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Is waleapparatus.com safe?

http://waleapparatus.com/

92/100
Safe

Analysis coverage: partial · 2 of 5 core capabilities

Verdict

Wale Apparatus is a legitimate 1970-established industrial glass supplies retailer

waleapparatus.com is the online store for Wale Apparatus Company, a Pennsylvania-based manufacturer and distributor of glassworking tools, blowhose assemblies, quartz supplies and related equipment since 1970. All security signals are clean with zero malware or phishing detections.

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No antivirus detections across 93 engines
Browse and order with confidence from this long-established legitimate supplier. Use standard checkout precautions as with any online retailer.
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01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

waleapparatus.com is the online store for Wale Apparatus Company, a Pennsylvania-based manufacturer and distributor of glassworking tools, blowhose assemblies, quartz supplies and related equipment since 1970. All security signals are clean with zero malware or phishing detections.

Site Purpose and Content

The homepage promotes July sales on tools and supplies for the glass and quartz industries, displays product images including hoses and cylinders, and links to catalog requests, order tracking and customer login. Navigation includes Products, Sale, About Us and Contact sections.

Decisive Security Evidence

Domain registered October 1997 (over 10,500 days old). VirusTotal reports 0 malicious detections out of 93 engines. Google Safe Browsing returns no threats. IP reputation clean with zero abuse reports. No observed popups, redirects, or deceptive elements in the provided screenshot.

Practical User Impact

Visitors can safely browse and purchase industrial supplies. The site uses standard e-commerce features with no evidence of credential harvesting, malware distribution or subscription traps.

Why the score is 92

The saved analysis does not include enough completed checks for a Safe rating. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Antivirus Engines

Saved result - stale

No detections across 93 engines

No antivirus engine in this saved scan raised an adverse result. This is one signal, not a guarantee.

Malicious
0
Suspicious
0
Total
93
All 93 engine results
  • 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
  • Abusix - clean - Clean
  • Acronis - clean - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • alphaMountain.ai - clean - 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 - clean - 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
  • 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 - 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
  • 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
  • securolytics - 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
waleapparatus.com

Captured during this scan in a safe sandbox. Opening this report does not revisit the site.

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Visual analysis

No scam visual patterns were identified

Wale Apparatus logo and 1970 founding date visible Images of industrial hoses, cylinders and glassware

0/100 visual risk

What the captured page showed

2 observations
  1. 01

    Wale Apparatus logo and 1970 founding date visible

  2. 02

    Images of industrial hoses, cylinders and glassware

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.
  1. 1

    What the site claims

    The page presents itself as a shop service.

  2. 2

    What we observed

    The page itself could not be fully inspected, so the report relies on the other saved checks.

  3. 3

    What independent research found

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

  4. 4

    What remains unverified

    3 of the five 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

Web research findings

Independent findings for waleapparatus.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 positive
Positive reviews (1)
Public quotes that support the operator's credibility.
  • Official siteopen

    "Wale Apparatus Company manufactures and distributes the finest selection of glassworking tools, supplies and equipment"

Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not 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.

Domainwaleapparatus.com
Redirects towaleapparatus.com
Hosted byWireLily

Domain Timeline

  1. Oct 29, 1997
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 29 years old today.

  2. Jul 30, 2026
    Saved security review — Reviewed as safe

    This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.

waleapparatus.com has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age29 years old
RegistrarNetwork Solutions, LLC
RegisteredOct 29, 1997
ExpiresOct 28, 2028
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusInvalid
Protocolnone
IssuerNone
ExpiresInvalid Date (0d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingWireLily
Server locationUS

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://waleapparatus.com/
  • 2blockedhttps://waleapparatus.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPWireLily
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

AntiviruspartialBrowser threat feedcompletePage contentunavailableAnalysiscompleteVisual evidencenot run

Technical threat

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

unknown

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Operator / customer risk

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

unknown

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Source coverage and freshness

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

Antivirus
Result: 0 of 93 engines flagged
Limited
No saved finding
Freshness: stale fallback · Jul 30, 2026
Browser protection
Result: No browser threat-list match
Completed
No adverse finding
Page content
Result: Page content was not available for semantic review
Unavailable
No saved finding
Visual evidence
Result: 2 visible observations saved with the page capture
Completed
No adverse finding
Independent research
Result: 1 independent finding were saved
Completed
No adverse finding

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

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 waleapparatus.com and not a lookalike like w-aleapparatus.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

    Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.

  • Discuss this site on the forum

    If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.

    Open
Final verdictLevel 1 of 5
92/100 safety

Safe

Wale Apparatus is a legitimate 1970-established industrial glass supplies retailer

waleapparatus.com is the online store for Wale Apparatus Company, a Pennsylvania-based manufacturer and distributor of glassworking tools, blowhose assemblies, quartz supplies and related equipment since 1970. All security signals are clean with zero malware or phishing detections.

  1. 01

    The saved analysis does not include enough completed checks for a Safe rating.

  2. 02

    Registrable domain 10501 days old

  3. 03

    0 malicious detections

Browse and order with confidence from this long-established legitimate supplier. Use standard checkout precautions as with any online retailer.
Saved page capture
Evidence balance6 signals
Positive
3
Limited
2
Risk
1
Analysis coverage
71%
partial coverage
Core capabilities
2/5
completed checks
Source coverage
3/5
sources complete
Evidence checks
0/7
completed checks flagged
Technical threatNot confirmed50/100 risk
Operator / customer riskNot confirmed50/100 risk
Safety range

Saved evidence only. Missing checks are never treated as a clean result.

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07 · Community

Community

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08 · 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 waleapparatus.com legit and safe?
Our automated security review found no threat indicators on waleapparatus.com, so it appears legitimate. All 93 antivirus engines we queried report it clean, and the domain is 28.8 years old, registered on October 29, 1997 — established domains are far less likely to be scams. Even so, always double-check the exact address in your browser, because phishing emails routinely spoof real, trusted domains like this one.
Is waleapparatus.com safe to use?
waleapparatus.com has a Safety Score of 92/100 (Safe). Fresh core checks and semantic analysis found no material threat at scan time. Treat unexpected login or payment requests with normal caution.
Could a legitimate site like waleapparatus.com still be used in a scam?
Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from waleapparatus.com), and legitimate sites are occasionally compromised on specific pages. A clean verdict means the site itself checks out today; it does not mean every email or link claiming to be from waleapparatus.com is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.
Has waleapparatus.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
No — all 93 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report waleapparatus.com as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
Is waleapparatus.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — waleapparatus.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 waleapparatus.com domain?
waleapparatus.com is 28.8 years old, registered on October 29, 1997 through Network Solutions, LLC. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
Does waleapparatus.com have a valid SSL certificate?
No — waleapparatus.com has an invalid or broken SSL certificate, so browsers will show a security warning. Combined with the other signals, we recommend avoiding it.
Where is waleapparatus.com hosted?
waleapparatus.com resolves to an IP operated by WireLily in US (Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
How often is the waleapparatus.com report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on July 30, 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 waleapparatus.com has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.