Verdict
obearo.com is low-trust and potentially risky.
Several risk patterns were present. Do not send money or personal details until you have verified this business another way.
| What this site appears to be | A creative studio/production portfolio site showcasing video services (weddings, music videos, films, commercials) with navigation to work, services, gear list, shop and contact areas. No forms or clear transactional flows were detected in the provided HTML. |
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Compromised host notice
A threat-intelligence feed listed a file on obearo.com as hosting scam content (last seen 2026-09-22). 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 | 4 flagged itVirusTotal | Risk |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 22 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Archived since 2008Public history exists | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by YR2 | 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 2008.
- At least one reputation service TrustSniffer consulted had flagged this domain at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
The website is a creative studio and production portfolio presenting wedding videography, music videos, films, commercials, documentaries, web series, behind-the-scenes work, equipment information, a shop, and contact channels; its apparent business model is to obtain production engagements and potentially sell related products.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
The site’s presented content is consistent with a creative-services portfolio and does not show a login form, credential-collection flow, wallet connection, or clear transactional process in the reviewed HTML. However, this benign page presentation is outweighed by confirmed external reputation contradictions: the domain is recorded as blacklisted, and multiple threat-intelligence detections identify malicious activity associated with it. No conflicting legal identities or direct brand-impersonation indicators were observed, but the confirmed blacklist warrants a high level of caution for any sensitive interaction, payment, or credential submission.
- The homepage presents “Weddings, Music videos, Films & Commercials,” with navigation to Work, Services, About, Gear List, Shop, and Connect.
- External reputation telemetry records the domain as blacklisted, with malicious detections present.
- Domain registration records show registration in 2005, with an age of 21.71 years through Wild West Domains, LLC.
- Archived domain records identify coverage from 2008-10-07 through 2026-06-10, with 19 years tracked.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The available site content does not establish a named legal entity, licensing position, or regulatory status for the operator. That is a disclosure gap relevant to service bookings or purchases, but it is not, by itself, proof of fraud. The site’s creative-services model does not present a claimed financial or regulated authorization, and the independent identity connection remains unverified. Transport security is present, but domain-validation TLS confirms encryption rather than the identity or legitimacy of the operator.
- The reviewed navigation exposes About, Services, Shop, and Connect areas, but the supplied content contains no legal-entity or license disclosure.
- The site is hosted on AS22611, InMotion Hosting, Inc., United States.
- TLS is issued by YR2 at DV validation level and is valid to 2026-11-27.
- The registration record lists Wild West Domains, LLC as registrar and an expiration date of 2027-01-10.
What to Verify Next
Before any booking, purchase, or submission of sensitive information, independently confirm the studio’s legal identity and contact channels through a trusted offline or previously established route. The Shop and Connect areas should be checked for clear business terms, refund or cancellation provisions, payment ownership, and a transaction destination that matches the independently confirmed operator. Any licensing or registration representation relevant to the service should be checked directly with the applicable registry rather than accepted from the site alone.
- The About and Connect areas are the appropriate pages for confirming the operator’s legal name and independent contact details.
- The Shop area is the relevant location for reviewing payment, fulfilment, refund, and cancellation terms before purchase.
- The Services area should be compared with independently confirmed business information before entering into a production contract.
Summary Verdict
The website has a plausible creative-services presentation but an overall low-trust posture because confirmed blacklist and malicious-reputation signals materially outweigh the site’s limited benign page behavior. The operator’s real-world identity is not independently verified, so the site should not be treated as established or suitable for sensitive interaction.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site resolves directly to hosting infrastructure operated by InMotion Hosting, Inc. on AS22611, with no detected CDN or WAF layer and two likely origin IP addresses. The direct hosting arrangement is a technical observation, not proof of maliciousness, but it provides no protective infrastructure mitigation against the confirmed reputation concerns.
Closing Assessment
Restrict activity to non-sensitive inspection until the operator, transaction terms, and external reputation issue have been independently resolved; credentials, payments, and contractual commitments should not be made on the basis of the website alone.
Written analysis generated 2026-09-22 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.
01 Governance Risk
- Registration details are held behind a privacy service, so no operator is named publicly. This is common and legal, and it also means there is nobody to check.Registration and ownership
rule:KF_WHOIS_PRIVATE - The registration record withholds contact details for the operator.Registration and ownership
rule:KF_WHOIS_HIDDEN
02 Sensitive Interaction Risk
- The analysis matched a pattern TrustSniffer treats as a direct threat to a visitor.Analysis engine
signal:direct_threat
Identity verification
| Status | UNVERIFIED |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 30/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 25% |
- 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 obearo.com.
- The request stayed on obearo.com. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under Wild West Domains, LLC. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by dynamicwebdevelopment.net, across 2 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2027-01-10. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 2008-10-07. Clear
- It is hosted on INMOTION, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | Wild West Domains, LLC |
|---|---|
| Hosting | INMOTION - InMotion Hosting, Inc., US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 192.249.120.177 |
| Name servers | NS1.DYNAMICWEBDEVELOPMENT.NET, NS2.DYNAMICWEBDEVELOPMENT.NET |
| SSL issuer | YR2 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-11-27 |
| Domain age | 21.71 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2027-01-10 |
| Archive first seen | 2008-10-07 |
| Archive snapshots | Not counted (archive lookup incomplete) |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 4 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about obearo.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.