Is codeforbharat.org safe?
http://codeforbharat.org/
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How we checked
Coverage: partial · 2 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (59 of 93 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading · limited: did not fully complete
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Code For Bharat is a long-standing civic-tech community site with no active threats, but its own pages were not fully reviewed and one stale antivirus flag remains.
Code For Bharat presents itself as a community of technologists working on open-source projects for India's social and civic challenges, with 'Join the Community' and 'Explore Projects' calls to action typical of a volunteer or open-source platform. The domain is over 1,300 days old, the connection is encrypted, and the browser threat feed reports no threat warning, which are reassuring baseline signals. However, the site's own contact, About and policy pages were not read in full, so its operator identity and any commercial arrangements remain unverified, and a stale antivirus observation recorded an adverse result from one engine. Because the site's own pages could not be reviewed and no independent reputation research was supplied, this cannot be rated Safe; it sits in the Low Risk band pending a closer look at its own content.
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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 78/100
Low Risk covers scores 70–84. 2 findings pulled the score down; 4 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Strong1 independent antivirus family 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 site's own contact details were not reviewed because the page text was not read in full, leaving operator identity unverified.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 1308 days old, indicating the site has existed for several years.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the domain.
- SupportsThe hosting IP has an abuse confidence score of 0/100 across 242 saved reports.
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
Code For Bharat presents itself as a community of technologists working on open-source projects for India's social and civic challenges, with 'Join the Community' and 'Explore Projects' calls to action typical of a volunteer or open-source platform. The domain is over 1,300 days old, the connection is encrypted, and the browser threat feed reports no threat warning, which are reassuring baseline signals. However, the site's own contact, About and policy pages were not read in full, so its operator identity and any commercial arrangements remain unverified, and a stale antivirus observation recorded an adverse result from one engine. Because the site's own pages could not be reviewed and no independent reputation research was supplied, this cannot be rated Safe; it sits in the Low Risk band pending a closer look at its own content.
A civic-tech community platform, not a shop or service
The visible page identifies the site as 'Code For Bharat' at codeforbharat.org, and a status message on the page reads 'Failed to load latest projects. Showing cached data,' which is consistent with a project-listing platform that pulls content dynamically. Our review describes the site as a community-oriented platform for civic tech in India with 'Join the Community' and 'Explore Projects' buttons, which is the shape of an open-source or volunteer project hub rather than a storefront, subscription service or financial product.
No affiliate relationships, cross-domain order paths or commercial CTA graphs were recorded for this target, so there is no evidence of a monetised funnel, checkout flow or paid conversion mechanism to weigh against the visitor.
Clean technical baseline, but operator identity unverified
On the technical side the picture is calm: the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, and the hosting IP carries an abuse confidence score of 0/100 across 242 saved reports. The registrable domain is 1308 days old, which is a supportive longevity signal rather than proof of good conduct.
The one adverse technical note is a stale antivirus observation in which one independent engine family reported an adverse result. Because the report is stale and comes from a saved observation rather than a fresh submission, it should be treated as a flag to confirm timing rather than an active infection signal.
The more important gap is on the operator side: the site's own contact details were not reviewed because the page text was not read in full. That means the operator's identity, any legal entity, and any policy or contact information printed on the site remain unverified, and no independent reputation research was supplied to fill that gap.
Why the score is 78
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 17, 2026 - stale
3 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 1
- Suspicious
- 2
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| RisingMalicious | malicious |
| alphaMountain.aiSuspicious | suspicious |
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 93 engine results
- Rising - Malicious
- alphaMountain.ai - Suspicious
- Gridinsoft - Suspicious
- 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 - 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
- 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
- alphaMountain.aiSuspicious
- Googlecivil_society_and_npo
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
Code For Bharat Failed to load latest projects. Showing cached data.
What the captured page showed
2 observations- 01
Code For Bharat
- 02
Failed to load latest projects. Showing cached data.
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
Code For Bharat
- Meta description
Code For Bharat is a community of technologists committed to leveraging open-source innovation for India's social and civic challenges.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Code For Bharat
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 59 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
2 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 registrable domain is 1308 days old, indicating the site has existed for several years.
- 02The browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the domain.
- 03The saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
Web research findings
Independent findings for codeforbharat.org, 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 codeforbharat.org. 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.
- Domaincodeforbharat.org
- Redirects tocodeforbharat.org
- Hosted byVercel, Inc
Domain Timeline
- Mar 20, 2023Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 3 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 19, 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.
codeforbharat.org 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
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Certificate issued for codeforbharat.org.
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.
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
- 1308http://codeforbharat.org/
- 2206https://codeforbharat.org/
Server Reputation
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentpartial
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
1 independent antivirus family 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 site's own contact details were not reviewed because the page text was not read in full, leaving operator identity unverified.
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 17, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 19, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Oct 19, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 2 visible observations saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 19, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 19, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result3 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 17, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 19, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 19, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result2 visible observations saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 19, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 19, 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 codeforbharat.org a scam or is it safe?
Is codeforbharat.org safe to use?
Has codeforbharat.org been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is codeforbharat.org on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the codeforbharat.org domain?
Does codeforbharat.org have a valid SSL certificate?
Where is codeforbharat.org hosted?
How often is the codeforbharat.org report updated?
08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Code For Bharat is a long-standing civic-tech community site with no active threats, but its own pages were not fully reviewed and one stale antivirus flag remains.
Code For Bharat presents itself as a community of technologists working on open-source projects for India's social and civic challenges, with 'Join the Community' and 'Explore Projects' calls to action typical of a volunteer or open-source platform. The domain is over 1,300 days old, the connection is encrypted, and the browser threat feed reports no threat warning, which are reassuring baseline signals. However, the site's own contact, About and policy pages were not read in full, so its operator identity and any commercial arrangements remain unverified, and a stale antivirus observation recorded an adverse result from one engine. Because the site's own pages could not be reviewed and no independent reputation research was supplied, this cannot be rated Safe; it sits in the Low Risk band pending a closer look at its own content.
09 · Community
Community
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