Is freelistingusa.com safe?
http://freelistingusa.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 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
A long-running free business directory with sloppy, unmoderated listings and an Indian operator behind a US-branded site — no malware or fraud mechanics found
FreeListingUSA.com is a WordPress-based business directory that invites companies to 'List Your Business Free on a Leading USA Business Directory' and sells a paid featured placement alongside the free tier. The domain has been registered since March 2017, the connection is properly encrypted, and no threat warning, malicious hosting history, popup, redirect or download attempt was observed. What holds the score in the low-risk band rather than Safe is operator quality: listings on a 'USA' directory include non-US businesses and malformed phone numbers, the contact page names an Indian company in Kerala while the site markets itself to American businesses, and the paid featured-listing terms state no refund if a listing is removed for policy violations.
Saved site captureCaptured safely during this scanSaved antivirus result from Oct 24, 2026: no detections across 60 enginesWhere 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 72/100
Low Risk covers scores 70–84. 3 findings pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- ModerateListings on a 'USA' directory include non-US businesses and malformed phone numbers, indicating submissions are published with little verification.
- ModerateThe terms state a featured-listing payment will not be refunded if the listing violates content policies.
- MinorThe contact page names Intaline Solutions in Ernakulam, Kerala, and the registration record lists Kerala, while the site markets itself to US businesses.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe domain has been registered since March 2017, inconsistent with a disposable site.
- SupportsNo Safe Browsing warning, zero abuse reports on the hosting IP, and a valid encrypted connection.
- SupportsThe site publishes an on-domain email, phone number, postal address, social profiles and a complaints route in its terms.
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).
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
FreeListingUSA.com is a WordPress-based business directory that invites companies to 'List Your Business Free on a Leading USA Business Directory' and sells a paid featured placement alongside the free tier. The domain has been registered since March 2017, the connection is properly encrypted, and no threat warning, malicious hosting history, popup, redirect or download attempt was observed. What holds the score in the low-risk band rather than Safe is operator quality: listings on a 'USA' directory include non-US businesses and malformed phone numbers, the contact page names an Indian company in Kerala while the site markets itself to American businesses, and the paid featured-listing terms state no refund if a listing is removed for policy violations.
The directory content is loose and partly mismatched
Homepage listings show the directory is not curated tightly. One entry for a Seattle handyman company carries the phone number '6265653653' with no formatting, and a wellness clinic in Lee's Summit, Missouri is listed with '8169442363' — contact data that looks machine-pasted rather than verified.
The site is branded as a USA directory, yet the listings we reviewed include businesses outside the United States, and the listing blocks mix business names, addresses and descriptions in a way that suggests submissions are published with little or no checking.
For a visitor, that means a listing here is not a vetted recommendation. Treat any business you find through this directory as an unverified lead and check the company's own site, address and phone number before contacting or paying it.
Who runs the site, and what the paid placement involves
The site does publish real contact routes: an email on its own domain (info@freelistingusa.com), a phone number, a postal address and links to social profiles, and its terms give an address for complaints and grievances. That is more transparency than a throwaway site offers.
The identity behind the US-facing brand is Indian: the contact page names Intaline Solutions at an Ernakulam, Kerala address, and the domain registration record also lists Kerala as the registrant state. The site also links out to seven sibling country directories on separate domains — FreeListingIndia.in, GetListedUAE.com, FreeListingUK.com, FreeListingAustralia.com, MalaysiaListings.com, GetListedCanada.com and GetListedNZ.com — so this is one multi-country directory network rather than an independent American publisher.
Money comes from two places: third-party display advertising on the page, and a paid 'featured listing' upgrade offered next to the free submission. The terms state the site may remove listings and will not refund a featured-listing payment if the listing violates its content policies. That is a stated no-refund clause on a paid placement, not evidence of a subscription trap or of anyone being refused a refund in practice.
Technical checks came back clean
The browser threat feed returned no threat warning, the hosting IP has an abuse confidence score of 0 out of 100 with no saved reports, and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. No popups, forced redirects, notification prompts or file downloads were observed during the review.
The domain has been registered since 9 March 2017, which is consistent with a long-lived directory rather than a freshly built throwaway. These results show an absence of detections; they do not vouch for the accuracy of the listings or for how the paid placement is handled.
