Verdict
fstudio.co.nz 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 | FSTUDIO is presented as a New Zealand-based web and mobile app development studio offering development and legacy modernization services, with contact details and a brief about section. |
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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 | 9 flagged itVirusTotal | Risk |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 9.1 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Archived since 2018Public history exists | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by YR1 | Noted |
The page as captured
Key findings
- Automated classification: Sensitive Interaction Risk.
- Domain age: 3 to 10 years (registration continuity).
- Public web-archive history exists since 2018.
- 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.
FSTUDIO is presented as a New Zealand-based web and mobile software development studio offering application development, maintenance, and modernization of difficult legacy systems for business clients.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No identity contradiction or brand impersonation was observed in the supplied page content, and the site itself does not present login forms, financial services, or investment claims. However, this benign-looking presentation is materially outweighed by confirmed blacklist status and multiple external malicious detections, including a tier-one security-provider detection. The resulting risk is not limited to content quality: the available reputation evidence creates a direct contradiction to the site’s otherwise ordinary corporate-agency presentation. The site should therefore be treated as unsuitable for sensitive interaction pending independent resolution of the external detections.
- External reputation checks recorded 9 malicious and 1 suspicious detections, with a confirmed blacklist indication and one tier-one provider flag.
- The homepage rendered successfully and presented corporate-agency content without a login form, hidden form, wallet interaction, or external submission destination.
- The domain was registered on 2017-07-13 and is approximately 9.11 years old.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The homepage identifies “FSTUDIO LTD,” attributes the team’s founding to F. Fang, and provides a New Zealand address and telephone contact. The reviewed content does not disclose a regulatory licence or registration number; for a software-development agency this is principally a corporate-transparency matter rather than evidence of financial misconduct, but the operator’s real-world identity remains independently unverified. The available third-party broker-reputation context contains no matching record and does not establish licensing or regulatory standing.
- The homepage states “© 2020 FSTUDIO LTD, All Rights Reserved” and identifies F. Fang as the founder.
- The homepage describes web-software, mobile-application, maintenance, and legacy-modernization services.
- The domain is registered through Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd t/a Crazy Domains.
- Hosted on AS38719 (DREAMSCAPE-AS-AP - Dreamscape Networks Limited, AU); TLS certificate issued by YR1 at DV validation level, valid to 2026-11-03.
What to Verify Next
An independent check should confirm that the stated company name, founder, address, and telephone number correspond to a currently operating New Zealand business and that any contracting entity is the same entity represented on the site. Before any sensitive interaction, the external blacklist and malicious-detection findings should be independently reviewed for scope, current status, and remediation; contact channels should also be validated through an independently sourced route rather than relying solely on the website.
- The homepage supplies the entity name, founder attribution, physical address, and telephone contact needed for independent corporate verification.
- The homepage contains no sensitive submission form, so any later request for credentials, payment, or account access would represent a materially different interaction surface from the reviewed page.
Summary Verdict
The overall posture is critical trust risk. Although the site presents a coherent professional-services profile and no on-page scam mechanics were identified, confirmed blacklist status and multiple malicious external detections dominate the assessment. The operator’s identity is not independently verified, so the site cannot be treated as an established legitimate business for sensitive engagement.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site resolves directly to a single likely origin address rather than a detected CDN edge, with no CDN or WAF identified. The confirmed technical evidence places the service on Dreamscape Networks infrastructure in Australia; the valid DV TLS certificate protects transport confidentiality but does not establish operator legitimacy.
Closing Assessment
Restrict activity to passive, read-only review and do not proceed with login, credential submission, payment, or other financial interaction unless the external detections and business identity have been independently resolved.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-21 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 |
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| 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 fstudio.co.nz.
- The request stayed on fstudio.co.nz. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd t/a Crazy Domains. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by co.nz, across 2 name servers. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 2018-01-23. Clear
- It is hosted on DREAMSCAPE-AS-AP, from a server in AU. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd t/a Crazy Domains |
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| Hosting | DREAMSCAPE-AS-AP - Dreamscape Networks Limited, AU |
| Country | AU |
| Server IP | 43.245.53.130 |
| Name servers | ns.freeparking.co.nz, ns2.freeparking.co.nz |
| SSL issuer | YR1 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-11-03 |
| Domain age | 9.11 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | Not available |
| Archive first seen | 2018-01-23 |
| Archive snapshots | Not counted (archive lookup incomplete) |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 9 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about fstudio.co.nz 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.