Our automated security review found no threat indicators on de.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Is de.com safe to use?

de.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 84/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does de.com have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. de.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · R12, expiring in 70 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

Has de.com been flagged by antivirus engines?

1 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged de.com as malicious or suspicious (1 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.

Is de.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. de.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is de.com hosted?

de.com resolves to an IP operated by Amazon Technologies Inc. in US (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.

Is de.com a well-known website?

Yes. de.com sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.

How often is the de.com report updated?

This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 12, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around de.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Security Review

Is de.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 84/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

Legitimate domain registry for .de.com, an unrestricted alternative to Germany's official .de ccTLD, operated by CentralNic with no fraud indicators.

Why we trust it

Operated by CentralNic, a legitimate, UK-registered registry operator with active business status.Promoted and sold by major, well-known registrars (Namecheap, GoDaddy, EuroDNS, Dynadot, Porkbun).Valid SSL certificate with 70 days to expiry and clean browser blocklists.

de.comScanned 2d ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Heuristics 87·MT 82

Technical red flags (1)

1 of 92 engines flagged

Positive signals (3)

Not on major blacklists Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

1/92

Engines flagged this URL

Domain Age

—

Registration date unknown

MT Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 92% confidence

SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

Website Preview

LIVE RENDER

de.com

1Page presents as a legitimate domain registrar marketing site for the .de.com second-level domain extension, with standard navigation including Register, WHOIS, Contact Us, and Report Abuse links.

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →

Visual Screenshot Analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

/ 100

Low visual risk

Visual red flags detected in the screenshot

The screenshot shows a professionally designed domain registrar landing page for the .de.com domain extension with standard navigation and a domain search tool. No visual scam indicators are present.

Visual risk10/100

What our vision model saw

6 signals

Page presents as a legitimate domain registrar marketing site for the .de.com second-level domain extension, with standard navigation including Register, WHOIS, Contact Us, and Report Abuse links.

Domain search form is a standard registrar UI element with no pre-filled sensitive data fields.

No urgency tactics, countdown timers, or artificial scarcity messaging visible.

No fake trust badges, security seals, or invented trust indicators present.

No pop-up overlays, push-notification prompts, or intrusive modals visible.

Professional design quality with consistent branding, cohesive color scheme, and no placeholder text or broken layout elements.

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

MT Security Analyst

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust82/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

de.com functions as the official landing page for the .de.com domain extension, a third-level domain managed by CentralNic registry (part of Team Internet). Our research confirmed the site is actively promoted by major registrars including Namecheap, GoDaddy, EuroDNS, Dynadot, and Porkbun, with typical first-year pricing of $7–18. The page clearly states its independence from the German government and the official .de registry, positioning .de.com as an unrestricted alternative for businesses worldwide to establish a German market presence without local residency requirements. No scam reports, fraud complaints, or negative reviews were found across web sources. The single malware detection from one engine appears to be a false positive, as the domain carries a valid SSL certificate, clean browser blocklists, minimal hosting-IP abuse history (2/100 score), and professional design with no phishing or credential-harvesting indicators.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The site presents as a professional domain registrar landing page for the .de.com extension. It explains the value proposition clearly: unrestricted global access (unlike the official .de ccTLD which requires local presence), German market visibility with .com recognition, SEO benefits, and premium domain availability. The page includes standard registrar navigation (Register, WHOIS, Contact Us, Report Abuse) and a functional domain search tool with no pre-filled sensitive fields or urgency tactics.

Infrastructure

Hosted on IP 54.153.56.183 with valid SSL (Let's Encrypt R12, 70 days to expiry). The hosting IP has a low abuse score (2/100) and only 3 historical abuse reports. External resources loaded include Google Tag Manager (standard analytics), CentralNic WHOIS service, and Gen.xyz (the support/abuse handler). No malicious redirects, homoglyphs, or internationalized domain tricks detected.

Domain History

WHOIS data unavailable, but business registration confirms the domain is operated by CentralNic (now Team Internet), a legitimate UK-registered registry operator. The .de.com extension is a third-level domain under .com and is actively distributed through major registrars worldwide. The site explicitly disclaims affiliation with the German government, DENIC (.de registry), or ICANN's .com registry.

Web Reputation

No scam reports, complaints, or negative reviews found across consumer-review sites, Reddit, or general web sources. Searches for "de.com scam" surface unrelated topics (medical devices, government sites, or phishing domains with different names). The domain is described positively by multiple registrars as a legitimate tool for businesses targeting German markets without residency barriers.

