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How we checked

Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities

  • Antivirus (59 of 92 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
  • Google Safe Browsing: completed
  • page reading: completed
  • page capture: completed
  • domain records: completed
  • web research: completed
Verdict

The Red First is a long-registered Shopify-style patriotic goods store with clean technical checks but unreviewed contact and policy pages

The Red First presents itself as an American-owned small business selling patriotic and personalized merchandise, with a shopping cart, order tracking, FAQs, and social media links. The domain is 1806 days old, the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. However, the site's own contact details were not reviewed in full, so the operator's identity, refund terms, and fulfillment claims remain unverified. No independent customer complaints or fraud warnings were found, but the absence of adverse reports is not the same as proof of good practice. The score reflects a real, long-standing storefront with no detected technical threat, offset by the unread policy and contact pages and the unresolved question of where products actually ship from.

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theredfirst.com: Low Risk — MalwareTips website safety report

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.

Score explained

Why 78/100

Low Risk covers scores 70–84. 1 finding pulled the score down; 2 pushed it up.

What pulled the score down

  1. Moderate1 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.

What pushed the score up

  • SupportsThe registrable domain is 1806 days old, indicating a long-standing registration rather than a newly created storefront.
  • SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.

No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.

01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

The Red First presents itself as an American-owned small business selling patriotic and personalized merchandise, with a shopping cart, order tracking, FAQs, and social media links. The domain is 1806 days old, the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. However, the site's own contact details were not reviewed in full, so the operator's identity, refund terms, and fulfillment claims remain unverified. No independent customer complaints or fraud warnings were found, but the absence of adverse reports is not the same as proof of good practice. The score reflects a real, long-standing storefront with no detected technical threat, offset by the unread policy and contact pages and the unresolved question of where products actually ship from.

A patriotic merchandise storefront with standard e-commerce plumbing

The visible page identifies the operation as "THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR AMERICAN-OWNED Small Business The Red First theredfirst.com," and the storefront includes a Cart, Track Order, and FAQs, which are the normal controls of a transactional e-commerce site rather than a content or download page.

The site also links out to Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and X, and includes a Payment Policy page, which is consistent with a small retail brand maintaining a social presence and published payment terms.

Clean technical checks do not resolve the unread operator pages

The browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, so there is no detected malware, phishing, or interception risk on the connection itself.

The registrable domain is 1806 days old, which is a supportive longevity signal and argues against a throwaway or brand-new shell storefront.

The site's own contact details were not reviewed because the page text was not read in full, so the operator's stated address, support email, and refund or shipping terms could not be confirmed from the site itself.

The visitor path is a normal retail checkout with off-site support and social links

A visitor can browse products, add items to the Cart, and use Track Order, which are same-site commercial actions tied to a purchase flow.

The FAQs link points to a separate help-desk host, redfirstllc.freshdesk.com, so support is handled off the main domain rather than through an on-site contact form.

The Payment Policy page is present on the same site, which gives visitors a stated payment-terms reference, though its contents were not reviewed in full.

Why the score is 78

The saved checks found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier. 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

1/ 92

detections

Saved analysis from October 2, 2026 - stale

1 engine flagged this URL

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

Malicious
0
Suspicious
1
Total
92
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
GridinsoftSuspicioussuspicious
All 92 engine results
  • Gridinsoft - Suspicious
  • 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
  • AutoShun - Unrated
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
  • BitDefender - Clean
  • Bkav - Unrated
  • BlockList - Clean
  • Blueliv - Clean
  • Certego - Clean
  • ChainPatrol - Unrated
  • Chong Lua Dao - Clean
  • CINS Army - Clean
  • CRDF - Clean
  • Criminal IP - Unrated
  • CSIS Security Group - Unrated
  • CTX AI - Clean
  • Cyan - Unrated
  • Cyble - Clean
  • CyRadar - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - Clean
  • DNS8 - Unrated
  • Dr.Web - Clean
  • EmergingThreats - Clean
  • Emsisoft - Clean
  • Ermes - Unrated
  • ESET - Clean
  • ESTsecurity - Clean
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
  • Fortinet - Clean
  • Fortra - Unrated
  • G-Data - Clean
  • GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
  • Google Safe Browsing - Clean
  • GreenSnow - Clean
  • GreyNoise - Unrated
  • Guardpot - Unrated
  • Heimdal Security - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
  • IPsum - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - Unrated
  • Kaspersky - Clean
  • LevelBlue - Clean
  • Lionic - Clean
  • Lumu - Unrated
  • Malwared - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - Clean
  • MalwareURL - Unrated
  • Mimecast - 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
  • Snort IP sample list - Unrated
  • SOCRadar - Unrated
  • Sophos - Clean
  • StopForumSpam - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
  • Synthient - Unrated
  • ThreatHive - Clean
  • URLhaus - Clean
  • URLQuery - Unrated
  • Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
  • VIPRE - Unrated
  • ViriBack - Clean
  • VX Vault - Clean
  • Webroot - Clean
  • Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Unrated
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - Clean
  • ZeroFox - Unrated

How security vendors categorise this site

  • alphaMountain.aiShopping
  • BitDefenderonlineshop
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeekershopping
  • Googleshopping
  • Sophosonline shopping
  • Xcitium Verdict Cloudhobbies & recreation

Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.

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
theredfirst.com
What our review noticed on this page
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR AMERICAN-OWNED Small Business

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR AMERICAN-OWNED Small Business

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
The Red First
Meta description
Find the perfect Republican gift for your patriotic friends and family. Shop our wide range of customizable products, including t-shirts, mugs, flags, and more. Show your support for the country and make a statement with our high-quality Republican personalized gifts.

