Is excite.co.jp a scam?

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

Is excite.co.jp safe to use?

excite.co.jp passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 90/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does excite.co.jp have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. excite.co.jp presents a valid TLSv1.2 certificate issued by Amazon · Amazon RSA 2048 M01, expiring in 188 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

Has excite.co.jp been flagged by antivirus engines?

No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report excite.co.jp as clean.

Is excite.co.jp on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. excite.co.jp is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is excite.co.jp hosted?

excite.co.jp resolves to an IP operated by Amazon Data Services Japan in JP (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.

How often is the excite.co.jp report updated?

We cache results for 24 hours. Signed-in MalwareTips members can trigger a manual rescan at any time using the "Rescan" button on the report page, which re-runs every check from scratch and refreshes this page.

SAFE

No threats detected

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

Security Review

Is excite.co.jp legit or a scam?

Name: Is excite.co.jp legit or a scam?
Item: excite.co.jp
Rating: 5
Author: MalwareTips

Our verdict:Safe· 90/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

Official Japanese portal Excite operated by a Tokyo company established in 1997 with clean scans and positive service reviews.

Why we trust it

Zero detections across our antivirus network and browser blocklists.Active Japanese company registered since 1997 with Tokyo Stock Exchange listing and valid business licenses.Positive mentions of affordable pricing for Excite mobile and fiber services on independent review sites.

excite.co.jpScanned 4d ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Heuristics 86·MT 92

Category tags

portalnews95% MT confidence

Warning signals (1)

Redirects to another domain

Positive signals (4)

Antivirus clear Not on major blacklists Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/92

All engines report clean

Domain Age

—

Registration date unknown

MT Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 95% confidence

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

MT Security Analyst

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust92/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

The site presents itself as a long-running Japanese portal offering news, blogs, recipes, and broadband services with clear company branding and copyright dating back to 1997. Our antivirus network and browser blocklist feeds returned zero detections while the hosting IP shows no abuse history. Business records confirm Excite Japan Co., Ltd. is an active, publicly listed Japanese company founded in 1997 with a valid antique dealer license. Two independent reviews mention affordable pricing for their mobile and fiber services, and no scam reports appear in our research. The combination of established corporate history, clean technical signals, and absence of fraud indicators supports a safe verdict.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The page loads a full-featured Japanese portal with navigation for news, blogs, recipes, fortune telling, and service links including Amazon and Rakuten. It displays company contact details, a Tokyo address, and copyright for Excite Japan Co., Ltd. spanning 1997-2026.

Infrastructure

Valid SSL certificate issued by Amazon with 188 days remaining. Hosting IP carries zero abuse reports. External resources load from known legitimate domains such as Google Analytics and Twitter without suspicious redirects.

Domain History

Company records show エキサイト株式会社 established August 1997 in Minato-ku, Tokyo, now under Excite Holdings and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth market. The domain has operated the official Excite Japan portal continuously since at least 1997.

Web Reputation

Zero scam reports found. Two positive user reviews mention affordable Excite Mobile and Hikari fiber services. Three general complaints noted but unrelated to fraud or security issues.

Positive Signals

Zero detections across our antivirus network and browser blocklists.
Active Japanese company registered since 1997 with Tokyo Stock Exchange listing and valid business licenses.
Positive mentions of affordable pricing for Excite mobile and fiber services on independent review sites.
Full corporate contact information and help pages present on the site.

AI Recommendation

The site is safe to visit and use. Exercise normal caution when creating accounts or entering payment details for any paid services.

Next-gen fraud intelligence

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excite.co.jp

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

Web Research Findings

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

Business registration

Active · Japan

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

3 complaints · 2 positive

Key findings

7 headline facts from open-web research

Domain hosts official Excite (エキサイト) Japanese web portal for news, blogs, recipes, broadband (BB.excite), mobile, and other services since at least 1997.
Company: エキサイト株式会社, Tokyo address, established 1997, active with public corporate info and stock listing.
No scam or fraud reports found in searches; official help pages address email verification and billing inquiries for their own services.
Positive user mentions of affordable pricing for Excite Mobile and Hikari fiber services.
Related services include exblog.jp (blog platform) and news apps; email service @excite.co.jp discontinued in 2018.
Wikipedia: Excite Japan operated independently after Itochu stake increase; now under Excite Holdings.
Social presence: Official X/Twitter @ExciteJapan, YouTube channel, Google Play apps by Excite Japan Co., Ltd.

Positive reviews (2)

Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.

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"3人で20GBを分け合っていますが、税込で2,000円ちょっとは安すぎ"
review.minsoku.netopen
"モバイルのセット割引は気になっているテレビ、固定電話も使い快適特にテレビはNURO光だと受信障害が頻繁にあったがこちらでなくなった。"

Business registration

Status: active · Japan

エキサイト株式会社 (Excite Japan Co., Ltd.) established August 1997, Minato-ku Tokyo; parent エキサイトホールディングス株式会社 established 2018; listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth; holds antique dealer license #303310106051

Research summary

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

Our research located no scam or fraud reports for excite.co.jp. Two independent reviews highlight affordable pricing for Excite Mobile and Hikari fiber services. Business records confirm the operating company, エキサイト株式会社, was established in 1997, remains active, and is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth market.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified

Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious61Harmless92Engines

Clean

Kaspersky

Clean

Bitdefender

Clean

Microsoft

Not in pass

ESET-NOD32

Not in pass

Avira

Not in pass

Sophos

Clean

Fortinet

Clean

Google Safebrowsing

Clean

Emsisoft

Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

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 numbers303310106051

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles3

Signal Summary

Contact details look reasonable

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

Phone number listed (303310106051).
Links to 3 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.2

IssuerAmazon · Amazon RSA 2048 M01

ExpiresDec 7, 2026 (188d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingAmazon Data Services Japan

Server locationJP

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Yes

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://excite.co.jp/
2200https://www.excite.co.jp/cross-domain

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPAmazon Data Services Japan

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 excite.co.jp and not a lookalike like e-xcite.co.jp.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
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Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

Not 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 api.popin.cc google-analytics.com exblog.jp amazon.co.jp twitter.com ja-jp.facebook.com youtube.com fuufugohan.exblog.jp chendai2005.exblog.jp wantedly.com privacymark.jp s.eximg.jp kuroten.biz fangrowth.biz mame-clinic.net tenjin-mame-clinic.jp

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.

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

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·excite.co.jp

SAFE

Excite.co.jp is the official Japanese web portal for news, blogs, recipes and services run by Excite Japan Co., Ltd. Our analysis finds it clean with no malicious flags and confirmed active business registration since 1997. Users can safely browse the site.

The site is safe to visit and use. Exercise normal caution when creating accounts or entering payment details for any paid services.

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