Is esgeeks.com safe?

http://esgeeks.com/

Low RiskStatus

Coveragestrong5 of 6 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

EsGeeks looks like a long-running cybersecurity blog with affiliate links and a minor vendor flag

EsGeeks is a Spanish-language blog about ethical hacking and security tools. The domain is about ten years old, the browser threat feed shows no warning, and the site lists a contact email on its own domain. One security vendor labels it a 'suspicious shop', and one antivirus family reported an adverse result in a saved, possibly stale observation. The page evidence shows a content blog with affiliate promotion rather than a store, so the score is Low Risk.

Reading the blog looks reasonably safe. Treat third-party offers it promotes, such as discounted subscriptions, with their own caution, and check those sellers independently.
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3 antivirus engines flagged this URLWebroot, Gridinsoft, URLQuerySaved antivirus result from Oct 3, 2026

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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

EsGeeks is a Spanish-language blog about ethical hacking and security tools. The domain is about ten years old, the browser threat feed shows no warning, and the site lists a contact email on its own domain. One security vendor labels it a 'suspicious shop', and one antivirus family reported an adverse result in a saved, possibly stale observation. The page evidence shows a content blog with affiliate promotion rather than a store, so the score is Low Risk.

Technical checks versus operator risk

Safe Browsing found no threat and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. The adverse antivirus result is one family, from a saved and possibly stale observation. The vendor 'suspicious shop' classification cites blacklist detections and a lack of public reviews, but the evidence shows no credential harvesting or malware delivery on the pages reviewed.

The site does not disclose a legal operator or business registration. It does provide a contact email on its own domain and links to many social profiles.

Affiliate promotion and outbound links

The site's terms say it may earn commissions or sponsorship compensation from sales of services or products. The pages show outbound promotions such as a low-price Netflix offer pointing to a third-party service, a temporary email service, and the operator's own tools site. These are ordinary monetization links and are disclosed. The evidence shows no checkout, subscription trap or order path on the site itself.

Why the score is 80

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

Collected signals and independent provider data for this URL.

Antivirus Engines

3/ 92

detections

Saved analysis from October 3, 2026 - stale

3 engines flagged this URL

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

Malicious
1
Suspicious
2
Total
92
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
WebrootMaliciousmalicious
GridinsoftSuspicioussuspicious
URLQuerySuspicioussuspicious
All 92 engine results
  • Webroot - Malicious
  • Gridinsoft - Suspicious
  • URLQuery - Suspicious
  • 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
  • Abusix - Clean
  • Acronis - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
  • AlienVault - Clean
  • alphaMountain.ai - 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
  • CRDF - 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 - Clean
  • Fortinet - 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
  • Netcraft - Unrated
  • OpenPhish - Clean
  • 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
  • SOCRadar - Unrated
  • Sophos - Clean
  • StopForumSpam - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
  • Synthient - Unrated
  • ThreatHive - Clean
  • URLhaus - Clean
  • Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
  • VIPRE - Unrated
  • ViriBack - Clean
  • VX Vault - Clean
  • Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - Clean
  • ZeroFox - Unrated

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed
Not flagged on major threat lists

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

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

    EsGeeks: Blog de Hacking Ético, Seguridad y Herramientas

  2. What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 61 antivirus results.

  3. What independent research found

    1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.

  4. What remains unverified

    1 of the 6 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

Affiliate

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 01The domain is about ten years old, Safe Browsing shows no warning, and the site lists a contact email on its own domain.
  2. 02One public warning on a scam-warning or security site: "This site is classified as Suspicious Shop based on multiple risk signals, including 2 blacklist detections, no established public user-review history, and…"
  3. 031 independent antivirus family 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.

Web research findings

Independent findings for esgeeks.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.

Business registration
Not checked
This report did not include a company-registry lookup, so no registration result is claimed.
Clone check
Not checked
No site-clone comparison was run for this report, so no clean result is claimed.
Typosquat check
Not checked
No look-alike domain comparison was run for this report, so no clean result is claimed.
Web mentions
1 complaint or warning
Complaints and warnings (1)
Direct quotes from public complaints, negative reviews, warnings and security listings.
  • Gridinsoftopen

    "This site is classified as Suspicious Shop based on multiple risk signals, including 2 blacklist detections, no established public user-review history, and phishing-related signals."

Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing
Not 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. Domainesgeeks.com
  2. Redirects toesgeeks.com
  3. Hosted byDEFT.COM
  4. Referencesfonts.gstatic.com · gmpg.org

Domain Timeline

  1. Feb 20, 2017
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 9 years old when this review was saved.

  2. Oct 25, 2026
    Saved security review — Rated Low Risk

    This saved scan found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier.

esgeeks.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.

What We Found
Has a contact email on its own domain
Emails on site's domainhola@esgeeks.com, contact@esgeeks.com
Phone numbers15001 25
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles4
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • Contact email on the site's own domain (hola@esgeeks.com).
  • Phone number listed (15001 25).
  • Links to 21 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age9 years old
RegistrarNameCheap, Inc.
RegisteredFeb 20, 2017
ExpiresFeb 20, 2027
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YR1
ExpiresJan 17, 2027 (83d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingDEFT.COM
Server locationUS
Platform / CMSElementor 4.3.5; features: additional_cu

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://esgeeks.com/
  • 2200https://esgeeks.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPDEFT.COM
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Referenced Domains

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
  1. Antiviruspartial
  2. Browser threat feedcomplete
  3. Page contentcomplete
  4. Analysiscomplete
  5. Visual evidenceunavailable
Completed analysis

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

Technical threat

suspicious

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

1 independent antivirus family 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

suspicious

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

One public warning on a scam-warning or security site: "This site is classified as Suspicious Shop based on multiple risk signals, including 2 blacklist detections, no established public user-review history, and…"

Source coverage and freshness

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

Antivirus
Result3 of 92 engines flagged
CompletionLimited
FindingAdverse
Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 3, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 25, 2026
Page content
ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 25, 2026
Visual evidence
ResultThe saved page capture was not reliable enough to use
CompletionUnavailable
FindingNo saved finding
FreshnessNot available
Independent research
Result1 independent finding was saved
CompletionCompleted
FindingAdverse
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 25, 2026

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Verify before sensitive actions

No material threat was found, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier.

  1. Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on esgeeks.com and not a lookalike like e-sgeeks.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  2. Verify the operator before paying or signing in

    Before a payment, login, or other sensitive step, confirm who runs the site through channels you find yourself, such as an official registry or the company's known social profiles.

  3. 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.

  4. 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 esgeeks.com a scam or is it safe?
esgeeks.com has a Safety Score of 80/100 (Low Risk). The saved checks found no material threat, but the report did not meet every requirement for the highest Safe tier. Use normal caution and independently verify the operator before irreversible payments or unusually sensitive actions.
Is esgeeks.com safe to use?
esgeeks.com has a Safety Score of 80/100 (Low Risk). Analysis coverage is strong at 86%. Normal caution; verify sensitive actions.
Has esgeeks.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 3 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged esgeeks.com, 1 of them as outright malicious in the saved analysis from October 3, 2026. None of these detections came from the engines we treat as highest-confidence, so they are weighed alongside the other checks rather than on their own.
Is esgeeks.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — esgeeks.com 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 esgeeks.com domain?
esgeeks.com is 9 years old, registered on February 20, 2017 through NameCheap, Inc. 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 esgeeks.com have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — esgeeks.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR1, valid for another 83 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 esgeeks.com hosted?
esgeeks.com resolves to an IP operated by DEFT.COM in US (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 esgeeks.com report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on October 25, 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 esgeeks.com 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
80/100
Low Risk

EsGeeks looks like a long-running cybersecurity blog with affiliate links and a minor vendor flag

Saved captureesgeeks.comCapture-safe
No saved screenshot was available for this report.
Conclusion

EsGeeks is a Spanish-language blog about ethical hacking and security tools. The domain is about ten years old, the browser threat feed shows no warning, and the site lists a contact email on its own domain. One security vendor labels it a 'suspicious shop', and one antivirus family reported an adverse result in a saved, possibly stale observation. The page evidence shows a content blog with affiliate promotion rather than a store, so the score is Low Risk.

Recommended actionReading the blog looks reasonably safe. Treat third-party offers it promotes, such as discounted subscriptions, with their own caution, and check those sellers independently.
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09 · Community

Community

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