Is pingelrarebooks.com safe?

http://pingelrarebooks.com/

SafeStatus

Coveragestrong2 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Pingel Rare Books appears to be a legitimate specialist bookstore, with no current browser threat warning.

The site presents a Paris-based bookstore and gallery specializing in rare and antique books from the 15th through 20th centuries. Its published street address, visible telephone number, and clean current Safe Browsing result support a Safe rating, although two older antivirus detections justify some caution.

The site appears reasonable to visit, but use normal shopping precautions and stop if the browser or security software displays a fresh warning.
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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 site presents a Paris-based bookstore and gallery specializing in rare and antique books from the 15th through 20th centuries. Its published street address, visible telephone number, and clean current Safe Browsing result support a Safe rating, although two older antivirus detections justify some caution.

Consistent business identity

The website identifies Pingel Rare Books as a bookstore and gallery specializing in rare and antique books from the 15th through 20th centuries.

The shop page lists an address at 67 avenue de Suffren, 75007 Paris, France, while the reviewed page visibly displays the business name and a French telephone number.

Current checks are reassuring, but older detections remain

A fresh Safe Browsing check returned no threat warning, and the supplied evidence does not establish an active phishing, malware, or deceptive sales mechanism.

Two antivirus families previously returned adverse results. Because this evidence is stale and only partially available, it warrants caution but does not outweigh the current clean check and consistent business details.

Why the score is 87

2 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

3/ 91

detections

Saved result - stale

3 engines flagged this URL

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

Malicious
3
Suspicious
0
Total
91
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
ADMINUSLabsMaliciousmalicious
alphaMountain.aiMaliciousphishing
KasperskyMaliciousphishing
All 91 engine results
  • ADMINUSLabs - malicious - Malicious
  • alphaMountain.ai - phishing - Malicious
  • Kaspersky - phishing - Malicious
  • 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
  • Chong Lua Dao - clean - Clean
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
  • CRDF - clean - Clean
  • Criminal IP - unrated - Clean
  • CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
  • CTX AI - clean - Clean
  • Cyan - unrated - Clean
  • Cyble - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - 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
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - 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
  • Gridinsoft - unrated - Clean
  • Guardpot - unrated - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - unrated - Clean
  • LevelBlue - clean - 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
  • Rising - 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
pingelrarebooks.com
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

Pingel Rare Books, Catégories, Nouveautés, Search bar, Phone number +33 (0)1 40 56 95 85

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    Pingel Rare Books, Catégories, Nouveautés, Search bar, Phone number +33 (0)1 40 56 95 85

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

    Home -

  2. What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 91 antivirus results.

  3. What independent research found

    2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.

  4. What remains unverified

    2 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

Shop

Transaction

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 01The site presents a specialist rare-book business, a Paris street address, and a visible French telephone number.
  2. 02The site presents a specialist rare-book business, a Paris street address, and a visible French telephone number.
  3. 03The current Safe Browsing check found no threat warning.

Web research findings

Independent findings for pingelrarebooks.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.

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.
  • Pingel Rare Booksopen

    "Pingel Rare Books est une librairie / galerie spécialisée dans les livres rares et anciens du XVe au XXe siècle."

  • Pingel Rare Booksopen

    "67 avenue de Suffren 75007 PARIS FRANCE"

Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
ListedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
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. Domainpingelrarebooks.com
  2. Redirects topingelrarebooks.com
  3. Hosted byOVH SAS
  4. Referencesfonts.googleapis.com · gmpg.org

Domain Timeline

  1. Sep 27, 2019
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 7.0 years old today.

  2. Sep 22, 2026
    Saved security review — Reviewed as safe

    This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.

pingelrarebooks.com 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.

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
Age7 years old
RegistrarOVH sas
RegisteredSep 27, 2019
ExpiresSep 27, 2026
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YE1
ExpiresDec 17, 2026 (85d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingOVH SAS
Server locationFR
Web serverApache
Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://pingelrarebooks.com/
  • 2200https://pingelrarebooks.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score53%
Reports on file19
ISPOVH SAS
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

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

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 contentpartial
  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

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
Result3 of 91 engines flagged
CompletionLimited
FindingAdverse
Freshnessstale fallback · Sep 22, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Page content
ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
CompletionLimited
FindingNo saved 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.

  1. Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on pingelrarebooks.com and not a lookalike like p-ingelrarebooks.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  2. 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.

  3. Discuss this site on the forum

    If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.

    Open

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 pingelrarebooks.com legit and safe?
Our automated security review found no threat indicators on pingelrarebooks.com, so it appears legitimate. and the domain is 7 years old, registered on September 27, 2019 — 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 pingelrarebooks.com safe to use?
pingelrarebooks.com has a Safety Score of 87/100 (Safe). 2 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. at scan time. Treat unexpected login or payment requests with normal caution.
Could a legitimate site like pingelrarebooks.com 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 pingelrarebooks.com), 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 pingelrarebooks.com is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.
Has pingelrarebooks.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 3 of 91 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged pingelrarebooks.com, 3 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 pingelrarebooks.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — pingelrarebooks.com 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 pingelrarebooks.com domain?
pingelrarebooks.com is 7 years old, registered on September 27, 2019 through OVH sas. 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 pingelrarebooks.com have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — pingelrarebooks.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YE1, valid for another 85 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 pingelrarebooks.com hosted?
pingelrarebooks.com resolves to an IP operated by OVH SAS in FR (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 pingelrarebooks.com report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on September 22, 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 pingelrarebooks.com 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
87/100
Safe

Pingel Rare Books appears to be a legitimate specialist bookstore, with no current browser threat warning.

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

The site presents a Paris-based bookstore and gallery specializing in rare and antique books from the 15th through 20th centuries. Its published street address, visible telephone number, and clean current Safe Browsing result support a Safe rating, although two older antivirus detections justify some caution.

Recommended actionThe site appears reasonable to visit, but use normal shopping precautions and stop if the browser or security software displays a fresh warning.
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Missing checks are never treated as a clean result.

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09 · Community

Community

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