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Is thewhiskyshoponline.com safe?

http://thewhiskyshoponline.com/

High RiskStatus

Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Young domain whisky retailer with no verifiable business identity and stale malware flags

The site presents as an online whisky shop with multiple Shop Now CTAs and an Add to Cart flow, but the domain is only 144 days old, lacks any physical address or contact details, and carries prior malicious detections from CRDF and Netcraft.

Do not enter payment details or personal information; the combination of a brand-new domain, missing business identity, and prior malware flags indicates high risk of non-delivery or financial loss.
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Saved site captureCaptured safely during this scan2 antivirus engines flagged this URLCRDF, Netcraft
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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 site presents as an online whisky shop with multiple Shop Now CTAs and an Add to Cart flow, but the domain is only 144 days old, lacks any physical address or contact details, and carries prior malicious detections from CRDF and Netcraft.

Strongest evidence

Domain registration occurred March 2026, making the site approximately 144 days old at the time of review.

Historical antivirus records show prior malicious detections by CRDF and Netcraft, though the flags are not current.

Technical versus operator risk

The site is hosted on a data-center IP with a zero abuse confidence score across saved reports, providing no current technical threat indicators.

Operator risk stems from the complete absence of verifiable business registration, physical address, or support contact, combined with the very young domain age.

Real visitor flow

Visitors encounter multiple Shop Now buttons promoting free next-day delivery, rewards clubs, auctions, and corporate gifts, all leading to the same-site shopping cart.

Why the score is 35

Saved antivirus evidence is adverse but is not fresh enough for a current conviction. 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/ 92

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
2
Suspicious
0
Total
92
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
CRDFMaliciousmalicious
NetcraftMaliciousmalicious
All 92 engine results
  • CRDF - malicious - Malicious
  • Netcraft - malicious - Malicious
  • 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
  • Chong Lua Dao - clean - Clean
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
  • Criminal IP - clean - Clean
  • CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
  • CTX AI - clean - Clean
  • Cyan - unrated - Clean
  • Cyble - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - clean - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
  • DNS8 - clean - Clean
  • Dr.Web - clean - Clean
  • EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
  • Emsisoft - clean - Clean
  • Ermes - unrated - Clean
  • ESET - clean - Clean
  • ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - unrated - 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
  • Gridinsoft - 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 - unrated - Clean
  • LevelBlue - clean - Clean
  • Lionic - clean - Clean
  • Lumu - unrated - Clean
  • Malwared - clean - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
  • MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
  • Mimecast - 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
thewhiskyshoponline.com
What our review noticed on this page
1The Whisky Shop

Captured during this scan in a safe sandbox. Opening this report does not revisit the site. Marker positions are approximate. See full visual analysis →

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Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

The Whisky Shop

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    The Whisky Shop

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

    Buy Whisky Online | #1 Retailer - The Whisky Shop

  2. What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 92 antivirus results.

  3. What independent research found

    1 external finding were saved and compared with the page evidence.

  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

Fake Shop & Commercial Deception

Service and business model

Shop

Transaction

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 01Domain only 144 days old
  2. 02Saved antivirus evidence is adverse but is not fresh enough for a current conviction.
  3. 03IP shows zero abuse reports in saved data

Web research findings

Independent findings for thewhiskyshoponline.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
1 scam report
Scam reports (1)
Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.
  • ScamAdviseropen

    "In summary, thewhiskyshoponline.com has a low trust score. The website may be a scam."

Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
ListedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗
Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

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. Domainthewhiskyshoponline.com
  2. Redirects tothewhiskyshoponline.com
  3. Hosted byBeijing Ruihao Kai Yuan Technology Co., Ltd
  4. Referencesgmpg.org · fonts.googleapis.com

Domain Timeline

  1. Mar 27, 2026
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 5 months old today.

  2. Aug 18, 2026
    Saved security review — Flagged as suspicious

    The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.

thewhiskyshoponline.com was registered very recently and is already flagged. Freshly-registered domains are disproportionately used for scams, and a young domain with active threat signals warrants extra caution.

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
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 direct contact email found on the captured page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age4 months old
RegistrarTuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown
RegisteredMar 27, 2026
ExpiresMar 27, 2027
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YR1
ExpiresOct 11, 2026 (53d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingBeijing Ruihao Kai Yuan Technology Co., Ltd
Server locationUS
Web serveropenresty
Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://thewhiskyshoponline.com/
  • 2200https://thewhiskyshoponline.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPBeijing Ruihao Kai Yuan Technology Co., Ltd
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Referenced Domains

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

gmpg.orgfonts.googleapis.com

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

suspicious

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

Additional evidence review

Operator / customer risk

unknown

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

Additional evidence review · Additional evidence review

Source coverage and freshness

Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.

Antivirus
Result2 of 92 engines flagged
CompletionLimited
FindingAdverse
Freshnessstale fallback · Aug 18, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Page content
ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Visual evidence
Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Independent research
Result1 independent finding were saved
CompletionCompleted
FindingAdverse
FreshnessNot available

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Proceed with caution

Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.

