Is netbiolab.org safe?
http://netbiolab.org/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 92 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Yonsei University's Network Biology Lab site shows no scam, phishing or malware indicators.
netbiolab.org is the academic portal for the Network Biology Lab at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. The captured page identifies the lab and lists the university's Science Research Center address and phone number. The domain is over 17 years old, the hosting IP has no abuse reports, the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. No commercial calls to action, affiliate relationships or cross-domain order paths were found. The only adverse note is that no direct contact email was found on the captured page, which is a minor completeness gap rather than a safety concern.
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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; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- MinorNo direct contact email was found on the captured page.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe page identifies itself as the Yonsei Network Biology Lab and lists the university's Science Research Center address and phone number.
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 6223 days old, consistent with a long-standing academic entity.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning, the TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, and the hosting IP has an abuse confidence score of 0/100.
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). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
netbiolab.org is the academic portal for the Network Biology Lab at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. The captured page identifies the lab and lists the university's Science Research Center address and phone number. The domain is over 17 years old, the hosting IP has no abuse reports, the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. No commercial calls to action, affiliate relationships or cross-domain order paths were found. The only adverse note is that no direct contact email was found on the captured page, which is a minor completeness gap rather than a safety concern.
What the site is
The captured page opens with "Welcome to YONSEI NETWORK BIOLOGY LAB" and the visual review confirms the same heading alongside the domain netbiolab.org. The page also carries the university's full postal address and a Korean phone number for the lab and the professor's office, which is consistent with a real academic department rather than a commercial storefront.
The domain has been registered for 6223 days, which fits a long-standing university research group. No commercial CTAs, affiliate links or cross-domain order paths were present in the evidence, so there is no monetisation mechanism to evaluate.
Technical checks and operator risk
The browser threat feed returned no threat warning, the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, and the hosting IP has an abuse confidence score of 0/100 across zero saved reports. These are clean technical signals, but they only mean no detections were recorded; they do not by themselves prove operator safety.
On the operator side, the site presents itself as a university lab and provides a verifiable institutional address and phone number. The only adverse item is that no direct contact email was found on the captured page, which is a minor gap in contact completeness and not evidence of deceptive or harmful behaviour.
Why the score is 88
The saved checks and analysis found no material threat. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 92
No detectionsSaved analysis from August 25, 2026 - stale
No detections across 58 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 34 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 92
All 92 engine results
- 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
- Cluster25 - Unrated
- 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
- Gridinsoft - 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
- 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
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Unrated
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiReference
- BitDefenderbusiness
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerreference materials
- Googleeducation
- Xcitium Verdict Cloudsocial networking
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
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Visual context from the captured page
Welcome to YONSEI NETWORK BIOLOGY LAB
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Welcome to YONSEI NETWORK BIOLOGY LAB
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
Network Biology Lab
Pages we read
- Main page/w/WelcomeRead
- Privacy policy/w/Network_Biology_Lab:Privacy_policyCould not be read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Network Biology Lab
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
1 of the 6 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
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The registrable domain is 6223 days old, consistent with a long-standing academic entity.
- 02The browser threat feed returned no threat warning, the TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, and the hosting IP has an abuse confidence score of 0/100.
- 03The page identifies itself as the Yonsei Network Biology Lab and lists the university's Science Research Center address and phone number.
Web research findings
Independent findings for netbiolab.org, 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.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for netbiolab.org. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
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. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domainnetbiolab.org
- Redirects tonetbiolab.org
- Hosted byYonsei University
- Referencesclustrmaps.com · mediawiki.org
Domain Timeline
- Oct 13, 2009Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 17 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 27, 2026Saved security review — Rated Safe
This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.
netbiolab.org 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.
- No direct contact email found on the captured page.
- Phone number listed (+82-70-8625-5205).
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for netbiolab.org.
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.
Redirect Chain
- 1302http://netbiolab.org/
- 2301https://netbiolab.org/
- 3200https://netbiolab.org/w/Welcome
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
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
No direct contact email was found on the captured page.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 92 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Aug 25, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Aug 25, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 2026
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.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Yonsei University's Network Biology Lab site shows no scam, phishing or malware indicators.
netbiolab.org is the academic portal for the Network Biology Lab at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. The captured page identifies the lab and lists the university's Science Research Center address and phone number. The domain is over 17 years old, the hosting IP has no abuse reports, the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. No commercial calls to action, affiliate relationships or cross-domain order paths were found. The only adverse note is that no direct contact email was found on the captured page, which is a minor completeness gap rather than a safety concern.
09 · Community
Community
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