No specific threat detected
Legitimate Pearltrees infrastructure subdomain serving thumbnails for a 17-year-old French curation platform.
Is cdn-thumbshot-ie.pearltrees.com legit or a scam?
Legitimate Pearltrees infrastructure subdomain serving thumbnails for a 17-year-old French curation platform.
This is a legitimate infrastructure subdomain of Pearltrees, a 17-year-old French social bookmarking platform. No malicious indicators were found across 92 antivirus engines or browser blocklists. The subdomain serves thumbnail images for the main service.
Score breakdown
Analysis Summary
Website Preview
The site returned a server error when we tried to load it in our sandbox, so there was no page to capture. A working business almost always renders — treat this site as unverified.
We attempt a live render of every scanned site in a safe sandbox. This one couldn’t be reached — the failure itself is a signal, noted in the analysis below.
Visual analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
Visual similarities noted — cleared by the overall checks
Our vision model noted some visual similarity to a known brand, but the domain, security records, and reputation checks confirm this is the legitimate site — so this is shown for transparency, not as a red flag.
What our vision model saw
1 signalLive capture returned a server/proxy error — the page could not be rendered
Intelligence
The domain cdn-thumbshot-ie.pearltrees.com is a subdomain of pearltrees.com, which has been registered since 2008 and is operated by Broceliand, S.A.S. in France. Zero of 92 antivirus engines flagged the URL, browser blocklists returned clean, and the hosting IP shows no abuse history. The evidence package confirms this subdomain is used to host thumbnail images for the platform's curated content. While one automated trust-scoring service gave pearltrees.com a low score, the platform is actively used in educational contexts and has a documented business registration. The visual capture returned a server error, but this is consistent with a content-delivery subdomain that does not serve a user-facing page.
Web Research Findings
Independent findings for cdn-thumbshot-ie.pearltrees.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.
- Pearltrees.com is a well-established social bookmarking and content curation platform founded in 2009.
- The subdomain 'cdn-thumbshot-ie.pearltrees.com' is a legitimate infrastructure component used by the platform to host thumbnail images for curated content.
- The platform is operated by the French company Broceliand, S.A.S.
- While some automated trust-scoring services flag the site with low scores, it is widely recognized as a functional tool for organizing web content.
- The site has been in operation for over 17 years and is frequently referenced in educational and professional contexts for its curation features.
- Scam Detectoropen
"Scam Detector has determined that pearltrees.com in the popular Software & SaaS industry is merely a façade... The Scam Detector website Validator gives pearltrees.com a low trust score on the platform: 19.9."
- TeachersFirstopen
"Pearltrees.com is an excellent platform for organizing, sharing, and storing websites for current, future, or collaborative use."
Operated by Broceliand, S.A.S., based in Paris, France.
Scam Detector published an automated assessment giving pearltrees.com a trust score of 19.9. TeachersFirst published a positive review describing Pearltrees as an excellent platform for organizing, sharing, and storing websites for educational use. The platform is operated by Broceliand, S.A.S., a registered company in France with active business status.
Domain Timeline
- Jul 24, 2008Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 18 years old today.
- Jul 25, 2026Latest security review — Reviewed as safe
This scan re-ran every check and found no active threat signals.
cdn-thumbshot-ie.pearltrees.com 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.
Threat Detection
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Technical Details
domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referencedThe 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.
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
What to do
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.
- Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on cdn-thumbshot-ie.pearltrees.com and not a lookalike like c-dn-thumbshot-ie.pearltrees.com.com or an IDN homoglyph.
- Use a password manager
Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.
- OpenDiscuss this site on the forum
If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.
Final Verdict
This is a legitimate infrastructure subdomain of Pearltrees, a 17-year-old French social bookmarking platform. No malicious indicators were found across 92 antivirus engines or browser blocklists. The subdomain serves thumbnail images for the main service.
Safety FAQ
Common questions, 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 cdn-thumbshot-ie.pearltrees.com, so it appears legitimate. All 92 antivirus engines we queried report it clean, and the domain is 18 years old, registered on July 24, 2008 — established domains are far less likely to be scams. Even so, always double-check the exact address in your browser, because phishing emails routinely spoof real, trusted domains like this one.
- cdn-thumbshot-ie.pearltrees.com passed our automated checks with a trust score of 94/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged it at the time of the last scan, and its signals line up with an established, legitimate site. Treat any unexpected login prompt or payment request on it with the same caution you would anywhere.
- Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from cdn-thumbshot-ie.pearltrees.com), and legitimate sites are occasionally compromised on specific pages. A clean verdict means the site itself checks out today; it does not mean every email or link claiming to be from cdn-thumbshot-ie.pearltrees.com is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.
- No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report cdn-thumbshot-ie.pearltrees.com as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
- No — cdn-thumbshot-ie.pearltrees.com is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
- cdn-thumbshot-ie.pearltrees.com is 18 years old, registered on July 24, 2008 through Gandi SAS. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
- Yes — cdn-thumbshot-ie.pearltrees.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Amazon · Amazon RSA 2048 M04, valid for another 191 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
- cdn-thumbshot-ie.pearltrees.com resolves to an IP operated by Amazon.com, Inc. in US (Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
- This report is a record of the scan run on July 25, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about cdn-thumbshot-ie.pearltrees.com has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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