Is milliondollarhomepage.com safe?
https://milliondollarhomepage.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: complete · 6 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (60 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
The Million Dollar Homepage is a 2005 viral advertising project, now a sold-out historical archive with no scam mechanism found.
This is the well-known pixel-advertising experiment: independent reporting and encyclopedic coverage both describe it as created in August 2005 to fund its founder's university fees, and the domain has been registered for more than 21 years. The page still carries a 'Buy Pixels' link, but the visible page states 'SOLD OUT!', so there is no live purchase funnel to fall into. Technical checks are clean apart from one isolated antivirus result with no vendor consensus, and the site is a static archive rather than a shop, casino or download portal.
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 88/100
Safe covers scores 85–100. 1 finding pulled the score down; 4 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- ModerateOne antivirus family reported an adverse result across 93 engines, with no vendor consensus.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsIndependent reporting and reference coverage both describe the site as a 2005 project created to fund its founder's university fees.
- SupportsThe 'Buy Pixels' link remains on the page, but the page states 'SOLD OUT!', so no live purchase flow exists.
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 7,743 days old, matching the documented launch history.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor).
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
This is the well-known pixel-advertising experiment: independent reporting and encyclopedic coverage both describe it as created in August 2005 to fund its founder's university fees, and the domain has been registered for more than 21 years. The page still carries a 'Buy Pixels' link, but the visible page states 'SOLD OUT!', so there is no live purchase funnel to fall into. Technical checks are clean apart from one isolated antivirus result with no vendor consensus, and the site is a static archive rather than a shop, casino or download portal.
A documented 2005 project, not an anonymous storefront
Independent coverage names the site's creator and the reason it was built: it was launched in August 2005 to cover the founder's business management course fees. Reference coverage of the same project corroborates that account, so the site's identity is publicly documented rather than hidden behind an anonymous operator.
The registrable domain is 7,743 days old, which is consistent with a long-running project rather than a freshly created lure domain. Longevity alone does not prove safety, but here it matches the documented history.
The only purchase path is closed
The page still shows a 'Buy Pixels' link, the site's original advertising offer. The page itself displays 'SOLD OUT!', so a visitor following that link is not entering a live checkout, subscription or affiliate funnel.
The only outbound link recorded in the commercial graph is a social media profile reached from a 'Contact me' element, which is a contact route rather than a monetised redirect. No cross-domain order path, affiliate supplement funnel or payment page was observed.
Clean technical checks, with one caveat
The browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, so the page loads over HTTPS without a browser-level block.
One antivirus family, Gridinsoft, reported an adverse result out of 93 engines, with no consensus among vendors. A single isolated detection on a two-decade-old page of outbound links is weak evidence of a threat to visitors, but it is the reason this is not a perfect score.
The page was longer than the reader's size limit, so contact details further down, usually in the footer, were not reviewed. That limits what can be said about who currently maintains the site, though it does not change the finding that no harmful mechanism was observed.
Why the score is 88
The saved checks and analysis found no material threat.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
1/ 93
detectionsFresh result
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
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| GridinsoftMalicious | phishing |
All 93 engine results
- Gridinsoft - phishing - Malicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Clean
- 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
- 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
- alphaMountain.aiAds/Analytics, Personal Sites/Blogs
- BitDefendersociety
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekeradvertisements
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.
What we observed
Visual context from the captured page
SOLD OUT!
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
SOLD OUT!
What the page says about itself
Quoted from the pages we read: the site's own words, not our findings.
- Page title
The Million Dollar Homepage - Own a piece of internet history!
- Meta description
The website of Alex Tew, a 21-year-old entrepreneur, who hopes to pay his way through university by selling 1 million pixels of internet ad space for $1 each.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
The Million Dollar Homepage - Own a piece of internet history!
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 60 antivirus results.
What independent research found
2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
The checks completed, but ownership, business claims, and future site behavior can still change after this snapshot.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Content
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The registrable domain is 7,743 days old, matching the documented launch history.
- 02One antivirus family reported an adverse result across 93 engines, with no vendor consensus.
- 03The browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
Web research findings
Independent findings for milliondollarhomepage.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence.
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.
Infrastructure map
- Domainmilliondollarhomepage.com
- Redirects tomilliondollarhomepage.com
- Hosted byAmazon Data Services Northern Virginia
- Referencestwitter.com · getpixel.net
Domain Timeline
- Aug 24, 2005Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 21 years old when this review was saved.
- Nov 5, 2026Saved security review — Rated Safe
This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.
milliondollarhomepage.com 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.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for milliondollarhomepage.com.
A shared content-delivery network address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruscomplete
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
One antivirus family reported an adverse result across 93 engines, with no vendor consensus.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, 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.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 1 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | Adverse | fresh · analysed Nov 5, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 5, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 5, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 5, 2026 |
| Independent research | 2 independent findings were saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 5, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result1 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Nov 5, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 5, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 5, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 5, 2026
- Independent research
- Result2 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 5, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Answered from the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
Is milliondollarhomepage.com legit and safe?
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Could a legitimate site like milliondollarhomepage.com still be used in a scam?
Has milliondollarhomepage.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
The Million Dollar Homepage is a 2005 viral advertising project, now a sold-out historical archive with no scam mechanism found.
This is the well-known pixel-advertising experiment: independent reporting and encyclopedic coverage both describe it as created in August 2005 to fund its founder's university fees, and the domain has been registered for more than 21 years. The page still carries a 'Buy Pixels' link, but the visible page states 'SOLD OUT!', so there is no live purchase funnel to fall into. Technical checks are clean apart from one isolated antivirus result with no vendor consensus, and the site is a static archive rather than a shop, casino or download portal.
09 · Community
Community
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