Critical risk detected
3 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page as malicious. Our security stack flagged multiple threat indicators on this website. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.
Is knockoutcollisionrepair.com legit or a scam?
Established Chico auto body shop with 23-year-old domain, active state license, and multiple positive local reviews.
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
MT Intelligence
The site presents itself as the official page for Knockout Collision Repair at 3225 Esplanade, Chico, CA with a listed phone number and full service details. Domain registration dates back 8421 days and matches the business that has operated since 1999. Our research located the exact business registration, California BAR license ARD# 272222, and two independent positive mentions on review platforms. Three antivirus engines flagged the page, yet browser blocklists stayed clean and the hosting IP shows zero abuse reports. No scam reports, complaints, or clone indicators were found.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for knockoutcollisionrepair.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain knockoutcollisionrepair.com is the official website of Knockout Collision Repair, auto body shop at 3225 Esplanade, Chico, CA 95973, phone (530) 899-9202
- Business operating since 1999 (over 25 years), family-owned by Kareem Abouzeid
- Active listings on Yelp, Facebook, LinkedIn, Carwise, Instagram, YouTube with physical location and contact details
- Winner of 1st Place Best Auto Paint & Body Shop in Best of Chico 2025
- Holds California BAR license ARD# 272222
- No scam, complaint, fraud, or lawsuit mentions found in searches
- Separate unrelated business with similar name exists in San Antonio, TX
Knockout Collision Repair Inc., family-owned since 1999; licensed ARD# 272222 by CA Bureau of Automotive Repair; physical address 3225 Esplanade, Chico, CA 95973
Our research found the site belongs to Knockout Collision Repair Inc., a family-owned shop operating since 1999 at the listed Chico address. It holds an active California Bureau of Automotive Repair license. Two positive local reviews were located and zero scam reports or complaints appeared in any searched sources.
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Contact Verification
We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
- Phone number listed ((530) 899-9202).
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://knockoutcollisionrepair.com/
- 2200https://knockoutcollisionrepair.com/
Server Reputation
Avoid this site
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Do not interact with knockoutcollisionrepair.com
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- Verify the business through independent channels
Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.
- Never use irreversible payment methods
Crypto, gift cards, wire transfers, and cash apps offer zero buyer protection. Use a credit card or PayPal if you must pay.
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Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Referenced Domains
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Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.
- Our automated security review flags knockoutcollisionrepair.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — knockoutcollisionrepair.com scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. knockoutcollisionrepair.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · E8, expiring in 73 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- knockoutcollisionrepair.com is 23.1 years old, registered on 5/16/2003 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 3 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged knockoutcollisionrepair.com as malicious or suspicious (3 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. knockoutcollisionrepair.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- knockoutcollisionrepair.com resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). 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.
- We cache results for 24 hours. Signed-in MalwareTips members can trigger a manual rescan at any time using the "Rescan" button on the report page, which re-runs every check from scratch and refreshes this page.
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