Security Review

Is univ-bba.dz legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 90/100

Official website of a recognized Algerian public university with 20,000+ students, active research output, and confirmed institutional registration.

univ-bba.dzScanned 1h ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 95·MT 88
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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
Registration date unknown
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 95% confidence
SAFE

No threats detected

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

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MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust88/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
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Confidence
Our antivirus network found no malicious or suspicious flags across 92 engines, and the hosting IP has a clean abuse record. The domain is registered to Université Mohamed El Bachir El Ibrahimi, a legitimate public institution founded in 2000 and confirmed by multiple authoritative sources including French Wikipedia, LinkedIn, ResearchGate, and Google Scholar. The site hosts functional subdomains for e-learning, research repositories, and faculty pages with recent announcements dated 2026. Our research found zero scam reports, complaints, or fraud allegations. The university publishes academic research and maintains active researcher profiles with institutional email addresses, consistent with a genuine higher-education operation.
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Page Content

The domain serves as the official website for Université Mohamed El Bachir El Ibrahimi (University of Bordj Bou Arréridj), Algeria's public university. The site hosts multiple functional subdomains including an e-learning platform (elearning.univ-bba.dz), a DSpace institutional repository (dspace.univ-bba.dz), and faculty-specific pages (fst.univ-bba.dz, fmi.univ-bba.dz, fsnv.univ-bba.dz). Recent announcements dated 2026 confirm active site maintenance.

Infrastructure

Hosting IP 41.111.208.67 has zero abuse reports and an abuse score of 0/100. Our antivirus network scanned the domain across 92 engines with zero malicious or suspicious detections. Browser blocklists show the domain as clean. No redirects or cross-domain hops detected.

Domain History

The university was officially founded on 15 July 2000 and became a full university in 2012 by executive decree. The domain registration aligns with the institution's official status and long operational history. The university serves approximately 20,000 students and maintains active research programs.

Web Reputation

The institution is referenced on French Wikipedia, LinkedIn, ResearchGate, and Google Scholar. Researchers affiliated with the university publish academic work citing @univ-bba.dz email addresses. The domain is linked to national Algerian academic portals including PNST theses databases and scientific journals. No scam reports, complaints, fraud allegations, or negative reviews were found in any search.

Positive Signals
5
  • Confirmed registration to a legitimate public university founded in 2000 with 20,000+ students.
  • Zero malicious detections across 92 antivirus engines and clean browser blocklists.
  • Hosting IP has zero abuse reports and a clean reputation score.
  • Multiple functional subdomains for e-learning, research repositories, and faculty pages.
  • Verified by multiple authoritative sources: Wikipedia, LinkedIn, ResearchGate, Google Scholar, and national academic portals.
AI Recommendation
This is a safe, legitimate university website. You can confidently use it for academic information, course registration, and institutional communications.
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 univ-bba.dz, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration
Active · Algeria
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
6 headline facts from open-web research
  • Official website of Université Mohamed El Bachir El Ibrahimi (University of Bordj Bou Arréridj), Algeria, referenced on French Wikipedia, LinkedIn, ResearchGate, Google Scholar, and university Facebook page.
  • Domain hosts e-learning platform (elearning.univ-bba.dz), DSpace repository (dspace.univ-bba.dz), faculty subdomains (fst.univ-bba.dz, fmi.univ-bba.dz, fsnv.univ-bba.dz), and official announcements dated 2026.
  • University founded 15 July 2000; became full university in 2012 per executive decree; ~20,000 students; active in research with publications citing @univ-bba.dz emails.
  • No scam reports, complaints, fraud allegations, or negative reviews found across targeted searches for "scam", "arnaque", "fraud", "phishing", or "complaint".
  • Researchers from the university publish on phishing detection and fraud topics; site appears as standard public higher-education domain.
  • Linked to national Algerian portals (PNST theses, scientific journals); contact via webmaster@univ-bba.dz and physical address in Bordj Bou Arréridj.
Business registration
Status: active · Algeria

Public university (Université Mohamed El Bachir El Ibrahimi de Bordj Bou Arréridj), founded 2000, official status confirmed by Wikipedia, ResearchGate, LinkedIn, and government/academic listings.

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 univ-bba.dz and found zero scam reports, complaints, or fraud allegations. The domain is confirmed as the official website of Université Mohamed El Bachir El Ibrahimi, a public university in Algeria founded in 2000. The institution is referenced across multiple authoritative academic and institutional sources including Wikipedia, LinkedIn, ResearchGate, and national Algerian academic portals. Researchers affiliated with the university publish peer-reviewed work and maintain active institutional profiles.

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.

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISP41.111.0.0/20 LAGHOUAT RESIDENTIEL
Usage typeFixed Line ISP

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 univ-bba.dz and not a lookalike like u-niv-bba.dz.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

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Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
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AbuseIPDB
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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 univ-bba.dz. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • univ-bba.dz passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 90/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report univ-bba.dz as clean.
  • No. univ-bba.dz is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • univ-bba.dz resolves to an IP operated by 41.111.0.0/20 LAGHOUAT RESIDENTIEL in DZ (usage type: Fixed Line ISP). 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 June 17, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around univ-bba.dz have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·univ-bba.dz
SAFE

This is the official website of Université Mohamed El Bachir El Ibrahimi, a legitimate public university in Algeria founded in 2000. The domain is registered to the university, hosts active e-learning and research platforms, and shows no signs of fraud or malicious activity.

This is a safe, legitimate university website. You can confidently use it for academic information, course registration, and institutional communications.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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