Is shoppbs.org safe?
http://shoppbs.org/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (61 of 92 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Official PBS merchandise store reached via redirect from shoppbs.org
shoppbs.org redirects to shop.pbs.org, the established PBS-branded e-commerce storefront selling apparel and merchandise on the Shopify platform. The domain is over 27 years old, uses valid TLS, and shows no security warnings.
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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 92/100
Safe covers scores 85–100. No adverse finding was saved; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
No adverse finding was saved with this report.
What pushed the score up
- Supportsshoppbs.org redirects to the recognized PBS shop domain
- SupportsDomain registered 9950 days ago
- SupportsNo Safe Browsing warnings and valid TLS
Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
shoppbs.org redirects to shop.pbs.org, the established PBS-branded e-commerce storefront selling apparel and merchandise on the Shopify platform. The domain is over 27 years old, uses valid TLS, and shows no security warnings.
Redirect and domain history
The browser was redirected from http://shoppbs.org/ to http://shop.pbs.org/, confirming the short domain serves only as an alias for the main PBS shop.
The registrable domain is 9950 days old, placing registration in 1999 and providing a long-standing legitimacy signal.
Shop content and platform
The site presents an "All Products" catalog that includes PBS-branded apparel such as the "Proudly Raised on PBS Garment-Dyed Shirt" priced at $29.99.
Additional product listings reference the Shopify-hosted storefront at shop.pbs.org and display standard e-commerce elements including cart, search, and social links.
Technical checks
The browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the TLS certificate is valid.
The hosting IP carries an abuse confidence score of 0/100 across 14 saved reports.
Why the score is 92
The saved checks and analysis found no material threat. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 92
No detectionsSaved analysis from August 17, 2026 - stale
No detections across 61 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 31 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 92
All 92 engine results
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - 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
- Cluster25 - Unrated
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Clean
- 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 - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- 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
- 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
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Clean
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiShopping
- BitDefenderonlineshop
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekershopping
- Sophosonline shopping
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
PBS Shop
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
PBS Shop
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
PBS Shop | The Official Store for PBS Shirts & Merch
- Meta description
The PBS Shop is the official source for PBS shirts, accessories, and merchandise! Every purchase supports PBS and is made possible by viewers like you.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- Terms/policies/terms-of-serviceRead
- Refund / returns policy/policies/refund-policyRead
- Contact page/pages/contactRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
PBS Shop | The Official Store for PBS Shirts & Merch
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 61 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
1 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
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01shoppbs.org redirects to the recognized PBS shop domain
- 02Domain registered 9950 days ago
- 03No Safe Browsing warnings and valid TLS
Web research findings
Independent findings for shoppbs.org, 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 shoppbs.org. 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.
- Domainshoppbs.org
- Redirects toshop.pbs.org
- Hosted byShopify, Inc.
- Referencesfonts.shopifycdn.com · cdn.shoppinggives.com
Domain Timeline
- Jul 17, 1999Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 27 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 14, 2026Saved security review — Rated Safe
This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.
shoppbs.org has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
Domain & Encryption
This is the certificate of shop.pbs.org, the site this URL lands on. Certificate issued for shop.pbs.org.
A shared content-delivery network address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it. This is the address of shop.pbs.org, the site this URL lands on.
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.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://shoppbs.org/
- 2301http://shop.pbs.org/cross-domain
- 3200https://shop.pbs.org/cross-domain
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 contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
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 | 0 of 92 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Aug 17, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 14, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 14, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 14, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 14, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Aug 17, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 14, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 14, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 14, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 14, 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 shoppbs.org legit and safe?
Is shoppbs.org safe to use?
Could a legitimate site like shoppbs.org still be used in a scam?
Has shoppbs.org been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is shoppbs.org on any phishing or malware blacklists?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Official PBS merchandise store reached via redirect from shoppbs.org
shoppbs.org redirects to shop.pbs.org, the established PBS-branded e-commerce storefront selling apparel and merchandise on the Shopify platform. The domain is over 27 years old, uses valid TLS, and shows no security warnings.
09 · Community
Community
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