Is dawesdesign.com.au safe?

http://dawesdesign.com.au/

SafeStatus

Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Legitimate Australian building design firm with verifiable credentials and physical contact details

Dawes Design & Drafting Group operates as a professional building design and drafting service in Victoria, Australia. The site displays clear contact forms for requesting quotes on new homes, renovations, and multi-unit developments, along with verifiable office phone and email details.

The site presents as a legitimate professional service with verifiable contact details and no indicators of deceptive commercial practices.

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Saved site captureCaptured safely during this scan No antivirus detections across 71 engines

Calibrated safety spectrum

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

Professional credentials and contact information

The site lists a direct office phone number (03 8738 8135) and email address (admin@dawesdesign.com.au) in the contact section.

Quote request forms are provided for three specific service categories: New Homes, Renovations & Extensions, and Units & Townhouses.

Technical assessment

The hosting IP shows an abuse confidence score of 0/100 with no saved reports, indicating clean technical reputation.

How visitors interact with the site

Visitors can fill out a general contact form labeled "Send a Message" to request information or quotes.

Why the score is 92

The saved analysis does not include enough completed checks for a Safe rating. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Collected signals and independent provider data for this URL.

Antivirus Engines

0/ 71

No detections

Saved result - stale

No detections across 71 engines

No antivirus engine in this saved scan raised an adverse result. This is one signal, not a guarantee.

Malicious: 0
Suspicious: 0
Total: 71

All 71 engine results

ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
AlienVault - clean - Clean
Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
AutoShun - unrated - Clean
Avira - clean - Clean
BADWARE.INFO - clean - Clean
Baidu-International - clean - Clean
BitDefender - clean - Clean
Blueliv - clean - Clean
CLEAN MX - clean - Clean
Comodo Site Inspector - clean - Clean
CRDF - clean - Clean
CyberCrime - clean - Clean
CyRadar - clean - Clean
desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
DNS8 - clean - Clean
Dr.Web - clean - Clean
Emsisoft - clean - Clean
EonScope - clean - Clean
ESET - clean - Clean
ESTsecurity-Threat Inside - clean - Clean
Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - clean - Clean
Fortinet - clean - Clean
Fortra - unrated - Clean
FraudScore - clean - Clean
FraudSense - clean - Clean
G-Data - clean - Clean
Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
K7AntiVirus - clean - Clean
Kaspersky - clean - Clean
Lionic - clean - Clean
Malc0de Database - clean - Clean
Malekal - clean - Clean
Malware Domain Blocklist - clean - Clean
Malwarebytes hpHosts - clean - Clean
Malwared - clean - Clean
MalwareDomainList - clean - Clean
MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
malwares.com URL checker - clean - Clean
Netcraft - unrated - Clean
NotMining - unrated - Clean
Nucleon - clean - Clean
OpenPhish - clean - Clean
Opera - clean - Clean
Phishtank - clean - Clean
Quttera - clean - Clean
Rising - clean - Clean
SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
SecureBrain - clean - Clean
securolytics - clean - Clean
Segasec - unrated - Clean
Sophos - unrated - Clean
Spam404 - clean - Clean
Spamhaus - clean - Clean
StopBadware - unrated - Clean
Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
Tencent - clean - Clean
ThreatHive - clean - Clean
Trustwave - clean - Clean
URLhaus - clean - Clean
URLQuery - clean - Clean
Virusdie External Site Scan - clean - Clean
VX Vault - clean - Clean
Web Security Guard - clean - Clean
Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
ZCloudsec - clean - Clean
ZDB Zeus - clean - Clean
ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
Zerofox - clean - Clean
ZeusTracker - clean - Clean
zvelo - clean - Clean

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed

Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.

What we observed

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CAPTURED PAGE

dawesdesign.com.au

Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

DAWES DESIGN & DRAFTING GROUP

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation

01
DAWES DESIGN & DRAFTING GROUP

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.

What the site claims
Dawes Design & Drafting Group| House Plans Melbourne
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 71 antivirus results.
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

No threat category confirmed

Service and business model

Content

Transaction

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

01Hosting IP has zero abuse reports
02Three distinct quote request forms for defined service categories
03Office phone and email listed

Web research findings

Independent findings for dawesdesign.com.au, 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.

Business registration

No public record found

Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.

Clone check

No clone detected

The completed research found no supported clone indicator.

Typosquat check

No look-alike match

The completed research found no supported look-alike match.

Web mentions

2 positive

Positive reviews (2)

Public quotes that support the operator's credibility.

