Is locaweb.com.br a scam?

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on locaweb.com.br. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Is locaweb.com.br safe to use?

locaweb.com.br passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 92/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does locaweb.com.br have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. locaweb.com.br presents a valid TLSv1.2 certificate issued by GlobalSign nv-sa · GlobalSign GCC R6 AlphaSSL CA 2025, expiring in 254 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

How old is the locaweb.com.br domain?

locaweb.com.br is 28.4 years old, registered on 1/12/1998 through LOCAWEB. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.

Has locaweb.com.br been flagged by antivirus engines?

No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report locaweb.com.br as clean.

Is locaweb.com.br on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. locaweb.com.br is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is locaweb.com.br hosted?

locaweb.com.br resolves to an IP operated by Locaweb Serviços de Internet S/A in BR (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). 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.

Is locaweb.com.br a well-known website?

Yes. locaweb.com.br sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.

Security Review

Is locaweb.com.br legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 92/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

Legitimate Brazilian hosting provider (founded 1998, public company LWSA3) with clean security scan and strong corporate registration.

Why we trust it

Domain registered in 1998 with 28+ years of continuous operation under the same company.Publicly traded company (LWSA3 on B3 exchange) with thousands of employees and hundreds of thousands of hosted sites.RA1000 maximum reputation status on independent review aggregators with 8.7/10 average rating.

locaweb.com.brScanned 3d ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Heuristics 100·MT 88

Warning signals (1)

Redirects to another domain

Positive signals (5)

Antivirus clear Not on major blacklists Domain is 28 years old Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/92

All engines report clean

Domain Age

28 years old

Registered Jan 12, 1998

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.

Website Preview

LIVE RENDER

locaweb.com.br

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

MT Security Analyst

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust88/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

Locaweb operates as a major Brazilian web-hosting and cloud-services provider with a domain registered in January 1998 — over 28 years of continuous operation. Our antivirus network flagged zero malicious detections across 92 engines, SSL is valid, and the hosting IP has zero abuse reports. Business registration confirms Locaweb Serviços de Internet S/A as an active public company (LWSA3 on B3 exchange) headquartered in São Paulo with thousands of employees and hundreds of thousands of hosted sites. Independent review aggregators show RA1000 maximum reputation status with 8.7/10 average rating over the last six months, despite 1118 total complaints — a typical volume for a large, long-running service provider. Complaints centre on billing and renewal issues rather than fraud or security breaches. The company actively publishes fraud-awareness content and maintains an abuse-reporting channel, consistent with a legitimate operator.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The page displays a professional Brazilian hosting-services portal in Portuguese, offering domain registration, web hosting, email, VPS, cloud computing, and AI-powered site builders. Navigation menu, product listings, and calls-to-action are consistent with a legitimate commercial hosting provider. No phishing forms, credential harvesting, or malware-distribution indicators detected.

Infrastructure

Domain hosted on IP 189.126.100.6 with zero abuse reports and clean reputation. SSL certificate issued by GlobalSign (valid, 254 days to expiry). Redirects to a single cross-domain hop with no homoglyph or IDN tricks. External resources loaded from legitimate third-party services (Google Analytics, YouTube, WhatsApp, social-media platforms, and internal Locaweb subdomains).

Domain History

Registered 12 January 1998 (10,377 days old). Owned by Locaweb Serviços de Internet S/A per WHOIS records (privacy not enabled). Domain age and consistent ownership align with a mature, established business rather than a newly-created fraud operation.

Web Reputation

Zero detections across our antivirus network and browser blocklists. Independent review aggregators award RA1000 status (maximum reputation tier) with 8.7/10 average rating in the last six months. Company maintains 96.7% response rate and 94.2% resolution rate on complaints. Positive testimonials cite organized services and responsive support. Complaints focus on billing transparency and service-quality issues typical of large hosting providers, not fraud or security breaches.

Risk Factors

1,118 total complaints on independent review sites, though mostly billing and support-quality issues rather than fraud.
Some users report duplicate billing and difficulty cancelling services — common friction points in hosting-provider operations.
No contact email address displayed on the homepage (though company maintains abuse@locaweb.com.br and multiple support channels).

Positive Signals

Domain registered in 1998 with 28+ years of continuous operation under the same company.
Publicly traded company (LWSA3 on B3 exchange) with thousands of employees and hundreds of thousands of hosted sites.
RA1000 maximum reputation status on independent review aggregators with 8.7/10 average rating.
Valid SSL certificate, zero abuse reports on hosting IP, and zero malware detections across 92 antivirus engines.
Active business registration in Brazil (CNPJ 02.351.877/0001-52) with physical headquarters in São Paulo.

AI Recommendation

This is a legitimate Brazilian hosting and domain-registration provider. Safe to use for purchasing hosting, domains, and related services. If you have billing or support concerns, contact the company directly through official channels (support@locaweb.com.br or the phone numbers listed on the site).

