Is palmcovealliance.org.au safe?

http://palmcovealliance.org.au/

SafeStatus

Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Local community advocacy site with transparent not-for-profit status and no deceptive commercial mechanisms.

Palmcovealliance.org.au is the website of the Palm Cove Alliance, a registered Australian not-for-profit community advocacy group focused on protecting the character of Palm Cove, Queensland. The site offers free membership via a Google Form and accepts voluntary donations through PayPal. No evidence of consumer risk, misleading claims, or aggressive monetization is present.

The site is safe for visitors seeking information about the Palm Cove community group or wishing to join or donate voluntarily.

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Saved site captureCaptured safely during this scan 1 antivirus engine flagged this URLSeclookup

Calibrated safety spectrum

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.

01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

Strongest evidence supporting legitimacy

The site explicitly states that membership is free and that the organization is a volunteer-run, registered Australian not-for-profit Incorporated Association with ABN 28913639343.

The hosting IP shows zero abuse reports and the domain carries a valid TLS certificate with no active security flags from major providers.

Technical checks versus operator risk

Technical indicators are clean: valid TLS, zero abuse reports on the hosting IP, and only a stale antivirus flag that lacks current context.

Operator identity is transparent: the group is publicly listed with named committee members and appears in local news coverage as a legitimate community organization.

Real visitor flow

Visitors can click 'Join Us' or '❯ JOIN US' to reach a Google Form for free membership signup.

A separate 'Donation' link leads to a PayPal donation page via Google redirect; no payment is required to access content or join.

Why the score is 92

Saved antivirus evidence is adverse but is not fresh enough for a current conviction. 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

1/ 98

detections

Saved result - stale

1 engine flagged this URL

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

Malicious: 1
Suspicious: 0
Total: 98

Adverse antivirus results
Engine	Finding
SeclookupMalicious	malicious

All 98 engine results

Seclookup - malicious - Malicious
0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
Abusix - clean - Clean
Acronis - clean - Clean
ADMINUSLabs - 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
Artists Against 419 - clean - Clean
AutoShun - unrated - Clean
Axur - unrated - Clean
benkow.cc - clean - 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
CMC Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
CRDF - clean - Clean
Criminal IP - unrated - Clean
CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
Cyan - unrated - Clean
Cyble - clean - Clean
CyRadar - clean - Clean
desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
DNS8 - clean - Clean
Dr.Web - clean - Clean
EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
Emsisoft - clean - Clean
Ermes - unrated - Clean
ESET - clean - Clean
ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
Feodo Tracker - clean - Clean
Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - unrated - Clean
Fortinet - clean - Clean
Fortra - unrated - Clean
G-Data - clean - Clean
GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
GreenSnow - clean - Clean
Gridinsoft - unrated - Clean
Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
IPsum - clean - Clean
Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
Kaspersky - unrated - Clean
Lionic - clean - Clean
Lumu - unrated - Clean
Malwared - clean - Clean
MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
malwares.com URL checker - clean - Clean
MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
Mimecast - unrated - Clean
Netcraft - unrated - Clean
OpenPhish - clean - Clean
PhishFort - unrated - Clean
Phishing Database - clean - 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
securolytics - clean - Clean
Snort IP sample list - clean - Clean
SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
Sophos - clean - Clean
Spam404 - clean - Clean
StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
ThreatHive - clean - Clean
Threatsourcing - clean - Clean
Trustwave - clean - Clean
Underworld - unrated - 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 - unrated - 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

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CAPTURED PAGE

palmcovealliance.org.au

Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

The website features a hero image of the Palm Cove coastline with the text 'Protecting and Enhancing the Character That Makes Palm Cove Truly Remarkable'.

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation

01
The website features a hero image of the Palm Cove coastline with the text 'Protecting and Enhancing the Character That Makes Palm Cove Truly Remarkable'.

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

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

What the site claims
Home
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 98 antivirus results.
What independent research found
2 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

Content

Free

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

01Explicitly identifies as a registered Australian Incorporated Association with ABN 28913639343 and states membership is free.
02Hosting IP has zero abuse reports; valid TLS certificate present.
03Saved antivirus evidence is adverse but is not fresh enough for a current conviction.

Web research findings

Independent findings for palmcovealliance.org.au, 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.

