Verdict
tvzvezda.ru appears legitimate.
Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.
| What this site appears to be | Russian TV channel 'Zvezda' site page with news headlines, program schedules, video listings and editorial content focused heavily on military and political topics. Appears to be an established broadcaster/news portal rather than a financial or transactional service. |
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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 | None flagged itVirusTotal | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| 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 20055000 snapshots | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by YR1 | Noted |
The page as captured
No screenshot is retained for this report.
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity).
- Public web-archive history exists since 2005.
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
The website is the online portal of the Russian television channel “Zvezda,” presenting news headlines, political and military coverage, programme schedules, films, video content, radio programming, and related media services. Its apparent business model is that of a public or state-affiliated broadcaster and information outlet, rather than a financial or transactional service.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No contradictions were observed. The captured homepage contains substantive editorial and programming content, with no detected brand-impersonation indicators, phishing behaviour, login form, sensitive form, or credential-collection mechanism. External reputation checks were clean, and the site’s long-running, continuously captured presence is consistent with an established media property rather than a newly created scam or impersonation page.
- The homepage identifies “Телеканал «Звезда»” and contains news headlines, programme listings, films, radio content, and editorial articles; no red flags were recorded on the page.
- The captured homepage contained no login form, hidden form, password submission, wallet connection, or other sensitive interaction.
- The domain was registered on 2005-02-03 and is approximately 21.53 years old; the registrar is RU-CENTER-RU.
- The web archive records 5,000 snapshots spanning 2005–2021, covering 17 tracked years.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The available evidence is consistent with an established media website, but the real-world operator identity is not independently verified. The site’s on-page disclosure state is unclear, and no financial-service licence claim or licence number was identified; for a news broadcaster this is a transparency and applicability question, not evidence of a scam. A separate broker-reputation check produced no matching result, which is contextual support only and not a licensing determination.
- The site’s hosting infrastructure is identified as AS57724, DDOS-GUARD - DDOS-GUARD LTD, RU.
- The site uses a Domain Validation TLS certificate issued by YR1, valid to 2026-10-14.
- The homepage is categorised as News / Media, with a public broadcasting and information-distribution business model rather than a financial-services model.
What to Verify Next
If a future interaction extends beyond ordinary media access and requests credentials, payment, or personal information, the prospective user should independently confirm the operator’s identity, the applicable terms, and the available payment protections before proceeding. Any purported official support or contact route should be confirmed through an independently sourced channel, particularly if the interaction differs from the captured informational experience.
- The captured homepage presented content and programming functions without a sensitive submission form.
- The observed site purpose was information distribution and television programming, so any later financial or account-related request would represent a materially different interaction context.
Summary Verdict
The overall posture is high trust and low risk, consistent with an established, apparently legitimate website. The evidence supports normal informational use, while the absence of independent operator verification means that legitimacy should be described as evidence-consistent rather than proven.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site resolves to infrastructure operated by DDOS-GUARD - DDOS-GUARD LTD in Russia on AS57724, with no CDN detected and a direct origin-style hosting posture. This provides identifiable hosting and some operational protection, but protective infrastructure is a mitigating technical signal rather than proof of organisational legitimacy.
Closing Assessment
Ordinary browsing is proportionate; before entering credentials or making any payment, standard independent checks of the operator, terms, and payment protections should be completed.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-13 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
No rule findings contributed to this verdict.
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 tvzvezda.ru.
- The request stayed on tvzvezda.ru. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under RU-CENTER-RU. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by ru., across 8 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2027-02-03. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 2005-02-18. Clear
- It is hosted on DDOS-GUARD, from a server in RU. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | RU-CENTER-RU |
|---|---|
| Hosting | DDOS-GUARD - DDOS-GUARD LTD, RU |
| Country | RU |
| Server IP | 95.129.232.3 |
| Name servers | ns1.zvezdamedia.ru., ns2.zvezdamedia.ru., ns3.zvezdamedia.ru., ns4-cloud.nic.ru., ns4-l2.nic.ru., ns4.zvezdamedia.ru., ns8-cloud.nic.ru., ns8-l2.nic.ru. |
| SSL issuer | YR1 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-10-14 |
| Domain age | 21.53 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2027-02-03 |
| Archive first seen | 2005-02-18 |
| Archive snapshots | 5000 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 0 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about tvzvezda.ru 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.