Security Review

Is library.amtap.md legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 94/100

Official academic library for the AMTAP Academy in Moldova, featuring verified institutional history and clean security signals.

library.amtap.mdScanned 2h ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 91·MT 95
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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
Registration date unknown
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 95% confidence
SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

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MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust95/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
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Confidence
Our analysis confirms this is a legitimate institutional subdomain belonging to the Academy of Music, Theatre, and Fine Arts in Chișinău. The site is part of the amtap.md domain, which has been registered since 2007 and is recognized by national education authorities. Technical scans show zero detections across our antivirus network, and the hosting IP has a perfect reputation score. The page content is consistent with a university library, providing access to electronic catalogs, institutional repositories, and academic journals. We found no evidence of malicious activity or deceptive patterns during our research.
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Page Content

The website serves as the digital hub for the Biblioteca AMTAP, providing access to a collection of approximately 190,000 items. It features functional links to an electronic catalog, an institutional repository, and academic publications. The contact information, including the library director's email and the physical address in Chișinău, matches official government and academic records.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on a dedicated IP address in Moldova with no history of abuse or malicious reports. It uses a valid SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt to secure data transmission. The site integrates standard academic tools and external resources like Google Tag Manager and social media platforms without any suspicious scripts.

Domain History

The library operates on a subdomain of amtap.md, an established domain with nearly two decades of history. This hierarchical structure is typical for large educational institutions. The domain is well-indexed in academic directories such as OpenDOAR and ROAR, further confirming its status as a trusted scholarly resource.

Web Reputation

Our research indicates a clean reputation across all major security platforms. There are no scam reports, phishing complaints, or negative reviews associated with this domain. It is recognized by independent academic ranking sites as a legitimate facility of the AMTAP Academy.
Risk Factors
1
  • No significant risk factors identified during the technical or manual analysis.
Positive Signals
5
  • Official subdomain of a long-standing national academic institution.
  • Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines in our network.
  • Verified contact details matching official Moldovan government records.
  • Indexed in global academic repositories and university directories.
  • Clean hosting IP with no history of abuse reports.
AI Recommendation
This site is safe to use for academic research and library services. No special precautions are necessary.
Next-gen fraud intelligence
Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for library.amtap.md, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration
Active · Moldova
Site traces back to an actively registered business.
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
12 positive
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • library.amtap.md is the official website of Biblioteca AMTAP, the library of Academia de Muzică, Teatru și Arte Plastice in Chișinău, Moldova, founded in 1940 with a collection of ~190,000 items.
  • Direct contact details match official records: biblioteca@amtap.md, phone +373 22 24 23 38, address str. Alexei Mateevici 111, Chișinău; library director listed as Rodica Avasiloaie with matching email.
  • Linked resources include electronic catalog at http://catalog.lib.amtap.md/, institutional repository at https://repository.amtap.md/, and the main academy site https://amtap.md/.
  • The site is indexed in academic directories (OpenDOAR, ROAR) for the AMTAP repository and appears in university profiles on UniRank and UniPage as part of AMTAP facilities.
  • No scam reports, complaints, fraud mentions, or negative reviews found in web searches for the domain, AMTAP library, or related emails.
  • AMTAP main domain registered since 2007 (active status); library site contains news, acquisitions lists, journal (revista.amtap.md), and services typical of an institutional academic library.
  • Facebook pages for AMTAP departments and the library itself reference library.amtap.md and amtap.md without any warnings.
Business registration
Status: active · Moldova

Official library of Academia de Muzică, Teatru și Arte Plastice (AMTAP), a state academy founded in 1940 in Chișinău. Domain amtap.md registered since 2007; library subdomain is directly linked from official channels.

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above
We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for library.amtap.md and found no scam reports or complaints. Instead, our research identified the site as a legitimate state-affiliated academic resource. It is the official library for the Academy of Music, Theatre, and Fine Arts in Chișinău, founded in 1940. The domain is linked from official government channels and is indexed in reputable academic databases like OpenDOAR and ROAR.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified
Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious57Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not in pass
ESET-NOD32
Not in pass
Avira
Not in pass
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Clean
Emsisoft
Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

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.

What We Found
Has contact info, but not on the site's domain
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbers373 22 24 23 38
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles2
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • No email uses the site's own domain — legitimate shops usually do.
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Phone number listed (373 22 24 23 38).
  • Links to 4 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · E8
ExpiresAug 20, 2026 (58d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingAsociatia Obsteasca RENAM
Server locationMD
Web serverApache/2.4.58 (Ubuntu)
Platform / CMSJoomla

Redirect Chain

Hops
2
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://library.amtap.md/
  • 2301https://library.amtap.md/
  • 3200https://library.amtap.md/index.php/ro/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPAsociatia Obsteasca RENAM
Usage typeFixed Line ISP

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.

  • Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on library.amtap.md and not a lookalike like l-ibrary.amtap.md.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • 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.

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Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review found no threat indicators on library.amtap.md. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • library.amtap.md passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 94/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • Yes. library.amtap.md presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · E8, expiring in 58 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report library.amtap.md as clean.
  • No. library.amtap.md is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • library.amtap.md resolves to an IP operated by Asociatia Obsteasca RENAM in MD (usage type: Fixed Line ISP). 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.
  • This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 23, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around library.amtap.md have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·library.amtap.md
SAFE

This is the official library website for the Academy of Music, Theatre, and Fine Arts (AMTAP) in Moldova. It is a legitimate academic resource with a long history and verified institutional links. You can safely use this site for research and library services.

This site is safe to use for academic research and library services. No special precautions are necessary.

AV engines
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MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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