Security Review

Is google.bg legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 89/100

Official Google search engine for Bulgaria, providing localized results and services on a verified corporate domain.

google.bgScanned 2h ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 77·MT 95
View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
Registration date unknown
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 98% confidence
SAFE

No threats detected

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

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Screenshot of google.bg
LIVE RENDER
google.bg

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

Visual Screenshot Analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

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/ 100
No visual red flags

No scam visual patterns detected

The screenshot displays a standard, fully-rendered Google search homepage with no visual indicators of scam activity or malicious intent.

Visual risk0/100

What our vision model saw

4 signals

Standard Google search interface layout with functional navigation links

Presence of official Google Doodle and standard search buttons

Professional design quality with correct typography and spacing

No visible urgency tactics, fake trust badges, or suspicious overlays

Brand Impersonation

medium confidence

The page mentions or styles itself as Google, but is hosted on a domain that is not an official Google property.

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust95/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
Our analysis confirms this is the authentic localized search portal for Bulgarian users. The domain uses a valid SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services and is hosted on official infrastructure. It integrates seamlessly with the broader ecosystem, including Gmail, Maps, and localized news services. No security engines or blocklists flag this site, and our research confirms it is the standard country-code top-level domain for the region. The page design and functionality are consistent with official standards.
Full dossier
Analysis complete

Page Content

The page features the standard search interface with a functional Google Doodle and navigation links to official services like Gmail and Images. All links point to verified subdomains such as accounts.google.com and policies.google.com.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on a dedicated IP address with a perfect reputation score and zero abuse reports. The SSL certificate is current and issued by the organization's own certificate authority.

Domain History

This domain serves as the official Bulgarian (.bg) extension for the search engine. It has a long-standing history of operation and is recognized globally as a legitimate localized asset.

Web Reputation

The domain maintains a clean record across all major security databases. It is widely referenced in official documentation and support threads as the correct destination for users in Bulgaria.
Positive Signals
5
  • Official localized domain for a major global brand
  • Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines
  • Valid SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services
  • Clean IP reputation with no history of abuse
  • Seamless integration with official corporate services
AI Recommendation
This site is safe to use for searching and accessing your account. It is the official localized version of the search engine for Bulgaria.
Next-gen fraud intelligence
Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

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

Business registration
Active · Bulgaria
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
10 positive
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • google.bg is the official Google search homepage for Bulgaria, serving localized search results in Bulgarian (e.g., links to translate.google.bg, news.google.com with hl=bg&gl=BG, gemini.google.com?hl=bg).
  • It is actively used and referenced across Google's ecosystem, including Google Translate, Google News, Google Maps support threads, and Play Store with gl=bg parameter.
  • No scam reports, complaints, or negative reviews found on review sites, Reddit, or security forums specifically targeting google.bg as phishing or fake.
  • General Google phishing/scam alerts exist (e.g., fake Gmail support, spoofed emails, fake Ads login pages), but none reference or involve the domain google.bg.
  • .bg is the official ccTLD for Bulgaria, managed by Register.bg; Google holds and operates google.bg as one of its standard country-specific domains.
  • Page content aligns with official Google properties: search interface, apps, and services with no irregularities, suspicious scripts, or deviations from Google's standard design.
  • Google has publicly discussed phasing out heavy reliance on ccTLDs in favor of google.com but continues to maintain and redirect/operate them like google.bg.
Business registration
Status: active · Bulgaria

Official Google ccTLD for Bulgaria (.bg is Bulgaria's country code top-level domain). Registered and operated by Google as the localized search engine, consistent with Google's global ccTLD strategy (e.g., google.de, google.fr). No negative registration findings.

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above
We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for google.bg and found no scam reports or complaints. Our research confirms this is the official localized version of Google Search for Bulgaria, registered and operated by the company as part of its global country-specific domain strategy. It is actively used across the ecosystem for services like Google News and Google Translate.

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.

0Malicious0Suspicious62Harmless92Engines
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 numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No phone number listed on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Page impersonates Google on a non-official domain.

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WR2
ExpiresAug 17, 2026 (56d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingGoogle LLC
Server locationUS
Web servergws

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
Yes
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://google.bg/
  • 2200http://www.google.bg/cross-domain

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file9
ISPGoogle LLC
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

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 google.bg and not a lookalike like g-oogle.bg.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

    If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.

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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 ↗

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review found no threat indicators on google.bg. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • google.bg passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 89/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • Yes. google.bg presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WR2, expiring in 56 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report google.bg as clean.
  • No. google.bg is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • google.bg resolves to an IP operated by Google LLC in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). 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.
  • This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 21, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around google.bg have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·google.bg
SAFE

This is the official Google search homepage for Bulgaria. It is a legitimate localized version of the global search engine and is operated directly by Google.

This site is safe to use for searching and accessing your account. It is the official localized version of the search engine for Bulgaria.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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