Is defa.digital safe?

http://defa.digital/

DangerousStatus

Coveragepartial0 of 5 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Phishing site flagged by 11 antivirus engines including BitDefender and ESET on a 184-day-old domain.

The page at defa.digital is flagged as phishing by multiple engines. Eleven of 92 antivirus engines and major browser blocklists mark it malicious or social-engineering.

Avoid the site entirely. If you arrived via a link or email, close the tab and do not enter any credentials or payment details.
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No saved capture is availableThe verdict remains based on the completed checks below.
13 antivirus engines flagged this URLalphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, CRDF, ESET
Calibrated safety spectrum

Where this site sits

  1. Dangerous1–20
  2. High Risk21–44
  3. Moderate Risk45–69
  4. Low Risk70–84
  5. Safe85–100

The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.

01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

The domain defa.digital is only 184 days old and carries no visible business contact details. Eleven antivirus engines flagged the page as phishing or malicious, with BitDefender, ESET, alphaMountain.ai, G-Data, and CRDF among the detections. Browser blocklist feeds also classify it as social engineering. The hosting IP shows zero abuse reports, yet the combination of recent registration, missing contact information, and consistent engine detections outweighs that single clean signal. No evidence package was collected, so the verdict rests entirely on the technical scan data.

Page Content

The page returns an empty title and meta description. No email addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses, or social links appear anywhere on the site. No login forms, countdown timers, or push-notification prompts were detected.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on IP 102.220.160.203 with an abuse score of 0/100 and no prior abuse reports. SSL is valid and issued by Let's Encrypt with 79 days remaining before expiry. One cross-domain redirect was observed.

Domain History

The domain was registered 184 days ago on 2026-01-06 through Sav.com, LLC. WHOIS privacy protection is disabled, yet no owner contact details are visible on the page itself.

Web Reputation

Eleven of 92 antivirus engines flagged the URL as malicious, with BitDefender, ESET, alphaMountain.ai, G-Data, CRDF, and Chong Lua Dao specifically marking it phishing or malicious. Browser blocklist feeds also list the domain under social-engineering categories. The domain does not appear in any global traffic index.

What this means for you

Multiple independent security layers have already blocked this address. Do not visit the site or enter any information if you reach it.

Why the score is 20

A browser protection list identifies malware or social engineering. 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

13/ 92

detections

Saved result

13 engines flagged this URL

Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.

Malicious
11
Suspicious
2
Total
92
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
alphaMountain.aiMaliciousphishing
BitDefenderMaliciousphishing
Chong Lua DaoMaliciousmalicious
CRDFMaliciousmalicious
ESETMaliciousphishing
G-DataMaliciousphishing
LevelBlueMaliciousphishing
LionicMaliciousphishing
SOCRadarMaliciousmalware
SophosMaliciousphishing
WebrootMaliciousmalicious
AbusixSuspiciousspam
FortinetSuspiciousspam
All 92 engine results
  • alphaMountain.ai - phishing - Malicious
  • BitDefender - phishing - Malicious
  • Chong Lua Dao - malicious - Malicious
  • CRDF - malicious - Malicious
  • ESET - phishing - Malicious
  • G-Data - phishing - Malicious
  • LevelBlue - phishing - Malicious
  • Lionic - phishing - Malicious
  • SOCRadar - malware - Malicious
  • Sophos - phishing - Malicious
  • Webroot - malicious - Malicious
  • Abusix - spam - Suspicious
  • Fortinet - spam - Suspicious
  • 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
  • Acronis - clean - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
  • Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
  • ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • AutoShun - unrated - Clean
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
  • Bkav - unrated - Clean
  • BlockList - clean - Clean
  • Blueliv - clean - Clean
  • Certego - clean - Clean
  • ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
  • Criminal IP - unrated - Clean
  • CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
  • CTX AI - clean - Clean
  • Cyan - unrated - Clean
  • Cyble - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - clean - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
  • DNS8 - unrated - Clean
  • Dr.Web - clean - Clean
  • EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
  • Emsisoft - clean - Clean
  • Ermes - unrated - Clean
  • ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - clean - Clean
  • GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • Google Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
  • GreenSnow - clean - Clean
  • GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
  • Gridinsoft - unrated - Clean
  • Guardpot - unrated - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - unrated - Clean
  • Kaspersky - unrated - Clean
  • Lumu - unrated - Clean
  • Malwared - clean - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
  • MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
  • Mimecast - unrated - Clean
  • Netcraft - unrated - Clean
  • OpenPhish - clean - Clean
  • PhishFort - unrated - Clean
  • Phishing Database - clean - Clean
  • PhishLabs - unrated - 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
  • Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
  • StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
  • ThreatHive - clean - Clean
  • URLhaus - clean - Clean
  • URLQuery - unrated - Clean
  • Viettel Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
  • VIPRE - unrated - Clean
  • ViriBack - clean - Clean
  • VX Vault - clean - Clean
  • Xcitium Verdict Cloud - clean - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
  • ZeroFox - unrated - Clean