Cairns Local Newsopen
"This is why we’ve established the Palm Cove Alliance – to provide a unified community voice and work collaboratively with the council, government and stakeholders to secure Palm Cove’s sustainable future."
Cairns Local Newsopen
"The management committee is former senior government IT expert, civil designer and small business owner Peter Bon, community leader and leadership consultant Gary Kerr, retired senior accountant and IT expert Dale Middleton, senior marketing and communications leader Nicky White and medical specialist Dr Deborah Monaghan."

Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

ListedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

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.

Domainpalmcovealliance.org.au
Redirects towww.palmcovealliance.org.au
Hosted byGoogle LLC
Referenceslh3.googleusercontent.com · fonts.googleapis.com

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@palmcovealliance.org.au

Phone numbers28913639343

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles0

Signal Summary

Contact details look reasonable

Contact email on the site's own domain (info@palmcovealliance.org.au).
Phone number listed (28913639343).

Domain & Encryption

Domain History

AgeUnknown

RegistrarMelbourne IT

RegisteredUnknown

ExpiresUnknown

Owner privacyUnknown

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WR3

ExpiresOct 4, 2026 (47d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingGoogle LLC

Server locationUS

Web serverESF

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://palmcovealliance.org.au/
2200https://www.palmcovealliance.org.au/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPGoogle LLC

Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

lh3.googleusercontent.com fonts.googleapis.com gstatic.com apis.google.com googletagmanager.com forms.gle google.com ssl.gstatic.com youtube.com youtu.be

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.

Antiviruspartial
Browser threat feedcomplete
Page contentcomplete
Analysiscomplete
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.

Source coverage
Source	Result	Completion	Finding	Freshness
Antivirus	1 of 98 engines flagged	Limited	Adverse	stale fallback · Aug 17, 2026
Browser protection	No browser threat-list match	Completed	No adverse finding	Not available
Page content	Page fetched · HTTP 200	Completed	No adverse finding	Not available
Visual evidence	1 visible observation saved with the page capture	Completed	No adverse finding	Not available
Independent research	2 independent findings were saved	Completed	No adverse finding	Not available

Antivirus: Result1 of 98 engines flagged; CompletionLimited; FindingAdverse; Freshnessstale fallback · Aug 17, 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

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on palmcovealliance.org.au and not a lookalike like p-almcovealliance.org.au or an IDN homoglyph.
Use a password manager
Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.
Discuss this site on the forum
If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.
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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 palmcovealliance.org.au legit and safe?

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on palmcovealliance.org.au, so it appears legitimate. and the domain is an unknown age — established domains are far less likely to be scams. Even so, always double-check the exact address in your browser, because phishing emails routinely spoof real, trusted domains like this one.

Is palmcovealliance.org.au safe to use?

palmcovealliance.org.au has a Safety Score of 92/100 (Safe). Fresh core checks and semantic analysis found no material threat at scan time. Treat unexpected login or payment requests with normal caution.

Could a legitimate site like palmcovealliance.org.au still be used in a scam?

Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from palmcovealliance.org.au), and legitimate sites are occasionally compromised on specific pages. A clean verdict means the site itself checks out today; it does not mean every email or link claiming to be from palmcovealliance.org.au is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.

Has palmcovealliance.org.au been flagged by antivirus engines?

Yes. 1 of 98 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged palmcovealliance.org.au, 1 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 palmcovealliance.org.au on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No — palmcovealliance.org.au 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 palmcovealliance.org.au domain?

palmcovealliance.org.au is an unknown age through Melbourne IT. 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 palmcovealliance.org.au have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes — palmcovealliance.org.au presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WR3, valid for another 47 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 palmcovealliance.org.au hosted?

palmcovealliance.org.au resolves to an IP operated by Google LLC 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 palmcovealliance.org.au report updated?

This report is a record of the scan run on August 17, 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 palmcovealliance.org.au 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

92/100

Safe

Local community advocacy site with transparent not-for-profit status and no deceptive commercial mechanisms.

Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.

Conclusion

Recommended actionThe site is safe for visitors seeking information about the Palm Cove community group or wishing to join or donate voluntarily.

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09 · Community

Community

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

Is palmcovealliance.org.au safe?

Local community advocacy site with transparent not-for-profit status and no deceptive commercial mechanisms.

Strongest evidence supporting legitimacy

Technical checks versus operator risk

Real visitor flow

Why the score is 92

What the captured page showed

What the site claims

What we observed

What independent research found

What remains unverified

Technical threat

Operator / customer risk

Still, stay alert

Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

Use a password manager

Discuss this site on the forum

Local community advocacy site with transparent not-for-profit status and no deceptive commercial mechanisms.

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