Is kerakids.org safe?
http://kerakids.org/
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How we checked
Coverage: partial · 2 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (60 of 67 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading · limited: did not fully complete
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Official KERA Kids public-media site with no detected threats
kerakids.org is the children’s programming portal for KERA, a North Texas public-media organization. The domain redirects to the official kids.kera.org site, carries a valid TLS certificate, and is not flagged by the browser threat feed. The site’s own page content could not be read (HTTP 403), but the combination of long domain age, official branding, and clean security signals supports a high safety rating.
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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; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
No adverse finding was saved with this report.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 5170 days old
Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
kerakids.org is the children’s programming portal for KERA, a North Texas public-media organization. The domain redirects to the official kids.kera.org site, carries a valid TLS certificate, and is not flagged by the browser threat feed. The site’s own page content could not be read (HTTP 403), but the combination of long domain age, official branding, and clean security signals supports a high safety rating.
Security and domain evidence
The browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the TLS check confirmed a valid encrypted connection.
The registrable domain is 5170 days old, indicating long-term, stable operation consistent with a public-media organization.
Content access and branding
The scanner received an HTTP 403 response, so the site’s own page, contact, About, and policy text were not reviewed.
Visual inspection captured the KERA Kids logo and the redirect destination kids.kera.org, confirming the site’s official branding.
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/ 67
No detectionsSaved analysis from October 22, 2018 - stale
No detections across 60 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 7 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 67
All 67 engine results
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Avira - Clean
- Baidu-International - Clean
- BitDefender - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- C-SIRT - Clean
- Certly - Clean
- CLEAN MX - Clean
- Comodo Site Inspector - Clean
- CyberCrime - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Clean
- Dr.Web - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- ESET - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- FraudScore - Clean
- FraudSense - Clean
- G-Data - Clean
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Clean
- Kaspersky - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Malc0de Database - Clean
- Malekal - Clean
- Malware Domain Blocklist - Clean
- Malwarebytes hpHosts - Clean
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwareDomainList - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- malwares.com URL checker - Clean
- Netcraft - Unrated
- NotMining - Unrated
- Nucleon - Clean
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Opera - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- SecureBrain - Clean
- securolytics - Clean
- Sophos - Unrated
- Spam404 - Clean
- StopBadware - Unrated
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Tencent - Clean
- ThreatHive - Clean
- Trustwave - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Virusdie External Site Scan - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Web Security Guard - Clean
- Webutation - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZCloudsec - Clean
- ZDB Zeus - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- Zerofox - Clean
- ZeusTracker - Clean
- zvelo - Clean
How security vendors categorise this site
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerentertainment
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
KERA Kids Logo
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
KERA Kids Logo
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Independent evidence classifies the site as content, but the page's own claim could not be captured.
What we observed
The page itself could not be fully inspected, so the report relies on the other saved checks.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
2 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
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The registrable domain is 5170 days old
- 02The page content could not be read (HTTP 403)
- 03The browser threat feed returned no threat warning
Web research findings
Independent findings for kerakids.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.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for kerakids.org. 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.
- Domainkerakids.org
- Redirects tokids.kera.org
- Hosted byAmazon Technologies Inc.
Domain Timeline
- Aug 17, 2012Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 14 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 14, 2026Saved security review — Rated Safe
This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.
kerakids.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.
Domain & Encryption
This is the certificate of kids.kera.org, the site this URL lands on. Certificate issued for kera.org.
A shared content-delivery network address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Redirect Chain
The site refused our redirect check, so this chain may be incomplete.
- 1301http://kerakids.org/
- 2403https://kids.kera.org/cross-domain
Server Reputation
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentpartial
- 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 67 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Oct 22, 2018 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 14, 2026 |
| Page content | Page content was not available for semantic review | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Oct 14, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 14, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 14, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 67 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 22, 2018
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 14, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage content was not available for semantic review
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 14, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 14, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 14, 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
Official KERA Kids public-media site with no detected threats
kerakids.org is the children’s programming portal for KERA, a North Texas public-media organization. The domain redirects to the official kids.kera.org site, carries a valid TLS certificate, and is not flagged by the browser threat feed. The site’s own page content could not be read (HTTP 403), but the combination of long domain age, official branding, and clean security signals supports a high safety rating.
09 · Community
Community
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