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed
This URL appears on threat lists

Detected threat categories: SOCIAL_ENGINEERING.

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

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

    The captured page did not expose a clear title or service claim.

  2. What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 92 antivirus results.

  3. What independent research found

    No complete independent-research result was available in this saved report.

  4. What remains unverified

    5 of the 5 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.

What this means for you

You were probably about to log in or type personal details here.

Anything you enter — username, password, card number, one-time code — goes straight to criminals, who use it to take over your real accounts and drain them.

How the observed mechanism works

The typical trap, step by step

This site is unverified — it may be legitimate. If it is a scam, this is the playbook pages like it follow:

  1. They clone a real login page (a bank, email provider, PayPal, a courier) pixel-for-pixel.

  2. You're driven here by an email, text, or ad with an urgent reason to “verify”, “unlock”, or “confirm” your account.

  3. You type your username and password — which flow straight to the scammers instead of the real company.

  4. They log into your real account, change the password, and drain it or sell the access.

Avoid the site entirely. If you arrived via a link or email, close the tab and do not enter any credentials or payment details.

PhishingConfidence: High

Deterministic educational guidance from corroborated report signals.

Scam-Type Likelihood

Scam-Type Likelihood

1 of 21 categories showed signals

Each card names a specific harm pattern and the concrete facts that support it. The category score is supporting context; the report verdict above remains the final severity decision.

Top match: Phishing
Phishing
Moderate likelihood
35/100
  • Google Safe Browsing flagged this as social engineering / phishing.
  • The evidence pattern matches phishing / data-harvesting.
20Show remaining categories
MalwareNot detected
Investment ScamNot detected
Fake ShopNot detected
Tech Support ScamNot detected
Scareware & Fake Pop-upsNot detected
Crypto FraudNot detected
Crypto Casino / Gambling ScamNot detected
Piracy Site — High-Risk AdsNot detected
Cracked Software — Malware RiskNot detected
Recovery / Refund ScamNot detected
Gaming ScamNot detected
Pig-Butchering / Romance-CryptoNot detected
Lottery / Prize ScamNot detected
Subscription TrapNot detected
Dropshipping / Low-Quality RetailNot detected
Deceptive Supplement FunnelNot detected
Brand ImpersonationNot detected
Fake Celebrity EndorsementNot detected
Fake GiveawayNot detected
Job / Task / Survey ScamNot detected

Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing
ListedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
ListedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

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.

  1. Domaindefa.digital
  2. Redirects togoogleweblight.com
  3. Hosted byInternet

Domain Timeline

  1. Jan 6, 2026
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 6 months old today.

  2. Jul 9, 2026
    Saved security review — Flagged as dangerous

    The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.

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
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

Domain History
Age6 months old
RegistrarSav.com, LLC
RegisteredJan 6, 2026
ExpiresJan 6, 2027
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YR2
ExpiresSep 27, 2026 (79d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingInternet
Server locationSI
Web serverApache

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
Yes
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1302http://defa.digital/
  • 2404http://googleweblight.com/i?u=google.comcross-domain

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPInternet
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

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

Source coverage and freshness

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

Antivirus
Result13 of 92 engines flagged
CompletionCompleted
FindingAdverse
FreshnessNot available
Browser protection
Result1 browser threat category matched
CompletionCompleted
FindingAdverse
FreshnessNot available
Page content
ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Visual evidence
ResultNo usable visual evidence was saved
CompletionUnavailable
FindingNo saved finding
FreshnessNot available
Independent research
ResultIndependent research was not available for this report
CompletionUnavailable
FindingNo saved finding
FreshnessNot available

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Phishing site — act fast

This page shows signs of attempting to steal credentials or impersonate a trusted brand.