Why the score is 72
The saved checks found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 93
No detectionsSaved analysis from October 24, 2026 - stale
No detections across 60 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 33 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
All 93 engine results
- 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 - Clean
- 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
- 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
- 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.aiBusiness/Economy
- BitDefenderbusiness
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekersearch engines and portals
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
Visual context from the captured page
Header shows a map-pin logo with 'FreeListingUSA.com' and the tagline 'USA BUSINESS LISTING DIRECTORY', with nav items Listings, Featured, Categories, Register, Login and an orange 'Create Listing' button. Hero headline reads 'List Your Business Free on a Leading USA Business Directory' with an orange 'SUBMIT YOUR LISTING' button. A large display ad creative in the hero area reads 'Practice medicine like you've always imagined' with a 'Learn More' button and 'one medical' branding — third-party advertising on the page. A second banner ad below the fold shows 'Vantive' branding with 'EXTENDING LIVES >>> EXPANDING POSSIBILITIES' and an 'EXPLORE CAREERS' button. A small floating banner at bottom-right shows a cookie/consent icon with truncated text 'Business listing s...' and a close (X) control.
What the captured page showed
5 observations- 01
Header shows a map-pin logo with 'FreeListingUSA.com' and the tagline 'USA BUSINESS LISTING DIRECTORY', with nav items Listings, Featured, Categories, Register, Login and an orange 'Create Listing' button.
- 02
Hero headline reads 'List Your Business Free on a Leading USA Business Directory' with an orange 'SUBMIT YOUR LISTING' button.
- 03
A large display ad creative in the hero area reads 'Practice medicine like you've always imagined' with a 'Learn More' button and 'one medical' branding — third-party advertising on the page.
- 04
A second banner ad below the fold shows 'Vantive' branding with 'EXTENDING LIVES >>> EXPANDING POSSIBILITIES' and an 'EXPLORE CAREERS' button.
- 05
A small floating banner at bottom-right shows a cookie/consent icon with truncated text 'Business listing s...' and a close (X) control.
What the page says about itself
Quoted from the pages we read: the site's own words, not our findings.
- Page title
Free local business listing site USA, online business directory USA - FreeListingUSA
- Meta description
Free local business listing site USA, online business directory United States, free American local business service product listing website, yellow pages site USA, classifieds USA, US local search engine, US companies business listing
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/about-usRead
- Terms/terms-conditionsRead
- Contact page/contact-usRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Free local business listing site USA, online business directory USA - FreeListingUSA
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 60 antivirus results.
What independent research found
4 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
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
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The domain has been registered since March 2017, inconsistent with a disposable site.
- 02No Safe Browsing warning, zero abuse reports on the hosting IP, and a valid encrypted connection.
- 03The site publishes an on-domain email, phone number, postal address, social profiles and a complaints route in its terms.
Web research findings
Independent findings for freelistingusa.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for freelistingusa.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.
Infrastructure map
- Domainfreelistingusa.com
- Redirects towww.freelistingusa.com
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencescode.jquery.com · cdn.jsdelivr.net
Domain Timeline
- Mar 9, 2017Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 9 years old when this review was saved.
- Nov 4, 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.
freelistingusa.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@freelistingusa.com).
- Phone number listed (+17162749031).
- Postal address visible on the page.
- Links to 3 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Certificate issued for freelistingusa.com.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Analytics and ads
- Google AdSense
- Google Tag Manager
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- jQuery CDN
- jsDelivr
- 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://freelistingusa.com/
- 2301https://freelistingusa.com/
- 3206https://www.freelistingusa.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
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
Listings on a 'USA' directory include non-US businesses and malformed phone numbers, indicating submissions are published with little verification. · The terms state a featured-listing payment will not be refunded if the listing violates content policies.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 93 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Oct 24, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 4, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 4, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 5 visible observations saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 4, 2026 |
| Independent research | 4 independent findings were saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 4, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 24, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 4, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 4, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result5 visible observations saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 4, 2026
- Independent research
- Result4 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 4, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Answered from the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
Is freelistingusa.com a scam or is it safe?
Is freelistingusa.com safe to use?
Has freelistingusa.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is freelistingusa.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
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Does freelistingusa.com have a valid SSL certificate?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
A long-running free business directory with sloppy, unmoderated listings and an Indian operator behind a US-branded site — no malware or fraud mechanics found
FreeListingUSA.com is a WordPress-based business directory that invites companies to 'List Your Business Free on a Leading USA Business Directory' and sells a paid featured placement alongside the free tier. The domain has been registered since March 2017, the connection is properly encrypted, and no threat warning, malicious hosting history, popup, redirect or download attempt was observed. What holds the score in the low-risk band rather than Safe is operator quality: listings on a 'USA' directory include non-US businesses and malformed phone numbers, the contact page names an Indian company in Kerala while the site markets itself to American businesses, and the paid featured-listing terms state no refund if a listing is removed for policy violations.
09 · Community
Community
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