Is discovercounsellingservices.ca safe?
http://discovercounsellingservices.ca/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (60 of 93 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Security vendors flag the domain for unwanted software despite professional therapy content
Discovercounsellingservices.ca presents itself as the website for Ingrid Osland's private counselling practice in Mississauga, Ontario, with a domain-specific email and phone number. Multiple antivirus engines and the browser threat feed classify the domain as hosting unwanted software, creating a direct conflict between the site's professional appearance and its technical reputation.
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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 45/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 2 findings pulled the score down; 2 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Decisive4 independent antivirus families 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.
- StrongA browser-protection feed identifies potentially harmful or unwanted software.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsSite text identifies a named Registered Social Worker with a local address and domain email.
- SupportsDomain is over four years old.
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
Discovercounsellingservices.ca presents itself as the website for Ingrid Osland's private counselling practice in Mississauga, Ontario, with a domain-specific email and phone number. Multiple antivirus engines and the browser threat feed classify the domain as hosting unwanted software, creating a direct conflict between the site's professional appearance and its technical reputation.
Security detections versus site content
The browser threat feed lists the domain under UNWANTED_SOFTWARE, and four independent antivirus families report an adverse result.
The site itself displays the private practice of Ingrid Osland, Registered Social Worker and Psychotherapist, along with a domain email (info@discovercounsellingservices.ca) and a listed phone number.
Booking and external links
The site offers a 'Book Now' button and a 'Book FREE 15m Consult' link that both redirect to discovercounsellingservices.janeapp.com for scheduling.
Additional links point to Psychology Today for practitioner verification and to the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario.
Why the score is 45
4 independent antivirus families 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. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
6/ 93
detectionsSaved analysis from October 9, 2026 - stale
6 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 4
- Suspicious
- 2
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| CRDFMalicious | malicious |
| FortinetMalicious | malware |
| MalwareURLMalicious | malware |
| SOCRadarMalicious | malicious |
| alphaMountain.aiSuspicious | suspicious |
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 93 engine results
- CRDF - Malicious
- Fortinet - malware - Malicious
- MalwareURL - malware - Malicious
- SOCRadar - 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
- 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
- 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 - Unrated
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - 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
- 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
- BitDefenderhealth
- Googlehealthcare
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
Detected threat categories: UNWANTED_SOFTWARE, UNWANTED_SOFTWARE.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
Discover Counselling Services provides therapy in Mississauga
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Discover Counselling Services provides therapy in Mississauga
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
Home - Discover Counselling Services
- Meta description
Professional mental health therapy for couples, individuals, and students. Supporting well-being across the GTA.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/about/Read
- Privacy policy/privacy-policy/Read
- Contact page/contact/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Home - Discover Counselling Services
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 60 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
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
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The browser threat feed and multiple antivirus engines flag the domain for unwanted software.
- 024 independent antivirus families 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.
- 03Site text identifies a named Registered Social Worker with a local address and domain email.
Web research findings
Independent findings for discovercounsellingservices.ca, 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 discovercounsellingservices.ca. 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.
- Domaindiscovercounsellingservices.ca
- Redirects todiscovercounsellingservices.ca
- Hosted byPDR
- Referencesgoogletagmanager.com · fonts.googleapis.com
Domain Timeline
- Jul 9, 2022Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 4 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 16, 2026Saved security review — Rated Moderate Risk
The evidence in this saved scan is mixed or incomplete; the completed checks 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.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (info@discovercounsellingservices.ca).
- Phone number listed ((905) 203 0830).
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for *.discovercounsellingservices.ca.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- Google Fonts
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
- 1301http://discovercounsellingservices.ca/
- 2200https://discovercounsellingservices.ca/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- 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.
4 independent antivirus families 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. · A browser-protection feed identifies potentially harmful or unwanted software.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, 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 | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 6 of 93 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 9, 2026 |
| Browser protection | 2 browser threat categories matched | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 16, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 16, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 16, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 16, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result6 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 9, 2026
- Browser protection
- Result2 browser threat categories matched
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 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 discovercounsellingservices.ca a scam or is it safe?
Is discovercounsellingservices.ca safe to use?
Has discovercounsellingservices.ca been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is discovercounsellingservices.ca on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the discovercounsellingservices.ca domain?
Does discovercounsellingservices.ca have a valid SSL certificate?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Security vendors flag the domain for unwanted software despite professional therapy content
Discovercounsellingservices.ca presents itself as the website for Ingrid Osland's private counselling practice in Mississauga, Ontario, with a domain-specific email and phone number. Multiple antivirus engines and the browser threat feed classify the domain as hosting unwanted software, creating a direct conflict between the site's professional appearance and its technical reputation.
09 · Community
Community
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