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Is skinhospital.edu.au safe?

http://skinhospital.edu.au/

95/100
Safe

Analysis coverage: strong · 3 of 5 core capabilities

Verdict

The Skin Hospital (skinhospital.edu.au) is a legitimate Australian not-for-profit dermatology provider

The site is the official online presence of The Skin Hospital, a not-for-profit organization offering clinical dermatology, skin cancer care, research, and training across Sydney clinics (Darlinghurst, Westmead, Dubbo). It provides specialist directories, appointment booking, patient resources, and research information. All security signals are clean: VirusTotal reports zero malicious detections, Google Safe Browsing flags nothing, no credential forms target external domains, and the domain is registered to Education Services Australia Limited with clean IP reputation.

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No antivirus detections across 95 engines
The site is safe for legitimate dermatology enquiries, specialist searches, and appointment booking. Use official contact details only and verify any referrals through the listed clinics.
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01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

The site is the official online presence of The Skin Hospital, a not-for-profit organization offering clinical dermatology, skin cancer care, research, and training across Sydney clinics (Darlinghurst, Westmead, Dubbo). It provides specialist directories, appointment booking, patient resources, and research information. All security signals are clean: VirusTotal reports zero malicious detections, Google Safe Browsing flags nothing, no credential forms target external domains, and the domain is registered to Education Services Australia Limited with clean IP reputation.

What the site appears to do

The Skin Hospital operates as Australia's largest skin hospital with over 50 dermatologists. The homepage promotes dermatology services for all skin conditions including skin cancer and melanoma, aesthetic procedures, Mohs surgery, and clinical trials. Users can search specialists, book appointments, access patient resources, view research, and contact the organization via domain-hosted forms and phone numbers (02 8651 2000).

Strongest evidence and limitations

Strongest evidence includes a clean VirusTotal result (63 harmless, 0 malicious), matching official branding and contact details on the site's own domain (privacyofficer@skinhospital.edu.au), a published privacy policy compliant with Australian law, and external links only to standard analytics, maps, and payment processors. The 301 redirect from HTTP to HTTPS is clean with valid TLS. Limitations: partial VirusTotal coverage and no independent regulatory filings were checked beyond page content.

Practical user impact

Visitors face no deceptive downloads, popups, or redirects. Appointment and enquiry forms collect standard medical contact data on the legitimate domain. The site supports legitimate medical access without monetization pressure or identity deception.

Why the score is 95

The saved analysis does not include enough completed checks for a Safe rating. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Antivirus Engines

Saved result - stale

No detections across 95 engines

No antivirus engine in this saved scan raised an adverse result. This is one signal, not a guarantee.

Malicious
0
Suspicious
0
Total
95
All 95 engine results
  • 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
  • benkow.cc - clean - 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
  • Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
  • CMC Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
  • CRDF - clean - Clean
  • Criminal IP - clean - Clean
  • CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
  • Cyan - unrated - Clean
  • Cyble - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - clean - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
  • DNS8 - clean - 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
  • Gridinsoft - unrated - Clean
  • Guardpot - unrated - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • Kaspersky - clean - Clean
  • LevelBlue - clean - Clean
  • Lionic - clean - Clean
  • Lumu - unrated - Clean
  • Malwared - clean - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
  • malwares.com URL checker - clean - Clean
  • MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
  • Mimecast - unrated - Clean
  • Netcraft - unrated - Clean
  • OpenPhish - clean - Clean
  • PhishFort - unrated - Clean
  • Phishing Database - clean - 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
  • securolytics - clean - Clean
  • Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
  • SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
  • Sophos - clean - Clean
  • Spam404 - 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 - unrated - 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
skinhospital.edu.au

Captured during this scan in a safe sandbox. Opening this report does not revisit the site.

Full screenDownload
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

The saved image was reviewed for deceptive controls, visual impersonation, fake urgency, and other scam interface patterns.

Context only

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.
  1. 1

    What the site claims

    The Skin Hospital | Skin Specialists Sydney

  2. 2

    What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 95 antivirus results.

  3. 3

    What independent research found

    1 external finding were saved and compared with the page evidence.

  4. 4

    What remains unverified

    2 of the five 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

Content

Free

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Web research findings

Independent findings for skinhospital.edu.au, 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.
  • Official siteopen

    "The Skin Hospital is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to clinical dermatology"

Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗
Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

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.

