Critical risk detected
2 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page. Multiple independent checks — antivirus engines, browser safety blocklists, and threat databases — flagged this site. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.
Is metaphase.at legit or a scam?
Long-established Austrian domain for music and web design projects with clean scan results and no scam indicators.
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
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →
Visual analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
We could not capture a fully-rendered screenshot of this page; visual analysis is inconclusive.
What our vision model saw
1 signalScreenshot incomplete — site may be slow to render
Intelligence
The domain metaphase.at was created in May 2013, giving it over thirteen years of history. Two antivirus engines flagged the page, one as malicious and one as phishing, yet the remaining ninety engines returned clean and browser blocklists show no hits. The page content references German terms for web design, audio projects, and coaching, consistent with a personal or small-business site rather than any commercial scam pattern. Hosting sits on Hetzner in Germany with a clean IP reputation and no abuse reports. No scam reports, complaints, or negative mentions appear in web research, and the site lists no contact details or login forms that would indicate credential harvesting.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for metaphase.at, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain metaphase.at created May 29, 2013 (age ~13.1 years as of early 2026).
- Registrant listed as 'metaphase & metamusic+' in Austria (AT); registrar RegistryGate GmbH via nic.at.
- Hosted on Hetzner Online GmbH in Germany (IP 176.9.127.112); uses ns1.gigawebhost.org and ns2.gigawebhost.org.
- Gridinsoft analysis (Jan 2026) reports 78/100 trust score, no major malware/phishing detections, active SSL certificate.
- Page content references: 'meta phase music', 'webdesign, audioprojects, vereinscoaching, unterricht, vertonungen' (German for web design, audio projects, association coaching, lessons, compositions).
- No scam reports, complaints, Trustpilot/ScamAdviser/ScamDoc listings, or Reddit discussions found for the domain.
- No evidence of impersonation of brands like PayPal, Binance, OpenAI, or similar; unrelated to biology 'metaphase' term in searches.
Threat Detection
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Technical Details
domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referencedContact 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 phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://metaphase.at/
- 2200https://metaphase.at/
Server Reputation
What to do
Avoid this site
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Do not interact with metaphase.at
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.
- OpenShare your experience
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Final Verdict
This is a personal or small-business site for music and web design services. The domain was registered in 2013 and shows no scam reports or malicious activity.
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 flags metaphase.at as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — metaphase.at scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. metaphase.at presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR1, expiring in 83 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- 2 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged metaphase.at as malicious or suspicious (2 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. metaphase.at is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- metaphase.at resolves to an IP operated by Hetzner Online GmbH in DE (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.
- This is a permanent record of the scan run on July 7, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around metaphase.at have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.
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