Is vinyltra.com safe?
http://vinyltra.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 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
Anonymous six-month-old record-player store with a free-mail-only contact and adverse "suspicious shop" listings
Vinyltra is a Shopify storefront selling record players under a 'One Player. Nine Records. Endless Memories' tagline, with same-site cart and checkout links and published refund, shipping and cancellation policies. Nothing malicious was found technically: Safe Browsing is clean, the TLS certificate is valid and the hosting IP has no abuse history. What holds the score in the moderate band is operator transparency and reputation: the domain is only about six months old, no company name, phone number or postal address is disclosed, the only contact address is a Gmail inbox, and independent sources list the shop as suspicious. That combination means a buyer cannot easily verify who they are paying or who would handle a refund.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 58/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 5 findings pulled the score down; 2 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- ModerateThe store's contact address is a free-mail inbox (gmail.com) rather than a mailbox on its own domain.
- ModerateOne public warning on a scam-warning or security site: "Vinyltra.com is listed as a suspicious shop."
- ModerateThe only business contact address is a free Gmail inbox, also used for refund and replacement requests.
- Moderate2 antivirus results 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.
- MinorNo phone number, postal address or company identity appears on the captured pages.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsSafe Browsing is clean, TLS is valid and the hosting IP has no abuse history.
- SupportsShop and cart links resolve to vinyltra.com itself, with no third-party merchant or affiliate redirect observed.
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
Vinyltra is a Shopify storefront selling record players under a 'One Player. Nine Records. Endless Memories' tagline, with same-site cart and checkout links and published refund, shipping and cancellation policies. Nothing malicious was found technically: Safe Browsing is clean, the TLS certificate is valid and the hosting IP has no abuse history. What holds the score in the moderate band is operator transparency and reputation: the domain is only about six months old, no company name, phone number or postal address is disclosed, the only contact address is a Gmail inbox, and independent sources list the shop as suspicious. That combination means a buyer cannot easily verify who they are paying or who would handle a refund.
Who runs the shop is not disclosed
The captured pages show no phone number and no operator postal address, and no contact email uses the site's own domain. The only business mailbox is a free Gmail address, vinyltra@gmail.com, which is also the address the Terms give for replacement and refund requests. A shopper therefore has no verifiable company identity, physical location or phone line to fall back on if an order goes wrong.
The registrable domain is only about 182 days old, and an independent registration record likewise notes the site name was acquired very recently and that no technical data about the owner could be retrieved. A young domain is not misconduct by itself, but combined with the missing operator details it means there is no track record to weigh.
Reputation warnings versus clean technical checks
Independent research found the shop listed as a suspicious shop, with the classification attributed to risk signals including a blacklist detection, a very young domain and no established public user-review history. A saved antivirus observation also recorded two engines marking the URL as suspicious; that scan is stale, so it should be read as a reputation flag rather than a current malware finding.
On the technical side the picture is clean: the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, and the hosting IP has an abuse confidence score of 0/100 across 91 saved reports. No popups, forced redirects, downloads or notification prompts were observed, and the purchase path stays on vinyltra.com rather than handing off to a third-party merchant.
How the store sells and what the fine print says
The homepage opens an email-capture modal offering 'Exclusive 5% Off All Orders' for a first name and email, with consent text for marketing emails, and the footer invites visitors to join the email list for offers and news. Site-wide banners repeat 'FREE WORLD WIDE SHIPPING' and 'LIMITED TIME SALE' alongside a 'Sweet 20% Off' strip.
The Terms qualify the shipping banner: posted prices do not include taxes, shipping, handling, customs or import charges unless otherwise stated, and promotions are subject to change. Replacement requests must be made within 48 hours of delivery with an order number and photos. These are ordinary small-shop terms, but the short claim window and the shipping caveat are worth reading before ordering.