Dawes Design & Drafting Groupopen
"Troy Dawes, the director of Dawes Design, is a Registered Building Practitioner & has provided high quality building design and drafting to Victoria since 1996."
Houzzopen
"Registered Since 1996: VBA - DPAD574"

Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

Not listedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

04 · Domain & Infrastructure

Domain & infrastructure

Timeline · identity · encryption · redirects · hosting

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.

Domaindawesdesign.com.au
Redirects todawesdesign.com.au
Hosted byVultr Holdings, LLC
Referencesmaps.googleapis.com · platform-api.sharethis.com

Contact Verification

Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.

What We Found

Has a contact email on its own domain

Emails on site's domainadmin@dawesdesign.com.au

Phone numbers03 8738 8135

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles0

Signal Summary

Contact details look reasonable

Contact email on the site's own domain (admin@dawesdesign.com.au).
Phone number listed (03 8738 8135).

Domain & Encryption

Domain History

AgeUnknown

RegistrarDomain Directors Pty Ltd trading as Instra

RegisteredUnknown

ExpiresUnknown

Owner privacyUnknown

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.2

IssuerLet's Encrypt · YR1

ExpiresSep 14, 2026 (35d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingVultr Holdings, LLC

Server locationAU

Web servernginx

Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://dawesdesign.com.au/
2200https://dawesdesign.com.au/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPVultr Holdings, LLC

Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

maps.googleapis.com platform-api.sharethis.com fonts.googleapis.com googletagmanager.com facebook.com au.linkedin.com houzz.com.au instagram.com google.com

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.

Antiviruspartial
Browser threat feedcomplete
Page contentcomplete
Analysiscomplete
Visual evidencecomplete

Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

Technical threat

unknown

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Operator / customer risk

unknown

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Source coverage and freshness

Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.

Source coverage
Source	Result	Completion	Finding	Freshness
Antivirus	0 of 71 engines flagged	Limited	No saved finding	stale fallback · Aug 9, 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 71 engines flagged; CompletionLimited; FindingNo saved finding; Freshnessstale fallback · Aug 9, 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

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

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 dawesdesign.com.au and not a lookalike like d-awesdesign.com.au 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.
Discuss this site on the forum
If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.
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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 dawesdesign.com.au legit and safe?

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on dawesdesign.com.au, so it appears legitimate. All 71 antivirus engines we queried report it clean, and the domain is an unknown age — 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.

Is dawesdesign.com.au safe to use?

dawesdesign.com.au has a Safety Score of 92/100 (Safe). Fresh core checks and semantic analysis found no material threat at scan time. Treat unexpected login or payment requests with normal caution.

Could a legitimate site like dawesdesign.com.au still be used in a scam?

Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from dawesdesign.com.au), 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 dawesdesign.com.au is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.

Has dawesdesign.com.au been flagged by antivirus engines?

No — all 71 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report dawesdesign.com.au 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.

Is dawesdesign.com.au on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No — dawesdesign.com.au 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.

How old is the dawesdesign.com.au domain?

dawesdesign.com.au is an unknown age through Domain Directors Pty Ltd trading as Instra. 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.

Does dawesdesign.com.au have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes — dawesdesign.com.au presents a valid TLSv1.2 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR1, valid for another 35 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".

Where is dawesdesign.com.au hosted?

dawesdesign.com.au resolves to an IP operated by Vultr Holdings, LLC in AU (Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). 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.

How often is the dawesdesign.com.au report updated?

This report is a record of the scan run on August 9, 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 dawesdesign.com.au has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.

08 · Final Verdict

Final verdict

The saved conclusion, decisive evidence, and practical action in one final view.

Verdict score

92/100

Safe

Legitimate Australian building design firm with verifiable credentials and physical contact details

Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.

Conclusion

Recommended actionThe site presents as a legitimate professional service with verifiable contact details and no indicators of deceptive commercial practices.

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09 · Community

Community

First-hand experiences add human context after the scanner has reached its conclusion.

Is dawesdesign.com.au safe?

Legitimate Australian building design firm with verifiable credentials and physical contact details

Professional credentials and contact information

Technical assessment

How visitors interact with the site

Why the score is 92

What the captured page showed

What the site claims

What we observed

What independent research found

What remains unverified

Technical threat

Operator / customer risk

Still, stay alert

Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

Use a password manager

Discuss this site on the forum

Legitimate Australian building design firm with verifiable credentials and physical contact details

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