Is wiki.archiveteam.org safe?
http://wiki.archiveteam.org/
Coveragepartial4 of 6 applicable core capabilities
Archive Team's wiki is offline as a precaution against PHP vulnerabilities, so its own pages could not be reviewed.
wiki.archiveteam.org is the wiki of Archive Team, a volunteer digital-preservation collective. At the time of review the site returned HTTP 503 both over HTTP and HTTPS, and the visible page said it was offline as a temporary precaution due to PHP vulnerabilities, so the site's own page, contact, About and policy text was not reviewed. The parent domain archiveteam.org is 6501 days old, the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, and a valid TLS certificate exists for the host, though the scanned address was served over plain HTTP with no redirect to HTTPS. No commercial calls to action, affiliate relationships or scam mechanics were found. The score reflects a long-established, non-commercial project that is currently unavailable and unreadable, not any evidence of fraud.
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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.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
wiki.archiveteam.org is the wiki of Archive Team, a volunteer digital-preservation collective. At the time of review the site returned HTTP 503 both over HTTP and HTTPS, and the visible page said it was offline as a temporary precaution due to PHP vulnerabilities, so the site's own page, contact, About and policy text was not reviewed. The parent domain archiveteam.org is 6501 days old, the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, and a valid TLS certificate exists for the host, though the scanned address was served over plain HTTP with no redirect to HTTPS. No commercial calls to action, affiliate relationships or scam mechanics were found. The score reflects a long-established, non-commercial project that is currently unavailable and unreadable, not any evidence of fraud.
The site is deliberately offline and its pages were not reviewed
The page content could not be read: the server returned HTTP 503, and the same 503 was returned when the address was tried over HTTPS. The site's own page, contact, About and policy text was therefore not reviewed.
The visible page carried an Error 503 message stating the website is currently offline as a temporary precaution due to PHP vulnerabilities. That is a self-imposed maintenance shutdown, not a sign of a scam or of malicious content being served to visitors.
Technical checks show no threat warning, but the connection was not encrypted
The browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the site, and a valid TLS certificate exists for the host. These are clean technical results, not a guarantee of safety.
The scanned address was served over plain HTTP with no redirect to HTTPS, so the connection to it was not encrypted. Because the site is offline and no sign-in form was observed, this is a transport weakness rather than a credential-harvesting risk.
The registrable domain is 6501 days old, which is the parent domain archiveteam.org and does not show how long the wiki subdomain itself has existed. Long domain age is context, not proof of current operator conduct.
No commercial mechanism or operator risk was found
No commercial calls to action, affiliate relationships or cross-domain order paths were present in the evidence. The site is a volunteer-run archival project rather than a shop, casino or financial service.
Because the site's own pages could not be reviewed, the operator's public reputation and current content remain unverified. The score is held below the Safe band for that reason, not because any adverse finding was observed.
Why the score is 78
The saved checks found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 94
No detectionsSaved analysis from February 27, 2026 - stale
No detections across 64 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 30 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 94
All 94 engine results
- 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
- benkow.cc - Clean
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- Cluster25 - Unrated
- CMC Threat Intelligence - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Clean
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Clean
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- Kaspersky - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- malwares.com URL checker - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- 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
- securolytics - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- Spam404 - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- ThreatHive - Clean
- Trustwave - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
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
Error 503. This website is currently offline as a temporary precaution due to PHP vulnerabilities.
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Error 503. This website is currently offline as a temporary precaution due to PHP vulnerabilities.
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Independent evidence classifies the site as content, but the page's own claim could not be captured.
What we observed
The page itself could not be fully inspected, so the report relies on the other saved checks.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
2 of the 6 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
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The site returned HTTP 503 over both HTTP and HTTPS, and the visible page said it was offline as a temporary precaution due to PHP vulnerabilities.
- 02The registrable parent domain archiveteam.org is 6501 days old, though this does not show how long the wiki subdomain itself has existed.
- 03The browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the site.
Web research findings
Independent findings for wiki.archiveteam.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.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for wiki.archiveteam.org. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
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.
- Domainwiki.archiveteam.org
- Redirects towiki.archiveteam.org
- Hosted byPerfGrid Hosting Services
Domain Timeline
- Jan 6, 2009Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 17 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 26, 2026Saved security review — Rated Low Risk
This saved scan found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier.
wiki.archiveteam.org has operated for years and this review found no material threat — a long track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentunavailable
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencepartial
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, 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.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 94 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Feb 27, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 26, 2026 |
| Page content | Page content was not available for semantic review | Unavailable | No saved finding | Not available |
| Visual evidence | The site blocked our capture or showed an error page; 1 visible observation saved | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Oct 26, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 26, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 94 engines flagged
- CompletionLimited
- FindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Feb 27, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 26, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage content was not available for semantic review
- CompletionUnavailable
- FindingNo saved finding
- FreshnessNot available
- Visual evidence
- ResultThe site blocked our capture or showed an error page; 1 visible observation saved
- CompletionLimited
- FindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 26, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 26, 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
Archive Team's wiki is offline as a precaution against PHP vulnerabilities, so its own pages could not be reviewed.
wiki.archiveteam.org is the wiki of Archive Team, a volunteer digital-preservation collective. At the time of review the site returned HTTP 503 both over HTTP and HTTPS, and the visible page said it was offline as a temporary precaution due to PHP vulnerabilities, so the site's own page, contact, About and policy text was not reviewed. The parent domain archiveteam.org is 6501 days old, the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, and a valid TLS certificate exists for the host, though the scanned address was served over plain HTTP with no redirect to HTTPS. No commercial calls to action, affiliate relationships or scam mechanics were found. The score reflects a long-established, non-commercial project that is currently unavailable and unreadable, not any evidence of fraud.
09 · Community
Community
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