fc2.com review: Trust score 100/100

Website safety scanner

Is fc2.com legit?

No major scam signal confirmed

fc2.com shows several positive trust signals. We did not confirm a clear scam verdict, but the checks below still highlight what deserves attention.

Our score 100/100

Generally positive

Threat lists Clean Passed
SSL Valid Passed
Domain age 9865 days Established
Email protection Protected Passed
Popularity #1233 Ranked

Our verdict

Our automated scanner gives fc2.com 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 Missing: strict-transport-security, referrer-policy, permissions-policy.

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.

Recommended action The technical signals are mostly positive, but always review the website content, payment method and contact information before trusting it.

Website preview

Screenshot preview of fc2.com

Preview image generated from the scanned homepage. Visual appearance can change after the scan.

What to watch for

  • Limited security headers -4 Missing: strict-transport-security, referrer-policy, permissions-policy

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 fc2.com safe to use?

fc2.com 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://fc2.com/
Punycode detected
No

Contact and company signals

About page
Yes
Contact page
No
Privacy policy
Yes
Terms page
Yes
Refund policy
No

Payment risk indicators

Risk terms found
No data available
External links
1
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 46 days remaining
  • Established domain age 9865 days old
  • MX records present Mail exchange records found
  • SPF record present SPF policy found
  • DMARC record present DMARC policy found
  • HTTPS reachable Website responds over HTTPS
  • Company information pages found about page, privacy policy, terms page
  • Recognized website popularity Tranco rank #1233

Website popularity

75 Popularity score
05-23
Rank source
Tranco
Tranco rank
1233
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
FC2 Inc

VirusTotal details

Malicious detections
0
Suspicious detections
0
Harmless engines
60
Undetected engines
31
Reputation
-3
Community votes
harmless: 0, malicious: 3
Categories
alphaMountain.ai: Information Technology, Personal Sites/Blogs (alphaMountain.ai), BitDefender: computersandsoftware, Sophos: blogs and forums, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker: information technology

No VirusTotal malicious or suspicious engine-level detections are available for this scan.

View all stored VirusTotal output

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

VirusTotal Google Safe Browsing URLHaus OpenPhish PhishTank AlienVault OTX AbuseIPDB WHOIS DNS SSL Security headers Tranco

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
fc2.com
Registrar
TUCOWS.COM, CO.
Domain age
9865 days
Created
1999-05-20T03:06:00+00:00
WHOIS privacy
Yes

SSL details

Valid SSL
Yes
Issuer
DigiCert Inc
Subject
*.fc2.com
Expires
2026-07-08T23:59:59+00:00
Days remaining
46

HTTP checks

HTTPS available
Yes
HTTP available
No
Status code
200
Final URL
https://fc2.com/
Page title
FC2 - Free Website, Analyzer, Blog, Rental Server, SEO Countermeasures, etc. -

DNS records

A records
199.48.210.152
MX records
10 mx1001.fc2.com
Nameservers
ns-1489.awsdns-58.org, ns-214.awsdns-26.com, ns-616.awsdns-13.net, ns-1834.awsdns-37.co.uk
SPF record
v=spf1 include:barracuda.fc2.com include:spf-old-mail1.fc2.com include:spf-mail-mobile.fc2.com ip4:54.244.35.137 ip4:208.71.104.0/24 ip4:199.48.208.254/32 ip4:199.34.242.153 ip4:199.48.208.44 ~all
DMARC record
v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:dmarcreport@maildmarc.fc2.com

Security headers

Present
content-security-policy, x-content-type-options, x-frame-options
Missing
strict-transport-security, referrer-policy, permissions-policy

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
199.48.210.152
ASN / organization
AS63210 FC2 Inc
Hosting provider
AS63210 FC2 Inc
Location
San Jose, California, US
High entropy score
1.585
Suspicious TLD
No
Suspicious keywords
No data available

Redirect chain

No redirects detected or no data available.

fc2.com safety FAQ

Is fc2.com a scam?

This automated report cannot make a legal accusation. It gives fc2.com 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 fc2.com 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.

Scan timestamp: 2026-05-23T06:43:55+00:00
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