Is nebraskasportscouncil.com safe?

http://nebraskasportscouncil.com/

Low RiskStatus

Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Legitimate non-profit site with minor legacy antivirus flags

nebraskasportscouncil.com is the official website of the Nebraska Sports Council, a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 1985 that runs amateur sports events such as the Cornhusker State Games. The site displays a DONATE button and newsletter signup form, and the domain is nearly 22 years old. Two antivirus engines flagged the site in the past, but the long history and clear non-profit status make these likely false positives.

The site is safe for visitors seeking information about Nebraska amateur sports events or wishing to donate to a registered non-profit. Exercise normal caution with any donation form, but no evidence of deceptive commercial practices or malware distribution exists.
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Calibrated safety spectrum

Where this site sits

  1. Dangerous1–20
  2. High Risk21–44
  3. Moderate Risk45–69
  4. Low Risk70–84
  5. Safe85–100

The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.

01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

nebraskasportscouncil.com is the official website of the Nebraska Sports Council, a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 1985 that runs amateur sports events such as the Cornhusker State Games. The site displays a DONATE button and newsletter signup form, and the domain is nearly 22 years old. Two antivirus engines flagged the site in the past, but the long history and clear non-profit status make these likely false positives.

Non-profit status and long domain history

The site explicitly states it is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that has operated without government support for nearly 40 years, relying on sponsors and individual donors.

The registrable domain is 7994 days old, consistent with an organization founded in 1985.

Isolated antivirus detections

Two independent antivirus families reported an adverse result on the site, but the detection is from a saved observation rather than a new submission.

Given the site's documented non-profit status and long history, these detections are most likely false positives or related to legacy content.

Donation and newsletter forms

The site contains a visible DONATE button and an email newsletter signup form that asks visitors to enter and confirm their email address.

Why the score is 82

2 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Collected signals and independent provider data for this URL.

Antivirus Engines

3/ 91

detections

Saved result - stale

3 engines flagged this URL

Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.

Malicious
3
Suspicious
0
Total
91
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
ADMINUSLabsMaliciousmalicious
FortinetMaliciousmalware
G-DataMaliciousmalware
All 91 engine results
  • ADMINUSLabs - malicious - Malicious
  • Fortinet - malware - Malicious
  • G-Data - malware - Malicious
  • 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
  • Abusix - clean - Clean
  • Acronis - clean - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • alphaMountain.ai - unrated - Clean
  • AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
  • Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
  • ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • AutoShun - unrated - Clean
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
  • BitDefender - clean - Clean
  • Bkav - unrated - Clean
  • BlockList - clean - Clean
  • Blueliv - clean - Clean
  • Certego - clean - Clean
  • ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
  • Chong Lua Dao - clean - Clean
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
  • CRDF - clean - Clean
  • Criminal IP - unrated - Clean
  • CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
  • CTX AI - clean - Clean
  • Cyan - unrated - Clean
  • Cyble - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - clean - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
  • DNS8 - unrated - Clean
  • Dr.Web - clean - Clean
  • EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
  • Emsisoft - clean - Clean
  • Ermes - unrated - Clean
  • ESET - clean - Clean
  • ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - clean - Clean
  • Fortra - unrated - Clean
  • GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
  • GreenSnow - clean - Clean
  • GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
  • Gridinsoft - unrated - Clean
  • Guardpot - unrated - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - unrated - Clean
  • Kaspersky - clean - Clean
  • LevelBlue - clean - Clean
  • Lionic - clean - Clean
  • Lumu - unrated - Clean
  • Malwared - clean - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
  • MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
  • Mimecast - unrated - Clean
  • Netcraft - unrated - Clean
  • OpenPhish - clean - Clean
  • PhishFort - unrated - Clean
  • Phishtank - clean - Clean
  • PREBYTES - clean - Clean
  • PrecisionSec - unrated - Clean
  • Quick Heal - clean - Clean
  • Quttera - clean - Clean
  • Rising - clean - Clean
  • SafeToOpen - unrated - Clean
  • Sangfor - clean - Clean
  • Sansec eComscan - unrated - Clean
  • Scantitan - clean - Clean
  • SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
  • Seclookup - clean - Clean
  • Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
  • SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
  • Sophos - clean - Clean
  • StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
  • ThreatHive - clean - Clean
  • URLhaus - clean - Clean
  • URLQuery - unrated - Clean
  • Viettel Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
  • VIPRE - unrated - Clean
  • ViriBack - clean - Clean
  • VX Vault - clean - Clean
  • Webroot - clean - Clean
  • Xcitium Verdict Cloud - clean - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
  • ZeroFox - unrated - Clean

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.

What we observed

CAPTURED PAGE
nebraskasportscouncil.com
What our review noticed on this page
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

Nebraska Sports Council

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    Nebraska Sports Council

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.
  1. What the site claims

    Nebraska Sports Council |

  2. What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 91 antivirus results.

  3. What independent research found

    2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.

  4. What remains unverified

    1 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.

What kind of site and risk is this?

Threat category

No threat category confirmed

Service and business model

Content

Unknown

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 01Explicit 501(c)(3) non-profit statement with nearly 40 years of operation
  2. 02Email Enter Email Confirm Email Stay Up to date with the latest Nebraska Sports Council News: Nebraska Sports Council Cornhusker State Games Omaha Corporate Games Lincoln Corporate Games Pumpkin Run Nebraska AAU Volleyball Grand Prix NSC Golf Scramble Nebraska NetFest Volleyball Tournament Heartland Havoc WellPower Movement CAPTCHA type email name input_1 id input_1_1 type email name input_1_2 id input_1_1_2 type checkbox name input_10.1 id choice_1_10_1 type checkbox name input_10.2 id choice_1_10_2 type checkbox name input_10.3 id choice_1_10_3 type checkbox name input_10.4 id choice_1_10_4 type checkbox name input_10.5 id choice_1_10_5 type checkbox name input_10.6 id choice_1_10_6 type checkbox name input_10.7 id choice_1_10_7 type checkbox name input_10.8 id choice_1_10_8 type checkbox name input_10.9 id choice_1_10_9 type checkbox name input_10.11 id choice_1_10_11 type submit id gform_submit_button_1
  3. 03Domain is 7994 days old

Web research findings

Independent findings for nebraskasportscouncil.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.

