Is vivikara.com safe?

http://vivikara.com/

High RiskStatus

Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

High-risk shop with reported checkout overcharges

Vivikara is an online shop selling a Cithway-branded water gun and accepting direct card payments. A target-specific complaint says that screens offering discounted add-ons caused extra items to be confirmed, while a follow-up reports two charges and an unsuccessful cancellation attempt. These reports make the customer risk substantial, although the available evidence does not establish non-delivery or prove that every transaction is affected.

Avoid purchasing from Vivikara unless you can independently verify the merchant and the complete order total. If you already paid, review the final order and card statement promptly and contact your card issuer about any charge you did not intend to authorize.
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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

Vivikara is an online shop selling a Cithway-branded water gun and accepting direct card payments. A target-specific complaint says that screens offering discounted add-ons caused extra items to be confirmed, while a follow-up reports two charges and an unsuccessful cancellation attempt. These reports make the customer risk substantial, although the available evidence does not establish non-delivery or prove that every transaction is affected.

The main concern is the reported post-payment sales flow

The shop displays a $14.97 product with Add to Cart and debit/credit-card payment controls. One complainant says that after payment, successive discount screens led to additional items being confirmed beyond the original order.

The same complaint sequence says an email requesting cancellation was followed by notice that the order was being processed and shipped, and that two charges appeared from Barcelona rather than Australia. This is a concrete warning about checkout and cancellation handling, but it remains a reported customer experience rather than independently verified proof of a universal practice.

Technical evidence adds concern but is not decisive by itself

A saved security observation marked the URL suspicious, but it was stale and represented a single result. The domain was also only 104 days old; that provides limited context and does not by itself establish fraud.

The decisive risk comes from the target-specific account of extra checkout confirmations and two resulting charges, not from the domain's age or the technical flag alone.

Why the score is 38

A complainant says repeated discount screens caused additional items to be confirmed beyond the original purchase. 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/ 91

detections

Saved result - 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
91
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
GridinsoftSuspicioussuspicious
All 91 engine results
  • 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
  • Chong Lua Dao - clean - Clean
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • Cluster25 - unrated - 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
  • 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 - unrated - 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
vivikara.com
What our review noticed on this page
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

Cithway® Double-headed Prank Water Gun

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    Cithway® Double-headed Prank Water Gun

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

    Vivikara

  2. What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 91 antivirus results.

  3. What independent research found

    2 external findings 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. 01text Cithway® Double-headed Prank Water Gun Cithway vivikara.com
  2. 02The product page offers Add to Cart and debit/credit-card payment for a $14.97 item.
  3. 03A complainant says repeated discount screens caused additional items to be confirmed beyond the original purchase.

If this is a scam — what it means for you

What a purchaser may encounter

A visitor can select the $14.97 product and proceed using the site's debit/credit-card control, creating direct financial exposure.

If this is a scam, how it works

The evidence-backed path

Each stage below is preserved from the grounded analysis and linked to saved evidence.

  1. According to the complaint, payment was followed by multiple screens offering discounted additional items, and confirming those offers added them to the original order.

  2. The complainant then attempted to cancel the extras by email but received an order-processing and shipping notice and observed two card charges.

Avoid purchasing from Vivikara unless you can independently verify the merchant and the complete order total. If you already paid, review the final order and card statement promptly and contact your card issuer about any charge you did not intend to authorize.

Fake Shop & Commercial DeceptionConfidence: Moderate

Grounded in 3 saved evidence references.

Web research findings

Independent findings for vivikara.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
2 scam reports
Scam reports (2)
Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.
  • Gridinsoftopen

    "I stupidly ordered from the app and it accepts your payment then takes you to screen after screen offering discounts on more items and before you realise it you have confirmed on those items not just your original order, so it has added each confirm to your order."

  • Gridinsoftopen

    "I sent an email to cancel the extra items but I then received a confirmation of order being processed and shipped! I have put a dispute on my card when I saw the next day that it was two charges from Barcelona not Australia!"

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. Domainvivikara.com
  2. Redirects tovivikara.com
  3. Hosted byShopify, Inc.
  4. Referencescdn.shopify.com · fonts.shopifycdn.com

Domain Timeline

  1. Jun 8, 2026
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 3 months old today.

  2. Sep 21, 2026
    Saved security review — Flagged as suspicious

    The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.

vivikara.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 numbers73614426190
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No direct contact email found on the captured page.
  • No operator postal address visible on the captured page.
  • Phone number listed (73614426190).

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age3 months old
RegistrarNameCheap, Inc.
RegisteredJun 8, 2026
ExpiresJun 8, 2027
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YE1
ExpiresNov 5, 2026 (45d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingShopify, Inc.
Server locationCA
Web servercloudflare
Platform / CMSShopify

Redirect Chain

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

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file133
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.

Additional evidence review

Operator / customer risk

suspicious

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
Result1 of 91 engines flagged
CompletionLimited
FindingAdverse
Freshnessstale fallback · Sep 21, 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
Result2 independent findings 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

    Avoid purchasing from Vivikara unless you can independently verify the merchant and the complete order total. If you already paid, review the final order and card statement promptly and contact your card issuer about any charge you did not intend to authorize.

  2. Treat vivikara.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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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 vivikara.com a scam or a legit online store?
vivikara.com raises serious red flags as a fake shop & commercial deception — we recommend against paying or entering card details. 1 of 91 security engines flag it. The domain is only 3 months old through NameCheap, Inc. — 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 vivikara.com safe to use?
vivikara.com has a Safety Score of 38/100 (High Risk). Analysis coverage is strong at 83%. Avoid login, payment and downloads.
What should I do if I already gave my details to vivikara.com?
If you've already paid or handed over details on vivikara.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 vivikara.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 vivikara.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 vivikara.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 vivikara.com?
You can report vivikara.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 vivikara.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 vivikara.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 1 of 91 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged vivikara.com as suspicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
Is vivikara.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — vivikara.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 vivikara.com domain?
vivikara.com is 3 months old, registered on June 8, 2026 through NameCheap, Inc.. Scam sites are very often freshly registered and short-lived, so an age under six months is a reason for extra caution.
Does vivikara.com have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — vivikara.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".
How often is the vivikara.com report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on September 21, 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 vivikara.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
38/100
High Risk

High-risk shop with reported checkout overcharges

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

Vivikara is an online shop selling a Cithway-branded water gun and accepting direct card payments. A target-specific complaint says that screens offering discounted add-ons caused extra items to be confirmed, while a follow-up reports two charges and an unsuccessful cancellation attempt. These reports make the customer risk substantial, although the available evidence does not establish non-delivery or prove that every transaction is affected.

Recommended actionAvoid purchasing from Vivikara unless you can independently verify the merchant and the complete order total. If you already paid, review the final order and card statement promptly and contact your card issuer about any charge you did not intend to authorize.
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09 · Community

Community

First-hand experiences add human context after the scanner has reached its conclusion.