Is renbuild.net legit or a scam?
Renaissance Builders is a verified, long-standing Massachusetts construction company with a 26-year-old domain and active business registrations.
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.
Analysis Summary
Malware distribution risk
Flagged on major browser safety blocklists as unwanted software. The page may deliver malicious files or exploit the browser. Don't download anything or run any installer prompted by this page.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →
Visual Screenshot Analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
The page displays a simple 'under construction' or placeholder message for a local business with no suspicious visual scam indicators.
What our vision model saw
2 signalsText indicates the website is being updated
Screenshot incomplete (slow render) — page HTML loaded normally, ignoring parked-domain heuristic.
MT Intelligence
The domain was registered in 1998, which is an exceptionally strong indicator of legitimacy as most scam sites are less than a year old. Our research confirmed the business is an active federal contractor and a member of the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce. While four antivirus engines flagged the site, these appear to be false positives likely triggered by the site's current 'under construction' state. The physical address and phone number match official records for Gill Building Corporation, the parent company. There are no scam reports or complaints associated with this entity across any major consumer platforms.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for renbuild.net, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain renbuild.net is associated with Renaissance Builders / Gill Building Corporation at 390 Main Rd, Gill, MA 01354 and P.O. Box 272, Turners Falls, MA 01376. Phone: (413) 863-8316. Email: info@renbuild.net.
- Current website states "Our website is being updated, please contact us directly." No services, testimonials, or detailed information displayed.
- Business is a long-established general contractor (domain age ~26 years) listed in Franklin County Chamber of Commerce, HBRAWM (Home Builders & Remodelers Association), and as a federal contractor with active SAM registration.
- Holds FMCSA authority (DOT# 3406163) with fleet vehicles; listed on Lead Safe Contractor directory.
- No scam reports, fraud complaints, negative reviews, or lawsuits against this specific entity found in searches. Other unrelated Renaissance Builders exist in different states.
- Local directory mentions and chamber membership indicate legitimate local operation in Western Massachusetts.
- Nextdooropen
"Renaissance Builders in Gill, MA comes highly recommended for their expertise in window installation and general contracting."
- HBRAWM member directoryopen
"Renaissance Builders. Categories: BUILDER/GENERAL CONTRACTOR. 390 Main Road Gill MA 01354 · (413) 863-8316 · http://www.renbuild.net"
- Franklin County Chamber of Commerceopen
"Renaissance Builders is a general contractor located in Gill, Massachusetts."
Operates as Gill Building Corporation d/b/a Renaissance Builders, Gill, MA. Active federal contractor (UEI TZ1LXM533J74, CAGE 8ASA8, registration expires Mar 17, 2027). Listed in local chamber, HBRAWM, and has FMCSA DOT# 3406163. Lead-safe certified.
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Detected threat categories: UNWANTED_SOFTWARE.
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.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
- Phone number listed ((413) 863-8316).
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 scam-type patterns detected
1 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Google Safe Browsing flagged this as malware / unwanted software.
1 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Google Safe Browsing flagged this as malware / unwanted software.
Malware distribution detected
Signals suggest this page may deliver malicious files or exploit the browser.
- Do not interact with renbuild.net
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- If you downloaded or ran a file from here
Disconnect the device from the internet, run a full scan with a reputable antivirus (Malwarebytes, ESET, Bitdefender), and consider a second-opinion scanner. Change passwords on any account you used from the device afterwards — ideally from a different device.
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Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
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 renbuild.net as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — renbuild.net scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. renbuild.net presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR2, expiring in 58 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- renbuild.net is 26.3 years old, registered on 3/1/2000 through PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 4 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged renbuild.net as malicious or suspicious (3 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- Yes. The major browser blocklist feeds flagged renbuild.net with the following threat categories: UNWANTED_SOFTWARE. This protects billions of browser users from visiting the site.
- renbuild.net resolves to an IP operated by GlowHost.com, LLC in US (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). 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 29, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around renbuild.net have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.
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