Is illinois.pbslearningmedia.org safe?

http://illinois.pbslearningmedia.org/

SafeStatus

Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Legitimate PBS educational platform with no detected threats

illinois.pbslearningmedia.org is the Illinois edition of PBS LearningMedia, a free digital resource library operated by PBS and local public media stations. The site provides curriculum-aligned videos, lesson plans, and interactives for PreK-12 educators with no evidence of malicious activity or deceptive commercial practices.

The site is safe for educators and students to access. No special precautions are required beyond normal safe browsing practices.

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Saved site captureCaptured safely during this scan No antivirus detections across 93 engines

Calibrated safety spectrum

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.

01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

Technical and reputation checks

the browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the domain, and the saved TLS check confirmed a valid encrypted connection is in place.

The registrable domain is 5609 days old, indicating long-term operation consistent with an established public media service rather than a newly created fraudulent site.

The hosting IP shows an abuse confidence score of 0/100 across zero saved reports, supporting a clean infrastructure reputation.

Educational content and operator identity

PBS and local stations have curated free, curriculum-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and other classroom resources specifically for teachers.

WSIU and PBS partners across Illinois launched PBS LearningMedia Illinois Edition as a library of free digital media resources and support materials designed for classroom use.

Why the score is 95

The score combines saved deterministic evidence with the grounded analysis available for this report. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Collected signals and independent provider data for this URL.

Antivirus Engines

0/ 93

No detections

Saved result - stale

No detections across 93 engines

No antivirus engine in this saved scan raised an adverse result. This is one signal, not a guarantee.

Malicious: 0
Suspicious: 0
Total: 93

All 93 engine results

0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
Abusix - clean - Clean
Acronis - clean - Clean
ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
AlienVault - clean - Clean
alphaMountain.ai - clean - Clean
AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
AutoShun - unrated - Clean
benkow.cc - clean - Clean
Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
BitDefender - clean - Clean
Bkav - unrated - Clean
BlockList - clean - Clean
Blueliv - clean - Clean
Certego - clean - Clean
ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
Chong Lua Dao - clean - Clean
CINS Army - clean - Clean
Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
CMC Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
CRDF - clean - Clean
Criminal IP - clean - Clean
CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
Cyan - unrated - Clean
Cyble - clean - Clean
CyRadar - clean - Clean
desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
DNS8 - clean - Clean
Dr.Web - clean - Clean
EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
Emsisoft - clean - Clean
Ermes - unrated - Clean
ESET - clean - Clean
ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - clean - Clean
Fortinet - clean - Clean
Fortra - unrated - Clean
G-Data - clean - Clean
GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
GreenSnow - clean - Clean
GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
Gridinsoft - unrated - Clean
Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
IPsum - clean - Clean
Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
Kaspersky - clean - Clean
Lionic - clean - Clean
Lumu - unrated - Clean
Malwared - clean - Clean
MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
malwares.com URL checker - clean - Clean
MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
Mimecast - unrated - Clean
Netcraft - unrated - Clean
OpenPhish - clean - Clean
PhishFort - unrated - Clean
Phishtank - clean - Clean
PREBYTES - clean - Clean
PrecisionSec - unrated - Clean
Quick Heal - clean - Clean
Quttera - clean - Clean
Rising - clean - Clean
SafeToOpen - unrated - Clean
Sangfor - clean - Clean
Sansec eComscan - unrated - Clean
Scantitan - clean - Clean
SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
Seclookup - clean - Clean
securolytics - clean - Clean
Snort IP sample list - clean - Clean
SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
Sophos - clean - Clean
Spam404 - clean - Clean
StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
ThreatHive - clean - Clean
Trustwave - clean - Clean
URLhaus - clean - Clean
URLQuery - unrated - Clean
Viettel Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
VIPRE - unrated - Clean
ViriBack - clean - Clean
VX Vault - clean - Clean
Webroot - clean - Clean
Xcitium Verdict Cloud - clean - Clean
Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
ZeroFox - unrated - Clean

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed

Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.

What we observed

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CAPTURED PAGE

illinois.pbslearningmedia.org

Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

PBS LearningMedia | Teaching Resources For Students And Teachers Is THIRTEEN PBS your local station?

Context only

What the captured page showed

2 observations

01
PBS LearningMedia | Teaching Resources For Students And Teachers
02
Is THIRTEEN PBS your local station?

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.

What the site claims
PBS LearningMedia | Teaching Resources For Students And Teachers
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 93 antivirus results.
What independent research found
2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 4 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

Free

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

01PBS and your local station have curated FREE, curriculum-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more just for teachers like you. PBS Learning Media https://illinois.pbslearningmedia.org/
02WSIU and its PBS partners from across the state have launched PBS LearningMedia Illinois Edition, a library of FREE digital media resources and support materials designed for the classroom WSIU https://www.wsiu.org/pbs-learningmedia
03the browser threat feed returned no threat warning

Web research findings

Independent findings for illinois.pbslearningmedia.org, 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.

Business registration

No public record found

Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.

Clone check

No clone detected

The completed research found no supported clone indicator.

Typosquat check

No look-alike match

The completed research found no supported look-alike match.

Web mentions

2 positive

Positive reviews (2)

Public quotes that support the operator's credibility.

