Is ocastronomers.org safe?
http://ocastronomers.org/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (59 of 91 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Official non-profit astronomy club site with clean technical profile and long-established identity.
ocastronomers.org is the public website for the Orange County Astronomers, a 501(c)(3) non-profit astronomy organization founded in 1967. The site provides club information, meeting details, and links to social channels; it also offers a PayPal donation button and a merchandise link to NeatoShop. No deceptive commercial patterns or security threats were observed.
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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 92/100
Safe covers scores 85–100. No adverse finding was saved; 4 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
No adverse finding was saved with this report.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsWikipedia entry confirms 501(c)(3) status and 1967 founding date.
- SupportsDomain registered 9862 days ago.
- SupportsClean Safe Browsing result and valid TLS certificate.
- SupportsLinks to 4 social profiles.
Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
ocastronomers.org is the public website for the Orange County Astronomers, a 501(c)(3) non-profit astronomy organization founded in 1967. The site provides club information, meeting details, and links to social channels; it also offers a PayPal donation button and a merchandise link to NeatoShop. No deceptive commercial patterns or security threats were observed.
Long-standing non-profit identity confirmed by external research
Research identifies the Orange County Astronomers as a civilian-led 501(c)(3) organization in Southern California that has operated since 1967.
The registrable domain is 9862 days old, consistent with an organization founded decades ago.
Clean technical signals and limited commercial activity
The browser threat feed returned no threat warning, the TLS certificate is valid, and the hosting IP shows an abuse confidence score of 0/100.
The site links to four social profiles and contains no direct contact email address on the captured page.
Transparent donation and merchandise links
The site displays a 'Donate Today' button that routes to PayPal and a 'Buy A Shirt' link that leads to a NeatoShop artist page.
Why the score is 92
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/ 91
No detectionsSaved analysis from September 18, 2026 - stale
No detections across 59 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 32 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 91
All 91 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
- 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 - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiEducation, Politics/Opinion, Reference
- BitDefenderastrology
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekersocial and affiliation organizations
- Googlecivil_society_and_npo
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
Orange County Astronomers
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Orange County Astronomers
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
Home - Orange County Astronomers
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/about-oca/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Home - Orange County Astronomers
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 59 antivirus results.
What independent research found
1 external finding was 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
Content
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01Wikipedia entry confirms 501(c)(3) status and 1967 founding date.
- 02Domain registered 9862 days ago.
- 03Clean Safe Browsing result and valid TLS certificate.
Web research findings
Independent findings for ocastronomers.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.
- Wikipediaopen
"Astronomers (OCA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, civilian-led astronomy organization in Orange County, southern California."
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.
- Domainocastronomers.org
- Redirects towww.ocastronomers.org
- Hosted byDigitalOcean, LLC
- Referencesgmpg.org · fonts.googleapis.com
Domain Timeline
- Oct 9, 1999Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 27 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 10, 2026Saved security review — Rated Safe
This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.
ocastronomers.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.
- Links to 4 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for ocastronomers.org.
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- Google Fonts
- cdnjs
Payment providers the page loads
- PayPal
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
- 1301http://ocastronomers.org/
- 2200https://www.ocastronomers.org/
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 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 91 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Sep 18, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 10, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 10, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 10, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 10, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 91 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Sep 18, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 10, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 10, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 10, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 10, 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
Official non-profit astronomy club site with clean technical profile and long-established identity.
ocastronomers.org is the public website for the Orange County Astronomers, a 501(c)(3) non-profit astronomy organization founded in 1967. The site provides club information, meeting details, and links to social channels; it also offers a PayPal donation button and a merchandise link to NeatoShop. No deceptive commercial patterns or security threats were observed.
09 · Community
Community
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