Is kyc-update.example.com safe?
https://kyc-update.example.com/account
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How we checked
Coverage: partial · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading · not available: did not fully complete
- page capture · not available: did not fully complete
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Unreachable 'KYC update' address whose naming matches a known bank-text scam pattern
This address could not be loaded because its name did not resolve, so the site's own pages could not be reviewed. Antivirus and Safe Browsing checks found nothing. However, a scam-awareness page quotes a fake bank text message telling customers their KYC has expired and pointing them to a similar 'kyc-update' address. The parent domain is very old, but that does not show how long this subdomain has existed. With no content to inspect and a name that mirrors a phishing lure, we rate it Moderate Risk.
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 50/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 1 finding pulled the score down; 2 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- ModerateOne public warning on a scam-warning or security site: "“Dear customer, your bank KYC has expired. Your account will be SUSPENDED today. Update now: mybank-kyc-update.example.com ”"-45 pts
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThere were no antivirus detections and no Safe Browsing warning.
- SupportsThe parent domain is old, but the subdomain's own age is unknown.
Points come from the saved evidence ledger: it lowered the score from 95 to 50 and split those 45 points between the findings that show points; the others carry no points in the ledger. Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
This address could not be loaded because its name did not resolve, so the site's own pages could not be reviewed. Antivirus and Safe Browsing checks found nothing. However, a scam-awareness page quotes a fake bank text message telling customers their KYC has expired and pointing them to a similar 'kyc-update' address. The parent domain is very old, but that does not show how long this subdomain has existed. With no content to inspect and a name that mirrors a phishing lure, we rate it Moderate Risk.
What the evidence shows
A scam-awareness page quotes a text message saying 'your bank KYC has expired' and that the account 'will be SUSPENDED today', and it links to mybank-kyc-update.example.com. That is a closely similar name, not this exact address.
When we tried to open this address, it did not resolve at all. No page, contact, About or policy text could be reviewed.
Clean scans, unknown operator
There were 0 detections across 93 antivirus engines, and Safe Browsing gave no warning. This only means nothing was flagged. It is not proof of safety, especially for a site that cannot be loaded.
The domain age of 11,399 days applies to the parent domain, not to this subdomain. No legitimate operator behind a 'KYC update' service could be identified.
Why the score is 50
One public warning on a scam-warning or security site: "“Dear customer, your bank KYC has expired. Your account will be SUSPENDED today. Update now: mybank-kyc-update.example.com ”". Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 93
No detectionsFresh result
No detections across 58 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 35 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
All 93 engine results
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Unrated
- 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
- Orcapot - Unrated
- 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 - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- BitDefendercomputersandsoftware
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerinformation technology
- Sophosinformation technology
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.
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
No page claim could be verified for kyc-update.example.com because no usable page content or saved capture was available.
What we observed
The page itself could not be fully inspected, so the report relies on the other saved checks.
What independent research found
1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 6 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
Web research findings
Independent findings for kyc-update.example.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.
- phishing-website-detectoropen
"“Dear customer, your bank KYC has expired. Your account will be SUSPENDED today. Update now: mybank-kyc-update.example.com ”"
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.
- Domainkyc-update.example.com
- Redirects tokyc-update.example.com
Domain Timeline
- Aug 14, 1995Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 31 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 29, 2026Saved security review — Rated Moderate Risk
The evidence in this saved scan is mixed or incomplete; the completed checks are detailed above.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruscomplete
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentunavailable
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidenceunavailable
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
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
One public warning on a scam-warning or security site: "“Dear customer, your bank KYC has expired. Your account will be SUSPENDED today. Update now: mybank-kyc-update.example.com ”"
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 93 engines flagged | Completed | No adverse finding | fresh · analysed Oct 29, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 29, 2026 |
| Page content | Page content was not available for semantic review | Unavailable | No saved finding | Not available |
| Visual evidence | The saved page capture was not reliable enough to use | Unavailable | No saved finding | Not available |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 29, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 29, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 29, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage content was not available for semantic review
- CompletionUnavailableFindingNo saved finding
- FreshnessNot available
- Visual evidence
- ResultThe saved page capture was not reliable enough to use
- CompletionUnavailableFindingNo saved finding
- FreshnessNot available
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 29, 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
Unreachable 'KYC update' address whose naming matches a known bank-text scam pattern
The written conclusion remains part of the saved report.
This address could not be loaded because its name did not resolve, so the site's own pages could not be reviewed. Antivirus and Safe Browsing checks found nothing. However, a scam-awareness page quotes a fake bank text message telling customers their KYC has expired and pointing them to a similar 'kyc-update' address. The parent domain is very old, but that does not show how long this subdomain has existed. With no content to inspect and a name that mirrors a phishing lure, we rate it Moderate Risk.
09 · Community
Community
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