Is rnccarthy.ca safe?
http://rnccarthy.ca/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 4 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (57 of 93 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading · limited: did not fully complete
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Inactive look-alike domain of a major Canadian law firm carries live phishing and malware detections
rnccarthy.ca is a 73-day-old domain that currently serves only a hosting placeholder reading "Website not found". Its name is a one-letter-off look-alike of mccarthy.ca, the domain of a large Canadian law firm, and the string rnccarthy.ca appears in a City of Toronto legal document as part of an email address. Four independent antivirus families have reported an adverse result for this domain, citing phishing and malware. The site itself is not functional right now, but the combination of a fresh look-alike domain and live malicious detections places it in the High Risk band.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 40/100
High Risk covers scores 21–44. 2 findings pulled the score down; 1 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Decisive4 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.-8 pts
- MinorThe domain name is a one-character variation of mccarthy.ca, a major Canadian law firm, and appears in a City of Toronto legal document as part of an email address.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning.
Points come from the saved evidence ledger: it lowered the score from 48 to 40 and split those 8 points between the findings that show points; the others carry no points in the ledger. Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
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01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
rnccarthy.ca is a 73-day-old domain that currently serves only a hosting placeholder reading "Website not found". Its name is a one-letter-off look-alike of mccarthy.ca, the domain of a large Canadian law firm, and the string rnccarthy.ca appears in a City of Toronto legal document as part of an email address. Four independent antivirus families have reported an adverse result for this domain, citing phishing and malware. The site itself is not functional right now, but the combination of a fresh look-alike domain and live malicious detections places it in the High Risk band.
Live antivirus detections on a very new domain
Four independent antivirus families reported an adverse result for this domain, with phishing and malware cited. This is a saved antivirus observation rather than a fresh submission, so the detection should be treated as real but its exact timing is not confirmed.
The registrable domain is only 73 days old. A brand-new domain that already carries phishing and malware detections is a classic pattern for infrastructure that is either actively malicious or being staged for abuse.
The browser threat feed returned no threat warning, and a valid TLS certificate exists for the host. However, the scanned address was served over plain HTTP with no redirect to HTTPS, so the connection was not encrypted. These clean technical checks do not outweigh the adverse antivirus findings.
Look-alike naming and a placeholder page
The domain currently displays only a hosting placeholder: "Website not found Sorry, Please confirm that this domain name has been bound to your website." There is no active storefront, login page, or content of any kind.
The name rnccarthy.ca is a one-character variation of mccarthy.ca, the domain of a major Canadian law firm. The string rnccarthy.ca appears in a City of Toronto legal document as part of an email address, which is consistent with a typo of the law firm's domain. This kind of look-alike domain is commonly registered for typosquatting, email interception, or future phishing campaigns.
The page builds its content with scripts, so its own contact details were not visible to the page reader and were not reviewed. No operator identity, registration ID, or off-domain email was disclosed on the page.
Why the score is 40
4 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
4/ 93
detectionsSaved analysis from October 11, 2026 - stale
4 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 4
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| alphaMountain.aiMalicious | phishing |
| FortinetMalicious | malware |
| SeclookupMalicious | malicious |
| WebrootMalicious | malicious |
All 93 engine results
- alphaMountain.ai - phishing - Malicious
- Fortinet - malware - Malicious
- Seclookup - Malicious
- Webroot - Malicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - 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
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- 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 - Unrated
- 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
- 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
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Unrated
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiPhishing, Newly Registered
- WebrootPhishing and Other Frauds
- Googlegambling
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
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
Website not found
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Website not found
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
Sorry, the website has been stopped
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Sorry, the website has been stopped
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 57 antivirus results.
What independent research found
1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
2 of the 6 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
Phishing & Impersonation
Service and business model
Unknown
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 014 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
- 02The registrable domain is 73 days old.
- 03The site currently displays only a hosting placeholder reading "Website not found".
Web research findings
Independent findings for rnccarthy.ca, 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.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for rnccarthy.ca. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
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.
- Domainrnccarthy.ca
- Redirects tornccarthy.ca
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencesaapanel.com · static.cloudflareinsights.com
Domain Timeline
- Aug 14, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 73 days old when this review was saved.
- Oct 26, 2026Saved security review — Rated High Risk
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
rnccarthy.ca was registered very recently when this review was saved and was already flagged. Freshly-registered domains are disproportionately used for scams, and a young domain with active threat signals warrants extra caution.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Report this domain to its registrar: send the address and what happened to this contact.
A certificate issued weeks or days before the scan on a domain registered recently is common on short-lived sites, though new legitimate sites look the same.
Certificate issued for rnccarthy.ca.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Analytics and ads
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentpartial
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
4 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing. · The domain name is a one-character variation of mccarthy.ca, a major Canadian law firm, and appears in a City of Toronto legal document as part of an email address.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, 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.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 4 of 93 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 11, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 26, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Oct 26, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 26, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 26, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result4 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 11, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 26, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 26, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 26, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 26, 2026
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 rnccarthy.ca a scam or a legit website?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Inactive look-alike domain of a major Canadian law firm carries live phishing and malware detections
rnccarthy.ca is a 73-day-old domain that currently serves only a hosting placeholder reading "Website not found". Its name is a one-letter-off look-alike of mccarthy.ca, the domain of a large Canadian law firm, and the string rnccarthy.ca appears in a City of Toronto legal document as part of an email address. Four independent antivirus families have reported an adverse result for this domain, citing phishing and malware. The site itself is not functional right now, but the combination of a fresh look-alike domain and live malicious detections places it in the High Risk band.
09 · Community
Community
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