Is thcasmallbuds.com safe?

http://thcasmallbuds.com/

Low RiskStatus

Coveragestrong2 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Low-risk THCA storefront with no current browser threat warning

The available evidence presents THCA Small Buds as a hemp-flower storefront that promotes budget products and a first-order discount. Current checks found no browser threat warning and a valid encrypted connection, but an older saved security observation recorded one adverse detection, so some caution remains appropriate.

Treat the site as low risk rather than fully verified. Confirm product legality and purchase terms for your location, use a payment method with buyer protection, and leave if the browser or security software displays a warning.
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Calibrated safety spectrum

Where this site sits

  1. Dangerous1–20
  2. High Risk21–44
  3. Moderate Risk45–69
  4. Low Risk70–84
  5. Safe85–100

The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.

01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

The available evidence presents THCA Small Buds as a hemp-flower storefront that promotes budget products and a first-order discount. Current checks found no browser threat warning and a valid encrypted connection, but an older saved security observation recorded one adverse detection, so some caution remains appropriate.

Observed storefront and operator claims

The site advertises THCA flower, including budget buds and pounds, and describes itself as a three-time hemp-cup winner.

Its About Us material says the owners have nearly a decade of legal cannabis and hemp experience and names several businesses with which they say they have been involved. These are the site's own claims, not independently verified credentials in the supplied evidence.

A visible popup invites visitors to provide an email address for an immediate 10% first-order discount.

Technical checks are reassuring, but not conclusive

The current evidence shows no browser threat warning and confirms a valid encrypted connection. The domain has also existed for 721 days.

Against that, one independent security family produced an adverse result in a saved, stale observation. The supplied evidence does not explain the detection, so it warrants caution but does not establish malware, phishing, or commercial fraud.

Why the score is 76

1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Collected signals and independent provider data for this URL.

Antivirus Engines

2/ 91

detections

Saved result - stale

2 engines flagged this URL

Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.

Malicious
1
Suspicious
1
Total
91
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
Chong Lua DaoMaliciousmalicious
GridinsoftSuspicioussuspicious
All 91 engine results
  • Chong Lua Dao - malicious - Malicious
  • Gridinsoft - suspicious - Suspicious
  • 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
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
  • BitDefender - clean - Clean
  • Bkav - unrated - Clean
  • BlockList - clean - Clean
  • Blueliv - clean - Clean
  • Certego - clean - Clean
  • ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • CRDF - clean - Clean
  • Criminal IP - unrated - Clean
  • CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
  • CTX AI - clean - Clean
  • Cyan - unrated - Clean
  • Cyble - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - clean - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
  • DNS8 - unrated - 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
  • Guardpot - unrated - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - unrated - Clean
  • Kaspersky - clean - Clean
  • LevelBlue - clean - Clean
  • Lionic - clean - Clean
  • Lumu - unrated - Clean
  • Malwared - clean - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - 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
  • Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
  • SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
  • Sophos - 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 - clean - 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
thcasmallbuds.com
What our review noticed on this page
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

Get 10% OFF Your First Order. Sign up and unlock your instant discount.

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    Get 10% OFF Your First Order. Sign up and unlock your instant discount.

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

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

    Independent evidence classifies the site as shop, but the page's own claim could not be captured.

  2. What we observed

    Saved browser evidence recorded popups.

  3. What independent research found

    2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.

  4. What remains unverified

    2 of the 4 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

Shop

Transaction

Observed behavior

Popups

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 01WELCOME TO THCA SMALL BUDS - A 3X HEMP CUP WINNER- CHEAP THCA FLOWER POUNDS RESTOCKED + BUDGET BUDS ADDED! About Us – THCA Small Buds https://thcasmallbuds.com/pages/about-us
  2. 02The storefront displays an email signup popup offering 10% off a first order.
  3. 03The current browser-safety check returned no threat warning.

Web research findings

Independent findings for thcasmallbuds.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.

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
No scam reports found
The completed search returned no sourced scam reports or complaints.

No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for thcasmallbuds.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.

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

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.

  1. Domainthcasmallbuds.com
  2. Redirects tothcasmallbuds.com
  3. Hosted byShopify, Inc.

Domain Timeline

  1. Oct 10, 2024
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 2.0 years old when this review was saved.

  2. Oct 2, 2026
    Saved security review — Reviewed — inconclusive

    The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age2.0 years old
RegistrarGoDaddy.com, LLC
RegisteredOct 10, 2024
ExpiresOct 10, 2026
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YE1
ExpiresNov 16, 2026 (45d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingShopify, Inc.
Server locationCA

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://thcasmallbuds.com/
  • 2429https://thcasmallbuds.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file7
ISPShopify, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
  1. Antiviruspartial
  2. Browser threat feedcomplete
  3. Page contentpartial
  4. Analysiscomplete
  5. Visual evidencecomplete
Completed analysis

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

Technical threat

suspicious

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

Additional evidence review

Operator / customer risk

unknown

Complaints, 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.

Antivirus
Result2 of 91 engines flagged
CompletionLimited
FindingAdverse
Freshnessstale fallback · Oct 2, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Page content
ResultPage content was not available for semantic review
CompletionLimited
FindingNo saved finding
FreshnessNot available
Visual evidence
Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Independent research
Result2 independent findings were saved
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Verify before you trust

We couldn't gather enough signal for a confident verdict — tread carefully.

  1. Find the company through independent channels

    Search for the business on LinkedIn, an official registry (Companies House, OpenCorporates, SEC EDGAR), or via the brand's known social channels. If you can't trace a real entity, that itself is a red flag.

  2. Never pay by crypto, gift card, or bank transfer

    If the site forces an irreversible payment method, stop. Cards and PayPal give you chargeback protection — irreversible methods don't.

  3. Ask the forum

    Post the URL in the MalwareTips Scam Reports forum — experienced members often recognise patterns immediately.

    Open

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.

Is thcasmallbuds.com a scam or is it safe?
thcasmallbuds.com has a Safety Score of 76/100 (Low Risk). The saved checks found no material threat, but the report did not meet every requirement for the highest Safe tier. Use normal caution and independently verify the operator before irreversible payments or unusually sensitive actions.
Is thcasmallbuds.com safe to use?
thcasmallbuds.com has a Safety Score of 76/100 (Low Risk). Analysis coverage is strong at 83%. Normal caution; verify sensitive actions.
Has thcasmallbuds.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 2 of 91 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged thcasmallbuds.com, 1 of them as outright malicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
Is thcasmallbuds.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — thcasmallbuds.com 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 thcasmallbuds.com domain?
thcasmallbuds.com is 2 years old, registered on October 10, 2024 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. 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 thcasmallbuds.com have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — thcasmallbuds.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YE1, valid for another 45 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 thcasmallbuds.com hosted?
thcasmallbuds.com resolves to an IP operated by Shopify, Inc. in CA (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.
How often is the thcasmallbuds.com report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on October 2, 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 thcasmallbuds.com has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.

08 · Final Verdict

Final verdict

The saved conclusion, decisive evidence, and practical action in one final view.
Verdict score
76/100
Low Risk

Low-risk THCA storefront with no current browser threat warning

Saved capturethcasmallbuds.comCapture-safe
Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.
Conclusion

The available evidence presents THCA Small Buds as a hemp-flower storefront that promotes budget products and a first-order discount. Current checks found no browser threat warning and a valid encrypted connection, but an older saved security observation recorded one adverse detection, so some caution remains appropriate.

Recommended actionTreat the site as low risk rather than fully verified. Confirm product legality and purchase terms for your location, use a payment method with buyer protection, and leave if the browser or security software displays a warning.
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09 · Community

Community

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