Is lacretehomehardware.ca safe?

http://lacretehomehardware.ca/

SafeStatus

Coveragestrong2 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Legitimate local hardware store website with no active threats detected

La Crete Home Hardware Building Centre operates as a physical retail store in Alberta, Canada, with an established online presence for product sales and local pickup. The site shows consistent business verification through physical address, phone number, and long domain history, with no evidence of malicious activity or deceptive commercial practices.

The site appears to be a legitimate local business website suitable for normal commercial interaction. Visitors can reasonably expect standard retail transactions with a physical store that has verifiable local presence.
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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

La Crete Home Hardware Building Centre operates as a physical retail store in Alberta, Canada, with an established online presence for product sales and local pickup. The site shows consistent business verification through physical address, phone number, and long domain history, with no evidence of malicious activity or deceptive commercial practices.

Physical business presence confirmed

The site represents an established hardware and building supply store located at 9901-100st, La Crete, Alberta, T0H 2H0, with a listed phone number of 1-780-928-3750 and email contact info@lacretehomehardware.ca.

The domain has been registered for over 2,000 days, indicating a long-standing business presence rather than a recently created operation.

Technical security profile

the browser threat feed reports no threat warnings for the site, and the TLS connection is properly encrypted with a valid certificate.

One antivirus engine flagged the site in a stale report, but this appears to be an isolated detection without current supporting evidence from major security services.

E-commerce capabilities for local business

The site functions as an online platform for a physical hardware store, allowing customers to browse products and arrange shipping or in-store pickup from the La Crete location.

Why the score is 88

1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing. 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

1/ 91

detections

Saved result - stale

1 engine flagged this URL

Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.

Malicious
1
Suspicious
0
Total
91
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
CRDFMaliciousmalicious
All 91 engine results
  • CRDF - malicious - Malicious
  • 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
  • Abusix - clean - Clean
  • Acronis - clean - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • alphaMountain.ai - clean - Clean
  • AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
  • Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
  • ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • AutoShun - unrated - Clean
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
  • BitDefender - clean - Clean
  • Bkav - unrated - Clean
  • BlockList - clean - Clean
  • Blueliv - clean - Clean
  • Certego - clean - Clean
  • ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
  • Chong Lua Dao - unrated - Clean
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • Criminal IP - unrated - Clean
  • CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
  • CTX AI - clean - Clean
  • Cyan - unrated - Clean
  • Cyble - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - clean - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
  • DNS8 - unrated - Clean
  • Dr.Web - clean - Clean
  • EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
  • Emsisoft - clean - Clean
  • Ermes - unrated - Clean
  • ESET - clean - Clean
  • ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - clean - Clean
  • Fortinet - clean - Clean
  • Fortra - unrated - Clean
  • G-Data - clean - Clean
  • GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
  • GreenSnow - clean - Clean
  • GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
  • Gridinsoft - unrated - Clean
  • Guardpot - unrated - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - unrated - Clean
  • Kaspersky - clean - Clean
  • LevelBlue - unrated - Clean
  • Lionic - clean - Clean
  • Lumu - unrated - Clean
  • Malwared - clean - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
  • MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
  • Mimecast - unrated - 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
  • Sansec eComscan - unrated - Clean
  • Scantitan - clean - Clean
  • SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
  • Seclookup - clean - Clean
  • Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
  • SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
  • Sophos - clean - Clean
  • StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
  • ThreatHive - 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 - clean - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
  • ZeroFox - unrated - Clean

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed
Not flagged on major threat lists

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

What we observed

CAPTURED PAGE
lacretehomehardware.ca
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

La Crete Home Hardware Building Centre 1-780-928-3750

Context only

What the captured page showed

2 observations
  1. 01

    La Crete Home Hardware Building Centre

  2. 02

    1-780-928-3750

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

    Independent evidence classifies the site as shop, but the page's own claim could not be captured.

  2. What we observed

    The page itself could not be fully inspected, so the report relies on the other saved checks.

  3. What independent research found

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

  4. 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

Shop

Transaction

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 01Physical address and phone number match the business name and location in Alberta, Canada
  2. 02Domain registered for 2151 days indicates established business rather than temporary operation
  3. 03the browser threat feed shows no threat warnings and valid TLS encryption is present

Web research findings

Independent findings for lacretehomehardware.ca, 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.
  • La Crete Home Hardware Building Centreopen

    "9901-100st, La Crete Alberta, T0H 2H0"

  • La Crete Home Hardware Building Centreopen

    "1-780-928-3750"

Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
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. Domainlacretehomehardware.ca
  2. Redirects tolacretehomehardware.ca
  3. Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.

Domain Timeline

  1. Nov 6, 2020
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 5.9 years old when this review was saved.

  2. Sep 28, 2026
    Saved security review — Reviewed as safe

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

lacretehomehardware.ca 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

Domain History
Age6 years old
RegistrarGo Daddy Domains Canada, Inc
RegisteredNov 6, 2020
ExpiresNov 6, 2026
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1
ExpiresDec 5, 2026 (68d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingCloudflare, Inc.
Server locationUS

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://lacretehomehardware.ca/
  • 2200https://lacretehomehardware.ca/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file1
ISPCloudflare, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

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 contentpartial
  4. Analysiscomplete
  5. Visual evidencecomplete
Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

Technical threat

suspicious

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

Additional evidence review

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
Result1 of 91 engines flagged
CompletionLimited
FindingAdverse
Freshnessstale fallback · Sep 28, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Page content
ResultPage content was not available for semantic review
CompletionLimited
FindingNo saved finding
FreshnessNot available
Visual evidence
Result2 visible observations saved with the page capture
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse 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 lacretehomehardware.ca and not a lookalike like l-acretehomehardware.ca 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.

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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 lacretehomehardware.ca legit and safe?
Our automated security review found no threat indicators on lacretehomehardware.ca, so it appears legitimate. and the domain is 5.9 years old, registered on November 6, 2020 — 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 lacretehomehardware.ca safe to use?
lacretehomehardware.ca has a Safety Score of 88/100 (Safe). 1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing. at scan time. Treat unexpected login or payment requests with normal caution.
Could a legitimate site like lacretehomehardware.ca 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 lacretehomehardware.ca), 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 lacretehomehardware.ca is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.
Has lacretehomehardware.ca been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 1 of 91 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged lacretehomehardware.ca, 1 of them as outright malicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
Is lacretehomehardware.ca on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — lacretehomehardware.ca 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 lacretehomehardware.ca domain?
lacretehomehardware.ca is 5.9 years old, registered on November 6, 2020 through Go Daddy Domains Canada, Inc. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
Does lacretehomehardware.ca have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — lacretehomehardware.ca presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, valid for another 68 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
Where is lacretehomehardware.ca hosted?
lacretehomehardware.ca resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (Content Delivery Network). 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 lacretehomehardware.ca report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on September 28, 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 lacretehomehardware.ca 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
88/100
Safe

Legitimate local hardware store website with no active threats detected

Saved capturelacretehomehardware.caCapture-safe
Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.
Conclusion

La Crete Home Hardware Building Centre operates as a physical retail store in Alberta, Canada, with an established online presence for product sales and local pickup. The site shows consistent business verification through physical address, phone number, and long domain history, with no evidence of malicious activity or deceptive commercial practices.

Recommended actionThe site appears to be a legitimate local business website suitable for normal commercial interaction. Visitors can reasonably expect standard retail transactions with a physical store that has verifiable local presence.
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Community

First-hand experiences add human context after the scanner has reached its conclusion.