  1. Analyst recommendation

    Do not enter payment details or personal information; the combination of a brand-new domain, missing business identity, and prior malware flags indicates high risk of non-delivery or financial loss.

  2. Treat thewhiskyshoponline.com as unverified

    Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.

  3. Verify the business through independent channels

    Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.

  4. Never use irreversible payment methods

    Crypto, gift cards, wire transfers, and cash apps offer zero buyer protection. Use a credit card or PayPal if you must pay.

  5. Share your experience

    If you have additional context, drop a comment below or post on the MalwareTips forum.

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Safer Alternatives

Trying to shop safely? Use a safe option instead

Shopping for a deal? Stick to established retailers with real buyer protection — if a price looks too good to be true on an unknown store, it usually is.

  1. Amazon

    A-to-z Guarantee covers eligible orders.

  2. eBay

    Money Back Guarantee on most purchases.

  3. Walmart

    Major retailer with established returns.

  4. The brand's official site

    Search the brand name + "official site" rather than trusting an ad or unknown store.

Suggestions for safety only — not endorsements. Always verify the address bar before signing in or paying, even on well-known sites.

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 thewhiskyshoponline.com a scam or a legit online store?
thewhiskyshoponline.com shows strong warning signs of being a fake shop & commercial deception — we recommend against paying or entering card details. Our review tagged it for fake shop. 2 of 92 security engines flag it (2 as outright malicious). The domain is only 4 months old through TuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown — a fresh registration is a classic scam fingerprint. It may not be an outright scam, but the risk is high enough that you should verify it independently before trusting it with money or data.
Is thewhiskyshoponline.com safe to use?
thewhiskyshoponline.com has a Safety Score of 35/100 (High Risk). Analysis coverage is strong at 83%. Avoid login, payment and downloads.
What should I do if I already gave my details to thewhiskyshoponline.com?
If you've already paid or handed over details on thewhiskyshoponline.com, act quickly. 1) Contact your bank or card issuer immediately and ask to dispute the charge or open a chargeback — the sooner you act, the better your odds. 2) Report the site to the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov or the FBI's IC3 at ic3.gov, and in the UK to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. 3) If you entered a password, change it on thewhiskyshoponline.com and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. 4) Watch your bank and email for follow-up fraud, and keep screenshots as evidence.
Can I get my money back from thewhiskyshoponline.com?
Often yes, if you act fast. Payments made by credit or debit card can frequently be reversed through a chargeback or dispute — contact your bank right away and explain it was a fraudulent site. Bank transfers and gift-card or voucher payments are much harder to recover, but you should still report them to your bank and to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) or Action Fraud (actionfraud.police.uk). Avoid any "refund" or "recovery" service that contacts you first — it's usually a follow-up scam.
I ordered from thewhiskyshoponline.com but nothing arrived — is it a fake shop?
That's the classic pattern of a fake or non-delivery shop. These sites take payment for products that never ship, or send cheap counterfeits, then go quiet and eventually disappear. If you paid by card, contact your bank about a chargeback for "goods not received." Keep your order confirmation and any messages, don't pay extra "customs" or "release" fees they may demand, and report the store so others are warned.
How do I report thewhiskyshoponline.com?
You can report thewhiskyshoponline.com through several official channels: the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at ic3.gov, and — in the UK — Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. You can also flag it to Google Safe Browsing (safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish) so other browsers warn about it, and report it to the company being impersonated if there is one. Reporting helps get scam sites taken down faster.
Why does thewhiskyshoponline.com look legitimate if it's a scam?
Modern scams are built to look convincing. A valid SSL padlock, a polished template, stock photos, fake reviews, and a trust badge can all be added in minutes and prove nothing about who runs the site. Scammers buy cheap domains, clone real designs, and copy legal pages wholesale. That's exactly why an automated review that checks the domain's age, hosting, blacklists, and behaviour — rather than just how the page looks — is more reliable than a first impression.
Has thewhiskyshoponline.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 2 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged thewhiskyshoponline.com, 2 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 thewhiskyshoponline.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — thewhiskyshoponline.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 thewhiskyshoponline.com domain?
thewhiskyshoponline.com is 4 months old, registered on March 27, 2026 through TuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown. Scam sites are very often freshly registered and short-lived, so an age under six months is a reason for extra caution.
Does thewhiskyshoponline.com have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — thewhiskyshoponline.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR1, valid for another 53 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".
How often is the thewhiskyshoponline.com report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on August 18, 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 thewhiskyshoponline.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
35/100
High Risk

Young domain whisky retailer with no verifiable business identity and stale malware flags

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Conclusion

The site presents as an online whisky shop with multiple Shop Now CTAs and an Add to Cart flow, but the domain is only 144 days old, lacks any physical address or contact details, and carries prior malicious detections from CRDF and Netcraft.

Recommended actionDo not enter payment details or personal information; the combination of a brand-new domain, missing business identity, and prior malware flags indicates high risk of non-delivery or financial loss.
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