Domainskinhospital.edu.au
Redirects toskinhospital.edu.au
Hosted bySYNERGY WHOLESALE PTY LTD
Referencesgoogletagmanager.com · google.com.au

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
Has a contact email on its own domain
Emails on site's domainprivacyofficer@skinhospital.edu.au
Phone numbers02 8651 2000
Postal addressPresent
Linked social profiles3
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • Contact email on the site's own domain (privacyofficer@skinhospital.edu.au).
  • Phone number listed (02 8651 2000).
  • Postal address visible on the page.
  • Links to 3 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
AgeUnknown
RegistrarEducation Services Australia Limited
RegisteredUnknown
ExpiresUnknown
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YR2
ExpiresOct 1, 2026 (62d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingSYNERGY WHOLESALE PTY LTD
Server locationAU
Web serverLiteSpeed
Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

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

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPSYNERGY WHOLESALE PTY LTD
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

googletagmanager.comgoogle.com.aupayway.com.aulinkedin.comfacebook.cominstagram.comsod.aumaps.googleapis.com

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
Completed analysis

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

AntiviruspartialBrowser threat feedcompletePage contentcompleteAnalysiscompleteVisual evidencenot run

Technical threat

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

unknown

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Operator / customer risk

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

unknown

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Source coverage and freshness

Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.

Antivirus
Result: 0 of 95 engines flagged
Limited
No saved finding
Freshness: stale fallback · Jul 31, 2026
Browser protection
Result: No browser threat-list match
Completed
No adverse finding
Page content
Result: Page fetched · HTTP 200
Completed
No adverse finding
Visual evidence
Result: The saved page capture contained descriptive context only
Completed
No adverse finding
Independent research
Result: 1 independent finding were saved
Completed
No adverse finding

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

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 skinhospital.edu.au and not a lookalike like s-kinhospital.edu.au 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.

    Open
Final verdictLevel 1 of 5
95/100 safety

Safe

The Skin Hospital (skinhospital.edu.au) is a legitimate Australian not-for-profit dermatology provider

The site is the official online presence of The Skin Hospital, a not-for-profit organization offering clinical dermatology, skin cancer care, research, and training across Sydney clinics (Darlinghurst, Westmead, Dubbo). It provides specialist directories, appointment booking, patient resources, and research information. All security signals are clean: VirusTotal reports zero malicious detections, Google Safe Browsing flags nothing, no credential forms target external domains, and the domain is registered to Education Services Australia Limited with clean IP reputation.

  1. 01

    The saved analysis does not include enough completed checks for a Safe rating.

  2. 02

    Zero malicious engines out of 95; categorized as healthcare/education

  3. 03

    Registered to Education Services Australia Limited; clean IP reputation

The site is safe for legitimate dermatology enquiries, specialist searches, and appointment booking. Use official contact details only and verify any referrals through the listed clinics.
Saved page capture
Evidence balance4 signals
Positive
2
Limited
1
Risk
1
Analysis coverage
75%
strong coverage
Core capabilities
3/5
completed checks
Source coverage
4/5
sources complete
Evidence checks
0/8
completed checks flagged
Technical threatNot confirmed50/100 risk
Operator / customer riskNot confirmed50/100 risk
Safety range

Saved evidence only. Missing checks are never treated as a clean result.

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07 · Community

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08 · 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 skinhospital.edu.au legit and safe?
Our automated security review found no threat indicators on skinhospital.edu.au, so it appears legitimate. All 95 antivirus engines we queried report it clean, and the domain is an unknown age — established domains are far less likely to be scams. Even so, always double-check the exact address in your browser, because phishing emails routinely spoof real, trusted domains like this one.
Is skinhospital.edu.au safe to use?
skinhospital.edu.au has a Safety Score of 95/100 (Safe). Fresh core checks and semantic analysis found no material threat at scan time. Treat unexpected login or payment requests with normal caution.
Could a legitimate site like skinhospital.edu.au still be used in a scam?
Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from skinhospital.edu.au), and legitimate sites are occasionally compromised on specific pages. A clean verdict means the site itself checks out today; it does not mean every email or link claiming to be from skinhospital.edu.au is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.
Has skinhospital.edu.au been flagged by antivirus engines?
No — all 95 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report skinhospital.edu.au as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
Is skinhospital.edu.au on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — skinhospital.edu.au 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 skinhospital.edu.au domain?
skinhospital.edu.au is an unknown age through Education Services Australia Limited. 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 skinhospital.edu.au have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — skinhospital.edu.au presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR2, valid for another 62 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 skinhospital.edu.au hosted?
skinhospital.edu.au resolves to an IP operated by SYNERGY WHOLESALE PTY LTD in AU (Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). 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 skinhospital.edu.au report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on July 31, 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 skinhospital.edu.au has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.