Is criterionm.com safe?
http://criterionm.com/
Coveragecomplete4 of 4 applicable core capabilities
Criterionm is a storefront running on a platform used by a known fake-shop network and flagged by security vendors
Criterionm presents itself as an online home-goods shop selling home improvement, home essentials, cleaning supplies and decoration crafts, with a 'SHOP NOW' purchase path and order tracking. However, the store runs on esashop.top, a storefront platform used by a known fake-shop network, and multiple security vendors classify the site as suspicious. The operator claims to be USEEMALL LTD of Manchester, England, but the page lists no phone number and no valid operator postal address, and the checkout path crosses to a different domain. Two independent research sources describe very low trust and suspicious-site classifications. These findings place the site in the High Risk band.
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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
Criterionm presents itself as an online home-goods shop selling home improvement, home essentials, cleaning supplies and decoration crafts, with a 'SHOP NOW' purchase path and order tracking. However, the store runs on esashop.top, a storefront platform used by a known fake-shop network, and multiple security vendors classify the site as suspicious. The operator claims to be USEEMALL LTD of Manchester, England, but the page lists no phone number and no valid operator postal address, and the checkout path crosses to a different domain. Two independent research sources describe very low trust and suspicious-site classifications. These findings place the site in the High Risk band.
Known fake-shop platform and vendor flags
The strongest adverse signal is infrastructure. The page loads esashop.top, a storefront platform used by a known fake-shop network, on a domain that has existed for some time. This is not a generic category guess; it is a deterministic match on the site's own storefront platform, placing the store in the operational footprint of a network known for deceptive storefronts.
Independent security scanning corroborates this: one malicious and two suspicious detections across 93 engines, and an antivirus aggregate reporting an adverse result from multiple families. Two further research sources describe very low trust and a suspicious-site classification with blacklist detections. Together, the platform match and vendor flags directly support a fake-shop-commercial-deception finding.
Operator claims do not match a verifiable business
The terms page states the store is issued by USEEMALL LTD with a registered address in Manchester, England, and explicitly notes this is 'not a returning address'. That phrasing removes the address as a practical returns destination. The same page also carries a persona-based 'About Us' story about Erin and Shawn, which reads as a personal narrative rather than a verifiable business history.
The captured page lists no phone number and no operator postal address visible to customers. Without a reachable phone line or a return address, a buyer has limited practical recourse if an order does not arrive or arrives incorrectly. This is consistent with the fake-shop network pattern, though the evidence does not by itself prove that any specific order failed.
Why the score is 15
Safety Score limited to 15 (Dangerous): the store runs on esashop.top, the storefront platform of a known fake-shop network on which MalwareTips has documented hundreds of fake stores. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
3/ 93
detectionsFresh result
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 |
|---|---|
| NetcraftMalicious | malicious |
| alphaMountain.aiSuspicious | suspicious |
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 93 engine results
- Netcraft - 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 - Clean
- 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
- 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
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
Criterionm MAKE YOUE LIFE BETTER
What the captured page showed
2 observations- 01
Criterionm
- 02
MAKE YOUE LIFE BETTER
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Criterionm
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 61 antivirus results.
What independent research found
2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
The checks completed, but ownership, business claims, and future site behavior can still change after this snapshot.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
Fake Shop & Commercial Deception
Service and business model
Shop
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The store runs on esashop.top, a storefront platform used by a known fake-shop network, on a 1631-day-old domain.
- 02Security vendors report one malicious and two suspicious detections and classify the site as suspicious.
- 032 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "criterionm.com has a very low trust score. Why? ScamAdviser Trust Score 0"
What this means for you
What a visitor actually encounters
A visitor sees a normal-looking shop with category tiles for home improvement, home essentials, cleaning supplies and decoration crafts, plus an order-tracking link. The purchase path is presented as an ordinary retail checkout.
How the observed mechanism works
The evidence-backed path
Each stage below is preserved from the grounded analysis and linked to saved evidence.
The site's own terms link to digstchiney.com, a cross-site destination that is not the store's own domain. This off-domain path is a commercial-intent link embedded in the site's own legal text, which is atypical for a legitimate single-brand retailer.
Do not place an order on criterionm.com. The store runs on a platform used by a known fake-shop network, security vendors flag it as suspicious, and the operator's own terms disclaim the Manchester address as a returns destination while listing no phone number or customer-facing postal address. If you have already paid, contact your card issuer or payment provider promptly and keep all order confirmations, since the site's contact and returns options are effectively unusable.
Risk pattern correlation
Web research findings
Independent findings for criterionm.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.
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.
- Domaincriterionm.com
- Redirects towww.criterionm.com
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
Domain Timeline
- May 6, 2022Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 4 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 23, 2026Saved security review — Rated Dangerous
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
criterionm.com is an established domain now carrying threat signals. An older domain that starts tripping security checks is a classic pattern for an asset that was sold, repurposed, or compromised — the age alone is not reassurance.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- No phone number listed on the captured page.
- No operator postal address visible on the captured page.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (support@criterionm.com).
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://criterionm.com/
- 2301https://criterionm.com/
- 3206https://www.criterionm.com/
Server Reputation
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruscomplete
- 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.
Security vendors report one malicious and two suspicious detections and classify the site as suspicious.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
The store runs on esashop.top, a storefront platform used by a known fake-shop network, on a 1631-day-old domain. · The site's terms link to digstchiney.com, an off-domain destination embedded in its own legal text.
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 | Completed | Adverse | fresh · analysed Oct 23, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 23, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 23, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 2 visible observations saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 23, 2026 |
| Independent research | 2 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 23, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result3 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingAdverse
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 23, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 23, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 23, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result2 visible observations saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 23, 2026
- Independent research
- Result2 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 23, 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 criterionm.com a scam or a legit online store?
Is criterionm.com safe to use?
I already paid or entered my details on criterionm.com — what should I do?
Can I get my money back from criterionm.com?
I ordered from criterionm.com but nothing arrived — is it a fake shop?
How do I report criterionm.com?
criterionm.com looks professional — how can it still be a scam?
Has criterionm.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is criterionm.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the criterionm.com domain?
Where is criterionm.com hosted?
How often is the criterionm.com report updated?
08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Criterionm is a storefront running on a platform used by a known fake-shop network and flagged by security vendors
Criterionm presents itself as an online home-goods shop selling home improvement, home essentials, cleaning supplies and decoration crafts, with a 'SHOP NOW' purchase path and order tracking. However, the store runs on esashop.top, a storefront platform used by a known fake-shop network, and multiple security vendors classify the site as suspicious. The operator claims to be USEEMALL LTD of Manchester, England, but the page lists no phone number and no valid operator postal address, and the checkout path crosses to a different domain. Two independent research sources describe very low trust and suspicious-site classifications. These findings place the site in the High Risk band.
09 · Community