Is www.mbdiy.co.uk safe?
https://www.mbdiy.co.uk/
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How we checked
Coverage: complete · 6 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (57 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Long-established UK DIY retailer with mixed customer service feedback
MB DIY is a UK-registered online shop selling doors, windows, wall and bathroom panels. The domain is over 12 years old, the operator is disclosed as MB Distribution (Cleveland) Ltd, and the site shows standard e-commerce features. Security scans are clean, but an independent review platform's reviews cite stock inaccuracies, damaged goods, and strict 30-day return policies.
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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 78/100
Low Risk covers scores 70–84. 1 finding pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- ModerateOne customer complaint on a public review site: "They changed one shower tray that had a hairline crack after admonishing me for been over the 30 day returns policy. I cracked a bracket holding shower glass…"
What pushed the score up
- SupportsDomain is 4423 days old
- SupportsUK phone, domain email, and postal address listed
- SupportsNo malicious detections on the multi-engine malware scan or Safe Browsing; valid TLS
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
MB DIY is a UK-registered online shop selling doors, windows, wall and bathroom panels. The domain is over 12 years old, the operator is disclosed as MB Distribution (Cleveland) Ltd, and the site shows standard e-commerce features. Security scans are clean, but an independent review platform's reviews cite stock inaccuracies, damaged goods, and strict 30-day return policies.
Evidence supporting legitimacy
The registrable domain is 4423 days old, placing the business well beyond the typical window for short-lived scam operations.
The site lists a domain-specific email (sales@mbdiy.co.uk), a UK phone number (01642 455945), and a visible postal address.
The terms and conditions name MB Distribution (Cleveland) Ltd, a UK-registered company, as the operator.
Customer service concerns
An independent review platform's reviews report issues with stock accuracy, damaged goods, and rigid adherence to a 30-day returns policy, including one case where a cracked bracket was not replaced outside that window.
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/ 93
No detectionsFresh result
No detections across 57 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 36 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
All 93 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
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- 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
- 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
- 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
- BitDefenderhobbies
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekershopping
- Sophosonline shopping
- Xcitium Verdict Cloudprofessional networking
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
MB DIY | Door & Window Supplies Wall & Bathroom Panels
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
MB DIY | Door & Window Supplies Wall & Bathroom Panels
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
MB DIY | Door & Window Supplies Wall & Bathroom Panels
- Meta description
Shop our extensive range of wall panelling, door hardware, and window hardware supplies | Nationwide Delivery - The DIY Store
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- Terms/terms-conditions/Read
- Refund / returns policy/delivery-returns/Read
- Contact page/contact/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
MB DIY | Door & Window Supplies Wall & Bathroom Panels
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 57 antivirus results.
What independent research found
1 external finding was 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
Shop
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01Domain is 4423 days old
- 02UK phone, domain email, and postal address listed
- 03One customer complaint on a public review site: "They changed one shower tray that had a hairline crack after admonishing me for been over the 30 day returns policy. I cracked a bracket holding shower glass…"
Web research findings
Independent findings for www.mbdiy.co.uk, 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
"They changed one shower tray that had a hairline crack after admonishing me for been over the 30 day returns policy. I cracked a bracket holding shower glass (too easily) which I admitted but wouldn't replace said bracket as I was outside 30 day returns policy"
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.
- Domainwww.mbdiy.co.uk
- Redirects towww.mbdiy.co.uk
- Hosted byGoogle LLC
- Referencesgmpg.org · googletagmanager.com
Domain Timeline
- Sep 23, 2014Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 12 years old when this review was saved.
- Nov 2, 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.
www.mbdiy.co.uk has operated for years and this review found no material threat — a long 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.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (sales@mbdiy.co.uk).
- Phone number listed (01642 455945).
- Postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for *.mbdiy.co.uk.
A shared content-delivery network address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- jsDelivr
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
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.
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
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
One customer complaint on a public review site: "They changed one shower tray that had a hairline crack after admonishing me for been over the 30 day returns policy. I cracked a bracket holding shower glass…"
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 93 engines flagged | Completed | No adverse finding | fresh · analysed Nov 2, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 2, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 2, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 2, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Nov 2, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Nov 2, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 2, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 2, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 2, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 2, 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.
Is www.mbdiy.co.uk a scam or is it safe?
Is www.mbdiy.co.uk safe to use?
Has www.mbdiy.co.uk been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is www.mbdiy.co.uk on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the www.mbdiy.co.uk domain?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Long-established UK DIY retailer with mixed customer service feedback
MB DIY is a UK-registered online shop selling doors, windows, wall and bathroom panels. The domain is over 12 years old, the operator is disclosed as MB Distribution (Cleveland) Ltd, and the site shows standard e-commerce features. Security scans are clean, but an independent review platform's reviews cite stock inaccuracies, damaged goods, and strict 30-day return policies.
09 · Community
Community
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