SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

Security Review

Is xrayhead.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 70/100

Legitimate Stanford MSK MRI Atlas educational site by radiologist Bao Do MD with 20-year domain history and clean reputation.

xrayhead.comScanned 10d ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 50·MT 78
Category tags
education85% MT confidence
View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
Data unavailable
Domain Age
20 years old
Registered Apr 19, 2006
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 85% confidence

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust78/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
The page is a specialized medical education atlas focused on musculoskeletal MRI with lecture links and case studies. Its strongest legitimacy signal is the 7342-day domain age combined with explicit references to Stanford faculty and millions of pageviews since 2008. Independent medical sites such as sportsmedreview.com and journals.lww.com describe it positively as a free learning resource. No scam reports, complaints, or malicious detections appear in our research. The only concern is the invalid self-signed SSL certificate, which does not match the otherwise clean profile.
Full dossier
Analysis complete

Page Content

Educational radiology atlas titled Stanford MSK MRI Atlas by Bao Do MD. Contains anatomical atlases, lectures, and AI tools for bone age, scoliosis, and fractures. No contact forms, login pages, or commercial elements present.

Infrastructure

Hosted on IP 198.12.248.146 with zero abuse reports. Self-signed SSL certificate is invalid and long expired. No redirects or external scam-related domains detected.

Domain History

Registered for 7342 days through GoDaddy with no privacy protection. Claims continuous operation since 2008 serving MSK users in over 100 countries.

Web Reputation

Linked as a recommended resource on sports medicine and radiology journals. No scam mentions or negative reports found anywhere.

Risk Factors
1
  • Self-signed SSL certificate is invalid and expired, which can trigger browser warnings.
Positive Signals
4
  • Domain has been active for over 20 years.
  • Explicitly tied to Stanford radiologist Bao Do MD with consistent references across medical sites.
  • No scam reports, complaints, or malicious detections in our research.
  • Positive mentions on independent radiology review sites confirming its educational purpose.
AI Recommendation
Safe to visit for its intended educational purpose. Consider using a browser that warns about the invalid certificate or accessing via HTTPS if available.
Next-gen fraud intelligence
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Visual Screenshot Analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

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/ 100
No visual red flags

No scam visual patterns detected

The screenshot shows a clean, fully-rendered educational site titled Stanford MSK MRI Atlas with anatomical images, lecture links, and footer references to Stanford tools; no scam indicators present.

Visual risk0/100

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for xrayhead.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
20 yrs
Registered Apr 2006
Business registration
No public record found
Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
2 positive
Key findings
6 headline facts from open-web research
  • Domain xrayhead.com hosts 'Stanford MSK MRI Atlas' by Bao Do MD, clinical assistant professor in radiology at Stanford
  • Site claims 'xrayhead has served millions of pageviews to MSK users in over 100 countries since 2008'
  • Linked as educational resource on radiology sites including sportsmedreview.com and frcrtutorials.com
  • Associated with Bao Do's Stanford page (stanford.edu/~baodo/) and OCAD MSK cases archive
  • No mentions of scams, complaints, fraud, or negative reviews found in searches
  • Domain age ~20 years (7342 days); no evidence of typosquatting or cloning of other brands
Positive reviews (2)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • sportsmedreview.comopen

    "Xrayhead.com (excellent for learning MSK MRI)"

  • journals.lww.comopen

    "The Stanford MSK MRI Atlas is a free web site that is excellent for learning the basics of MSK MRI. It was developed by Bao Do, MD"

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

Our research found no scam reports or complaints about xrayhead.com. Two positive mentions appear on sportsmedreview.com and journals.lww.com describing the site as an excellent free educational tool developed by Stanford radiologist Bao Do MD. The domain is consistently linked to legitimate Stanford and OCAD radiology resources with no negative findings.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

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 contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No phone number listed on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age20 years old
RegistrarGoDaddy.com, LLC
RegisteredApr 19, 2006
ExpiresApr 19, 2031
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusInvalid
ProtocolTLSv1.2
Issuerlocalhost
ExpiresNov 8, 2019 (-2391d)
Self-signedYes
Hosting & Technology
HostingGoDaddy.com, LLC
Server locationUS

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPGoDaddy.com, LLC
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

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 xrayhead.com and not a lookalike like x-rayhead.com.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.

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Reputation Sources

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

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Referenced Domains

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

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.

  • Our automated security review found no threat indicators on xrayhead.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·xrayhead.com
SAFE

This is the Stanford MSK MRI Atlas, a long-running educational radiology site by Dr. Bao Do. Our analysis finds it legitimate with a 20-year domain history and positive mentions on medical review sites. The invalid self-signed SSL certificate is the only notable issue.

Safe to visit for its intended educational purpose. Consider using a browser that warns about the invalid certificate or accessing via HTTPS if available.

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MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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