Is centre-icare.com safe?
http://centre-icare.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (59 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
Centre iCare is a long-registered Paris device-repair shop whose scanned address redirects to its own .fr storefront, but stale antivirus detections and an unreviewed contact path keep it out of the Safe band.
centre-icare.com presents itself as Centre iCare, a repair centre for Apple and Honor devices, and the scanned address forwards visitors to centre-icare.fr, where the storefront is built on Shopify and offers appointment booking for diagnostics plus quote requests. The registrable domain is 4589 days old and the browser threat feed currently returns no threat warning, which are genuine positive signals. Against that, a saved antivirus observation records three independent engine families reporting an adverse result, and the contact details on the destination site were not attributed to the scanned domain. Nothing in the evidence shows a fake-shop kit, a payment trap, or a deceptive download, so this is a Low Risk verdict rather than a scam finding, but the stale detections and the unreviewed contact path justify caution.
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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 72/100
Low Risk covers scores 70–84. 2 findings pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Decisive3 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
- MinorThe page redirected the browser to an unrelated external domain.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 4589 days old, indicating long-standing registration.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed currently returns no threat warning for the domain.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
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
centre-icare.com presents itself as Centre iCare, a repair centre for Apple and Honor devices, and the scanned address forwards visitors to centre-icare.fr, where the storefront is built on Shopify and offers appointment booking for diagnostics plus quote requests. The registrable domain is 4589 days old and the browser threat feed currently returns no threat warning, which are genuine positive signals. Against that, a saved antivirus observation records three independent engine families reporting an adverse result, and the contact details on the destination site were not attributed to the scanned domain. Nothing in the evidence shows a fake-shop kit, a payment trap, or a deceptive download, so this is a Low Risk verdict rather than a scam finding, but the stale detections and the unreviewed contact path justify caution.
A French repair shop that forwards to its own .fr storefront
The scanned address centre-icare.com redirects the browser to centre-icare.fr, which is the same business under a different top-level domain rather than an unrelated third party. The landing page carries the Centre iCare branding and the destination site is the one that hosts the actual storefront.
The visible commercial calls to action are appointment bookings for an Apple diagnostic and for an Honor diagnostic, alongside prompts to ask for an in-store estimate or a quote. Those are ordinary service-business actions, not a checkout funnel pushing physical goods or a subscription.
The storefront is built on Shopify, as stated in the site's own footer, and it exposes the usual account, cart, newsletter and policy links. That platform choice is consistent with a small legitimate retail or service operation rather than a hand-rolled scam kit.
Stale antivirus detections and an unreviewed contact path
A saved antivirus observation records three independent engine families reporting an adverse result against this domain. That observation is marked stale, so it reflects historical data rather than a fresh scan, and it should be treated as a real but dated signal that needs re-checking rather than as proof of current malicious activity.
In the other direction, the browser threat feed currently returns no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. Those are clean technical results, but clean technical checks do not establish operator or customer safety on their own.
The scanned address redirects to another site, so the destination site's contact details were not attributed to the scanned domain. That means the phone number, postal address and legal identity shown on centre-icare.fr were not verified as belonging to centre-icare.com, and a visitor should confirm those details on the destination site before relying on them.
Long registration history with no adverse consumer evidence found
The registrable domain is 4589 days old, which is a meaningful longevity signal for a small local business and weighs against the pattern of a throwaway scam domain. Longevity is context, not a guarantee, but it is consistent with an established Paris repair shop.
No active scam reports or consumer complaints were identified in the completed research, and no fake-shop kit markers, cross-domain order paths, refund traps or forced advertising flows appear in the evidence. The absence of adverse findings is not proof of safety, but it means the score is driven by the stale detections and the unverified contact path rather than by an observed scam mechanism.
Why the score is 72
The saved checks found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
3/ 93
detectionsSaved analysis from October 20, 2026 - stale
3 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 3
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| alphaMountain.aiMalicious | phishing |
| FortinetMalicious | phishing |
| WebrootMalicious | malicious |
All 93 engine results
- alphaMountain.ai - phishing - Malicious
- Fortinet - phishing - Malicious
- Webroot - Malicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- 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
- 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 - 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
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiPhishing
- WebrootPhishing and Other Frauds
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerreal estate
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
Centre iCare Opéra
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Centre iCare Opéra
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
Centre iCare
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- Terms/policies/terms-of-serviceRead
- Contact page/policies/contact-informationRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Centre iCare
What we observed
Saved browser evidence recorded cross domain landing.
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
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Shop
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 013 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
- 02The page redirected the browser to an unrelated external domain.
- 03The registrable domain is 4589 days old, indicating long-standing registration.
Web research findings
Independent findings for centre-icare.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 centre-icare.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.
- Domaincentre-icare.com
- Redirects tocentre-icare.fr
- Hosted byShopify, Inc.
- Referencesfonts.shopifycdn.com · cdn.shopify.com
Domain Timeline
- Apr 11, 2014Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 12 years old when this review was saved.
- Nov 3, 2026Saved security review — Rated Low Risk
This saved scan found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier.
centre-icare.com has operated for years and this review found no material threat — a long track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
Domain & Encryption
This is the certificate of centre-icare.fr, the site this URL lands on. Certificate issued for centre-icare.fr.
A shared content-delivery network address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it. This is the address of centre-icare.fr, the site this URL lands on.
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://centre-icare.com/
- 2301https://centre-icare.com/
- 3200https://centre-icare.fr/cross-domain
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
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
3 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. 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
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
The page redirected the browser to an unrelated external domain.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 3 of 93 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 20, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 3, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 3, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 3, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 3, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result3 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 20, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 3, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 3, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 3, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 3, 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 centre-icare.com a scam or is it safe?
Is centre-icare.com safe to use?
Has centre-icare.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is centre-icare.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
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Does centre-icare.com have a valid SSL certificate?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Centre iCare is a long-registered Paris device-repair shop whose scanned address redirects to its own .fr storefront, but stale antivirus detections and an unreviewed contact path keep it out of the Safe band.
centre-icare.com presents itself as Centre iCare, a repair centre for Apple and Honor devices, and the scanned address forwards visitors to centre-icare.fr, where the storefront is built on Shopify and offers appointment booking for diagnostics plus quote requests. The registrable domain is 4589 days old and the browser threat feed currently returns no threat warning, which are genuine positive signals. Against that, a saved antivirus observation records three independent engine families reporting an adverse result, and the contact details on the destination site were not attributed to the scanned domain. Nothing in the evidence shows a fake-shop kit, a payment trap, or a deceptive download, so this is a Low Risk verdict rather than a scam finding, but the stale detections and the unreviewed contact path justify caution.
09 · Community
Community
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