  1. Do not interact with defa.digital

    Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.

  2. If you already typed your password — change it now

    Change the password on the legitimate site and anywhere else you re-used it. Turn on two-factor authentication. Review recent account activity.

  3. Report the phishing URL

    APWG (Anti-Phishing Working Group) accepts phishing reports at reportphishing@apwg.org. Google Safe Browsing reports help protect other users.

    Open
  4. Get help on the forum

    MalwareTips members can help you assess damage and next steps.

    Open

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 defa.digital a scam or a legit website?
defa.digital is a high-risk phishing — do not enter your login or personal details. Our review tagged it for phishing. 13 of 92 security engines flag it (11 as outright malicious). The domain is 6 months old through Sav.com, LLC. This pattern matches throwaway sites built to take money or data and disappear.
Is defa.digital safe to use?
No — defa.digital has a Safety Score of 20/100 (Dangerous) because decisive threat evidence was saved with this scan. Leave the site and do not log in, pay, download anything, or connect a wallet.
What should I do if I already gave my details to defa.digital?
If you've already paid or handed over details on defa.digital, act quickly. 1) Contact your bank or card issuer immediately and ask to dispute the charge or open a chargeback — the sooner you act, the better your odds. 2) Report the site to the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov or the FBI's IC3 at ic3.gov, and in the UK to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. 3) If you entered a password, change it on defa.digital and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. 4) Watch your bank and email for follow-up fraud, and keep screenshots as evidence.
Can I get my money back from defa.digital?
Often yes, if you act fast. Payments made by credit or debit card can frequently be reversed through a chargeback or dispute — contact your bank right away and explain it was a fraudulent site. Bank transfers and gift-card or voucher payments are much harder to recover, but you should still report them to your bank and to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) or Action Fraud (actionfraud.police.uk). Avoid any "refund" or "recovery" service that contacts you first — it's usually a follow-up scam.
Did defa.digital steal my password or personal information?
If you entered anything on defa.digital, assume it was captured. Phishing pages exist purely to harvest what you type — usernames, passwords, card numbers, or one-time codes. Change the password immediately on the real site and anywhere you reused it, enable two-factor authentication, and if you entered card or banking details, contact your bank about the risk of fraud. Also be alert for follow-up "security" calls or emails that try to exploit the same information.
How do I report defa.digital?
You can report defa.digital through several official channels: the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at ic3.gov, and — in the UK — Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. You can also flag it to Google Safe Browsing (safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish) so other browsers warn about it, and report it to the company being impersonated if there is one. Reporting helps get scam sites taken down faster.
Why does defa.digital look legitimate if it's a scam?
Modern scams are built to look convincing. A valid SSL padlock, a polished template, stock photos, fake reviews, and a trust badge can all be added in minutes and prove nothing about who runs the site. Scammers buy cheap domains, clone real designs, and copy legal pages wholesale. That's exactly why an automated review that checks the domain's age, hosting, blacklists, and behaviour — rather than just how the page looks — is more reliable than a first impression.
Has defa.digital been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 13 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged defa.digital, 11 of them as outright malicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
Is defa.digital on any phishing or malware blacklists?
Yes. defa.digital is listed on the major browser blocklist feeds under: SOCIAL_ENGINEERING. Modern browsers use these feeds to warn or block billions of users before a page even loads — a listing here is one of the strongest safety signals there is.
How old is the defa.digital domain?
defa.digital is 6 months old, registered on January 6, 2026 through Sav.com, LLC. 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.
Where is defa.digital hosted?
defa.digital resolves to an IP operated by Internet in SI (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 defa.digital report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on July 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 defa.digital 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
20/100
Dangerous

Phishing site flagged by 11 antivirus engines including BitDefender and ESET on a 184-day-old domain.

Saved capturedefa.digitalCapture-safe
No saved screenshot was available for this report.
Conclusion

The page at defa.digital is flagged as phishing by multiple engines. Eleven of 92 antivirus engines and major browser blocklists mark it malicious or social-engineering.

Recommended actionAvoid the site entirely. If you arrived via a link or email, close the tab and do not enter any credentials or payment details.
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09 · Community

Community

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