cacostores.com is a Shopify-hosted clothing storefront that takes orders through a standard cart and checkout. The domain is only 270 days old, its only published contact is a generic service@ mailbox, and the saved antivirus record marks the URL as suspicious. There is no evidence of malware, phishing or a blocked page, but the operator identity and customer-service path are not verifiable, so the site sits in the moderate-risk band rather than being called safe.
Thin, generic operator footprint
The store's published contact is a generic service@ mailbox on its own domain, service@cacostores.com. That pattern is shared by many small real stores, but it is also repeated across fake-shop networks, so it is a moderate adverse signal rather than proof of fraud on its own.
The registrable domain is 270 days old. A young domain is not itself a scam tell, but it means there is no long operating history to weigh against the thin contact footprint.
No malware or phishing detections, but one stale suspicious flag
The browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, so there is no evidence of a blocked or intercepted page.
One saved antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious. That observation is stale and comes from a saved record rather than a fresh submission, so it is treated as a real but dated flag that does not by itself establish current malicious behaviour.
Why the score is 52
The store gives a generic service@ mailbox as its contact, a pattern repeated across fake-shop networks. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
1/ 92
detectionsSaved analysis from October 2, 2026 - stale
1 engine flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 1
- Total
- 92
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 92 engine results
- Gridinsoft - Suspicious
- 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 - 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 - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - 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
- 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 - Unrated
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekershopping
- Googleshopping
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
4.8/5 from 70,000+ reviews
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
4.8/5 from 70,000+ reviews
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
Fashion Style For Ladies – cacostores
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/pages/about-usRead
- Terms/pages/terms-of-service-1Read
- Refund / returns policy/pages/return-exchangeRead
- Shipping policy/pages/shipping-policyRead
- Contact page/pages/contact-usRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Fashion Style For Ladies – cacostores
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
1 of the 6 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
Fake Shop & Commercial Deception
Service and business model
Shop
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The store gives a generic service@ mailbox as its contact, a pattern repeated across fake-shop networks.
- 02The registrable domain is 270 days old, so there is no long operating history to assess.
- 031 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
If this is a scam — what it means for you
What a shopper actually does here
A visitor browses products and uses the Add to cart control, which places items into the site's Cart page for checkout.
If this is a scam, how it works
The evidence-backed path
Each stage below is preserved from the grounded analysis and linked to saved evidence.
The site also exposes a Track My Order entry point and a Payment policy page, so the intended flow is a normal retail purchase with post-purchase order tracking.
If you are considering a purchase, treat this as an unverified young storefront: confirm who actually fulfils the order and where returns go before paying, prefer a payment method with chargeback protection, and do not rely on the generic service@ mailbox as a support guarantee.
Web research findings
Independent findings for cacostores.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.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for cacostores.com. 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.
- Domaincacostores.com
- Redirects towww.cacostores.com
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencessc-static.net · cdn.shopify.com
Domain Timeline
- Feb 2, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 9 months old when this review was saved.
- Oct 31, 2026Saved security review — Rated Moderate Risk
The evidence in this saved scan is mixed or incomplete; the completed checks are detailed above.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (service@cacostores.com).
- Phone number listed (107.99 72).
- Postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Certificate issued for www.cacostores.com.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- Google Fonts
Payment providers the page loads
- Shop Pay
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://cacostores.com/
- 2301https://cacostores.com/
- 3200https://www.cacostores.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
- 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.
1 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious. 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.
The store gives a generic service@ mailbox as its contact, a pattern repeated across fake-shop networks.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 1 of 92 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 31, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 31, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 31, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 31, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result1 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 31, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 31, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 31, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 31, 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 cacostores.com a scam or is it safe?
Is cacostores.com safe to use?
Has cacostores.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is cacostores.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Young clothing storefront with a generic service mailbox and conflicting operator details
cacostores.com is a Shopify-hosted clothing storefront that takes orders through a standard cart and checkout. The domain is only 270 days old, its only published contact is a generic service@ mailbox, and the saved antivirus record marks the URL as suspicious. There is no evidence of malware, phishing or a blocked page, but the operator identity and customer-service path are not verifiable, so the site sits in the moderate-risk band rather than being called safe.
09 · Community
Community
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