SUSPICIOUS

Warning signs detected

Established game developer whose free apps carry aggressive third-party ads that users report as misleading or hard to close. Several risk indicators suggest caution. This site might be legitimate — but treat it as unverified until you can independently confirm.

Security Review

Is mobilityware.com legit or a scam?

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Established game developer whose free apps carry aggressive third-party ads that users report as misleading or hard to close.

Cross-checked against 9 independent sources
mobilityware.comScanned 1h ago
0/100
Trust score
0 = danger · 100 = safe
SUSPICIOUS
Score breakdown
Heuristics 100·MT 55
Screenshot of mobilityware.comSee the live page ↓
Category tags
gamingHow sure we are: Moderate
Positive signals (5)
Antivirus clearNot on major blacklistsDomain is 23 years oldEncrypted connectionClean server reputation

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.

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
23 years old
Registered Nov 4, 2003

Website Preview

Screenshot of mobilityware.com
LIVE RENDER
mobilityware.com
What our review noticed on this page

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

50
/ 100
High visual risk

Visual red flags detected in the screenshot

We could not capture a fully-rendered screenshot of this page; visual analysis is inconclusive.

Visual risk50/100

What our vision model saw

1 signal

Screenshot incomplete — site may be slow to render

Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
Analysis
Moderate scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust55/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
The domain has been registered since 2003 and the company is listed as an active US business with over 200 employees in Irvine, California. Our antivirus network and browser blocklists returned clean results with zero malicious flags. The page itself shows no login forms, contact details, or scam-family patterns. Evidence from consumer sites shows 27 complaints focused on ads that freeze phones or redirect to questionable offers, plus a low an independent review aggregator score of 1.5. One Reddit user praised the paid Solitaire app for avoiding those issues. The combination of a long-established business with documented ad-quality problems places the site in the suspicious band rather than outright malicious.
Risk Factors
3
  • 27 complaints on consumer sites about intrusive third-party ads that freeze phones or redirect to questionable offers.
  • Low an independent review aggregator score of 1.5/5 driven by advertising and scoring issues.
  • No contact information visible on the scanned page.
Positive Signals
3
  • Domain registered 22.7 years ago with active US business registration.
  • Zero detections from our antivirus network and clean browser blocklist status.
  • Hosting IP shows zero abuse reports and a clean reputation score.
The full analysis

Page Content

The scanned page returned an empty title, empty meta description, and no visible body text. No emails, phone numbers, addresses, or social links were detected. The page contains no login forms, countdown timers, or push-notification prompts.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on IP 35.215.126.245 with an abuse score of 0/100 and no abuse reports. SSL is valid from Let's Encrypt with 34 days remaining until expiry. No redirects occurred and the domain shows no homoglyph or IDN characteristics.

Domain History

The domain was registered on 2003-11-04 through Network Solutions, LLC and is 22.7 years old. Privacy protection is disabled. The company MobilityWare, Inc. is registered as active in the United States with a physical address in Irvine, California, and over 200 employees.

Web Reputation

Our antivirus network cleared the site with 0/92 engines flagging it. Two scam reports and 27 complaints were located on consumer sites, primarily about intrusive third-party ads that appear between games. One positive Reddit review praised the paid Solitaire app for clean permissions and no ads. The company acknowledges that scam ads can appear via third-party ad networks and offers a support channel for reporting them.

What this means for you

The domain and company are legitimate, but the free versions of their games have a documented history of serving aggressive or misleading advertisements. Users who want to avoid those ads should consider the paid versions or alternative solitaire apps.

AI Recommendation
If you play their free games, be cautious with any ads that appear. Consider the paid versions or alternative apps if you want to avoid third-party advertising.
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 mobilityware.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration
Active · United States
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
2 scam reports · 27 complaints · 1 positive
Key findings
5 headline facts from open-web research
  • MobilityWare is a legitimate mobile game developer founded in 2003, best known for its Solitaire and FreeCell apps.
  • The domain has been registered for over 20 years and is associated with a physical office in Irvine, California.
  • Users frequently report encountering misleading third-party advertisements (e.g., fake celebrity endorsements) within the free versions of their games.
  • The company has a low Trustpilot score (1.5/5) primarily due to complaints about intrusive advertising and technical glitches in game scoring.
  • MobilityWare acknowledges that scam ads may appear via third-party networks and provides a support channel for reporting them.
Scam reports (2)
Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.
  • JustAnsweropen

    "I play FreeCell online and between each game there is at least one advert. At the moment it is Martin Lewis offering financial opportunities... It is plainly a scam."

