Security Review

Is rubixstudios.com.au legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 84/100

Established Australian digital agency with legitimate business registration, strong client reviews, and clean security profile.

rubixstudios.com.auScanned 1h ago
0
Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 87·MT 82
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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
Registration date unknown
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 92% confidence
SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

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MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust82/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
Rubix Studios operates as a registered Australian business (ACN 668 992 489) with a professional website and legitimate service offerings in branding and web development. Our antivirus network and browser blocklists show no malicious flags, and the hosting infrastructure has a clean abuse record. Independent review platforms show consistently positive feedback: 5.0/5 on Clutch with a detailed client testimonial citing significant business growth, 4.9/5 across 31+ reviews on Birdeye/Google, and similar ratings on Trustindex. Web searches found zero scam reports, fraud complaints, or negative indicators. The company maintains active social profiles and includes proper legal pages. One minor note: ASIC records show a notice of proposed deregistration in March 2026 and ABN cancellation from May 2026, which may indicate the business is winding down or transitioning, but this does not suggest fraudulent activity.
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Page Content

The site presents a professional digital agency portfolio with clear service offerings: branding, media, marketing, web design, development, and SEO. The page includes a video background, service descriptions, and a call-to-action for strategy calls. Body text emphasizes design thinking, user-centric approaches, and award-winning credentials. No login forms, countdown timers, or push-notification spam detected.

Infrastructure

SSL certificate is valid (Google Trust Services issuer, 85 days to expiry). Hosting IP 172.67.218.169 has zero abuse reports and a clean reputation score. No suspicious redirects or domain homoglyphs. The domain uses standard .com.au registration through Synergy Wholesale Accreditations Pty Ltd with privacy protection disabled, which is typical for legitimate Australian businesses.

Domain History

WHOIS age data is unavailable in the scan, but the business claims establishment in 2001. Current legal entity RUBIX STUDIOS PTY. LTD. is registered with ASIC (ACN 668 992 489). ASIC records show a notice of proposed deregistration in March 2026 and ABN cancellation from May 2026, suggesting the business may be transitioning or winding down operations.

Web Reputation

Our antivirus network: 0 of 92 engines flagged malicious or suspicious. Browser blocklists are clean. Independent review aggregators show strong positive ratings: Clutch 5.0/5 with detailed client testimonial; Birdeye/Google 4.9/5 from 31+ reviews; Trustindex 4.9/5 from 59+ reviews. Clients praise service quality, pricing, and measurable business outcomes. No scam reports, complaints, or fraud allegations found across targeted web searches.

Risk Factors
3
  • ASIC notice of proposed deregistration in March 2026 and ABN cancellation from May 2026 may indicate the business is winding down or transitioning.
  • No contact email, phone number, or postal address visible on the website, which limits direct verification channels.
  • Domain not indexed in global traffic rankings, suggesting limited organic search visibility.
Positive Signals
5
  • Registered Australian business with valid ACN and ABN (RUBIX STUDIOS PTY. LTD., ACN 668 992 489).
  • Consistent 4.9–5.0 ratings across three independent review platforms with 90+ total reviews praising service quality and client outcomes.
  • Clean antivirus scans (0/92 engines flagged), valid SSL certificate, and zero abuse reports on hosting IP.
  • Active social media presence on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X, and GitHub with founder Vincent Vu publicly identified.
  • Professional website with legal pages (privacy, anti-discrimination) and no scam-family triggers or brand impersonation.
AI Recommendation
This site appears to be a legitimate Australian digital agency with strong client reviews and clean security signals. However, note that ASIC records indicate a proposed deregistration in March 2026 and ABN cancellation from May 2026 — contact the business directly to confirm current operational status before engaging services.
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Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for rubixstudios.com.au, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration
Registered · Australia
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
3 positive
Key findings
6 headline facts from open-web research
  • rubixstudios.com.au is the website of Rubix Studios, a Melbourne-based (West Footscray) digital agency offering branding, web design, development, marketing, SEO, PPC, videography and photography; claims establishment in 2001.
  • Company is RUBIX STUDIOS PTY. LTD. (ACN 668 992 489); ASIC published notice of proposed deregistration in March 2026; ABN status shown as cancelled from May 2026 in government records.
  • Multiple review platforms show strongly positive feedback: 5.0/5 on Clutch (1 detailed review citing major traffic/sales growth for client); 4.9/5 from 31 reviews on Birdeye/Google and ~4.9/5 from 59 reviews on Trustindex; clients praise pr
  • No scam reports, fraud complaints, negative Reddit threads or Trustpilot/ScamAdviser listings found across targeted searches for scam, complaint, fraud or rip-off.
  • Active social profiles on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X and GitHub under Rubix Studios/rubix-studios-pty-ltd; founder Vincent Vu prominently listed.
  • Site includes legal pages (privacy, anti-discrimination); no detected scam families or brand impersonation indicators.
Positive reviews (3)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • Clutch.coopen