Why the score is 58
The store's contact address is a free-mail inbox (gmail.com) rather than a mailbox on its own domain. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
2/ 92
detectionsSaved analysis from October 2, 2026 - stale
2 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 2
- Total
- 92
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
| URLQuerySuspicious | suspicious |
All 92 engine results
- Gridinsoft - Suspicious
- URLQuery - Suspicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Unrated
- 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 - Unrated
- 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 - Unrated
- 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
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- Googleshopping
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
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
Header shows a circular vinyl-record logo with the word 'Vinyltra' beneath it, plus nav items Home, Shop Record Players, Contact and search/account/cart icons. Top strip reads '♪Sweet 20% Off ♪' and a scrolling marquee repeats 'FREE WORLD WIDE SHIPPING' and 'LIMITED TIME SALE'. A modal overlays the page: 'Exclusive 5% Off All Orders — Complete the form to claim the coupon.' with First name and Email fields, a Submit button, and consent text 'By signing up, you agree to receive marketing emails.' Background shows a wall of vinyl records and framed sleeves; a 'PREMIUM QUALITY' marquee runs along the bottom.
What the captured page showed
4 observations- 01
Header shows a circular vinyl-record logo with the word 'Vinyltra' beneath it, plus nav items Home, Shop Record Players, Contact and search/account/cart icons.
- 02
Top strip reads '♪Sweet 20% Off ♪' and a scrolling marquee repeats 'FREE WORLD WIDE SHIPPING' and 'LIMITED TIME SALE'.
- 03
A modal overlays the page: 'Exclusive 5% Off All Orders — Complete the form to claim the coupon.' with First name and Email fields, a Submit button, and consent text 'By signing up, you agree to receive marketing emails.'
- 04
Background shows a wall of vinyl records and framed sleeves; a 'PREMIUM QUALITY' marquee runs along the bottom.
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
Vinyltra
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- Terms/pages/terms-of-serviceRead
- Refund / returns policy/pages/refunds-returns-order-issues-policyRead
- Shipping policy/pages/shipping-policyRead
- Contact page/pages/contactRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Vinyltra
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 antivirus results.
What independent research found
4 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 6 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
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The store's contact address is a free-mail inbox (gmail.com) rather than a mailbox on its own domain.
- 02No phone number, postal address or company identity appears on the captured pages.
- 03The only business contact address is a free Gmail inbox, also used for refund and replacement requests.
Web research findings
Independent findings for vinyltra.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.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
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.
- Domainvinyltra.com
- Redirects tovinyltra.com
- Hosted byShopify, Inc.
- Referencescdn.shopify.com · gstatic.com
Domain Timeline
- May 5, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 6 months old when this review was saved.
- Nov 3, 2026Saved security review — Rated Moderate Risk
The evidence in this saved scan is mixed or incomplete; the completed checks are detailed above.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- No contact email uses the site's own domain.
- Business contact uses a free-mail provider (gmail.com).
- No phone number listed on the captured page.
- No operator postal address visible on the captured page.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for vinyltra.com.
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.
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- Google Fonts
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
- 1301http://vinyltra.com/
- 2200https://vinyltra.com/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
2 antivirus results 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
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
The store's contact address is a free-mail inbox (gmail.com) rather than a mailbox on its own domain. · One public warning on a scam-warning or security site: "Vinyltra.com is listed as a suspicious shop."
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 2 of 92 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 3, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 3, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 4 visible observations saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 3, 2026 |
| Independent research | 4 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Nov 3, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result2 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 3, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 3, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result4 visible observations saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 3, 2026
- Independent research
- Result4 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 3, 2026
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 vinyltra.com a scam or is it safe?
Is vinyltra.com safe to use?
Has vinyltra.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is vinyltra.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the vinyltra.com domain?
Does vinyltra.com have a valid SSL certificate?
Where is vinyltra.com hosted?
How often is the vinyltra.com report updated?
08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Anonymous six-month-old record-player store with a free-mail-only contact and adverse "suspicious shop" listings
Vinyltra is a Shopify storefront selling record players under a 'One Player. Nine Records. Endless Memories' tagline, with same-site cart and checkout links and published refund, shipping and cancellation policies. Nothing malicious was found technically: Safe Browsing is clean, the TLS certificate is valid and the hosting IP has no abuse history. What holds the score in the moderate band is operator transparency and reputation: the domain is only about six months old, no company name, phone number or postal address is disclosed, the only contact address is a Gmail inbox, and independent sources list the shop as suspicious. That combination means a buyer cannot easily verify who they are paying or who would handle a refund.
09 · Community
Community
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