Is ifloorsa.co.za legit or a scam?
A South African flooring business site flagged for phishing by BitDefender and G-Data despite having a legitimate social media presence.
These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.
Analysis Summary
Phishing site — do not log in
Flagged on major browser safety blocklists as social engineering. This page looks designed to steal credentials. Don't log in — and if you already did, change the password anywhere you reused it and turn on two-factor authentication.
Website Preview
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.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
We could not capture a fully-rendered screenshot of this page; visual analysis is inconclusive.
What our vision model saw
1 signalScreenshot incomplete — site may be slow to render
MT Intelligence
Our analysis shows a conflict between the site's technical reputation and its business history. Multiple security engines, including BitDefender and G-Data, have flagged the domain for phishing or social engineering. Major browser blocklists have also blacklisted the URL, which usually indicates the site is hosting deceptive content or has been compromised. However, our research confirms the business 'iFloor-SA' has existed since 2015 with active social media profiles and linked employees. The low trust score is driven by these active security alerts rather than a lack of business legitimacy.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for ifloorsa.co.za, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- ifloorsa.co.za is the website for iFloor-SA (also referred to as IFloor SA), a Pretoria/Johannesburg-based company specializing in concrete flooring, polishing, epoxy floors, decorative overlays, and resinous solutions.
- Associated with Alex Cooper (former director 2015–2022) and linked to GAC-SA on LinkedIn; Facebook page (@ifloorsa) promotes concrete tombstone/countertop samples and provides contact email info@ifloorsa.co.za and phone 064 509....
- Hellopeter.com lists 5 customer reviews for iFloor-SA with a 0 TrustIndex; at least one titled "Bad experience" (1 star) exists, though full text could not be retrieved.
- No scam reports, fraud alerts, or widespread complaints found across web searches including Reddit, specific scam queries, or South African review sites.
- Related but separate entities exist (e.g. ifloors.africa with positive testimonials, iFloors in Fourways, international iFloors TX), but ifloorsa.co.za specifically ties to the SA concrete flooring operation.
- No company registration (CIPC) number or formal business registration details surfaced in public searches; domain age unknown.
- Site could not be directly browsed; searches show active social media presence with no red flags for phishing or typosquatting.
Operated as iFloor-SA / GAC-SA by Alex Cooper (director 2015-2022) and Bertie Booyens; LinkedIn profiles and Facebook page active; no specific CIPC number found in searches
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Detected threat categories: SOCIAL_ENGINEERING.
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 scam-type patterns detected
1 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Google Safe Browsing flagged this as social engineering / phishing.
- AI analyst tagged this as phishing / data-harvesting.
1 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Google Safe Browsing flagged this as social engineering / phishing.
- AI analyst tagged this as phishing / data-harvesting.
Phishing site — act fast
This page shows signs of attempting to steal credentials or impersonate a trusted brand.
- Do not interact with ifloorsa.co.za
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- If you already typed your password — change it now
Change the password on the legitimate site and anywhere else you re-used it. Turn on two-factor authentication. Review recent account activity.
- OpenReport the phishing URL
APWG (Anti-Phishing Working Group) accepts phishing reports at reportphishing@apwg.org. Google Safe Browsing reports help protect other users.
- OpenGet help on the forum
MalwareTips members can help you assess damage and next steps.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
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 flags ifloorsa.co.za as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — ifloorsa.co.za scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. ifloorsa.co.za presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · R13, expiring in 37 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- 6 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged ifloorsa.co.za as malicious or suspicious (4 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- Yes. The major browser blocklist feeds flagged ifloorsa.co.za with the following threat categories: SOCIAL_ENGINEERING. This protects billions of browser users from visiting the site.
- ifloorsa.co.za resolves to an IP operated by Cybersmart in ZA (usage type: Fixed Line ISP). 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 29, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around ifloorsa.co.za have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.
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