PBS Learning Mediaopen
"PBS and your local station have curated FREE, curriculum-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more just for teachers like you."
WSIUopen
"WSIU and its PBS partners from across the state have launched PBS LearningMedia Illinois Edition, a library of FREE digital media resources and support materials designed for the classroom"

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 ↗

04 · Domain & Infrastructure

Domain & infrastructure

Timeline · identity · encryption · redirects · hosting

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.

Domainillinois.pbslearningmedia.org
Redirects tony.pbslearningmedia.org
Hosted byAmazon.com, Inc.
Referencesstatic.pbslearningmedia.org · pbslearningmedia.org

Domain Timeline

May 10, 2011
Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 15 years old today.
Sep 18, 2026
Saved security review — Reviewed as safe
This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.

illinois.pbslearningmedia.org has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable 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.

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 direct contact email found on the captured page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History

Age15 years old

RegistrarCSC Corporate Domains, Inc.

RegisteredMay 10, 2011

ExpiresMay 10, 2027

Owner privacyUnknown

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerAmazon · Amazon RSA 2048 M04

ExpiresMar 10, 2027 (173d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingAmazon.com, Inc.

Server locationUS

Web serverLearningMedia

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://illinois.pbslearningmedia.org/
2302https://illinois.pbslearningmedia.org/
3200https://ny.pbslearningmedia.org/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPAmazon.com, Inc.

Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

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

static.pbslearningmedia.org pbslearningmedia.org googletagmanager.com

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.

Antiviruspartial
Browser threat feedcomplete
Page contentcomplete
Analysiscomplete
Visual evidencecomplete

Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

Technical threat

unknown

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Operator / customer risk

unknown

Complaints, 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 coverage
Source	Result	Completion	Finding	Freshness
Antivirus	0 of 93 engines flagged	Limited	No saved finding	stale fallback · Sep 18, 2026
Browser protection	No browser threat-list match	Completed	No adverse finding	Not available
Page content	Page fetched · HTTP 200	Completed	No adverse finding	Not available
Visual evidence	2 visible observations saved with the page capture	Completed	No adverse finding	Not available
Independent research	2 independent findings were saved	Completed	No adverse finding	Not available

Antivirus: Result0 of 93 engines flagged; CompletionLimited; FindingNo saved finding; Freshnessstale fallback · Sep 18, 2026
Browser protection: ResultNo browser threat-list match; CompletionCompleted; FindingNo adverse finding; FreshnessNot available
Page content: ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200; CompletionCompleted; FindingNo adverse finding; FreshnessNot available
Visual evidence: Result2 visible observations saved with the page capture; CompletionCompleted; FindingNo adverse finding; FreshnessNot available
Independent research: Result2 independent findings were saved; CompletionCompleted; FindingNo adverse finding; FreshnessNot available

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

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 illinois.pbslearningmedia.org and not a lookalike like i-llinois.pbslearningmedia.org 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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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 illinois.pbslearningmedia.org legit and safe?

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on illinois.pbslearningmedia.org, so it appears legitimate. All 93 antivirus engines we queried report it clean, and the domain is 15.4 years old, registered on May 10, 2011 — established domains are far less likely to be scams. Even so, always double-check the exact address in your browser, because phishing emails routinely spoof real, trusted domains like this one.

Is illinois.pbslearningmedia.org safe to use?

illinois.pbslearningmedia.org has a Safety Score of 95/100 (Safe). Core checks and semantic analysis found no material threat at scan time. Treat unexpected login or payment requests with normal caution.

Could a legitimate site like illinois.pbslearningmedia.org still be used in a scam?

Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from illinois.pbslearningmedia.org), and legitimate sites are occasionally compromised on specific pages. A clean verdict means the site itself checks out today; it does not mean every email or link claiming to be from illinois.pbslearningmedia.org is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.

Has illinois.pbslearningmedia.org been flagged by antivirus engines?

No — all 93 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report illinois.pbslearningmedia.org as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.

Is illinois.pbslearningmedia.org on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No — illinois.pbslearningmedia.org is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.

How old is the illinois.pbslearningmedia.org domain?

illinois.pbslearningmedia.org is 15.4 years old, registered on May 10, 2011 through CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.

Does illinois.pbslearningmedia.org have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes — illinois.pbslearningmedia.org presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Amazon · Amazon RSA 2048 M04, valid for another 173 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".

Where is illinois.pbslearningmedia.org hosted?

illinois.pbslearningmedia.org resolves to an IP operated by Amazon.com, Inc. in US (Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.

How often is the illinois.pbslearningmedia.org report updated?

This report is a record of the scan run on September 18, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about illinois.pbslearningmedia.org has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.

08 · Final Verdict

Final verdict

The saved conclusion, decisive evidence, and practical action in one final view.

Verdict score

95/100

Safe

Legitimate PBS educational platform with no detected threats

Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.

Conclusion

Recommended actionThe site is safe for educators and students to access. No special precautions are required beyond normal safe browsing practices.

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09 · Community

Community

First-hand experiences add human context after the scanner has reached its conclusion.

Is illinois.pbslearningmedia.org safe?

Legitimate PBS educational platform with no detected threats

Technical and reputation checks

Educational content and operator identity

Why the score is 95

What the captured page showed

What the site claims

What we observed

What independent research found

What remains unverified

Technical threat

Operator / customer risk

Still, stay alert

Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

Use a password manager

Discuss this site on the forum

Legitimate PBS educational platform with no detected threats

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