Is outlook.live safe?

http://outlook.live/

DangerousStatus

Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

outlook.live is a phishing domain impersonating Microsoft Outlook

The domain outlook.live is not the legitimate Microsoft service (outlook.live.com) and is flagged by multiple antivirus engines as malicious or phishing. The site shows a generic browser verification page commonly used by credential-harvesting operations.

Do not visit this domain or enter any credentials. Use the legitimate outlook.live.com address for Microsoft Outlook services.
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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

The domain outlook.live is not the legitimate Microsoft service (outlook.live.com) and is flagged by multiple antivirus engines as malicious or phishing. The site shows a generic browser verification page commonly used by credential-harvesting operations.

Security vendor detection and domain mismatch

Five independent antivirus families reported an adverse result for this domain, confirming the detection as real rather than a false positive.

The domain outlook.live is distinct from Microsoft's legitimate outlook.live.com infrastructure, establishing clear impersonation intent.

Browser verification page technique

The site displays a generic 'Checking your browser' verification page with text stating 'Before you can access this site, we need to verify you're human.'

This verification page pattern is a common technique used by phishing sites to mimic security measures and build visitor trust before credential harvesting.

Why the score is 15

5 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

9/ 90

detections

Saved result - stale

9 engines flagged this URL

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

Malicious
6
Suspicious
3
Total
90
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
ADMINUSLabsMaliciousmalicious
alphaMountain.aiMaliciousmalicious
Chong Lua DaoMaliciousmalicious
KasperskyMaliciousphishing
LevelBlueMaliciousphishing
RisingMaliciousphishing
CyRadarSuspicioussuspicious
Forcepoint ThreatSeekerSuspicioussuspicious
GridinsoftSuspicioussuspicious
All 90 engine results
  • ADMINUSLabs - malicious - Malicious
  • alphaMountain.ai - malicious - Malicious
  • Chong Lua Dao - malicious - Malicious
  • Kaspersky - phishing - Malicious
  • LevelBlue - phishing - Malicious
  • Rising - phishing - Malicious
  • CyRadar - suspicious - Suspicious
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - suspicious - Suspicious
  • Gridinsoft - suspicious - Suspicious
  • 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
  • Abusix - clean - Clean
  • Acronis - clean - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - 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
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • CRDF - clean - Clean
  • Criminal IP - unrated - Clean
  • CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
  • CTX AI - clean - Clean
  • Cyan - unrated - Clean
  • Cyble - 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
  • Fortinet - clean - Clean
  • Fortra - unrated - Clean
  • G-Data - clean - Clean
  • GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
  • GreenSnow - clean - Clean
  • GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
  • Guardpot - unrated - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - unrated - 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
  • 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
outlook.live
What our review noticed on this page
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

Verification failed. Please refresh and try again.

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    Verification failed. Please refresh and try again.

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

    Checking your browser...

  2. What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 90 antivirus results.

  3. What independent research found

    The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.

  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

Phishing & Impersonation

Service and business model

Login Portal

Unknown

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 015 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.
  2. 02Generic browser verification page commonly used by phishing operations

Web research findings

Independent findings for outlook.live, 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
No scam reports found
The completed search returned no sourced scam reports or complaints.

No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for outlook.live. 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.

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. Domainoutlook.live
  2. Redirects tooutlook.live
  3. Hosted byLinode

Domain Timeline

  1. Oct 28, 2015
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 11 years old today.

  2. Sep 9, 2026
    Saved security review — Flagged as dangerous

    The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.

outlook.live 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.

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
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 direct contact email found on the captured page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age11 years old
RegistrarGoDaddy.com, LLC
RegisteredOct 28, 2015
ExpiresOct 28, 2031
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusInvalid
Protocolnone
IssuerNone
ExpiresNot applicable
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingLinode
Server locationUS
Web serveropenresty/1.29.2.5

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPLinode
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

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 · 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
Result9 of 90 engines flagged
CompletionLimited
FindingAdverse
Freshnessstale fallback · Sep 9, 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
ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Avoid this site

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

  1. Analyst recommendation

    Do not visit this domain or enter any credentials. Use the legitimate outlook.live.com address for Microsoft Outlook services.

  2. Do not interact with outlook.live

    Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Share your experience

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

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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 outlook.live a scam or a legit website?
outlook.live is a high-risk phishing & impersonation — do not enter your login or personal details. Our review tagged it for phishing. 9 of 90 security engines flag it (6 as outright malicious). The domain is 10.9 years old through GoDaddy.com, LLC. This pattern matches throwaway sites built to take money or data and disappear.
Is outlook.live safe to use?
No — outlook.live has a Safety Score of 15/100 (Dangerous) because decisive threat evidence was saved with this scan. Leave the site and do not log in, pay, download anything, or connect a wallet.
I already paid or entered my details on outlook.live — what should I do?
If you've already paid or handed over details on outlook.live, 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 outlook.live 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.
Can I get my money back from outlook.live?
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.
Did outlook.live steal my password or personal information?
If you entered anything on outlook.live, assume it was captured. Phishing pages exist purely to harvest what you type — usernames, passwords, card numbers, or one-time codes. Change the password immediately on the real site and anywhere you reused it, enable two-factor authentication, and if you entered card or banking details, contact your bank about the risk of fraud. Also be alert for follow-up "security" calls or emails that try to exploit the same information.
How do I report outlook.live?
You can report outlook.live 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.
outlook.live looks professional — how can it still be a scam?
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.
Has outlook.live been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 9 of 90 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged outlook.live, 6 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 outlook.live on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — outlook.live 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 outlook.live domain?
outlook.live is 10.9 years old, registered on October 28, 2015 through GoDaddy.com, 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.
Where is outlook.live hosted?
outlook.live resolves to an IP operated by Linode 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 outlook.live report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on September 9, 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 outlook.live 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
15/100
Dangerous

outlook.live is a phishing domain impersonating Microsoft Outlook

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

The domain outlook.live is not the legitimate Microsoft service (outlook.live.com) and is flagged by multiple antivirus engines as malicious or phishing. The site shows a generic browser verification page commonly used by credential-harvesting operations.

Recommended actionDo not visit this domain or enter any credentials. Use the legitimate outlook.live.com address for Microsoft Outlook services.
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09 · Community

Community

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