Security Review

Is proteksecuresystems.co.uk legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Dangerous· 1/100

Industrial security systems site flagged malicious by six antivirus engines; old domain but multiple red flags suggest compromise or fake storefront.

proteksecuresystems.co.ukScanned 2h ago
0
Trust score
DANGEROUS
Heuristics 0·MT 40
Category tags
business servicessecurity systems#Fake Shop#Clone Site72% MT confidence
Technical red flags (1)
Warning signals (1)

These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
7/92
Engines flagged this URL
Domain Age
9 years old
Registered Mar 14, 2017
MT Intelligence
Suspicious
High likelihood · 72% confidence
DANGEROUS

Critical risk detected

6 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page as malicious. Multiple independent checks — antivirus engines, browser safety blocklists, and threat databases — flagged this site. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.

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MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
High scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust40/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
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Confidence
The domain proteksecuresystems.co.uk is over nine years old and hosts what appears to be a legitimate UK business security company offering roller shutters, access control, and CCTV systems. However, six antivirus engines—ADMINUSLabs, Chong Lua Dao, CRDF, CyRadar, Emsisoft, and Fortinet—flag it as malicious or malware, a significant consensus that cannot be ignored. The SSL certificate is valid and recently issued by Let's Encrypt, and the hosting IP has no abuse history. The critical issue is the disconnect: a long-established domain with professional content and clean infrastructure, yet multiple independent malware detectors treat it as dangerous. This pattern often indicates either a compromised legitimate site, a clone impersonating a real business, or a domain that was previously clean but recently weaponised. The absence of a direct contact email and postal address on the page, combined with the AV consensus, suggests the site may have been hijacked or is being used to harvest credentials or distribute malware despite its legitimate appearance.
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Page Content

The page presents itself as Protek Secure Systems, a UK-based industrial security company offering roller shutters, access control, CCTV, and related services. The content is well-structured with service listings, a phone number (0330 057 8422), and calls-to-action for quotes. However, no direct contact email or postal address is visible, which is unusual for an established business.

Infrastructure

The domain uses a valid SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt with 89 days remaining. Hosting IP 104.21.72.220 has zero abuse reports and a clean reputation score. The site loads external resources from legitimate CDNs (Google Tag Manager, Google Fonts, Font Awesome) and social platforms (Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Vimeo), consistent with a professional business site.

Domain History

The domain is 3,374 days old (approximately 9.2 years), registered with Ionos SE, and privacy-protected. Age alone does not guarantee legitimacy, but it rules out the typical new-domain scam pattern. The domain does not rank in global traffic indices, suggesting low visibility or recent traffic decline.

Web Reputation

Six antivirus engines flag the domain as malicious or malware: ADMINUSLabs, Chong Lua Dao, CRDF, CyRadar, Emsisoft, and Fortinet. This consensus is a strong negative signal. Browser blocklists remain clean, and our sandbox analysis did not flag the page. The contradiction between AV detections and sandbox/blocklist results suggests the threat may be in backend behaviour, credential harvesting, or malware distribution rather than obvious phishing or exploit code on the page itself.

Risk Factors
6
  • Six antivirus engines (ADMINUSLabs, Chong Lua Dao, CRDF, CyRadar, Emsisoft, Fortinet) flag the domain as malicious or malware.
  • No direct contact email address published on the page, unusual for an established business.
  • No postal address visible, limiting ability to verify physical business location.
  • Domain does not rank in global traffic indices, suggesting low visibility or recent decline.
  • Redirect chain detected (1 hop, cross-domain), which may indicate domain hijacking or traffic manipulation.
  • Mismatch between professional appearance and malware-engine consensus suggests possible compromise or impersonation.
Positive Signals
5
  • Domain is 9+ years old, ruling out typical new-domain scam patterns.
  • Valid SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt, properly configured.
  • Hosting IP has zero abuse reports and clean reputation score.
  • Browser blocklists do not flag the domain.
  • Page content is well-structured and professional, consistent with a legitimate business site.
AI Recommendation
Do not enter payment details or personal information on this site. If you are looking for Protek Secure Systems services, contact the company directly using a phone number or address found through independent business directories (Companies House, Google Business, or industry registries) rather than through this domain. Report the domain to your browser vendor if you encounter it.
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Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for proteksecuresystems.co.uk, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
9.2 yrs
Registered Mar 2017
Web mentions
No scam reports found
No complaints, no negative coverage turned up in our sweep.
Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst

No independent review aggregator data available for this domain.

Antivirus Engines

Detection matrix · live
7 engines flagged this URL

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. Each detection is listed below by engine name — even a single hit is a meaningful signal.

6Malicious1Suspicious52Harmless92Engines
0
of 92
ADMINUSLabs
Malicious· malicious
Chong Lua Dao
Malicious· malicious
CRDF
Malicious· malicious
CyRadar
Malicious· malware
Emsisoft
Malicious· malware
Fortinet
Malicious· malware
alphaMountain.ai
Suspicious· suspicious

7 antivirus engines flagged this URL. Even a single detection is a meaningful signal — treat this site with extra caution and avoid entering credentials, payment info, or downloading any files.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbers0330 057 8422
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles3
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Phone number listed (0330 057 8422).
  • Links to 8 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age9 years old
RegistrarIonos SE
RegisteredMar 14, 2017
ExpiresMar 14, 2027
Owner privacyHidden
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YR1
ExpiresSep 8, 2026 (89d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingCloudflare, Inc.
Server locationUS
Web servernginx
Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
Yes
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://proteksecuresystems.co.uk/
  • 2200https://www.proteksecuresystems.co.uk/cross-domain

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPCloudflare, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Avoid this site

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

  • Do not interact with proteksecuresystems.co.uk

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
ListedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

Referenced Domains

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

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review flags proteksecuresystems.co.uk as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
  • No — proteksecuresystems.co.uk scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
  • Yes. proteksecuresystems.co.uk presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR1, expiring in 89 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • proteksecuresystems.co.uk is 9.2 years old, registered on 3/14/2017 through Ionos SE. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
  • 7 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged proteksecuresystems.co.uk as malicious or suspicious (6 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
  • No. proteksecuresystems.co.uk is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • proteksecuresystems.co.uk resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
  • This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 10, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around proteksecuresystems.co.uk have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·proteksecuresystems.co.uk
DANGEROUS

A business security systems site flagged by six antivirus engines as malicious or malware, despite appearing to offer legitimate industrial doors and CCTV services. The domain is old (9+ years), but the AV detections and missing contact details raise serious concerns about compromise or impersonation.

Do not enter payment details or personal information on this site. If you are looking for Protek Secure Systems services, contact the company directly using a phone number or address found through independent business directories (Companies House, Google Business, or industry registries) rather than through this domain. Report the domain to your browser vendor if you encounter it.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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