Is stevegander.com safe?
http://stevegander.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: partial · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (68 of 96 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Legitimate Minnesota campaign site for Steve Gander, with donations handled off-site by WinRed
stevegander.com presents itself as the campaign site for Steve Gander for State Representative, and the captured page shows a Donate call-to-action that routes to the third-party political fundraising platform WinRed. The domain is over two years old, the connection is encrypted, and no threat warning was returned by Safe Browsing. The only notable gap is that no direct contact email appears on the captured page, though a phone number is listed. Nothing in the evidence points to phishing, malware, or a deceptive commercial funnel.
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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 88/100
Safe covers scores 85–100. No adverse finding was saved; 5 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
No adverse finding was saved with this report.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe captured page identifies the site as Steve Gander for State Representative, matching the domain name.
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 1038 days old, indicating it is not a freshly registered throwaway domain.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the site.
- SupportsNo direct contact email was found on the captured page, though a phone number is listed.
Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
stevegander.com presents itself as the campaign site for Steve Gander for State Representative, and the captured page shows a Donate call-to-action that routes to the third-party political fundraising platform WinRed. The domain is over two years old, the connection is encrypted, and no threat warning was returned by Safe Browsing. The only notable gap is that no direct contact email appears on the captured page, though a phone number is listed. Nothing in the evidence points to phishing, malware, or a deceptive commercial funnel.
A political campaign page, not a commercial storefront
The captured page identifies the site as "Steve Gander for State Representative" and shows the candidate's name and the stevegander.com domain. This is consistent with a campaign or informational content site rather than a shop, download portal, or financial service.
The page lists a phone number, which gives visitors a direct way to reach the campaign. The only contact-related gap is that no direct email address appears on the captured page, which is a minor completeness issue rather than a sign of deception.
Donations are processed through WinRed, a standard political fundraising platform
The page includes a Donate call-to-action and suggested contribution amounts of $75 and $150. These elements are typical of a political campaign soliciting contributions.
The donation links point to secure.winred.com, a widely used third-party platform for processing political donations in the United States. Routing payments to an established processor is a normal and generally safer pattern than collecting card details directly on a campaign site.
Technical checks and domain history show no red flags
The registrable domain is 1038 days old, which is well beyond the very new domains often associated with disposable scam sites. The saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, so traffic to the site is protected in transit.
The browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the site. While a clean reputation check does not prove a site is harmless, it is consistent with the rest of the evidence showing a straightforward campaign page.
Why the score is 88
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/ 96
No detectionsSaved analysis from November 12, 2024 - stale
No detections across 68 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 28 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 96
All 96 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
- Artists Against 419 - Clean
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Axur - Unrated
- benkow.cc - Clean
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- Cluster25 - Unrated
- CMC Threat Intelligence - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Clean
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Clean
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Feodo Tracker - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Unrated
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- Kaspersky - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- malwares.com URL checker - Clean
- MalwareURL - 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
- securolytics - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Clean
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- Spam404 - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- ThreatHive - Clean
- Threatsourcing - Clean
- Trustwave - Clean
- Underworld - Unrated
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
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
Steve Gander for State Representative
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Steve Gander for State Representative
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
Home - Steve Gander for State Representative
- Meta description
Dr. Steve Gander, an Optometrist in East Grand Forks and Crookston for 37 years is seeking the Republican endorsement for House District 01B, currently represented by retiring Rep. Deb Kiel.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- Privacy policy/privacy-policy/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Home - Steve Gander for State Representative
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 68 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
1 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
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Content
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01No direct contact email was found on the captured page, though a phone number is listed.
- 02The registrable domain is 1038 days old, indicating it is not a freshly registered throwaway domain.
- 03The browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the site.
Web research findings
Independent findings for stevegander.com, 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 stevegander.com. 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.
- Domainstevegander.com
- Redirects tostevegander.com
- Hosted byGoDaddy.com, LLC
- Referencesgoogletagmanager.com · google-analytics.com
Domain Timeline
- Dec 23, 2023Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 2 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 26, 2026Saved security review — Rated Safe
This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- No direct contact email found on the captured page.
- Phone number listed (56721 (701) 741-2912).
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for stevegander.com.
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.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
- Google 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.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://stevegander.com/
- 2200https://stevegander.com/
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 96 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Nov 12, 2024 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 26, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse 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 | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 26, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 96 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Nov 12, 2024
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 26, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse 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
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- 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.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Legitimate Minnesota campaign site for Steve Gander, with donations handled off-site by WinRed
stevegander.com presents itself as the campaign site for Steve Gander for State Representative, and the captured page shows a Donate call-to-action that routes to the third-party political fundraising platform WinRed. The domain is over two years old, the connection is encrypted, and no threat warning was returned by Safe Browsing. The only notable gap is that no direct contact email appears on the captured page, though a phone number is listed. Nothing in the evidence points to phishing, malware, or a deceptive commercial funnel.
09 · Community
Community
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