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.
Is reviveresearch.org legit or a scam?
Clinical research organization site with multiple antivirus detections for phishing and malware despite a six-year-old domain.
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
MT Intelligence
The page content describes a legitimate-sounding clinical research institute with studies in oncology, rheumatology, neurology, and cardiology plus contact details. However, five antivirus engines specifically flagged the page as malicious or phishing and one browser blocklist blocked it as unwanted software. The domain itself is 2504 days old with valid SSL and a clean hosting IP, which are positive signals. Two cross-domain redirects and an email address not using the site's own domain reduce trust. No scam-family patterns were detected and the scam-network suspicion score remained zero.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for reviveresearch.org, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for reviveresearch.org and did not find scam reports, complaints, or impersonation signals. The domain age, registration record and aggregator reviews shown above are consistent with a legitimate site.
Scam Network Intelligence
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 email uses the site's own domain — legitimate shops usually do.
- Phone number listed (248-564-1485).
- Postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://reviveresearch.org/
- 2301https://reviveresearch.org/
- 3200https://www.reviveresearch.org/cross-domain
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
3 scam-type patterns detected
0 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.
- Google Safe Browsing flagged this as social engineering / phishing.
- Referral-program structure detected.
0 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.
- Google Safe Browsing flagged this as social engineering / phishing.
- Referral-program structure detected.
Malware distribution detected
Signals suggest this page may deliver malicious files or exploit the browser.
- Do not interact with reviveresearch.org
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 from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.
- Our automated security review flags reviveresearch.org as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — reviveresearch.org scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. reviveresearch.org presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Sectigo Limited · Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36, expiring in 148 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- reviveresearch.org is 6.9 years old, registered on 7/25/2019 through NameCheap, Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 6 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged reviveresearch.org as malicious or suspicious (5 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- Yes. The major browser blocklist feeds flagged reviveresearch.org with the following threat categories: UNWANTED_SOFTWARE. This protects billions of browser users from visiting the site.
- reviveresearch.org resolves to an IP operated by Namecheap, Inc. 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.
- We cache results for 24 hours. Signed-in MalwareTips members can trigger a manual rescan at any time using the "Rescan" button on the report page, which re-runs every check from scratch and refreshes this page.
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