Business registration
No public record found
Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.
Clone check
No clone detected
The completed research found no supported clone indicator.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The completed research found no supported look-alike match.
Web mentions
2 positive
Positive reviews (2)
Public quotes that support the operator's credibility.
  • LinkedInopen

    "The Nebraska Sports Council is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization with a mission of providing quality competition for amateur athletes of all ages and abilities and promoting healthy and active lifestyle choices."

  • Charity Navigatoropen

    "THE NEBRASKA SPORTS COUNCIL, WHICH CONDUCTS THE CORNHUSKER STATE GAMES, LIVE HEALTHY NEBRASKA, AND NSC RACING EVENTS, IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION"

Reputation Sources

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

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

04 · Domain & Infrastructure

Domain & infrastructure

Timeline · identity · encryption · redirects · hosting

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.

Infrastructure map

How the saved page connected to the wider web.

  1. Domainnebraskasportscouncil.com
  2. Redirects tonebraskasportscouncil.com
  3. Hosted byFastly, Inc.
  4. Referencesgoogle.com · use.typekit.net

Domain Timeline

  1. Oct 22, 2004
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 22 years old today.

  2. Sep 11, 2026
    Saved security review — Reviewed — inconclusive

    The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.

nebraskasportscouncil.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.

What We Found
Has a contact email on its own domain
Emails on site's domaininfo@nebraskasportscouncil.com
Phone numbers2026 402
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • Contact email on the site's own domain (info@nebraskasportscouncil.com).
  • Phone number listed (2026 402).

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age22 years old
RegistrareNom, LLC
RegisteredOct 22, 2004
ExpiresOct 22, 2026
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YR1
ExpiresNov 30, 2026 (80d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingFastly, Inc.
Server locationUS
Web serverFlywheel/5.1.0
Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://nebraskasportscouncil.com/
  • 2206https://nebraskasportscouncil.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPFastly, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
  1. Antiviruspartial
  2. Browser threat feedcomplete
  3. Page contentcomplete
  4. Analysiscomplete
  5. Visual evidencecomplete
Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

Technical threat

suspicious

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

Additional evidence review

Operator / customer risk

unknown

Complaints, 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.

Antivirus
Result3 of 91 engines flagged
CompletionLimited
FindingAdverse
Freshnessstale fallback · Sep 11, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Page content
ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Visual evidence
Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Independent research
Result2 independent findings were saved
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Verify before you trust

We couldn't gather enough signal for a confident verdict — tread carefully.

  1. Find the company through independent channels

    Search for the business on LinkedIn, an official registry (Companies House, OpenCorporates, SEC EDGAR), or via the brand's known social channels. If you can't trace a real entity, that itself is a red flag.

  2. Never pay by crypto, gift card, or bank transfer

    If the site forces an irreversible payment method, stop. Cards and PayPal give you chargeback protection — irreversible methods don't.

  3. Ask the forum

    Post the URL in the MalwareTips Scam Reports forum — experienced members often recognise patterns immediately.

    Open

07 · Safety FAQ

Safety FAQ

Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.

Is nebraskasportscouncil.com a scam or is it safe?
nebraskasportscouncil.com has a Safety Score of 82/100 (Low Risk). The saved checks found no material threat, but the report did not meet every requirement for the highest Safe tier. Use normal caution and independently verify the operator before irreversible payments or unusually sensitive actions.
Is nebraskasportscouncil.com safe to use?
nebraskasportscouncil.com has a Safety Score of 82/100 (Low Risk). Analysis coverage is strong at 83%. Normal caution; verify sensitive actions.
Has nebraskasportscouncil.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 3 of 91 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged nebraskasportscouncil.com, 3 of them as outright malicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
Is nebraskasportscouncil.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — nebraskasportscouncil.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.
How old is the nebraskasportscouncil.com domain?
nebraskasportscouncil.com is 21.9 years old, registered on October 22, 2004 through eNom, 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.
Does nebraskasportscouncil.com have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — nebraskasportscouncil.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR1, valid for another 80 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".
Where is nebraskasportscouncil.com hosted?
nebraskasportscouncil.com resolves to an IP operated by Fastly, Inc. in US (Content Delivery Network). 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.
How often is the nebraskasportscouncil.com report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on September 11, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about nebraskasportscouncil.com has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.

08 · Final Verdict

Final verdict

The saved conclusion, decisive evidence, and practical action in one final view.
Verdict score
82/100
Low Risk

Legitimate non-profit site with minor legacy antivirus flags

Saved capturenebraskasportscouncil.comCapture-safe
Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.
Conclusion

nebraskasportscouncil.com is the official website of the Nebraska Sports Council, a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 1985 that runs amateur sports events such as the Cornhusker State Games. The site displays a DONATE button and newsletter signup form, and the domain is nearly 22 years old. Two antivirus engines flagged the site in the past, but the long history and clear non-profit status make these likely false positives.

Recommended actionThe site is safe for visitors seeking information about Nebraska amateur sports events or wishing to donate to a registered non-profit. Exercise normal caution with any donation form, but no evidence of deceptive commercial practices or malware distribution exists.
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09 · Community

Community

First-hand experiences add human context after the scanner has reached its conclusion.