Is notifications-pa.googleapis.com safe?
http://notifications-pa.googleapis.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (59 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading · limited: did not fully complete
- page capture · limited: did not fully complete
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Google backend notification endpoint, not a consumer website
notifications-pa.googleapis.com is a Google infrastructure address. Independent sources describe it handling push notifications for Google apps and acting as the default email server for Looker, and it appears as a production address inside the Gmail app. Opening it in a browser shows only Google's standard 404 error page, so there was no page content, contact details or policy text to review. Security checks found no threats, and nothing suggests any commercial or deceptive activity. That supports a Safe rating.
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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. No adverse finding was saved; 2 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
No adverse finding was saved with this report.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsIndependently documented as Google push-notification and email infrastructure.
- SupportsNo detections from 93 engines or Safe Browsing, and the encrypted connection is valid.
Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
notifications-pa.googleapis.com is a Google infrastructure address. Independent sources describe it handling push notifications for Google apps and acting as the default email server for Looker, and it appears as a production address inside the Gmail app. Opening it in a browser shows only Google's standard 404 error page, so there was no page content, contact details or policy text to review. Security checks found no threats, and nothing suggests any commercial or deceptive activity. That supports a Safe rating.
Who runs this address
An app privacy database lists this domain as a Google-owned endpoint used for push notifications. Google's own developer tutorials name it as Looker's default email server. It also appears as a production address in the Gmail app's code.
Technical checks and what visitors actually see
Across 93 security engines, none flagged the address as malicious or suspicious. Safe Browsing raised no warning, and the encrypted connection is valid.
A browser visit returns only a Google-branded "404. That's an error" page. The site's own pages therefore could not be reviewed. Because this address is built for apps and services rather than people, there is no shop, sign-up or payment flow to assess.
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/ 93
No detectionsFresh result
No detections across 59 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
- 93
All 93 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 - Clean
- 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
- 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
- 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 - Unrated
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiInformation Technology
- BitDefendercomputersandsoftware
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerweb infrastructure
- Sophosinformation technology
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
404. That's an error. The requested URL / was not found on this server. That's all we know.
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
404. That's an error. The requested URL / was not found on this server. That's all we know.
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
No page claim could be verified for notifications-pa.googleapis.com because no usable page content or saved capture was available.
What we observed
The page itself could not be fully inspected, so the report relies on the other saved checks.
What independent research found
3 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
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
Unknown
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01Independently documented as Google push-notification and email infrastructure.
- 02No detections from 93 engines or Safe Browsing, and the encrypted connection is valid.
- 03The address returns a Google 404 page, so no site content could be reviewed.
Web research findings
Independent findings for notifications-pa.googleapis.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.
- DeSpy App Privacy Databaseopen
"notifications-pa.googleapis.com is an infrastructure endpoint owned by Google, the publisher of the YouTube app, used for handling push notifications."
- Google Codelabsopen
"Looker sends email using the default SMTP server notifications-pa.googleapis.com."
- mogua.coopen
"PRODUCTION("https://notifications-pa.googleapis.com:443"),"
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.
- Domainnotifications-pa.googleapis.com
- Redirects tonotifications-pa.googleapis.com
- Hosted byGoogle LLC
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for upload.video.google.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.
Server Reputation
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruscomplete
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentpartial
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencepartial
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 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 | 0 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | No adverse finding | fresh · analysed Oct 16, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 16, 2026 |
| Page content | Page content was not available for semantic review | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Oct 16, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | The site blocked our capture or showed an error page; 1 visible observation saved | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Oct 16, 2026 |
| Independent research | 3 independent findings were saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 16, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 16, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage content was not available for semantic review
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 2026
- Visual evidence
- ResultThe site blocked our capture or showed an error page; 1 visible observation saved
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 2026
- Independent research
- Result3 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 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
Google backend notification endpoint, not a consumer website
notifications-pa.googleapis.com is a Google infrastructure address. Independent sources describe it handling push notifications for Google apps and acting as the default email server for Looker, and it appears as a production address inside the Gmail app. Opening it in a browser shows only Google's standard 404 error page, so there was no page content, contact details or policy text to review. Security checks found no threats, and nothing suggests any commercial or deceptive activity. That supports a Safe rating.
09 · Community
Community
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