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 locaweb.com.br, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age

28 yrs

Registered Jan 1998

Business registration

Active · Brazil

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

3 scam reports · 1118 complaints · 3 positive

Key findings

7 headline facts from open-web research

Domain created January 12, 1998 (over 28 years old); owned by Locaweb Serviços de Internet S/A per WHOIS and official records.
Established Brazilian web hosting company founded in 1998; went public in 2020 (LWSA3 on B3); employs thousands and hosts hundreds of thousands of sites.
Reclame Aqui shows RA1000 status (maximum reputation), 8.7/10 average in last 6 months, 96.7% response rate, 94.2% resolution rate, despite 1118 total complaints.
Company actively publishes guides on identifying phishing, fake boletos, and fraud that impersonate Locaweb; provides abuse@locaweb.com.br for reports.
Mixed user feedback: strong corporate presence and some positive testimonials on support and organization; complaints focus on renewal/billing issues, support delays, and service quality.
Headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil; official site matches the scanned domain with matching branding for hosting, domains, email, VPS, and cloud services.
No scam family associations; appears as a legitimate, regulated Brazilian provider rather than a fraudulent clone.

Scam reports (3)

Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.

Reclame Aquiopen
"CUIDADO COM A LOCAWEB! Você pode estar sendo ... Contratei o serviço de Domínio, Hospedagem e SSL junto a Empresa Locaweb. No primeiro ano tudo ocorreu perfeitamente. Segundo ano na renovação dos serviços ..."
Reclame Aquiopen
"Infelizmente depois de tantos anos decepção grande com ... Minha experiência com a LocaWeb: uma história de déjà vu tecnológico (infelizmente) Voltei a ser cliente da LocaWeb, empresa brasileira de hospedagem ..."
WebsitePlanetopen
"Um lixo, atendimento péssimo. Estão me cobrando 3 planos diferentes, sendo que cancelei o antigo e estão me cobrando o novo em duplicidade."

Positive reviews (3)

Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.

Reclame Aquiopen
"Locaweb é confiável? ... Reputação RA1000. A empresa atingiu a reputação máxima no Reclame AQUI. Sua nota média nos últimos 6 meses é 8.7 /10."
Locaweb official siteopen
"Nunca fiquei sem resposta ou solução na Locaweb. Os serviços são organizados e as plataformas de gerenciamento são bem feitas e de fácil compreensão. Sempre recomendamos a Locaweb como primeira opção para nossos clientes e todos estão satis"
hostings.infoopen
"Locaweb is a Brazilian hosting services provider that was founded in 1998 by cousins Claudio Gora and Gilberto Mautner... Today they employ more than 4000 people and host over 340,000 websites."

Business registration

Status: active · Brazil

Locaweb Serviços de Internet S/A, CNPJ 02.351.877/0001-52 (or 23.890.968/0001-36 in some docs), headquartered in São Paulo-SP (Rua Itapaiúna, 2434). Public company (LWSA3) since 2020 IPO. Domain created 1998-01-12.

Research summary

Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

Consumer-review sites show 1,118 complaints against Locaweb, but the company holds RA1000 maximum reputation status with 8.7/10 average rating over the last six months. Complaints centre on billing transparency, service renewal, and support responsiveness — typical friction points for large hosting providers — rather than fraud or security breaches. Independent sources confirm Locaweb as a legitimate Brazilian web-hosting company founded in 1998, now a publicly traded entity (LWSA3) with thousands of employees and hundreds of thousands of hosted sites. The company actively publishes fraud-awareness content and maintains an abuse-reporting channel, consistent with responsible operator behaviour.

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.

0Malicious0Suspicious62Harmless92Engines

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

No clear contact details on the page

Emails on site's domainNone

Phone numbers(11) 3544-0500

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles10

Signal Summary

Contact details look reasonable

No contact email found anywhere on the page.
No postal address visible on the page.

Phone number listed ((11) 3544-0500).
Links to 12 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History

Age28 years old

RegistrarLOCAWEB

RegisteredJan 12, 1998

ExpiresJan 12, 2027

Owner privacyVisible

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.2

IssuerGlobalSign nv-sa · GlobalSign GCC R6 AlphaSSL CA 2025

ExpiresFeb 21, 2027 (254d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingLocaweb Serviços de Internet S/A

Server locationBR

Web serverApache

PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Yes

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://locaweb.com.br/
2200https://www.locaweb.com.br/cross-domain

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPLocaweb Serviços de Internet S/A

Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

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 locaweb.com.br and not a lookalike like l-ocaweb.com.br.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.
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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Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

Not listedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

Referenced Domains

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

google-analytics.com youtube.com api.whatsapp.com facebook.com twitter.com linkedin.com instagram.com lwsa.gupy.io lwsa.tech abracloud.com.br

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 locaweb.com.br. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
locaweb.com.br passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 92/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
Yes. locaweb.com.br presents a valid TLSv1.2 certificate issued by GlobalSign nv-sa · GlobalSign GCC R6 AlphaSSL CA 2025, expiring in 254 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
locaweb.com.br is 28.4 years old, registered on 1/12/1998 through LOCAWEB. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report locaweb.com.br as clean.
No. locaweb.com.br is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
locaweb.com.br resolves to an IP operated by Locaweb Serviços de Internet S/A in BR (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). 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.
Yes. locaweb.com.br sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·locaweb.com.br

SAFE

Locaweb is an established Brazilian web-hosting and domain-registration company founded in 1998, now publicly traded. The domain is legitimate, over 28 years old, backed by active business registration, and shows no malware or phishing indicators.

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