Risk Factors

One antivirus engine (Chong Lua Dao) flagged the domain as malicious; this appears to be a false positive given the absence of other detections and the site's legitimate business purpose.
No contact email, phone, or postal address visible on the page; however, this is typical for registry landing pages that direct support inquiries to Gen.xyz.
WHOIS data unavailable; standard for registry-operated domains and not indicative of malicious intent.

Positive Signals

Operated by CentralNic, a legitimate, UK-registered registry operator with active business status.
Promoted and sold by major, well-known registrars (Namecheap, GoDaddy, EuroDNS, Dynadot, Porkbun).
Valid SSL certificate with 70 days to expiry and clean browser blocklists.
Professional design with no phishing indicators, fake trust badges, urgency tactics, or credential-harvesting forms.
Zero scam reports, complaints, or negative reviews found in web research.

AI Recommendation

de.com is safe to visit and use for registering .de.com domains. If you are a business targeting the German market without local residency, this is a legitimate option offered by established registrars worldwide.

Next-gen fraud intelligence

Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for de.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration

Active · United Kingdom

Site traces back to an actively registered business.

Clone check

Not a clone

No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.

Typosquat check

No look-alike match

The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.

Web mentions

No scam reports found

No complaints, no negative coverage turned up in our sweep.

Key findings

7 headline facts from open-web research

de.com is the official landing and marketing site for the .de.com domain extension, a third-level subdomain under .com managed by CentralNic registry (part of Team Internet).
It is promoted as an unrestricted alternative to Germany's official .de ccTLD, which requires a local administrative contact or presence in Germany; anyone worldwide can register .de.com domains.
Major registrars including Namecheap, GoDaddy, EuroDNS, Dynadot, Porkbun, and others offer .de.com registration, with prices typically $7–18 for the first year.
The site states: ".DE.COM operates independently and has no affiliation with the German government, .DE or .COM." Abuse handling and support are provided via Gen.xyz (contact at gen.xyz/domainsupport and gen.xyz/abuse, address in Las Vegas,
No scam reports, fraud complaints, or negative reviews specifically about de.com or the .de.com extension were found in web searches, Reddit, Trustpilot, or ScamAdviser references.
Searches for "de.com scam" or similar primarily surface unrelated topics (Dexcom medical devices, Delaware government sites, or other -de.com phishing domains like geosite-de.com).
Domain is actively sold and described positively by multiple registrars as a tool for businesses targeting German markets without local residency requirements.

Business registration

Status: active · United Kingdom

Operated as part of CentralNic (now under Team Internet); .de.com is a third-level domain under .com managed by CentralNic registry. Abuse/support handled via Gen.xyz in Las Vegas, NV.

Research summary

Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for de.com and found no scam reports, complaints, or negative reviews. Business registration data confirms the domain is operated by CentralNic (Team Internet), a legitimate UK-registered registry. The .de.com extension is actively promoted by major registrars including Namecheap, GoDaddy, EuroDNS, Dynadot, and Porkbun, with typical first-year pricing of $7–18. Searches for 'de.com scam' surface unrelated topics, indicating no established fraud narrative around this domain.

Antivirus Engines

Detection matrix · live

1 engine flagged this URL

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. Each detection is listed below by engine name — even a single hit is a meaningful signal.

1Malicious0Suspicious61Harmless92Engines

of 92

Chong Lua Dao

Malicious· malicious

1 antivirus engine flagged this URL. Even a single detection is a meaningful signal — treat this site with extra caution and avoid entering credentials, payment info, or downloading any files.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check

Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found

No clear contact details on the page

Emails on site's domainNone

Phone numbersNone

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles0

Signal Summary

Several contact red flags

No contact email found anywhere on the page.
No phone number listed on the page.
No postal address visible on the page.

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerLet's Encrypt · R12

ExpiresAug 22, 2026 (70d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingAmazon Technologies Inc.

Server locationUS

Web servernginx

PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://de.com/
2200https://de.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score2%

Reports on file3

ISPAmazon Technologies Inc.

Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

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 de.com and not a lookalike like d-e.com.com 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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Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

ListedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

Referenced Domains

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

googletagmanager.com whois.centralnicregistry.com gen.xyz

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on de.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
de.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 84/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
Yes. de.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · R12, expiring in 70 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
1 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged de.com as malicious or suspicious (1 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
No. de.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
de.com resolves to an IP operated by Amazon Technologies Inc. in US (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
Yes. de.com sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.
This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 12, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around de.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·de.com

SAFE

de.com is the official marketing and registration site for the .de.com domain extension, a legitimate third-level domain under .com managed by CentralNic registry. The site operates transparently, is backed by major registrars, and carries no scam reports or complaints.

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