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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
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.

The current 404 page appears low concern, but there is no usable service to interact with. If the address later begins requesting credentials, payments, or downloads, verify that new content independently before proceeding.

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py.pl: Safe — MalwareTips website safety report

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.

Score explained

Why 88/100

Safe covers scores 85–100. 1 finding pulled the score down; 4 pushed it up.

What pulled the score down

  1. 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

Collected signals and independent provider data for this URL.

Antivirus Engines

1/ 93

detections

Fresh 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
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
Chong Lua DaoMaliciousmalicious
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

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
py.pl
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

PayPal File not found

Context only

What the captured page showed

2 observations
  1. 01

    PayPal

  2. 02

    File not found

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

    No page claim could be verified for py.pl because no usable page content or saved capture was available.

  2. What we observed

    The page itself could not be fully inspected, so the report relies on the other saved checks.

  3. What independent research found

    1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.

  4. 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.

Business registration
Not checked
This report did not include a company-registry lookup, so no registration result is claimed.
Clone check
Not checked
No site-clone comparison was run for this report, so no clean result is claimed.
Typosquat check
Not checked
No look-alike domain comparison was run for this report, so no clean result is claimed.
Web mentions
1 positive
Positive reviews (1)
Public quotes that support the operator's credibility.
  • WHOISopen

    "nameservers: ns1-pchnet.paypal.com. ns2-pchnet.paypal.com."

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. Domainpy.pl
  2. Redirects topy.pl
  3. Hosted byFastly, Inc.

Domain Timeline

  1. Oct 21, 2004
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 21 years old when this review was saved.

  2. Oct 10, 2026
    Saved 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

Domain History
Age21 years old
RegistrarMarkmonitor, Inc.
RegisteredOct 21, 2004
ExpiresOct 21, 2027
Last updatedSep 19, 2026 (21 days before this scan)
RegistrantHidden by a privacy service
Owner privacyHidden
Nameserversns1-pchnet.paypal.comns2-pchnet.paypal.compdns100.ultradns.compdns100.ultradns.netDNS by UltraDNS
Verified ownerNo owner has verified this domain on MalwareTips
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.2
IssuerDigiCert Inc · DigiCert EV RSA CA G2
IssuedAug 28, 2026 (43 days before this scan)
ExpiresMar 14, 2027 (155d)
Self-signedNo
Trusted chainYes: our check verified the issuer chain
Matches hostnameYes

Certificate issued for www.paypal.com.

Hosting & Technology
HostingFastly, Inc.
Server IP151.101.66.133 · shared Fastly edge

A shared Fastly address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.

Server locationUnited States (US)
PopularityNot in the Cloudflare Radar top list

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://py.pl/
  • 2404https://py.pl/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file5
ISPFastly, Inc.
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. Antiviruscomplete
  2. Browser threat feedcomplete
  3. Page contentpartial
  4. Analysiscomplete
  5. Visual evidencepartial
Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

Technical threat

suspicious

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

Only one of 93 antivirus engines returned an adverse result, without wider consensus.

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
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

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 py.pl and not a lookalike like p-y.pl 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.

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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 py.pl legit and safe?
Our automated security review found no threat indicators on py.pl, so it appears legitimate. and the domain is 21 years old, registered on October 21, 2004 — 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 py.pl safe to use?
py.pl has a Safety Score of 88/100 (Safe). The saved checks and analysis found no material threat at scan time. Treat unexpected login or payment requests with normal caution.
Could a legitimate site like py.pl 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 py.pl), 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 py.pl is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.
Has py.pl been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 1 of 93 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged py.pl, 1 of them as outright malicious. None of these detections came from the engines we treat as highest-confidence, so they are weighed alongside the other checks rather than on their own.
Is py.pl on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — py.pl 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 py.pl domain?
py.pl is 21 years old, registered on October 21, 2004 through Markmonitor, Inc. 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 py.pl have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — py.pl presents a valid TLSv1.2 certificate issued by DigiCert Inc · DigiCert EV RSA CA G2, valid for another 155 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 py.pl hosted?
py.pl resolves to an IP operated by Fastly, Inc. 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 py.pl report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on October 10, 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 py.pl 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
88/100
Safe

Inactive 404 page with no substantiated malicious activity

Saved capturepy.plCapture-safe
The site blocked our capture or showed an error page. Opening this report does not revisit the site.
Conclusion

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.

Recommended actionThe current 404 page appears low concern, but there is no usable service to interact with. If the address later begins requesting credentials, payments, or downloads, verify that new content independently before proceeding.
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09 · Community

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