Website safety scanner
Is ucsf.edu legit?
No major scam signal confirmed
ucsf.edu shows several positive trust signals. We did not confirm a clear scam verdict, but the checks below still highlight what deserves attention.
Generally positive
Our verdict
Our automated scanner gives ucsf.edu a trust score of 100/100. Stronger trust signals include No malicious detections reported, Configured free blacklist checks did not report a match, Abuse confidence score 0/100. The main warnings or unknowns are No SPF policy found, Few contact, about, privacy, terms or refund signals found.
This is an automated trust analysis. It checks technical signals, public threat feeds, domain records and website configuration. It cannot prove intent, but it helps you decide whether extra caution is needed before you log in, pay, download files or share personal information.
Website preview
Preview image generated from the scanned homepage. Visual appearance can change after the scan.
What to watch for
- Missing SPF record -4 No SPF policy found
- Limited company information found -5 Few contact, about, privacy, terms or refund signals found
What this means for you
- Browsing the homepage: review normally, but watch for browser warnings or forced downloads.
- Entering passwords: only continue if the domain clearly matches the official website.
- Payments: verify company details, refund policy and payment method first.
- Downloads: avoid files when threat intelligence or reputation warnings are present.
Is ucsf.edu safe to use?
ucsf.edu currently has a moderate to positive trust profile in our automated analysis. The score combines blacklist results, SSL status, DNS configuration, WHOIS data, redirect behavior, security headers, domain heuristics, IP reputation and popularity signals.
A high score does not guarantee that a website is legitimate, and a low score does not prove criminal intent. The purpose of this report is to show the technical evidence so visitors can make a more informed decision.
Brand and domain checks
- Brand-like pattern
- No common pattern detected
- Redirects elsewhere
- No
- Final URL
- https://www.ucsf.edu/
- Punycode detected
- No
Contact and company signals
- About page
- No
- Contact page
- No
- Privacy policy
- No
- Terms page
- No
- Refund policy
- No
Payment risk indicators
- Risk terms found
- No data available
- External links
- 0
- Recommendation
- The technical signals are mostly positive, but always review the website content, payment method and contact information before trusting it.
Trust signals found
- VirusTotal clean result No malicious detections reported
- No phishing list match found Configured free blacklist checks did not report a match
- AbuseIPDB clean IP score Abuse confidence score 0/100
- Valid SSL certificate Certificate valid with 39 days remaining
- Established domain age 14733 days old
- MX records present Mail exchange records found
- DMARC record present DMARC policy found
- HTTPS reachable Website responds over HTTPS
- Good security headers content-security-policy, x-content-type-options, x-frame-options, referrer-policy, permissions-policy
- Recognized website popularity Tranco rank #4298
Website popularity
- Rank source
- Tranco
- Tranco rank
- 4298
- Estimated visitors
- 500K-5M monthly visits
Additional threat intelligence
- AlienVault OTX pulses
- 0
- OTX reputation
- No data available
- AbuseIPDB score
- 0/100
- AbuseIPDB reports
- 0
- IP owner / ISP
- Amazon Technologies Inc.
VirusTotal details
- Malicious detections
- 0
- Suspicious detections
- 0
- Harmless engines
- 56
- Undetected engines
- 35
- Reputation
- 0
- Community votes
- harmless: 0, malicious: 0
- Categories
- BitDefender: education, Sophos: educational institutions, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker: educational institutions
No VirusTotal malicious or suspicious engine-level detections are available for this scan.
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How this compares to trusted websites
- Trusted websites usually use a valid SSL certificate and keep it renewed.
- They often have clear contact details, company information, privacy terms and refund policies.
- They rarely appear on malware, phishing or abuse intelligence lists.
- They use stable DNS, email authentication and predictable redirects.
Sources checked
Technical safety checks
These checks explain the underlying signals behind the verdict. They are useful when you want to know whether a website has a stable domain history, a valid SSL certificate, normal DNS records and expected security configuration.
Domain information
- Domain
- ucsf.edu
- Registrar
- Domain age
- 14733 days
- Created
- 1986-02-21T00:00:00+00:00
- WHOIS privacy
- No
SSL details
- Valid SSL
- Yes
- Issuer
- Internet2
- Subject
- *.ucsf.edu
- Expires
- 2026-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
- Days remaining
- 39
HTTP checks
- HTTPS available
- Yes
- HTTP available
- No
- Status code
- 403
- Final URL
- https://www.ucsf.edu/
- Page title
- Just a moment...
DNS records
- A records
- 52.73.160.199
- MX records
- 10 mxb-002e8f01.gslb.pphosted.com, 10 mxa-002e8f01.gslb.pphosted.com
- Nameservers
- 2408-0c50-ens1.ucsf.edu, 3002-s251-ens1.ucsf.edu, wtc-ac179-ens1.ucsf.edu
- SPF record
- DMARC record
- v=DMARC1; p=reject; sp=reject; fo=1; rua=mailto:dmarc_rua@emaildefense.proofpoint.com; ruf=mailto:dmarc_ruf@emaildefense.proofpoint.com
Security headers
- Present
- content-security-policy, x-content-type-options, x-frame-options, referrer-policy, permissions-policy
- Missing
- strict-transport-security
Blacklist overview
- VirusTotal malicious
- 0
- Google Safe Browsing unsafe
- No
- URLHaus listed
- No data available
- OpenPhish listed
- No
- PhishTank listed
- No data available
Technical analysis
- IP address
- 52.73.160.199
- ASN / organization
- AS14618 Amazon.com, Inc.
- Hosting provider
- AS14618 Amazon.com, Inc.
- Location
- Ashburn, Virginia, US
- High entropy score
- 2
- Suspicious TLD
- No
- Suspicious keywords
- No data available
Redirect chain
- https://ucsf.edu/
ucsf.edu safety FAQ
Is ucsf.edu a scam?
This automated report cannot make a legal accusation. It gives ucsf.edu a trust score of 100/100 based on the security and reputation signals available at scan time. Review the warnings, threat detections and technical checks above before using the site.
Why did ucsf.edu get this trust score?
The score is weighted from multiple signals, including threat-list matches, domain age, SSL status, redirects, DNS records, SPF/DMARC, security headers, suspicious keywords, IP reputation and popularity data.
Should I enter personal or payment information?
The technical signals are mostly positive, but always review the website content, payment method and contact information before trusting it.
How often is this analysis updated?
The report is generated from stored scan data. When the automation script refreshes the domain, the page updates the score, threat intelligence, technical checks and popularity history.