Is qesnet.com safe?

http://qesnet.com/

Low RiskStatus

Coveragecomplete4 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Corporate site for a publicly listed Malaysian industrial equipment company with minor antivirus flags

qesnet.com is the official corporate website of QES Group Berhad, a Bursa Malaysia-listed company (0196.KL) established in 1991 that manufactures and distributes industrial inspection and measurement equipment. The site functions as a standard B2B information portal with product details and contact channels. The domain is over 23 years old and the company publishes audited annual reports. Two antivirus engines flagged the site, but this is likely a false positive given the company's transparent regulatory filings and long operating history.

The site presents low risk for visitors seeking information about industrial equipment from this established manufacturer. The antivirus flags appear to be false positives given the company's transparent public listing and long operating history.
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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

qesnet.com is the official corporate website of QES Group Berhad, a Bursa Malaysia-listed company (0196.KL) established in 1991 that manufactures and distributes industrial inspection and measurement equipment. The site functions as a standard B2B information portal with product details and contact channels. The domain is over 23 years old and the company publishes audited annual reports. Two antivirus engines flagged the site, but this is likely a false positive given the company's transparent regulatory filings and long operating history.

Strong legitimacy signals

The registrable domain is 8465 days old, placing its registration in 2001, consistent with the company's founding in 1991.

The site displays the corporate email marketing@qesnet.com and presents itself as a standard corporate information portal for industrial equipment inquiries.

Technical findings

the multi-engine malware scan reports 2 malicious and 1 suspicious detection out of 92 engines. The site uses standard WordPress infrastructure and valid TLS certificates.

Operator profile

QES Group Berhad is a publicly traded company on Bursa Malaysia with documented annual reports and regulatory compliance. The company operates across ASEAN countries with headquarters in Shah Alam, Malaysia.

Why the score is 82

2 malicious detections reported by antivirus engines. 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/ 92

detections

Fresh result

3 engines flagged this URL

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

Malicious
2
Suspicious
1
Total
92
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
CRDFMaliciousmalicious
LionicMaliciousmalicious
GridinsoftSuspicioussuspicious
All 92 engine results
  • CRDF - malicious - Malicious
  • Lionic - malicious - Malicious
  • Gridinsoft - suspicious - Suspicious
  • 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
  • Abusix - clean - Clean
  • Acronis - clean - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • alphaMountain.ai - 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
  • 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
  • Guardpot - unrated - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - unrated - Clean
  • Kaspersky - clean - Clean
  • LevelBlue - 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
  • 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
  • Seclookup - clean - Clean
  • Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
  • SOCRadar - clean - 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
qesnet.com
What our review noticed on this page
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

QES

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    QES

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

    Industrial Testing & Measurement Tools - QES Leading Solutions Provider

  2. What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 92 antivirus results.

  3. What independent research found

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

  4. What remains unverified

    The checks completed, but ownership, business claims, and future site behavior can still change after this snapshot.

What kind of site and risk is this?

Threat category

No threat category confirmed

Service and business model

Saas

Transaction

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 012 malicious detections reported by antivirus engines
  2. 02Domain registered 8465 days ago
  3. 03Site displays legitimate corporate contact email

Web research findings

Independent findings for qesnet.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.
  • QES Annual Report 2024open

    "The Group was incorporated in Malaysia under the Companies Act 1965 on 20 November 2014 as a public limited company under its present name and was listed on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad in 2018."

  • QES Group Governance Practicesopen

    "As of FYE 2024, QES recorded zero substantiated whistleblowing reports or instances of corruption"

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. Domainqesnet.com
  2. Redirects towww.qesnet.com
  3. Hosted byServerfreak Technologies Sdn Bhd
  4. Referencesfonts.bunny.net · googletagmanager.com

Domain Timeline

  1. Jun 5, 2003
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 23 years old today.

  2. Aug 8, 2026
    Saved security review — Reviewed — inconclusive

    The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.

qesnet.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
Has a contact email on its own domain
Emails on site's domainmarketing@qesnet.com
Phone numbers+603-5882 6668
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • Contact email on the site's own domain (marketing@qesnet.com).
  • Phone number listed (+603-5882 6668).

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age23 years old
RegistrarNetwork Solutions, LLC
RegisteredJun 5, 2003
ExpiresJun 5, 2027
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YR1
ExpiresSep 30, 2026 (53d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingServerfreak Technologies Sdn Bhd
Server locationMY
Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops
2
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://qesnet.com/
  • 2301https://qesnet.com/
  • 3200https://www.qesnet.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score3%
Reports on file1
ISPServerfreak Technologies Sdn Bhd
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

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. Antiviruscomplete
  2. Browser threat feedcomplete
  3. Page contentcomplete
  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 · 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 92 engines flagged
CompletionCompleted
FindingAdverse
Freshnessfresh · Aug 8, 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

Verify before you trust

We couldn't gather enough signal for a confident verdict — tread carefully.

  1. Find the company through independent channels

    Search for the business on LinkedIn, an official registry (Companies House, OpenCorporates, SEC EDGAR), or via the brand's known social channels. If you can't trace a real entity, that itself is a red flag.

  2. Never pay by crypto, gift card, or bank transfer

    If the site forces an irreversible payment method, stop. Cards and PayPal give you chargeback protection — irreversible methods don't.

  3. Ask the forum

    Post the URL in the MalwareTips Scam Reports forum — experienced members often recognise patterns immediately.

    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 qesnet.com a scam or is it safe?
qesnet.com has a Safety Score of 82/100 (Low Risk). The saved checks found no material threat, but the report did not meet every requirement for the highest Safe tier. Use normal caution and independently verify the operator before irreversible payments or unusually sensitive actions.
Is qesnet.com safe to use?
qesnet.com has a Safety Score of 82/100 (Low Risk). Analysis coverage is complete at 100%. Normal caution; verify sensitive actions.
Has qesnet.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 3 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged qesnet.com, 2 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 qesnet.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — qesnet.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 qesnet.com domain?
qesnet.com is 23.2 years old, registered on June 5, 2003 through Network Solutions, LLC. 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 qesnet.com have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — qesnet.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR1, valid for another 53 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 qesnet.com hosted?
qesnet.com resolves to an IP operated by Serverfreak Technologies Sdn Bhd in MY (Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). 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 qesnet.com report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on August 8, 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 qesnet.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
82/100
Low Risk

Corporate site for a publicly listed Malaysian industrial equipment company with minor antivirus flags

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

qesnet.com is the official corporate website of QES Group Berhad, a Bursa Malaysia-listed company (0196.KL) established in 1991 that manufactures and distributes industrial inspection and measurement equipment. The site functions as a standard B2B information portal with product details and contact channels. The domain is over 23 years old and the company publishes audited annual reports. Two antivirus engines flagged the site, but this is likely a false positive given the company's transparent regulatory filings and long operating history.

Recommended actionThe site presents low risk for visitors seeking information about industrial equipment from this established manufacturer. The antivirus flags appear to be false positives given the company's transparent public listing and long operating history.
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Community

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