Is ciicies.in safe?
http://ciicies.in/
Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
Legitimate-looking institutional site with a disruptive external popup
The site presents CII CIES as an innovation and entrepreneurship hub offering market-access, startup-pitching, and capacity-building initiatives. Its content and external research are consistent, and routine security checks found no warning, but a primary control opened an unrelated external destination as a blocked popup. That advertising behavior warrants a Low Risk score rather than a fully Safe rating.
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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.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
The site presents CII CIES as an innovation and entrepreneurship hub offering market-access, startup-pitching, and capacity-building initiatives. Its content and external research are consistent, and routine security checks found no warning, but a primary control opened an unrelated external destination as a blocked popup. That advertising behavior warrants a Low Risk score rather than a fully Safe rating.
Institutional purpose is consistently presented
The page describes CII CIES as a hub connecting corporations and startups through market-access programs, corporate startup pitching, and capacity building. Independent research results identify the same organization and list a Hyderabad address.
Visible visitor options include a login, a brochure download, and links labeled Startupreneur Awards and Read More that lead to related external sites.
Clean security checks are offset by disruptive redirect behavior
The saved checks found a valid encrypted connection, no threat warning, and no recorded abuse reports for the hosting address. These are useful technical signals, but they do not guarantee that every destination opened by the site is safe.
Most importantly, activating a primary control opened an unrelated external destination in a blocked popup. This creates exposure to an off-site page that is not explained by the site's institutional content.
Why the score is 76
A primary control opened an unrelated external destination, which was blocked as a popup. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 94
No detectionsSaved result - stale
No detections across 94 engines
No antivirus engine in this saved scan raised an adverse result. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 94
All 94 engine results
- 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
- Abusix - clean - Clean
- Acronis - clean - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
- AlienVault - clean - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - unrated - Clean
- AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
- Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
- AutoShun - unrated - Clean
- benkow.cc - clean - Clean
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
- BitDefender - clean - Clean
- Bkav - unrated - Clean
- BlockList - clean - Clean
- Blueliv - clean - Clean
- Certego - clean - Clean
- ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
- Chong Lua Dao - clean - Clean
- CINS Army - clean - Clean
- Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
- CMC Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
- CRDF - clean - Clean
- Criminal IP - clean - Clean
- CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
- Cyan - unrated - Clean
- Cyble - clean - Clean
- CyRadar - clean - Clean
- desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
- DNS8 - clean - Clean
- Dr.Web - clean - Clean
- EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
- Emsisoft - clean - Clean
- Ermes - unrated - Clean
- ESET - clean - Clean
- ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - clean - Clean
- Fortinet - clean - Clean
- Fortra - unrated - Clean
- G-Data - clean - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
- Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
- GreenSnow - clean - Clean
- GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
- Gridinsoft - unrated - Clean
- Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
- IPsum - clean - Clean
- Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
- Kaspersky - clean - Clean
- Lionic - clean - Clean
- Lumu - unrated - Clean
- Malwared - clean - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
- malwares.com URL checker - clean - Clean
- MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
- Mimecast - unrated - Clean
- Netcraft - unrated - Clean
- OpenPhish - clean - Clean
- PhishFort - unrated - Clean
- Phishing Database - clean - Clean
- Phishtank - clean - Clean
- PREBYTES - clean - Clean
- PrecisionSec - unrated - Clean
- Quick Heal - clean - Clean
- Quttera - clean - Clean
- Rising - clean - Clean
- SafeToOpen - unrated - Clean
- Sangfor - clean - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - unrated - Clean
- Scantitan - clean - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
- Seclookup - clean - Clean
- securolytics - clean - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - clean - Clean
- SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
- Sophos - clean - Clean
- Spam404 - clean - Clean
- StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
- ThreatHive - clean - Clean
- Trustwave - clean - Clean
- URLhaus - clean - Clean
- URLQuery - unrated - Clean
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
- VIPRE - unrated - Clean
- ViriBack - clean - Clean
- VX Vault - clean - Clean
- Webroot - clean - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - clean - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
- ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
- ZeroFox - unrated - Clean
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
CII Centre of Excellence for Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Startups
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
CII Centre of Excellence for Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Startups
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
CII CIES
What we observed
Saved browser evidence recorded popups, forced redirects, cross domain landing.
What independent research found
2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
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
Aggressive Ads & Malvertising
Service and business model
Content
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01A primary control opened an unrelated external destination, which was blocked as a popup.
- 02The page and research results consistently describe CII CIES as an innovation and entrepreneurship hub.
- 03The page and research results consistently describe CII CIES as an innovation and entrepreneurship hub.
Web research findings
Independent findings for ciicies.in, 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.
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.
- Domainciicies.in
- Redirects tociicies.in
- Hosted byWeb Werks India Pvt. Ltd.
- Referencesgoogletagmanager.com · fonts.gstatic.com
Domain Timeline
- Jul 10, 2021Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 5.2 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 1, 2026Saved security review — Reviewed — inconclusive
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
ciicies.in 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.
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 (info@ciicies.in).
- Phone number listed (+91 80192 22373).
Domain & Encryption
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.
Additional evidence review · Additional evidence review
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
Additional evidence review · Additional evidence review
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 94 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · Oct 1, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | Not available |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | Not available |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | Not available |
| Independent research | 2 independent findings were saved | Completed | No adverse finding | Not available |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 94 engines flagged
- CompletionLimited
- FindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · Oct 1, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- FreshnessNot available
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- FreshnessNot available
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- FreshnessNot available
- Independent research
- Result2 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- FreshnessNot available
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.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Legitimate-looking institutional site with a disruptive external popup
The site presents CII CIES as an innovation and entrepreneurship hub offering market-access, startup-pitching, and capacity-building initiatives. Its content and external research are consistent, and routine security checks found no warning, but a primary control opened an unrelated external destination as a blocked popup. That advertising behavior warrants a Low Risk score rather than a fully Safe rating.
09 · Community