  • Trustpilotopen

    "The ads take over your phone. You can't exit the ad, when you push the X to leave the ad, it takes you to their website. Other ads freeze your phone until they run their 2 X 6 seconds ads."

Positive reviews (1)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • Redditopen

    "My favourite Solitaire game and I don't think it asks for fishy permissions... No permissions, no ads, 17 different styles of solitaire, lots of customization."

Business registration
Status: active · United States

MobilityWare, Inc. is based in Irvine, CA, founded in 2003, and employs over 200 people.

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

Our research found two scam reports on JustAnswer and Trustpilot describing intrusive ads that freeze phones or redirect to questionable offers. Twenty-seven complaints were recorded, primarily about advertising quality and game-scoring glitches. A single Reddit review praised the paid Solitaire app for avoiding those issues. The company states that scam ads can appear through third-party networks and provides a support channel for reporting them.

Domain Timeline

  1. Nov 4, 2003
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 23 years old today.

  2. Jul 12, 2026
    Latest security review — Flagged as suspicious

    This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.

mobilityware.com is an established domain now carrying threat signals. An older domain that starts tripping security checks is a classic pattern for an asset that was sold, repurposed, or compromised — the age alone is not reassurance.

Threat Detection

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.

0Malicious0Suspicious60Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not queried
ESET-NOD32
Not queried
Avira
Not queried
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.

Reputation Sources

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

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

Technical Details

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.

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 numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No phone number listed on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age23 years old
RegistrarNetwork Solutions, LLC
RegisteredNov 4, 2003
ExpiresNov 4, 2026
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · R12
ExpiresAug 16, 2026 (34d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingGoogle LLC
Server locationUS
Web servernginx
PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPGoogle LLC
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

What to do

Proceed with caution

Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.

  • Treat mobilityware.com as unverified

    Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.

  • 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.

  • Share your experience

    If you have additional context, drop a comment below or post on the MalwareTips forum.

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Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·mobilityware.com
SUSPICIOUS

MobilityWare is a real mobile game studio with a 22-year-old domain. The main complaints center on intrusive third-party ads inside their free games rather than the company itself stealing data or money.

If you play their free games, be cautious with any ads that appear. Consider the paid versions or alternative apps if you want to avoid third-party advertising.

AV engines
92
Domain age
23 yrs
Flagged
0
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Safety FAQ

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

  • mobilityware.com shows strong warning signs of being a scam site — avoid interacting with it. The domain is 22.7 years old through Network Solutions, LLC. It may not be an outright scam, but the risk is high enough that you should verify it independently before trusting it with money or data.
  • Proceed with caution — mobilityware.com scores 55/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend verifying it through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
  • If you've already paid or handed over details on mobilityware.com, act quickly. 1) Contact your bank or card issuer immediately and ask to dispute the charge or open a chargeback — the sooner you act, the better your odds. 2) Report the site to the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov or the FBI's IC3 at ic3.gov, and in the UK to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. 3) If you entered a password, change it on mobilityware.com and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. 4) Watch your bank and email for follow-up fraud, and keep screenshots as evidence.
  • Often yes, if you act fast. Payments made by credit or debit card can frequently be reversed through a chargeback or dispute — contact your bank right away and explain it was a fraudulent site. Bank transfers and gift-card or voucher payments are much harder to recover, but you should still report them to your bank and to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) or Action Fraud (actionfraud.police.uk). Avoid any "refund" or "recovery" service that contacts you first — it's usually a follow-up scam.
  • Just viewing a scam page is usually low-risk on an up-to-date browser — the real danger is what it asks you to DO (enter details, download a file, send money). If you downloaded anything, run a full antivirus scan and treat the file as untrusted. If you entered a password or card number, change the password everywhere you reused it and contact your bank.
  • You can report mobilityware.com through several official channels: the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at ic3.gov, and — in the UK — Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. You can also flag it to Google Safe Browsing (safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish) so other browsers warn about it, and report it to the company being impersonated if there is one. Reporting helps get scam sites taken down faster.
  • Modern scams are built to look convincing. A valid SSL padlock, a polished template, stock photos, fake reviews, and a trust badge can all be added in minutes and prove nothing about who runs the site. Scammers buy cheap domains, clone real designs, and copy legal pages wholesale. That's exactly why an automated review that checks the domain's age, hosting, blacklists, and behaviour — rather than just how the page looks — is more reliable than a first impression.
  • No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report mobilityware.com as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
  • No — mobilityware.com 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.
  • mobilityware.com is 22.7 years old, registered on November 4, 2003 through Network Solutions, LLC. 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.
  • Yes — mobilityware.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · R12, valid for another 34 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".
  • mobilityware.com resolves to an IP operated by Google LLC in US (Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). 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.
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