Is py.pl safe?
http://py.pl/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading · limited: did not fully complete
- page capture · limited: did not fully complete
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Inactive 404 page with no substantiated malicious activity
py.pl currently displays a PayPal-branded “File not found” page rather than a functioning service. Its nameservers are under paypal.com, the domain is long-established, and the saved checks found no broad security consensus against it; however, the inaccessible content limits what could be reviewed.
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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 88/100
Safe covers scores 85–100. 1 finding pulled the score down; 4 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- ModerateOnly one of 93 antivirus engines returned an adverse result, without wider consensus.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning.
- SupportsWHOIS research lists two paypal.com nameservers for py.pl.
- SupportsThe registrable domain is reported as 8,024 days old.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
py.pl currently displays a PayPal-branded “File not found” page rather than a functioning service. Its nameservers are under paypal.com, the domain is long-established, and the saved checks found no broad security consensus against it; however, the inaccessible content limits what could be reviewed.
The address currently leads to an error page
The captured page showed “PayPal,” “py.pl,” and “File not found.” Because the server returned HTTP 404, no functional storefront, login form, service, contact information, About page, or policy text was available for review.
Registration research lists ns1-pchnet.paypal.com and ns2-pchnet.paypal.com as the domain’s nameservers, providing a meaningful legitimacy signal for the current configuration.
Technical checks are mostly reassuring, with one isolated flag
One antivirus engine flagged the domain, but the other 92 engines did not establish a broader consensus. The browser threat feed returned no threat warning, and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
The registrable domain is 8,024 days old, which adds historical context but does not by itself prove that every future use will be safe.
Why the score is 88
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
1/ 93
detectionsFresh result
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
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| Chong Lua DaoMalicious | malicious |
All 93 engine results
- Chong Lua Dao - Malicious
- 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
- 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
- Orcapot - Unrated
- 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
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Unrated
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiFinance
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerfinancial data and services
- Googlefinancial_services
- Xcitium Verdict Cloudcontent server
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
PayPal File not found
What the captured page showed
2 observations- 01
PayPal
- 02
File not found
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
No page claim could be verified for py.pl because no usable page content or saved capture was available.
What we observed
The page itself could not be fully inspected, so the report relies on the other saved checks.
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.
Web research findings
Independent findings for py.pl, 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.
- WHOISopen
"nameservers: ns1-pchnet.paypal.com. ns2-pchnet.paypal.com."
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.
- Domainpy.pl
- Redirects topy.pl
- Hosted byFastly, Inc.
Domain Timeline
- Oct 21, 2004Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 21 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.
py.pl 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.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for www.paypal.com.
A shared Fastly address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://py.pl/
- 2404https://py.pl/
Server Reputation
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruscomplete
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentpartial
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencepartial
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
Only one of 93 antivirus engines returned an adverse result, without wider consensus.
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 | 1 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | Adverse | fresh · analysed Oct 10, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 10, 2026 |
| Page content | Page content was not available for semantic review | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Oct 10, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | The site blocked our capture or showed an error page; 2 visible observations saved | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Oct 10, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 10, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result1 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 10, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 10, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage content was not available for semantic review
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 10, 2026
- Visual evidence
- ResultThe site blocked our capture or showed an error page; 2 visible observations saved
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved 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
Inactive 404 page with no substantiated malicious activity
py.pl currently displays a PayPal-branded “File not found” page rather than a functioning service. Its nameservers are under paypal.com, the domain is long-established, and the saved checks found no broad security consensus against it; however, the inaccessible content limits what could be reviewed.
09 · Community
Community
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