Is dmediag.com safe?
http://dmediag.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (63 of 92 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Established regional news site with stale antivirus flags
dmediag.com is the English-language news portal of Development Media Group, a Myanmar-focused outlet founded in 2012. The domain is nearly ten years old and currently shows no active threats, though six antivirus engines flagged it in a stale report.
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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 78/100
Low Risk covers scores 70–84. 1 finding pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Decisive6 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.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsDomain registered 3478 days ago
- SupportsThe browser threat feed reports no current threats
- SupportsValid TLS certificate observed
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
dmediag.com is the English-language news portal of Development Media Group, a Myanmar-focused outlet founded in 2012. The domain is nearly ten years old and currently shows no active threats, though six antivirus engines flagged it in a stale report.
Technical checks and historical detections
The registrable domain is 3478 days old, placing its registration well before 2015.
The browser threat feed currently returns no threat warning, and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
A saved antivirus observation shows six independent engines reporting an adverse result; the report is marked stale, so the detections may no longer reflect the live site.
Content and commercial model
The site presents itself as the English-language news service of Development Media Group, an independent media organization focused on Arakan (Rakhine) State, Myanmar.
A visible banner reads "Donate for independent Media," indicating a donor-supported model rather than a commercial storefront or transaction platform.
Why the score is 78
The saved checks found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
7/ 92
detectionsSaved analysis from October 4, 2026 - stale
7 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 6
- Suspicious
- 1
- Total
- 92
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| alphaMountain.aiMalicious | malicious |
| Chong Lua DaoMalicious | malicious |
| FortinetMalicious | malware |
| NetcraftMalicious | malicious |
| RisingMalicious | malicious |
| SafeToOpenMalicious | malicious |
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 92 engine results
- alphaMountain.ai - Malicious
- Chong Lua Dao - Malicious
- Fortinet - malware - Malicious
- Netcraft - Malicious
- Rising - Malicious
- SafeToOpen - Malicious
- 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
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Clean
- 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
- 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
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- 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
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiMalicious, News
- BitDefenderbusiness
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekernews and media
- Googlenews
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
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
Donate for independent Media
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Donate for independent Media
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
Development Media Group
- Meta description
DMG is dedicated to ethical, unbiased news reporting, respecting diverse viewpoints, and ensuring accurate, respectful content.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- Contact page/site/contactRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Development Media Group
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 63 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
- 01Domain registered 3478 days ago
- 02The browser threat feed reports no current threats
- 03Valid TLS certificate observed
Web research findings
Independent findings for dmediag.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.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for dmediag.com. 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.
- Domaindmediag.com
- Redirects todmediag.com
- Hosted byDigitalOcean, LLC
- Referencesfonts.googleapis.com · cdnjs.cloudflare.com
Domain Timeline
- Apr 3, 2017Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 9 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 12, 2026Saved security review — Rated Low Risk
This saved scan found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier.
dmediag.com has operated for years and this review found no material threat — a long track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.
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@dmediag.com).
- Phone number listed (09426293095).
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for mail.dmediag.com.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- Google Fonts
- cdnjs
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://dmediag.com/
- 2blockedhttps://dmediag.com/
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.
6 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.
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 | 7 of 92 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 4, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 12, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 12, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 12, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 12, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result7 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 4, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 12, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 12, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 12, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 12, 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.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Established regional news site with stale antivirus flags
dmediag.com is the English-language news portal of Development Media Group, a Myanmar-focused outlet founded in 2012. The domain is nearly ten years old and currently shows no active threats, though six antivirus engines flagged it in a stale report.
09 · Community
Community
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