    "Rubix Studios’ work has led to a sales increase, traffic growth, and more clients. We started with nothing, and now we have 20–50 new clients per day. We’ve grown from around 0 visitors per month to 5,000 visitors per month."

  • Birdeye / Google Reviewsopen

    "Have used Rubix Studios for 3 projects I have personally been involved with, and have never let me down... Highly recommend, not only a great team, but great pricing."

  • Trustindex.ioopen

    "I am completely impressed with the service from Vincent at Rubix Studios, his quality of service exceeds my expectations every time! I highly recommend this business."

Business registration
Business record found

RUBIX STUDIOS PTY. LTD. ACN 668 992 489 / ABN 45 668 992 489; ASIC notice of proposed deregistration March 2026; ABN listed as cancelled from 12 May 2026 in some records; claims establishment in 2001 but current entity registered later

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for rubixstudios.com.au and found zero scam reports or complaints. Instead, we identified strong positive feedback across three independent review platforms: Clutch (5.0/5 with a detailed client testimonial describing significant traffic and sales growth), Birdeye/Google (4.9/5 from 31+ reviews), and Trustindex (4.9/5 from 59+ reviews). Clients consistently praise service quality, pricing, and measurable business outcomes. The business is registered with ASIC as RUBIX STUDIOS PTY. LTD. (ACN 668 992 489) and maintains active social profiles. No fraud allegations, negative Reddit threads, or complaints were found.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified
Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious59Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not in pass
ESET-NOD32
Not in pass
Avira
Not in pass
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Clean
Emsisoft
Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

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.

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 contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No phone number listed on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
AgeUnknown
RegistrarSynergy Wholesale Accreditations Pty Ltd
RegisteredUnknown
ExpiresUnknown
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1
ExpiresSep 10, 2026 (85d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingCloudflare, Inc.
Server locationUS
Web servercloudflare

Redirect Chain

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

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPCloudflare, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

  • Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on rubixstudios.com.au and not a lookalike like r-ubixstudios.com.au.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

    Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.

  • Discuss this site on the forum

    If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.

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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

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 found no threat indicators on rubixstudios.com.au. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • rubixstudios.com.au passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 84/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • Yes. rubixstudios.com.au presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 85 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • rubixstudios.com.au is unknown age through Synergy Wholesale Accreditations Pty Ltd. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
  • No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report rubixstudios.com.au as clean.
  • No. rubixstudios.com.au is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • rubixstudios.com.au resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). 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 16, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around rubixstudios.com.au have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·rubixstudios.com.au
SAFE

Rubix Studios is a Melbourne-based digital agency offering branding, web design, and marketing services. The business is registered in Australia with strong positive reviews across multiple platforms, no scam reports, and clean security scans.

This site appears to be a legitimate Australian digital agency with strong client reviews and clean security signals. However, note that ASIC records indicate a proposed deregistration in March 2026 and ABN cancellation from May 2026 — contact the business directly to confirm current operational status before engaging services.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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