Is webcric.com safe?

http://webcric.com/

SafeStatus

Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Domain seized by U.S. law enforcement; site displays official seizure notice.

webcric.com was an illegal streaming site that has been taken offline as part of Operation Offsides, a coordinated U.S. Justice Department action against unauthorized FIFA World Cup streaming domains. The domain now resolves to a law-enforcement seizure page and is non-functional.

Do not attempt to access the domain; it is under law-enforcement control and offers no service.

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Saved site captureCaptured safely during this scan 1 antivirus engine flagged this URLGridinsoft

Calibrated safety spectrum

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.

01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

Law-enforcement seizure confirmed

The U.S. Justice Department seized more than 1,000 domains, including webcric.com, as part of Operation Offsides targeting illegal streaming of FIFA World Cup matches.

The operation was led by the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) in coordination with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Site is now non-functional

The domain's DNS records point to seizedservers.com and the page displays the text "THIS SITE HAS BEEN SEIZED" along with the operation name "Operation Offsides".

Why the score is 95

Domain seized by U.S. authorities as part of Operation Offsides targeting illegal streaming sites. 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/ 90

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: 90

Adverse antivirus results
Engine	Finding
GridinsoftSuspicious	suspicious

All 90 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 - 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 - unrated - Clean
CINS Army - clean - 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

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CAPTURED PAGE

webcric.com

Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

THIS SITE HAS BEEN SEIZED Operation Offsides

Context only

What the captured page showed

2 observations

01
THIS SITE HAS BEEN SEIZED
02
Operation Offsides

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

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

What the site claims
THIS DOMAIN HAS BEEN SEIZED
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 90 antivirus results.
What independent research found
2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
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

No threat category confirmed

Service and business model

Streaming Piracy

Advertising

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

01Domain seized by U.S. authorities as part of Operation Offsides targeting illegal streaming sites.
02Page displays official seizure notice and is non-functional.
03Page displays official seizure notice and is non-functional.

Web research findings

Independent findings for webcric.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.

BleepingComputeropen
"The U.S. Justice Department has seized more than 1,000 websites and blocked 1,970 domains used to stream FIFA World Cup 2026 matches without authorization."
BleepingComputeropen
"The Justice Department's Criminal Division seized over a thousand domains as part of Operation Offsides, a joint law enforcement action led by the IPR Center in coordination with HSI Washington"

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.

Domainwebcric.com
Redirects towebcric.com
Hosted byAmazon.com, Inc.
Referenceswcw.sstest.click

Domain Timeline

Mar 23, 2008
Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 18 years old today.
Sep 8, 2026
Saved security review — Reviewed as safe
This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.

webcric.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.

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 numbersNone

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles0

Signal Summary

Several contact red flags

No direct contact email found on the captured page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History

Age18 years old

RegistrarTucows Domains Inc.

RegisteredMar 23, 2008

ExpiresMar 23, 2027

Owner privacyUnknown

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerLet's Encrypt · YE1

ExpiresSep 25, 2026 (17d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingAmazon.com, Inc.

Server locationUS

Web servernginx

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://webcric.com/
2206https://webcric.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPAmazon.com, Inc.

Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

wcw.sstest.click

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

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

Antiviruspartial
Browser threat feedcomplete
Page contentcomplete
Analysiscomplete
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

Source coverage and freshness

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

Source coverage
Source	Result	Completion	Finding	Freshness
Antivirus	1 of 90 engines flagged	Limited	Adverse	stale fallback · Sep 8, 2026
Browser protection	No browser threat-list match	Completed	No adverse finding	Not available
Page content	Page fetched · HTTP 200	Completed	No adverse finding	Not available
Visual evidence	2 visible observations saved with the page capture	Completed	No adverse finding	Not available
Independent research	2 independent findings were saved	Completed	Adverse	Not available

Antivirus: Result1 of 90 engines flagged; CompletionLimited; FindingAdverse; Freshnessstale fallback · Sep 8, 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: Result2 visible observations 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

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 webcric.com and not a lookalike like w-ebcric.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.
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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 webcric.com legit and safe?

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on webcric.com, so it appears legitimate. and the domain is 18.5 years old, registered on March 23, 2008 — 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 webcric.com safe to use?

webcric.com has a Safety Score of 95/100 (Safe). Domain seized by U.S. authorities as part of Operation Offsides targeting illegal streaming sites. at scan time. Treat unexpected login or payment requests with normal caution.

Could a legitimate site like webcric.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 webcric.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 webcric.com is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.

Has webcric.com been flagged by antivirus engines?

Yes. 1 of 90 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged webcric.com as suspicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.

Is webcric.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No — webcric.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 webcric.com domain?

webcric.com is 18.5 years old, registered on March 23, 2008 through Tucows Domains Inc.. 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 webcric.com have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes — webcric.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YE1, valid for another 17 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".

Where is webcric.com hosted?

webcric.com resolves to an IP operated by Amazon.com, Inc. 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 webcric.com report updated?

This report is a record of the scan run on September 8, 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 webcric.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

95/100

Safe

Domain seized by U.S. law enforcement; site displays official seizure notice.

Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.

Conclusion

Recommended actionDo not attempt to access the domain; it is under law-enforcement control and offers no service.

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09 · Community

Community

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

Is webcric.com safe?

Domain seized by U.S. law enforcement; site displays official seizure notice.

Law-enforcement seizure confirmed

Site is now non-functional

Why the score is 95

What the captured page showed

What the site claims

What we observed

What independent research found

What remains unverified

Technical threat

Operator / customer risk

Still, stay alert

Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

Use a password manager

Discuss this site on the forum

Domain seized by U.S. law enforcement; site displays official seizure notice.

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