Is wicar.org safe?

http://wicar.org/

SafeStatus

Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

WICAR.org is a legitimate security-testing utility operated by OSI Security.

The site supplies safe, non-infectious test files and simulated exploits so administrators can verify that anti-malware products and network filters are working correctly. It is over 13 years old, carries no the browser threat feed warnings, and shows no evidence of monetization beyond optional donations.

The site is safe to visit for its intended security-testing purpose; users should simply avoid running any downloaded test files on production systems.
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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

The site supplies safe, non-infectious test files and simulated exploits so administrators can verify that anti-malware products and network filters are working correctly. It is over 13 years old, carries no the browser threat feed warnings, and shows no evidence of monetization beyond optional donations.

Evidence supporting legitimacy

The domain is explicitly presented as a service of OSI Security, an Australian security firm, and the site’s own footer repeats this attribution.

The site links to the well-known EICAR anti-virus test file project and offers a demonstration video showing how corporate defenses should block simulated exploits.

Technical versus operator risk

One antivirus product flags the site because it intentionally hosts content that mimics malware; this is an expected detection for a testing utility and does not indicate malicious intent.

the browser threat feed returns no threat warning, the TLS certificate is valid, and the domain has been registered for more than 13 years.

Why the score is 92

1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing. 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

2/ 92

detections

Saved result - stale

2 engines flagged this URL

Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.

Malicious
1
Suspicious
1
Total
92
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
Chong Lua DaoMaliciousmalicious
GridinsoftSuspicioussuspicious
All 92 engine results
  • Chong Lua Dao - malicious - Malicious
  • 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
  • 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 - unrated - 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
  • Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
  • SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
  • Sophos - clean - Clean
  • StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
  • Synthient - unrated - 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
wicar.org
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

WICAR.org - Test Your Anti-Malware Solution!

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    WICAR.org - Test Your Anti-Malware Solution!

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

    WICAR.org - Test Your Anti-Malware Solution! - Home

  2. What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 92 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

No threat category confirmed

Service and business model

Content

Free

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 01OSI Security is pleased to announce the availability of the wicar.org website, which was designed to test the correct operation your anti-virus / anti-malware software. OSI Security https://www.osi.security/news-and-press-releases/new-service-announcement-wicarorg-test-your-anti-malware-defences
  2. 02WICAR service provided by OSI Security WICAR.org https://www.wicar.org/resources.html
  3. 03Domain is 5075 days old.

Web research findings

Independent findings for wicar.org, 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 positive
Positive reviews (2)
Public quotes that support the operator's credibility.
  • OSI Securityopen

    "OSI Security is pleased to announce the availability of the wicar.org website, which was designed to test the correct operation your anti-virus / anti-malware software."

  • WICAR.orgopen

    "WICAR service provided by OSI Security"

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. Domainwicar.org
  2. Redirects towww.wicar.org
  3. Hosted byWeebly, Inc.
  4. Referencescdn2.editmysite.com · eicar.org

Domain Timeline

  1. Nov 7, 2012
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 14 years old when this review was saved.

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

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

wicar.org 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
Age14 years old
RegistrarPDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com
RegisteredNov 7, 2012
ExpiresNov 7, 2027
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1
ExpiresDec 5, 2026 (65d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingWeebly, Inc.
Server locationUS
Web servercloudflare

Redirect Chain

Hops
2
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://wicar.org/
  • 2301http://www.wicar.org/
  • 3206https://www.wicar.org/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPWeebly, 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.

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

suspicious

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

Additional evidence review

Operator / customer risk

unknown

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Source coverage and freshness

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

Antivirus
Result2 of 92 engines flagged
CompletionLimited
FindingAdverse
Freshnessstale fallback · Sep 30, 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
FindingNo adverse finding
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.

  1. Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on wicar.org and not a lookalike like w-icar.org or an IDN homoglyph.

  2. 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.

  3. 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 wicar.org legit and safe?
Our automated security review found no threat indicators on wicar.org, so it appears legitimate. and the domain is 13.9 years old, registered on November 7, 2012 — 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 wicar.org safe to use?
wicar.org has a Safety Score of 92/100 (Safe). 1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing. at scan time. Treat unexpected login or payment requests with normal caution.
Could a legitimate site like wicar.org 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 wicar.org), 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 wicar.org is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.
Has wicar.org been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 2 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged wicar.org, 1 of them as outright malicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
Is wicar.org on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — wicar.org 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 wicar.org domain?
wicar.org is 13.9 years old, registered on November 7, 2012 through PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com. 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 wicar.org have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — wicar.org presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, valid for another 65 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 wicar.org hosted?
wicar.org resolves to an IP operated by Weebly, 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 wicar.org report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on September 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 wicar.org 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
92/100
Safe

WICAR.org is a legitimate security-testing utility operated by OSI Security.

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

The site supplies safe, non-infectious test files and simulated exploits so administrators can verify that anti-malware products and network filters are working correctly. It is over 13 years old, carries no the browser threat feed warnings, and shows no evidence of monetization beyond optional donations.

Recommended actionThe site is safe to visit for its intended security-testing purpose; users should simply avoid running any downloaded test files on production systems.
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09 · Community

Community

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