Verdict
utp.edu.co 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 | University Tecnológica de Pereira main portal page containing navigation to offices, rectoría, admissions, repositories, news items, contact phone and email, and accessibility options. No evident solicitation for money or sensitive credentials on this page. |
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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 | 28 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Never archivedNo public history of this site | Watch |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by DigiCert Global G2 TLS RSA SHA256 2020 CA1 | 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).
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
- The operator behind the site could not be independently connected to a real-world brand or person.
Full analysis
Overview
University Tecnológica de Pereira’s website is an institutional university portal presenting information about rectoría and administrative offices, admissions, academic services, repositories, news, citizen services, transparency, and accessibility, with an apparent public-education and institutional-services purpose rather than a direct commercial sales model.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No contradictions were observed. The homepage presents a coherent academic-institutional structure, including university offices, admissions, repositories, news, citizen services, and accessibility functions, without visible solicitation for money or sensitive credentials. Automated similarity data associated the page with “t.me,” but the signal was not corroborated as impersonation, phishing, or an identity inconsistency; the overall evidence therefore supports an apparently legitimate, low-risk institutional site.
- The homepage is classified as an institutional university portal and contains no detected red flags, malicious indicators, or sensitive form.
- The observed page behavior showed no login form, hidden form, password submission to an external destination, wallet interaction, cloaking, clipboard activity, or suspicious inline script.
- External reputation checks recorded zero malicious and zero suspicious detections, with no confirmed blacklist or phishing result.
- Domain registration evidence records creation on 1998-04-28 and an age of 28.31 years.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The portal provides substantial institutional and public-service context through sections for transparency, citizen attention, PQRS, rectoría, academic administration, statutes, regulations, and institutional repositories. However, the supplied evidence does not independently verify the real-world operator or establish a specific regulatory registration or license; this is a verification matter rather than evidence of misconduct. The website’s apparent academic purpose also differs from a financial-services model, so any separate payment, enrollment, or transaction flow should be assessed according to the service involved.
- The homepage title is “UTP - Portal Principal,” and its navigation identifies rectoría, vicerrectorías, admissions, academic control, research, legal, and transparency functions.
- The site’s hosting infrastructure is identified as AS31898, ORACLE-BMC-31898 - Oracle Corporation, US.
- The transport certificate is an OV certificate issued by DigiCert Global G2 TLS RSA SHA256 2020 CA1, with validity through 2027-01-30.
- The domain registrar is www.registrocolombia.co, with an expiration date of 2026-12-31.
What to Verify Next
Before credential or payment interactions, an institution or enterprise should independently confirm that the domain corresponds to the intended university through a separately sourced academic or governmental directory. Any enrollment, fee, donation, or service-payment flow should also be checked against the institution’s independently obtained payment instructions, applicable refund terms, and payment-provider protections.
- The homepage provides institutional routes for admissions, academic procedures, citizen attention, and transparency that can be compared with independently sourced institutional information.
- The observed page contains no sensitive form, so any later page requesting credentials or payment details represents a distinct interaction surface requiring separate review.
- The apparent operator identity remains independently unverified in the supplied evidence.
Summary Verdict
Available evidence is consistent with an established, apparently legitimate website and supports a high-trust, low-risk posture. No scam, phishing, impersonation, or conflicting-identity indicators were observed, although the real-world operator connection is not independently verified.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site resolves through a single identified Oracle-hosted address, with no detected CDN or WAF vendor and no edge-IP layer reported. This is an ordinary infrastructure profile rather than a demonstrated threat signal; the clearly identified hosting environment and valid organizationally validated TLS certificate provide useful technical consistency.
Closing Assessment
Normal browsing and ordinary institutional use are proportionate to the assessed posture, while independent identity, payment-protection, and service-specific checks should precede credential or payment submission.
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 | 55/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 60% |
- Identity verified on page
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 utp.edu.co.
- The request stayed on utp.edu.co. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under www.registrocolombia.co. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by edu.co, across 6 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2026-12-31. Noted
- It is hosted on ORACLE-BMC-31898, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | www.registrocolombia.co |
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| Hosting | ORACLE-BMC-31898 - Oracle Corporation, US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 149.130.188.125 |
| Name servers | ANDROMEDA.UTP.EDU.CO, NS2.DIGITALOCEAN.COM, NSIPV6.UTP.EDU.CO, NS1.DIGITALOCEAN.COM, NS3.DIGITALOCEAN.COM, NS3.UTP.EDU.CO |
| SSL issuer | DigiCert Global G2 TLS RSA SHA256 2020 CA1 |
| SSL expiry | 2027-01-30 |
| Domain age | 28.31 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2026-12-31 |
| Archive first seen | Not available |
| Archive snapshots | 0 |
| 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 utp.edu.co 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.