Is retro-pia.com safe?

http://retro-pia.com/

Low RiskStatus

Coveragestrong2 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Retropia appears to be a functioning online shop, with a promotional scratch-card pop-up as the main concern.

Retropia markets a physical camera accessory made from a disposable-camera lens and publishes a support address for returns. A fresh security check showed no threat warning, although one stale antivirus result labeled the URL suspicious. The available evidence does not establish phishing, malware, non-delivery, or another scam mechanism, so the site is rated Low Risk rather than unsafe.

Purchasing appears reasonably low risk based on the available evidence, but verify the total price, shipping terms, and return conditions before paying, and treat the scratch-card offer as marketing rather than proof of savings.
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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

Retropia markets a physical camera accessory made from a disposable-camera lens and publishes a support address for returns. A fresh security check showed no threat warning, although one stale antivirus result labeled the URL suspicious. The available evidence does not establish phishing, malware, non-delivery, or another scam mechanism, so the site is rated Low Risk rather than unsafe.

Observable storefront and customer-support details

The featured product is described as an actual lens element taken from a disposable film camera and re-engineered to fit a digital camera body.

The product page tells dissatisfied customers to email support@retro-pia.com for a return. This is a useful legitimacy signal, though the evidence does not independently verify how returns are handled.

Technical checks are reassuring, but the marketing pop-up warrants care

A fresh security check returned no threat warning. One saved antivirus observation did mark the URL suspicious, but that result is stale and is not enough by itself to demonstrate an active threat.

The reviewed page displayed a “Try your luck” scratch-card pop-up promising a prize. This is an aggressive promotional device, but the supplied evidence does not show forced redirects, malicious downloads, notification abuse, or a fee-based prize claim.

Why the score is 81

The score combines saved deterministic evidence with the grounded analysis available for this report. 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/ 90

detections

Saved result - stale

1 engine flagged this URL

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

Malicious
0
Suspicious
1
Total
90
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
GridinsoftSuspicioussuspicious
All 90 engine results
  • 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 - unrated - 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
  • CRDF - clean - 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
  • Lionic - 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
  • 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 - unrated - 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
retro-pia.com
What our review noticed on this page
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

Try your luck Scratch below to see what you win

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    Try your luck Scratch below to see what you win

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

    Retropia | Premium accessories and assets for creators

  2. What we observed

    Saved browser evidence recorded popups.

  3. What independent research found

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

  4. What remains unverified

    2 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.

What kind of site and risk is this?

Threat category

No threat category confirmed

Service and business model

Shop

Transaction

Observed behavior

Popups

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 011 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
  2. 02A scratch-card pop-up invited visitors to try their luck to see what they had won.
  3. 03The domain was 636 days old when observed.

Web research findings

Independent findings for retro-pia.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
1 positive
Positive reviews (1)
Public quotes that support the operator's credibility.
  • Retropiaopen

    "If you’re not in love, simply email support@retro-pia.com for a fast and easy return."

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. Domainretro-pia.com
  2. Redirects toretro-pia.com
  3. Hosted byShopify, Inc.
  4. Referencesgoogletagmanager.com · cdn.shopify.com

Domain Timeline

  1. Dec 23, 2024
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 1.7 years old today.

  2. Sep 21, 2026
    Saved security review — Reviewed — inconclusive

    The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.

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
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No direct contact email found on the captured page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age1.7 years old
RegistrarTucows Domains Inc.
RegisteredDec 23, 2024
ExpiresDec 23, 2026
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YE1
ExpiresNov 17, 2026 (56d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingShopify, Inc.
Server locationCA
Web servercloudflare
Platform / CMSShopify

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://retro-pia.com/
  • 2200https://retro-pia.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file133
ISPShopify, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
  1. Antiviruspartial
  2. Browser threat feedcomplete
  3. Page contentpartial
  4. Analysiscomplete
  5. Visual evidencecomplete
Completed analysis

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

Technical threat

unknown

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
Result1 of 90 engines flagged
CompletionLimited
FindingAdverse
Freshnessstale fallback · Sep 21, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Page content
ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
CompletionLimited
FindingNo saved 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 retro-pia.com a scam or is it safe?
retro-pia.com has a Safety Score of 81/100 (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 retro-pia.com safe to use?
retro-pia.com has a Safety Score of 81/100 (Low Risk). Analysis coverage is strong at 83%. Normal caution; verify sensitive actions.
Has retro-pia.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 1 of 90 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged retro-pia.com as suspicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
Is retro-pia.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — retro-pia.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 retro-pia.com domain?
retro-pia.com is 1.7 years old, registered on December 23, 2024 through Tucows Domains 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 retro-pia.com have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — retro-pia.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YE1, valid for another 56 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 retro-pia.com hosted?
retro-pia.com resolves to an IP operated by Shopify, Inc. in CA (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 retro-pia.com report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on September 21, 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 retro-pia.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
81/100
Low Risk

Retropia appears to be a functioning online shop, with a promotional scratch-card pop-up as the main concern.

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

Retropia markets a physical camera accessory made from a disposable-camera lens and publishes a support address for returns. A fresh security check showed no threat warning, although one stale antivirus result labeled the URL suspicious. The available evidence does not establish phishing, malware, non-delivery, or another scam mechanism, so the site is rated Low Risk rather than unsafe.

Recommended actionPurchasing appears reasonably low risk based on the available evidence, but verify the total price, shipping terms, and return conditions before paying, and treat the scratch-card offer as marketing rather than proof of savings.
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09 · Community

Community

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