Pages we read

  • Main page/Read
  • About page/pages/about-usRead
  • Terms/policies/terms-of-serviceRead
  • Refund / returns policy/policies/refund-policyRead
  • Shipping policy/policies/shipping-policyRead
  • Contact page/pages/contactRead

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

    The Red First

  2. What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 59 antivirus results.

  3. What independent research found

    The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.

  4. What remains unverified

    1 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

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 01The registrable domain is 1806 days old, indicating a long-standing registration rather than a newly created storefront.
  2. 02The browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
  3. 03The site's own contact details were not reviewed because the page text was not read in full, leaving operator identity and policy terms unverified.

Web research findings

Independent findings for theredfirst.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
Not checked
This report did not include a company-registry lookup, so no registration result is claimed.
Clone check
Not checked
No site-clone comparison was run for this report, so no clean result is claimed.
Typosquat check
Not checked
No look-alike domain comparison was run for this report, so no clean result is claimed.
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 theredfirst.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. Domaintheredfirst.com
  2. Redirects totheredfirst.com
  3. Hosted byShopify, Inc.
  4. Referencescdn.shopify.com · invitejs.trustpilot.com

Domain Timeline

  1. Nov 9, 2021
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 4 years old when this review was saved.

  2. Oct 20, 2026
    Saved security review — Rated Low Risk

    This saved scan found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier.

theredfirst.com has operated for years and this review found no material threat — a long track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.

Contact Verification

Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.

What We Found
Has a contact email on its own domain
Emails on site's domainhelp@theredfirst.com
Phone numbers+1 714-933-5789
Postal addressPresent
Linked social profiles5
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • Contact email on the site's own domain (help@theredfirst.com).
  • Phone number listed (+1 714-933-5789).
  • Postal address visible on the page.
  • Links to 21 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age4 years old
RegistrarGoDaddy.com, LLC
RegisteredNov 9, 2021
ExpiresNov 9, 2027
Last updatedNov 9, 2025
RegistrantNot published (privacy or GDPR redaction)
Owner privacyUnknown (owner not published)
Nameserversns75.domaincontrol.comns76.domaincontrol.comDNS by GoDaddy
Verified ownerNo owner has verified this domain on MalwareTips
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YE2
IssuedOct 9, 2026 (11 days before this scan)
ExpiresJan 7, 2027 (78d)
Self-signedNo
Trusted chainYes: our check verified the issuer chain
Matches hostnameYes

Certificate issued for theredfirst.com.

Hosting & Technology
HostingShopify, Inc.
Server IP23.227.38.32 · shared CDN edge

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.

Server locationCanada (CA)
Platform / CMSShopify
PopularityNot in the Cloudflare Radar top list
Technologies and payments

Analytics and ads

  • Google Tag Manager
  • Meta Pixel
  • Microsoft Clarity
  • Google Ads

Chat, reviews and email

  • Judge.me reviews
  • Klaviyo

Payment providers the page loads

  • Shop Pay

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

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No

The site refused our redirect check, so the chain below is the one our page reader followed.

  • 1301http://theredfirst.com/
  • 2200https://theredfirst.com/

Server Reputation

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

Referenced Domains

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 contentcomplete
  4. Analysiscomplete
  5. Visual evidencecomplete
Completed analysis

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

Technical threat

unknown

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

1 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.

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
Result1 of 92 engines flagged
CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
Page content
ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
Visual evidence
Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
Independent research
ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Verify before sensitive actions

No material threat was found, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier.

  1. Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on theredfirst.com and not a lookalike like t-heredfirst.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  2. Verify the operator before paying or signing in

    Before a payment, login, or other sensitive step, confirm who runs the site through channels you find yourself, such as an official registry or the company's known social profiles.

  3. 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.

  4. 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

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 theredfirst.com a scam or is it safe?
theredfirst.com has a Safety Score of 78/100 (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 theredfirst.com safe to use?
theredfirst.com has a Safety Score of 78/100 (Low Risk). Analysis coverage is strong at 83%. Normal caution; verify sensitive actions.
Has theredfirst.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 1 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged theredfirst.com as suspicious in the saved analysis from October 2, 2026. A single "suspicious" vote is a weak signal on its own, so it is weighed alongside the other checks rather than treated as a confirmed threat.
Is theredfirst.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — theredfirst.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 theredfirst.com domain?
theredfirst.com is 4 years old, registered on November 9, 2021 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 theredfirst.com have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — theredfirst.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YE2, valid for another 78 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 theredfirst.com hosted?
theredfirst.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 theredfirst.com report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on October 20, 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 theredfirst.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
78/100
Low Risk

The Red First is a long-registered Shopify-style patriotic goods store with clean technical checks but unreviewed contact and policy pages

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

The Red First presents itself as an American-owned small business selling patriotic and personalized merchandise, with a shopping cart, order tracking, FAQs, and social media links. The domain is 1806 days old, the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. However, the site's own contact details were not reviewed in full, so the operator's identity, refund terms, and fulfillment claims remain unverified. No independent customer complaints or fraud warnings were found, but the absence of adverse reports is not the same as proof of good practice. The score reflects a real, long-standing storefront with no detected technical threat, offset by the unread policy and contact pages and the unresolved question of where products actually ship from.

Recommended actionYou can browse and buy here with normal online-shopping caution, but before paying, open the FAQs and Payment Policy and confirm the seller's return address, refund window, and shipping origin, since those pages were not reviewed in this scan. Use a payment method with buyer protection rather than a direct bank transfer, and treat the "American-owned" label as a marketing claim until the fulfillment details are confirmed.
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