SAFE

No threats detected

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

Security Review

Is swr.de legit or a scam?

This looks safe to use.

Official site of Südwestrundfunk (SWR), Germany's second-largest public broadcaster, with clean security signals and active business registration.

Cross-checked against 8 independent sources — none raised a concern
swr.deScanned 1h ago
0/100
Trust score
0 = danger · 100 = safe
SAFE
Score breakdown
Heuristics 100·MT 92
Screenshot of swr.deSee the live page ↓
Positive signals (4)
Antivirus clearNot on major blacklistsEncrypted connectionClean server reputation
View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
Registration date unknown

Website Preview

Screenshot of swr.de
LIVE RENDER
swr.de

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

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.

0
/ 100
No visual red flags

No scam visual patterns detected

The screenshot displays a legitimate, fully-rendered German news portal with professional design and no visual indicators of scam or malicious intent.

Visual risk0/100

What our vision model saw

5 signals

Professional news layout consistent with a major public broadcaster

High-quality original photography used for news reporting

Functional navigation menu with standard categories like Sport, Kultur, and Wetter

Presence of a persistent audio player widget for live radio

Clean typography and consistent branding for SWR (Südwestrundfunk)

Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
Analysis
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust92/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
The domain hosts the official website of Südwestrundfunk, a public broadcasting corporation established in 1998 that serves Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. All 92 antivirus engines returned clean results with zero flags. The hosting IP carries an abuse score of zero and no reported incidents. Business registration confirms the entity as an active public-law corporation in Germany. The page displays professional news content with functional navigation, live radio widgets, and consistent branding matching the known broadcaster. No scam patterns, login forms, or malicious redirects were detected.
Positive Signals
5
  • Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines.
  • Valid SSL certificate from Google Trust Services.
  • Hosting IP carries zero abuse score and zero reports.
  • Business registration confirms active public broadcaster in Germany since 1998.
  • Professional news layout with original content and no scam indicators.
The full analysis

Page Content

The page presents itself as the official news portal for Südwestrundfunk with sections for Nachrichten, Sport, Kultur, Wetter, and Verkehr. It includes a live audio player, regional news tickers for Baden-Württemberg and Rheinland-Pfalz, and links to ARD Mediathek and multiple SWR radio channels. The layout uses professional typography and original photography consistent with a public broadcaster.

Infrastructure

The site loads over valid SSL issued by Google Trust Services with 84 days remaining. The hosting IP 34.96.100.44 shows an abuse score of 0/100 and zero abuse reports. Two redirects occur but stay within the same domain family. External resources load from chartbeat.com, aticdn.net, and related ARD domains without triggering any blocklists.

Domain History

The domain serves as the long-standing official website for Südwestrundfunk, established January 1, 1998 through the merger of SDR and SWF. It operates multiple television and radio channels including SWR Fernsehen, SWR1, SWR2, SWR3, and SWR4 as a member of the ARD consortium.

Web Reputation

Independent review aggregators rate the site as legitimate and reliable. One positive assessment notes the valid SSL certificate and absence of scam indicators. No scam reports, complaints, or negative mentions appear in the evidence package. Business registration records confirm active status as a German public broadcasting corporation.

What this means for you

This is the genuine website of a well-established public broadcaster. Visitors can safely browse news, access the media library, and listen to live radio without security concerns.

AI Recommendation
Browse freely. This is the official website of a long-established German public broadcaster with no security concerns.
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 swr.de, 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
1 positive
Key findings
5 headline facts from open-web research
  • swr.de is the official domain of Südwestrundfunk (SWR), the second-largest public broadcasting organization in Germany.
  • The entity is a member of the ARD consortium and serves the federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate.
  • The organization was established on January 1, 1998, through the merger of SDR and SWF.
  • It operates multiple television and radio channels, including SWR Fernsehen, SWR1, SWR2, SWR3, and SWR4.
  • The website provides news, media libraries (Mediathek), and regional programming information.
Positive reviews (1)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • ScamAdviseropen

    "In summary, swr.de is very likely not a scam but legit and reliable. A valid SSL certificate was found."

Business registration
Status: active · Germany

Südwestrundfunk (SWR) is a regional public broadcasting corporation (Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts) established in 1998.

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

Our research found one positive review describing swr.de as very likely legitimate and reliable due to its valid SSL certificate. The evidence package confirms the domain belongs to Südwestrundfunk, a regional public broadcasting corporation established in 1998 and active in Germany. No scam reports, complaints, or negative mentions were identified across the sources checked.

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.

0Malicious0Suspicious59Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not queried
ESET-NOD32
Not queried
Avira
Not queried
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

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.

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
Has a contact email on its own domain
Emails on site's domaininfo@swr.de
Phone numbers20.12.2022
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Contact email on the site's own domain (info@swr.de).
  • Phone number listed (20.12.2022).

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WR3
ExpiresOct 5, 2026 (84d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingGoogle LLC
Server locationUS
PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

Hops
2
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://swr.de/
  • 2301http://www.swr.de/
  • 3200https://www.swr.de/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPGoogle LLC
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

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

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 swr.de and not a lookalike like s-wr.de.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.

    Open

Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·swr.de
SAFE

swr.de is the official website of Südwestrundfunk, a major German public broadcaster. The domain shows clean scans across all engines, valid SSL, and established business registration in Germany. No action needed.

Browse freely. This is the official website of a long-established German public broadcaster with no security concerns.

AV engines
92
Domain age
Flagged
0
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Safety FAQ

Common questions, 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 swr.de, so it appears legitimate. All 92 antivirus engines we queried report it clean, it ranks among the world's most-visited sites, Even so, always double-check the exact address in your browser, because phishing emails routinely spoof real, trusted domains like this one.
  • swr.de passed our automated checks with a trust score of 95/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged it at the time of the last scan, and its signals line up with an established, legitimate site. Treat any unexpected login prompt or payment request on it with the same caution you would anywhere.
  • Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from swr.de), 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 swr.de is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.
  • No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report swr.de 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.
  • No — swr.de 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.
  • Yes — swr.de presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WR3, valid for another 84 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".
  • swr.de resolves to an IP operated by Google LLC in US (Content Delivery Network). 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.
  • Yes — swr.de ranks in the global top 100,000 most-visited sites, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. Genuine popularity doesn't automatically make a site safe, but throwaway scam domains almost never reach this level of traffic, so it's a meaningful point in the site's favour.
  • This report is a record of the scan run on July 13, 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 swr.de has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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