Is interfacegroup.ch safe?
http://interfacegroup.ch/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 92 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
University of Zurich research group portal with no scam, malware or payment mechanics found
interfacegroup.ch is the public web presence of The Interface Group, described on its own pages as part of the Department of Physiology at the University of Zurich, combining engineering, biological and medical research. The domain is long established, the connection is encrypted, and no threat warnings or hosting abuse signals were recorded. Nothing on the reviewed pages asks visitors for money, credentials or downloads, so the site reads as an academic information resource rather than a commercial or deceptive operation.
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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.
Why 92/100
Safe covers scores 85–100. No adverse finding was saved; 4 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
No adverse finding was saved with this report.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe site's own page text states The Interface Group is part of the Department of Physiology at the University of Zurich and describes its research mission.
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 8259 days old, consistent with a long-established institutional presence.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection and the browser threat feed returned no threat warning.
- SupportsA contact block lists a Swiss phone number, fax number and a uzh.ch email address, matching the stated university affiliation.
Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
interfacegroup.ch is the public web presence of The Interface Group, described on its own pages as part of the Department of Physiology at the University of Zurich, combining engineering, biological and medical research. The domain is long established, the connection is encrypted, and no threat warnings or hosting abuse signals were recorded. Nothing on the reviewed pages asks visitors for money, credentials or downloads, so the site reads as an academic information resource rather than a commercial or deceptive operation.
What the site actually is
The reviewed page text identifies The Interface Group as part of the Department of Physiology at the University of Zurich, with a stated vision of answering fundamental physiology questions and addressing clinical needs through convergence of engineering, biological and medical research. The page also names the Department of Physiology and the University of Zurich as institutional affiliations.
A contact block on the site lists a Swiss phone number, a fax number and an email address on the uzh.ch domain, which is consistent with the stated university affiliation rather than a throwaway consumer mailbox.
The site's outbound links point to physiol.uzh.ch and uzh.ch, and a further page element references wiredot.com. None of these links carries a commercial or monetisation intent in the saved evidence, so they read as institutional and project references rather than an affiliate or sales funnel.
Technical checks and operator risk
The registrable domain is 8259 days old, indicating a long-standing registration rather than a freshly created shell. The saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, and the browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the site.
The hosting IP carries an abuse confidence score of 0 out of 100 across zero saved reports, so there is no recorded hosting-level abuse signal to weigh against the site.
No commercial calls to action, affiliate relationships or risk mechanics were identified in the reviewed material, and the reviewed pages contain no checkout, subscription or credential-collection flow. The absence of such mechanics is why the score sits in the Safe band rather than merely Low Risk.
Why the score is 92
The saved checks and analysis found no material threat. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 92
No detectionsSaved analysis from October 1, 2026 - stale
No detections across 58 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 34 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 92
All 92 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 - Unrated
- 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
- 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 - Unrated
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiEducation, Reference
- BitDefenderbusiness
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekereducational institutions
- Googleeducation
- Xcitium Verdict Cloudblogs & wikis
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
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Visual context from the captured page
The Interface Group
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
The Interface Group
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
The Interface Group | Zurich
- Meta description
The Interface Group is part of the Department of Physiology at the University of Zurich. Its vision is to answer fundamental questions of physiology and…
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- Contact page/contact/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
The Interface Group | Zurich
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
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 registrable domain is 8259 days old, consistent with a long-established institutional presence.
- 02The hosting IP has an abuse confidence score of 0/100 across zero saved reports, providing no adverse hosting signal.
- 03The saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection and the browser threat feed returned no threat warning.
Web research findings
Independent findings for interfacegroup.ch, 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.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for interfacegroup.ch. 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. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domaininterfacegroup.ch
- Redirects tointerfacegroup.ch
- Hosted byHetzner Online GmbH
- Referencesgmpg.org · ajax.googleapis.com
Domain Timeline
- Mar 16, 2004Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 22 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 26, 2026Saved security review — Rated Safe
This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.
interfacegroup.ch 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.
- Phone number listed (+41 (0) 44 635 50 55).
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for interfacegroup.ch.
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://interfacegroup.ch/
- 2206https://interfacegroup.ch/
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
unknownComplaints, 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 | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 92 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Oct 1, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 26, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 26, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 26, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 26, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 1, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 26, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 26, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 26, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 26, 2026
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.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
University of Zurich research group portal with no scam, malware or payment mechanics found
interfacegroup.ch is the public web presence of The Interface Group, described on its own pages as part of the Department of Physiology at the University of Zurich, combining engineering, biological and medical research. The domain is long established, the connection is encrypted, and no threat warnings or hosting abuse signals were recorded. Nothing on the reviewed pages asks visitors for money, credentials or downloads, so the site reads as an academic information resource rather than a commercial or deceptive operation.
09 · Community
Community
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