Is imagineyourcolumbusparks.com safe?

http://imagineyourcolumbusparks.com/

SafeStatus

Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Official City of Columbus Parks and Recreation planning portal

The site is a legitimate municipal project website for the City of Columbus Parks and Recreation Department, created to gather public input on future park planning. No commercial traps, deceptive CTAs, or technical threats were identified.

The site is safe to visit and participate in the public survey. No further precautions are needed beyond standard web browsing practices.
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No saved capture is availableThe verdict remains based on the completed checks below.
No antivirus detections across 90 engines
Calibrated safety spectrum

Where this site sits

  1. Dangerous1–20
  2. High Risk21–44
  3. Moderate Risk45–69
  4. Low Risk70–84
  5. Safe85–100

The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.

01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

The site is a legitimate municipal project website for the City of Columbus Parks and Recreation Department, created to gather public input on future park planning. No commercial traps, deceptive CTAs, or technical threats were identified.

Evidence supporting legitimacy

The site explicitly identifies itself as the official project website for the City of Columbus Parks and Recreation Department Park System Master and Strategic Plan.

Local news coverage confirms the Columbus Parks Department is actively using this domain to collect public input through an online survey that runs through December 17.

Technical and operator risk profile

the browser threat feed returned no threat warnings for the domain.

The domain is 134 days old, which is consistent with a recent municipal planning initiative rather than a long-established scam operation.

Why the score is 92

The saved analysis does not include enough completed checks for a Safe rating. 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/ 90

No detections

Saved result - stale

No detections across 90 engines

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

Malicious
0
Suspicious
0
Total
90
All 90 engine results
  • 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
  • Abusix - clean - Clean
  • Acronis - clean - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
  • AICC (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • alphaMountain.ai - clean - Clean
  • AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
  • Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
  • ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • Artists Against 419 - clean - Clean
  • AutoShun - unrated - Clean
  • Avira - clean - Clean
  • benkow.cc - clean - Clean
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - clean - Clean
  • BitDefender - clean - Clean
  • Bkav - unrated - Clean
  • BlockList - clean - Clean
  • Blueliv - clean - Clean
  • Certego - clean - Clean
  • Chong Lua Dao - clean - Clean
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
  • CMC Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
  • CRDF - clean - Clean
  • Criminal IP - unrated - Clean
  • CrowdSec - 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
  • ESET - clean - Clean
  • ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
  • Feodo Tracker - clean - Clean
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - clean - Clean
  • Fortinet - clean - Clean
  • Fortra - unrated - Clean
  • G-Data - clean - Clean
  • Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
  • GreenSnow - clean - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - clean - Clean
  • Kaspersky - clean - Clean
  • Lionic - clean - Clean
  • Lumu - unrated - Clean
  • Malwared - clean - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
  • malwares.com URL checker - clean - Clean
  • Netcraft - unrated - Clean
  • OpenPhish - clean - Clean
  • PhishFort - unrated - Clean
  • Phishing Database - clean - 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
  • Scantitan - clean - Clean
  • SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
  • Seclookup - clean - Clean
  • SecureBrain - 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
  • Threatsourcing - 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 - unrated - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - clean - Clean

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed
Not flagged on major threat lists

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

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

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

    Imagine your columbus parks/

  2. What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 90 antivirus results.

  3. What independent research found

    2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.

  4. 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

  1. 01Site is developed in partnership with PROS Consulting for the City of Columbus Parks and Recreation Department.
  2. 02Local news outlet confirms the domain is used by the official parks department for public input collection.
  3. 03No malware, phishing, or threat warnings from the browser threat feed.

Web research findings

Independent findings for imagineyourcolumbusparks.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.

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.
  • Imagine your columbus parks/open

    "Welcome to the project website for the City of Columbus Parks and Recreation Department Park System Master and Strategic Plan."

  • Southern Indianaopen

    "The Columbus Parks and Recreation Department is looking for public input as it plans for the future. A Columbus Parks Department Strategic Plan public survey is available through Dec. 17 at imagineyourcolumbusparks.com"

Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

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.

  1. Domainimagineyourcolumbusparks.com
  2. Redirects toimagineyourcolumbusparks.com
  3. Hosted byGoDaddy.com, LLC

Domain Timeline

  1. Apr 21, 2026
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 4 months old today.

  2. Sep 3, 2026
    Saved security review — Reviewed as safe

    This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.

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
Age4 months old
RegistrarGoDaddy.com, LLC
RegisteredApr 21, 2026
ExpiresApr 21, 2029
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusInvalid
Protocolnone
IssuerNone
ExpiresInvalid Date (0d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingGoDaddy.com, LLC
Server locationUS
Web serverApache

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPGoDaddy.com, LLC
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
  1. Antiviruspartial
  2. Browser threat feedcomplete
  3. Page contentcomplete
  4. Analysiscomplete
  5. Visual evidenceunavailable
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.

Antivirus
Result0 of 90 engines flagged
CompletionLimited
FindingNo saved finding
Freshnessstale fallback · Sep 3, 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
ResultThe saved page capture was not reliable enough to use
CompletionUnavailable
FindingNo saved 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.

  1. Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on imagineyourcolumbusparks.com and not a lookalike like i-magineyourcolumbusparks.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  2. 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.

  3. Discuss this site on the forum

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

    Open

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 imagineyourcolumbusparks.com legit and safe?
Our automated security review found no threat indicators on imagineyourcolumbusparks.com, so it appears legitimate. All 90 antivirus engines we queried report it clean, and the domain is 4 months old, registered on April 21, 2026 — 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 imagineyourcolumbusparks.com safe to use?
imagineyourcolumbusparks.com has a Safety Score of 92/100 (Safe). The saved analysis does not include enough completed checks for a Safe rating. at scan time. Treat unexpected login or payment requests with normal caution.
Could a legitimate site like imagineyourcolumbusparks.com 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 imagineyourcolumbusparks.com), 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 imagineyourcolumbusparks.com is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.
Has imagineyourcolumbusparks.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
No — all 90 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report imagineyourcolumbusparks.com 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 imagineyourcolumbusparks.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — imagineyourcolumbusparks.com 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 imagineyourcolumbusparks.com domain?
imagineyourcolumbusparks.com is 4 months old, registered on April 21, 2026 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. Scam sites are very often freshly registered and short-lived, so an age under six months is a reason for extra caution.
Does imagineyourcolumbusparks.com have a valid SSL certificate?
No — imagineyourcolumbusparks.com has an invalid or broken SSL certificate, so browsers will show a security warning. Combined with the other signals, we recommend avoiding it.
Where is imagineyourcolumbusparks.com hosted?
imagineyourcolumbusparks.com resolves to an IP operated by GoDaddy.com, LLC in US (Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). 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 imagineyourcolumbusparks.com report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on September 3, 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 imagineyourcolumbusparks.com 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
92/100
Safe

Official City of Columbus Parks and Recreation planning portal

Saved captureimagineyourcolumbusparks.comCapture-safe
No saved screenshot was available for this report.
Conclusion

The site is a legitimate municipal project website for the City of Columbus Parks and Recreation Department, created to gather public input on future park planning. No commercial traps, deceptive CTAs, or technical threats were identified.

Recommended actionThe site is safe to visit and participate in the public survey. No further precautions are needed beyond standard web browsing practices.
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09 · Community

Community

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