Is caribouhd.com safe?
http://caribouhd.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 93 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Caribou HD sells Quebec IPTV subscriptions through a cart checkout while hiding its operator and using an off-domain contact address
Caribou HD (caribouhd.com) presents itself as an IPTV provider for Quebec, with a shopping cart, account creation and login for subscribers. The site is technically clean — no Safe Browsing warning, valid TLS, and a domain roughly a year and a half old — but it discloses no operator name, no postal address and no phone number, and its only contact email sits on a different domain (caribouhd.io). That combination of an anonymous grey-market streaming reseller taking payment through its own cart, with no verifiable business identity, is why it lands in the moderate-risk band rather than 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 58/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 4 findings pulled the score down; 1 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- ModerateThe site's own navigation references unrelated hosts including iptv-quebec.io and cariboutv.com, consistent with a reseller spread across multiple domains.
- 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.
- MinorThe only contact email uses caribouhd.io rather than the site's own caribouhd.com domain, so the operator is not reachable at the domain customers are paying.
- MinorThe captured page lists no phone number and no operator postal address, leaving no verifiable business identity behind the subscription sales.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning, the TLS connection is valid, and the domain is roughly 585 days old.
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.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
Caribou HD (caribouhd.com) presents itself as an IPTV provider for Quebec, with a shopping cart, account creation and login for subscribers. The site is technically clean — no Safe Browsing warning, valid TLS, and a domain roughly a year and a half old — but it discloses no operator name, no postal address and no phone number, and its only contact email sits on a different domain (caribouhd.io). That combination of an anonymous grey-market streaming reseller taking payment through its own cart, with no verifiable business identity, is why it lands in the moderate-risk band rather than safe.
A paid IPTV storefront with a cart and subscriber accounts
The captured page is a commercial IPTV storefront: it shows a cart ('Mon panier', '0 Panier'), a prompt for new visitors to create an account, and a login link for existing customers. The visible branding reads 'IPTV QUEBEC HD (Caribou HD)' and 'Caribou IPTV', positioning the service for a Quebec audience.
The commercial model is a direct transaction: visitors are expected to add a subscription to the cart and pay the site directly. There is no affiliate or third-party marketplace layer visible in the captured evidence — the cart and account system are the monetization path.
No operator identity, no address, and a contact email on a different domain
The captured page lists no phone number and no operator postal address, and the only contact email uses a different domain (caribouhd.io) rather than the site's own caribouhd.com. For a service that takes recurring subscription payments, that means a customer has no verifiable legal entity, no physical location and no same-domain contact channel to fall back on if the service stops working.
The site also links out to unrelated hosts such as iptv-quebec.io and cariboutv.com from its own navigation, which is consistent with a reseller operating across several domains rather than a single branded service. That cross-domain footprint, combined with the off-domain contact address, makes it harder for a buyer to know who they are actually paying.
Clean technical checks do not resolve the operator question
On the technical side the picture is reassuring: the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, and the registrable domain is about 585 days old. Those facts mean the site is not currently flagged as a malware or phishing host and that traffic to it is encrypted.
One saved antivirus observation did mark the URL as suspicious, but that record is stale and comes from a single engine, so it is context rather than a confirmed active threat. The more material risk here is commercial and operational: an anonymous grey-market IPTV reseller can disappear, change domains or stop honouring subscriptions, and the customer has no disclosed entity to pursue.
Why the score is 58
The site's own navigation references unrelated hosts including iptv-quebec.io and cariboutv.com, consistent with a reseller spread across multiple domains. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
1/ 93
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
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 93 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 - Unrated
- 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
- 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
- BitDefenderblogs
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
IPTV QUEBEC HD (Caribou HD)
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
IPTV QUEBEC HD (Caribou HD)
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
IPTV QUEBEC (Officiel) | Meilleur IPTV | 60% 0ff | Caribou HD
- Meta description
IPTV QUEBEC, à partir de 10$. Chaînes IPTV pour tous les goûts. +35 000 chaînes, en 4K, HD et Full HD · +90 000 VODs Films et Séries ! chaînes du canada et internationales. Meilleur abonnement IPTV au Quebec et meilleur rapport qualité/prix. Support 24/24 et 7/7
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- Support / FAQ/support/Read
- Checkout/cart/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
IPTV QUEBEC (Officiel) | Meilleur IPTV | 60% 0ff | Caribou HD
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 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
- 01The only contact email uses caribouhd.io rather than the site's own caribouhd.com domain, so the operator is not reachable at the domain customers are paying.
- 02The captured page lists no phone number and no operator postal address, leaving no verifiable business identity behind the subscription sales.
- 03The page operates a shopping cart and subscriber account system, confirming a direct paid-subscription model rather than a free or ad-supported service.
Web research findings
Independent findings for caribouhd.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 caribouhd.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.
- Domaincaribouhd.com
- Redirects tocaribouhd.com
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencesgmpg.org · stats.wp.com
Domain Timeline
- Mar 11, 2025Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 1.6 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 17, 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.
- No contact email uses the site's own domain.
- No phone number listed on the captured page.
- No operator postal address visible on the captured 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 caribouhd.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.
Analytics and ads
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- Google Fonts
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
- 1301http://caribouhd.com/
- 2200https://caribouhd.com/
Server Reputation
Sites linked to this one
Other sites we have reports for that share something checkable with this one. A shared detail is a lead to compare, not proof that the sites have the same owner or the same risk; each keeps its own rating.
Lands on the same page
They redirect to the same page (caribouhd.com) when scanned.
- iptv-qc.comModerate Risk
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 site's own navigation references unrelated hosts including iptv-quebec.io and cariboutv.com, consistent with a reseller spread across multiple domains. · The only contact email uses caribouhd.io rather than the site's own caribouhd.com domain, so the operator is not reachable at the domain customers are paying.
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 93 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 17, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 17, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 17, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 17, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result1 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 17, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 17, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 17, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 17, 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 caribouhd.com a scam or is it safe?
Is caribouhd.com safe to use?
Has caribouhd.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is caribouhd.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the caribouhd.com domain?
Does caribouhd.com have a valid SSL certificate?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Caribou HD sells Quebec IPTV subscriptions through a cart checkout while hiding its operator and using an off-domain contact address
Caribou HD (caribouhd.com) presents itself as an IPTV provider for Quebec, with a shopping cart, account creation and login for subscribers. The site is technically clean — no Safe Browsing warning, valid TLS, and a domain roughly a year and a half old — but it discloses no operator name, no postal address and no phone number, and its only contact email sits on a different domain (caribouhd.io). That combination of an anonymous grey-market streaming reseller taking payment through its own cart, with no verifiable business identity, is why it lands in the moderate-risk band rather than safe.
09 · Community
Community
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