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wplace.com

Category: News & Media

Scanned: Jun 16, 2026, 07:07 PM UTC · First seen: Jun 16, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
89 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of wplace.com Captured Jun 16, 2026
https://wplace.com
Screenshot of wplace.com
23 years
Not Ranked - This website does not appear in the Tranco top list
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
DreamHost
Ashburn, United States
Apache
Unknown
67.205.2.121
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Sea Wasp, LLC
Registered June 17, 2003
Expires June 17, 2027
Name Servers NS1.DREAMHOST.COM
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting DreamHost
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
33 files scanned
No threats
31
Low Risk
0
Medium Risk
2
High Risk
0
No threats Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk

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External Links & Domains
334
External Links
2 Flagged
0
Iframes
Clean
3
Referenced Domains
1 Flagged
3
Flagged Resources
Detected
south32.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://south32.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://south32.com/South32.mp4Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://south32.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://south32.com/South32.mp4Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://wplace.com/00.pngNot flagged
http://wplace.com/1.gifNot flagged
http://wplace.com/1.jpgNot flagged
http://wplace.com/1.pngNot flagged
http://wplace.com/10.gifNot flagged
http://wplace.com/10.jpgNot flagged
http://wplace.com/10.pngNot flagged
http://wplace.com/100.pngNot flagged
http://wplace.com/101.pngNot flagged
http://wplace.com/102.pngNot flagged
http://wplace.com/103.pngNot flagged
http://wplace.com/104.pngNot flagged
http://wplace.com/105.pngNot flagged
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south32.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
wplace.comNot flagged
www.south32.comNot flagged
wplace.com Overview

Description of wplace.com

wplace.com appears to host a long-established standalone website rather than a typical business, retail, or institutional service. Based on the page title, meta description, and visible homepage content, the site appears to be focused on hostile commentary and allegations involving South32 and BHP, presented in a highly repetitive and confrontational format.

The domain itself is more than two decades old, but the current visible content does not resemble a conventional corporate, news, or informational publication. Instead, it appears to function as a grievance or protest-style page with sensational text and imagery. No clear operator identity is evident from the provided scan data, so ownership and editorial control cannot be confirmed based on the available information.

Safety Assessment for wplace.com

At the time of this scan, no threats were detected by 0 out of 91 security engines, and the major threat-database checks shown in the scan data were clean. The domain is also relatively old, which can be a stabilizing signal when considered alongside the absence of multi-engine malware detections.

That said, one malware scanner produced a generic suspicious verdict and flagged two page elements, including references to south32.com and a media file on that domain. This kind of generic heuristic finding is lower-confidence than a broad multi-engine consensus, but it still suggests some caution is reasonable. The page content itself is also highly aggressive and contains explicit language, which may be inappropriate for many users even though that alone does not establish malware activity.

Based on available data, no significant threats were detected at the time of this scan, but the generic suspicious scan result and the nature of the page content mean the site may still warrant caution.

Technical Description

The site uses a valid Let's Encrypt SSL certificate with expiry shown as 2026-08-13, and it is hosted on DreamHost infrastructure in Ashburn, United States, using an Apache web server. The domain resolves through DreamHost nameservers and appears to be an active, established deployment rather than a parked or expired domain.

DNSSEC is not enabled, as the domain is unsigned. No blacklist-database hits were reported in the provided checks, and the server IP was not listed on the checked DNS-based blocklists at the time of this scan. The main technical concern in the scan data is the isolated generic suspicious heuristic from one malware scan rather than any strong infrastructure-level abuse signal.

HTTP Redirect Chain
No redirects detected - direct connection to destination
Website Insights
Not Ranked
Tranco Rank
Not in Top 1M
Visitors Unknown
Category: News & Media
Rank History (30 days)
No rank data available
No cookies data available
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