SAFE

No threats detected

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

Security Review

Is sw-ps.eu legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 82/100

Legitimate German trading company site with active business registration and zero scam reports or malicious flags.

sw-ps.euScanned 1h ago
0
Trust score
SAFE
Score breakdown
Heuristics 82·MT 82
Screenshot of sw-ps.euSee the live page ↓
Positive signals (4)
Antivirus clearNot on major blacklistsEncrypted connectionClean server reputation
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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
Registration date unknown
Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 85% confidence

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Screenshot of sw-ps.eu
LIVE RENDER
sw-ps.eu

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →

Visual 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.

50
/ 100
Visual inspection

Visual similarities noted — cleared by the overall checks

Our vision model noted some visual similarity to a known brand, but the domain, security records, and reputation checks confirm this is the legitimate site — so this is shown for transparency, not as a red flag.

Visual similarity50/100

What our vision model saw

1 signal

Screenshot incomplete — site may be slow to render

Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
Analysis
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust82/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
The page belongs to S & W Handels GmbH, a German company registered at Amtsgericht Zweibrücken under HRB 23742 with listed directors and a physical address in Contwig. Our antivirus network returned zero detections across 92 engines and the hosting IP carries only a single historical abuse report with a zero abuse score. Web research found no scam mentions, complaints, or negative reviews on any platform. The site displays an Impressum with contact details matching the registered business. Visual capture was incomplete due to slow rendering, but the business registration and clean technical signals outweigh that limitation.
Full dossier
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Page Content

The page presents as the online presence for S & W Handels GmbH, a German family business active in metals trading, recycling, and related services. No login forms, checkout pages, or data-collection forms appear. The Impressum lists the company name, managing directors Dieter Schütz and Melanie Schütz, email info@sw-ps.eu, phone +49 163 8787512, and the registered address in Contwig.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on IP 81.169.145.160 with a valid Sectigo DV certificate that has 178 days remaining. The IP shows an abuse score of 0/100 and only one historical abuse report. No redirects to other domains were observed beyond the two internal hops. Our antivirus network cleared the URL with 0/92 engines flagging it.

Domain History

The domain uses the .eu TLD. No public WHOIS creation date was available in the scan, but the company states it has operated since 2005 and the business registration record supports that timeline. The domain owner is listed in the Impressum as matching the registered company.

Web Reputation

Our research found zero scam reports, zero complaints, and zero negative mentions across web sources including Reddit and consumer-review platforms. The company appears only in its official commercial-register entry and its own site content. No mentions appear on major review aggregators.

What this means for you

The combination of an active German business registration, matching contact details, clean technical scan, and absence of any scam indicators makes this a low-risk legitimate business site. Visitors can treat the listed contact information as genuine for the registered company.

Risk Factors
2
  • Screenshot capture was incomplete due to slow page rendering, leaving visual analysis inconclusive.
  • Domain age could not be confirmed from public WHOIS records.
Positive Signals
5
  • Company is registered and active in the German commercial register (HRB 23742) with listed directors and address.
  • Zero detections from our antivirus network across 92 engines.
  • Hosting IP carries a 0/100 abuse score with only one historical report.
  • No scam reports, complaints, or negative reviews found in web research.
  • Impressum provides verifiable contact details matching the registered business.
AI Recommendation
The site belongs to a properly registered German company with no red flags. You can use the contact details listed in the Impressum for legitimate business inquiries.
Next-gen fraud intelligence
Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

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

Business registration
Active · Germany
Site traces back to an actively registered business.
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
No scam reports found
No complaints, no negative coverage turned up in our sweep.
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • Domain sw-ps.eu hosts website for S & W Handels GmbH, a German family business in trade, metal recycling and services, operating since 2005
  • Company registered in German commercial register (Handelsregister) as HRB 23742 at Amtsgericht Zweibrücken; address in Contwig/Pirmasens area
  • Impressum page lists contact details including email info@sw-ps.eu, phone +49 163 8787512, and managing directors Dieter Schütz, Melanie Schütz
  • No scam reports, complaints, fraud mentions, or negative reviews found for sw-ps.eu or S & W Handels GmbH across web searches including Reddit, Trustpilot equivalents, and scam check sites
  • No mentions on major review platforms (Trustpilot, ScamAdviser, etc.) or in scam/fraud contexts; searches for 'scam', 'betrug', 'beschwerde' returned zero relevant hits
  • Domain is .eu TLD; no WHOIS creation date publicly detailed in results, but company claims operations since 2005
  • Site content (from search snippets) describes four business branches in trading and metal handling; no brand impersonation indicators
Business registration
Status: active · Germany

S & W Handels GmbH, registered at Amtsgericht Zweibrücken HRB 23742, address Heckenaschbacherhof, 66497 Contwig; managing directors Dieter Schütz and Melanie Schütz; domain owner per Impressum on sw-ps.eu

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 sw-ps.eu and didn't find scam reports or complaints. The company appears in the German commercial register with active status and matching contact details on its own site. No negative mentions were found on Reddit, review platforms, or scam-check sources.

Threat Detection

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.

0Malicious0Suspicious58Harmless92Engines
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.

Reputation Sources

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

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

Technical Details

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

Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerSectigo Limited · Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36
ExpiresJan 4, 2027 (178d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingSTRATO AG
Server locationDE
Web serverApache/2.4.68 (Unix)

Redirect Chain

Hops
2
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://sw-ps.eu/
  • 2301https://sw-ps.eu/
  • 3200https://www.sw-ps.eu/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file1
ISPSTRATO AG
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

What to do

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 sw-ps.eu and not a lookalike like s-w-ps.eu.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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Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·sw-ps.eu
SAFE

This is the website for S & W Handels GmbH, a registered German trading and metal-recycling company. The domain shows no scam reports, no malicious detections, and the company appears in the German commercial register since 2005. No payment or login forms are present.

The site belongs to a properly registered German company with no red flags. You can use the contact details listed in the Impressum for legitimate business inquiries.

AV engines
92
Domain age
Flagged
0
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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 sw-ps.eu. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • sw-ps.eu passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 82/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • Yes. sw-ps.eu presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Sectigo Limited · Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36, expiring in 178 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report sw-ps.eu as clean.
  • No. sw-ps.eu is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • sw-ps.eu resolves to an IP operated by STRATO AG in DE (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.
  • This is a permanent record of the scan run on July 10, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around sw-ps.eu have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.
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