No threats detected
All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.
Is ssbsync-global.smartadserver.com legit or a scam?
Legitimate ad-sync subdomain of Equativ's Smart AdServer with clean scans, 24-year history, and active French business registration.
Analysis Summary
MT Intelligence
The domain ssbsync-global.smartadserver.com belongs to Equativ, a real advertising technology company founded in France in 2001. Our antivirus network returned zero detections and the hosting IP shows no abuse reports. The page itself is a plain 404 error with no scam elements, urgency language, or data collection forms. Independent review sites rate the related subdomain as safe, and business records confirm the parent company remains active. The only notable signals are its presence in ad-blocking lists, which is expected for any major ad platform.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
Visual Screenshot Analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
No scam visual patterns detected
The screenshot shows a standard, clean HTTP 404 error page with no scam indicators, urgency tactics, or suspicious elements visible.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for ssbsync-global.smartadserver.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- ssbsync-global.smartadserver.com is a subdomain of smartadserver.com used for ad sync/tracking by Equativ (Smart AdServer)
- smartadserver.com / Equativ founded 2001 in France, rebranded 2022, active company with ~750 employees
- Listed in multiple ad/tracker blocklists and hosts files (e.g., StevenBlack, AdGuard, Blokada)
- Appears in malware sandboxes (JoeSandbox, Any.Run, Hybrid Analysis) as ad-related endpoint with no malicious indicators
- User reports on Reddit and forums of antivirus warnings for connections to the domain during browsing news sites
- Scamadviser rates similar subdomain ssb-global.smartadserver.com as legit/safe
- Domain age ~24 years (consistent with parent domain)
- scamadviser.comopen
"In summary, we think ssb-global.smartadserver.com is legit and safe for consumers to access."
Equativ (formerly Smart AdServer), SAS, RCS Paris 487 613 481, capital 632 095 €, founded 2001, HQ Paris
Our research found the domain is a known component of Equativ's ad platform with positive assessments on independent review sites. No scam reports were identified. The parent company has active business registration in France since 2001.
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
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.
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Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
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 found no threat indicators on ssbsync-global.smartadserver.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
- ssbsync-global.smartadserver.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 91/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
- Yes. ssbsync-global.smartadserver.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by DigiCert Inc · DigiCert Global G3 TLS ECC SHA384 2020 CA1, expiring in 254 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- ssbsync-global.smartadserver.com is 24.0 years old, registered on 6/10/2002 through SafeBrands SAS. 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 ssbsync-global.smartadserver.com as clean.
- No. ssbsync-global.smartadserver.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- ssbsync-global.smartadserver.com resolves to an IP operated by Leaseweb USA, 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.
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