Is wacademy.io safe?
http://wacademy.io/
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How we checked
Coverage: complete · 4 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
WAcademy website-building service: two customer complaints about poor support and a refused refund, plus a few security flags
WAcademy sells website and online-shop building and hosting. It says it connects small businesses with students, and it lists pricing pages. The site names an Irish company, Starflix Dublin Limited, with a company number and a Cork address. The domain is about 1,345 days old. Two customer reviews describe serious problems. One reviewer reports no support after paying. Another says a refund was refused, leaving them without a website and out nearly £300. A small number of security engines also flag the domain. Together these place the site in Moderate Risk rather than Safe.
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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 48/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 3 findings pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Strong1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result.
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "I have found a lack of support once they get your money. The level of after-sales service is terrible. I will cancel my subscription and will not be…"
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "I've requested a refund, and been refused. I don't have a website, and I'm out nearly £300."
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe domain is about 3.7 years old.
- SupportsGoogle Safe Browsing returned no threat warning
- SupportsThe 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
WAcademy sells website and online-shop building and hosting. It says it connects small businesses with students, and it lists pricing pages. The site names an Irish company, Starflix Dublin Limited, with a company number and a Cork address. The domain is about 1,345 days old. Two customer reviews describe serious problems. One reviewer reports no support after paying. Another says a refund was refused, leaving them without a website and out nearly £300. A small number of security engines also flag the domain. Together these place the site in Moderate Risk rather than Safe.
What customers report
An independent review platform's reviewer wrote that support disappeared once they had paid. They called the after-sales service terrible and said they would cancel their subscription.
A reviewer on Bark said their refund request was refused, that they still had no website, and that they were out nearly £300. These are two individual reports, not proof of a wider pattern, but both describe paying and not getting what was expected.
Technical checks versus business risk
Two security engines rated the domain malicious and two rated it suspicious, out of 93 engines checked. The browser threat feed showed no warning, and the site uses a valid encrypted connection.
The site discloses a named Irish company and a registered address. However, these details are the site's own claims and were not independently verified.
How visitors are directed to pay
The homepage promotes getting a website or e-shop for free, alongside paid pricing pages for booking sites and WooCommerce hosting.
A "Start now" button sends visitors to the site's user portal, which is where signup and payment would begin.
Why the score is 48
1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
4/ 93
detectionsFresh result
4 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 2
- Suspicious
- 2
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| BitDefenderMalicious | phishing |
| G-DataMalicious | phishing |
| ESETSuspicious | suspicious |
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 93 engine results
- BitDefender - phishing - Malicious
- G-Data - phishing - Malicious
- ESET - Suspicious
- Gridinsoft - 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
- 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
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- 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
- Orcapot - Unrated
- 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
- BitDefenderhosting
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerinformation technology
- Googletechnology
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
We connect small businesses with ambitious students
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
We connect small businesses with ambitious students
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
Professional Websites for Small Businesses | WAcademy
- Meta description
Get a professional website or e-shop for your business. Built by talented students, fast, stunning, and fully managed. Call now!
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/about-us/Read
- Terms/terms-and-conditions/Read
- Contact page/contact/Read
- Pricing/pricing/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Professional Websites for Small Businesses | WAcademy
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 antivirus results.
What independent research found
2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
The checks completed, but ownership, business claims, and future site behavior can still change after this snapshot.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Saas
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 012 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "I have found a lack of support once they get your money. The level of after-sales service is terrible. I will cancel my subscription and will not be…"
- 022 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "I've requested a refund, and been refused. I don't have a website, and I'm out nearly £300."
- 032 malicious and 2 suspicious engine detections.
Web research findings
Independent findings for wacademy.io, 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.
- Trustpilotopen
"I have found a lack of support once they get your money. The level of after-sales service is terrible. I will cancel my subscription and will not be recommending this service to anyone."
- Barkopen
"I've requested a refund, and been refused. I don't have a website, and I'm out nearly £300."
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.
- Domainwacademy.io
- Redirects towacademy.io
- Hosted byHetzner Online GmbH
- Referencesgmpg.org · fonts.googleapis.com
Domain Timeline
- Feb 9, 2023Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 3 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 16, 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.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (support@wacademy.io).
- Phone number listed (+44 7401 135290).
- Postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for wacademy.io.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- Google Fonts
Payment providers the page loads
- Stripe
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://wacademy.io/
- 2200https://wacademy.io/
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
- Antiviruscomplete
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "I have found a lack of support once they get your money. The level of after-sales service is terrible. I will cancel my subscription and will not be…" · 2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "I've requested a refund, and been refused. I don't have a website, and I'm out nearly £300."
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 4 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | Adverse | fresh · analysed Oct 16, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 16, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 16, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 16, 2026 |
| Independent research | 2 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 16, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result4 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 16, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 2026
- Independent research
- Result2 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 16, 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.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
WAcademy website-building service: two customer complaints about poor support and a refused refund, plus a few security flags
WAcademy sells website and online-shop building and hosting. It says it connects small businesses with students, and it lists pricing pages. The site names an Irish company, Starflix Dublin Limited, with a company number and a Cork address. The domain is about 1,345 days old. Two customer reviews describe serious problems. One reviewer reports no support after paying. Another says a refund was refused, leaving them without a website and out nearly £300. A small number of security engines also flag the domain. Together these place the site in Moderate Risk rather than Safe.
09 · Community
Community
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