Is fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com safe?
http://fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: partial · 3 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (59 of 93 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading · not available: did not fully complete
- page capture: completed
- domain records · not available: did not fully complete
- web research: completed
DigitalOcean Spaces Frankfurt endpoint: a legitimate cloud storage bucket endpoint, not a consumer-facing site
The URL is the Frankfurt (fra1) regional endpoint of DigitalOcean Spaces, an object storage service run by DigitalOcean, LLC. It is infrastructure, not a shop, login portal or content site: the page returns a machine-readable XML bucket listing rather than a human-facing page, so there is no operator copy, checkout or account flow to assess. The saved antivirus observation records one adverse family result, which is a real but stale signal that most plausibly reflects content previously hosted by a third party on shared storage rather than the endpoint itself. Safe Browsing shows no warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. Because the endpoint's own page text could not be reviewed and the single antivirus result is stale, this is rated Low Risk rather than Safe.
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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 69/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 1 finding pulled the score down; 2 pushed it up.
Score ceiling 69: Safety Score limited to 69: the site's pages could not be read and it has no established reputation, so clean security checks alone cannot support a Low Risk or Safe rating. (Our analysis had scored it 78.)
What pulled the score down
- Strong1 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.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the host.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
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
The URL is the Frankfurt (fra1) regional endpoint of DigitalOcean Spaces, an object storage service run by DigitalOcean, LLC. It is infrastructure, not a shop, login portal or content site: the page returns a machine-readable XML bucket listing rather than a human-facing page, so there is no operator copy, checkout or account flow to assess. The saved antivirus observation records one adverse family result, which is a real but stale signal that most plausibly reflects content previously hosted by a third party on shared storage rather than the endpoint itself. Safe Browsing shows no warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. Because the endpoint's own page text could not be reviewed and the single antivirus result is stale, this is rated Low Risk rather than Safe.
What this endpoint actually is
Independent research identifies the host as DigitalOcean Spaces, the object storage product of DigitalOcean, LLC, and the fra1 prefix marks the Frankfurt region. The visual capture of the page shows only the machine-readable bucket-listing response (ListAllMyBucketsResult) for fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com, which is the normal reply an unauthenticated or empty storage endpoint gives. There is no storefront, sign-in form, download button or marketing copy on this page.
Because the response is XML rather than HTML, the endpoint's own page, contact, About and policy text was never reviewed. That is a limitation on what can be verified here, not a finding of wrongdoing: this is shared cloud infrastructure, and the operator identity is the storage provider itself.
Technical signals versus operator risk
The saved antivirus observation records one independent family reporting an adverse result, and it is flagged as stale. On shared object storage, a detection of this kind is most consistent with malicious content that a third party previously uploaded to a bucket on the same infrastructure, not with the endpoint domain itself being malicious. It is a real signal worth noting, but it does not establish that this host serves anything harmful to a visitor.
Against that, the browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. No commercial call-to-action, affiliate relationship or cross-domain order path was observed on this endpoint, so there is no operator-side funnel to evaluate. The absence of a consumer-facing flow is itself the main reason the operator risk here is low.
Why the score is 69
Safety Score limited to 69: the site's pages could not be read and it has no established reputation, so clean security checks alone cannot support a Low Risk or Safe rating. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
1/ 93
detectionsSaved analysis from October 28, 2026 - stale
1 engine flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 1
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| SafeToOpenMalicious | phishing |
All 93 engine results
- SafeToOpen - phishing - Malicious
- 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
- Gridinsoft - 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
- Orcapot - Unrated
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - 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 - Unrated
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiHosting
- BitDefenderfilesharing
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerinformation technology
- Googletechnology
- Sophosinformation technology
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
ListAllMyBucketsResult
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
ListAllMyBucketsResult
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
No page claim could be verified for fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com because no usable page content or saved capture was available.
What we observed
The page itself could not be fully inspected, so the report relies on the other saved checks.
What independent research found
1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
3 of the 6 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
Web research findings
Independent findings for fra1.digitaloceanspaces.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 fra1.digitaloceanspaces.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.
- Domainfra1.digitaloceanspaces.com
- Redirects tofra1.digitaloceanspaces.com
- Hosted byDigitalOcean, LLC
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for *.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com.
A shared content-delivery network address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Redirect Chain
- 1302http://fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com/
- 2200https://fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com/
Server Reputation
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentunavailable
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
suspiciousMalware, 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
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 | 1 of 93 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 28, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 29, 2026 |
| Page content | Page content was not available for semantic review | Unavailable | No saved finding | Not available |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 29, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 29, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result1 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 28, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 29, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage content was not available for semantic review
- CompletionUnavailableFindingNo saved finding
- FreshnessNot available
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 29, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 29, 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 fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com a scam or is it safe?
Is fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com safe to use?
Has fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
Does fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com have a valid SSL certificate?
Where is fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com hosted?
How often is the fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com report updated?
08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
DigitalOcean Spaces Frankfurt endpoint: a legitimate cloud storage bucket endpoint, not a consumer-facing site
The URL is the Frankfurt (fra1) regional endpoint of DigitalOcean Spaces, an object storage service run by DigitalOcean, LLC. It is infrastructure, not a shop, login portal or content site: the page returns a machine-readable XML bucket listing rather than a human-facing page, so there is no operator copy, checkout or account flow to assess. The saved antivirus observation records one adverse family result, which is a real but stale signal that most plausibly reflects content previously hosted by a third party on shared storage rather than the endpoint itself. Safe Browsing shows no warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. Because the endpoint's own page text could not be reviewed and the single antivirus result is stale, this is rated Low Risk rather than Safe.
09 · Community
Community
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