Verdict
chiroartist.com shows high-risk / scam indicators.
This assessment found strong scam indicators. Do not pay, sign in, or share personal details with this site.
| What this site appears to be | Personal portfolio for Fernando “Chiro” Aguirre showcasing reels, projects, and contact information for a CGI artist. |
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Compromised host notice
A threat-intelligence feed listed a file on chiroartist.com as distributing malware (last seen 2026-09-04). TrustSniffer's evidence indicates that the site itself was compromised: the listing concerns a file placed on it by someone else, and the site's owner is most likely a victim, not the actor.
Until the file is removed, downloading anything from this site is not safe. If you run this site, remove the listed file, update the site software and its plugins, change its passwords and review it for other unauthorized changes.
Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- The real-world operator identity was not independently verified.
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | 8 flagged itVirusTotal | Risk |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 25 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Archived since 2002449 snapshots | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by YR1 | Noted |
The page as captured
Key findings
- Automated classification: Sensitive Interaction Risk.
- Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity).
- Public web-archive history exists since 2002.
- At least one reputation service TrustSniffer consulted had flagged this domain at assessment time.
Full analysis
Security Alert
Fortinet flagged this site in external intelligence checks, indicating elevated compromise/scam exposure that requires immediate caution.
What appears to be a personal CGI artist portfolio, the website presents Fernando “Chiro” Aguirre’s reels, film and advertising work, 3D generalist projects, and contact information for prospective commissions or freelance engagements rather than an online financial or commerce service.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No identity contradiction or brand-impersonation indicator was identified in the page content, and the homepage presents a coherent portfolio with no login form, sensitive form, wallet function, or observed external submission activity. However, this benign presentation is outweighed by confirmed external threat detections and a confirmed blacklist status, including detections associated with the site by multiple external sources. The available evidence therefore supports a high-risk assessment for sensitive interaction despite the site’s non-financial appearance; the individual identity presented on the site also remains independently unverified.
- The homepage identifies Fernando “Chiro” Aguirre and displays reels, projects, and “About Me // Contact” content.
- The observed page behavior showed no login form, hidden form, password submission, wallet interaction, or external POST activity.
- The domain was registered on 2001-08-16 and is approximately 25.1 years old; archival records contain 449 snapshots spanning 2002–2026, with 25 years tracked.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The reviewed pages describe a personal creative portfolio rather than a regulated financial service, and no licence or regulatory registration claim is presented. That omission is a transparency point for any prospective commission or commercial engagement, not by itself evidence of fraud. The site names Fernando Aguirre as the portfolio subject, but the available evidence does not independently verify that person’s relationship to the domain. Transport security is present, although the certificate is domain-validated only and does not establish operator identity.
- The About and Contact content presents a personal artist identity and portfolio-driven business model, without a stated corporate entity, licence, or registration number.
- The site is served on AS18747 through IFX18747 - IFX Corporation, US.
- The transport certificate was issued by YR1 using DV validation and is valid to 2026-11-20.
What to Verify Next
Before any commission, payment, download, or exchange of sensitive information, independently confirm that the person offering services controls the domain and that the proposed engagement details match an independently obtained professional profile or offline contact route. Confirm payment terms, deliverables, refund arrangements, and the counterparty’s identity before sending funds or personal documents. Any request to use the site for account access, credential submission, or unrelated financial activity should be treated as outside the site’s stated portfolio purpose.
- The homepage lists reels and creative projects but does not present an account, checkout, or regulated-service workflow.
- The Contact area is the stated engagement route for prospective work.
- The site’s displayed business model is commission or freelance engagement rather than direct on-site payments.
Summary Verdict
The website has a coherent personal-portfolio presentation and technically stable page behavior, but the confirmed blacklist and external threat detections create a critical trust posture for sensitive interaction. The apparent creative identity is not independently verified, so the site should not be treated as an established or verified counterparty.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site resolves directly to a single likely origin endpoint in Colombia, with no detected CDN or WAF layer; the hosting infrastructure is associated with AS18747 and IFX18747 - IFX Corporation, US. This provides a clear technical hosting path but offers no protective intermediary capable of mitigating the confirmed reputation concerns.
Closing Assessment
Limit activity to passive review until the domain operator and any proposed commercial counterparty are independently authenticated; do not proceed with sensitive or financial actions unless those checks produce a satisfactory result.
Written analysis generated 2026-09-17 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
2 findings contributed to this verdict, raised by registration and ownership, analysis engine, external reputation.
01 Governance Risk
- The public registration record for this domain is incomplete.Registration and ownership
rule:KF_WHOIS_INCOMPLETE
02 Sensitive Interaction Risk
- The analysis matched a pattern TrustSniffer treats as a direct threat to a visitor.Analysis engine
signal:direct_threat - An external threat feed lists this domain: either Google Safe Browsing marked it malicious, or a significant number of malware engines flagged it.External reputation
rule:EXT_BLACKLIST_CRITICAL
Identity verification
| Status | UNVERIFIED |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 30/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 50% |
- No on-site identity signals detected
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of chiroartist.com.
- The request stayed on chiroartist.com. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under Hostopia Canada Corp. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by dnspoint.net, across 3 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2027-08-16. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 2002-12-28. Clear
- It is hosted on IFX18747, from a server in CO. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | Hostopia Canada Corp |
|---|---|
| Hosting | IFX18747 - IFX Corporation, US |
| Country | CO |
| Server IP | 200.80.43.120 |
| Name servers | NS1.DNSPOINT.NET, NS2.DNSPOINT.NET, NS3.DNSPOINT.NET |
| SSL issuer | YR1 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-11-20 |
| Domain age | 25.10 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2027-08-16 |
| Archive first seen | 2002-12-28 |
| Archive snapshots | 449 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 8 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about chiroartist.com at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.