Website reputation report

ethicalconsumer.org

Last checked 14 hours ago · Point-in-time assessment

● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

Public pages were observed on ethicalconsumer.org, but their subject was not confidently classified. An About page was also found. The sampled pages were marked as English-language. Recurring page-metadata topics include ethical consumer, guides, to avoid.

No listed local patterns observedHomepage-only analysis is not a malware clearance. Read the scope and findings below.

74/100Safety Score
75%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History95 Infrastructure86 Website Security95 Security Hygiene70 Transparency51 Reputation50 Operational Stability85
Trust RadarEight observed factors. Select one to inspect its evidence.

How to read this report

Safety Score evaluates observed signals. Evidence Confidence measures how complete, direct, fresh, and consistent those signals are.

No automated scan can guarantee that a website is safe.

Independent evidence brief

What we observed about ethicalconsumer.org

Updated Oct 2, 2026

The latest scan examined 10 public pages on ethicalconsumer.org. Website descriptions below come from the site itself. Registration, connection and threat findings were checked separately.

Purpose and visible content

On its About page, the site says: At the heart of the ethical consumer movement since 1989.

Registrar and domain history

Registered on Jan 11, 1999. Registrar: Mesh Digital Limited.

Recorded expiry date: Jan 11, 2027. Registry data can change.

Connection and hosting evidence

The checked homepage returned HTTP 200 in about 1000 ms.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Dec 13, 2026.

Threat checks and score context

External malware-provider coverage was unavailable. The report does not treat this missing check as a clean result.

Safety Score: 74/100. Evidence Confidence: 75%. These measure different things.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on ethicalconsumer.org

10 of up to 10 pages

We sampled public pages from this website to understand its subject and contact paths. The titles and short descriptions below come from the website itself. They are not endorsements or independent safety findings.

Ethical Consumer: the alternative consumer organisationYour personal ethical consumer guide. Independent product guides, research, information and analysis since 1989. About Ethical Consumer | Ethical ConsumerAt the heart of the ethical consumer movement since 1989. Ethical AI Companies | Ethical ConsumerEthical and environmental rankings of 12 AI chatbots and LLMs, with recommended buys and what to avoid. Ethical Bank Accounts UK | Ethical ConsumerFinding an ethical bank account in 2026. Ethical ratings for 31 UK accounts, recommended buys and which to avoid. Eco friendly Toilet Paper: guide from Ethical Consumer.Ethical and environmental rankings for of 27 brands of toilet paper, best buys and what to avoid. We look at bamboo paper, toxic chemicals, FSC labelling, sustainability and recycl Energy | Ethical ConsumerSwitching to a green energy supplier has never been easier.  Our guides will help you find the greenest suppliers, and cut through the greenwash. We also look at alternative ways t Fashion and Clothing | Ethical ConsumerThere are many problems associated with the fast fashion industry from supply chain issues to high greenhouse gas emissions. Our fashion and clothing guides help you find the most Food and Drink | Ethical ConsumerThe negative impacts of our complex food systems on people, animals and the environment are now well understood. What we eat and where we buy our food from can have a huge impact o Health and Beauty | Ethical ConsumerWe make it easy to find the most ethical health and beauty products. Our shopping guides investigate a range of issues such as animal testing, plastic pollution, palm oil and toxic Home and Garden | Ethical ConsumerOur homes and gardens can play host to a range of toxic chemicals and environmentally damaging products. The good news is that there are hundreds of ethical brands, tip and tricks

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on ethicalconsumer.org

7 phrases

These phrases were extracted locally from sampled public page metadata. They are observations, not search-volume or ranking estimates.

ethical consumerTitle, H1, Meta description10 sampled pages
guidesMeta description4 sampled pages
to avoidMeta description3 sampled pages
buysMeta description3 sampled pages
toxicMeta description3 sampled pages
alternativeTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages
guideTitle, Meta description2 sampled pages

At a glance

Key findings

✓

Report is current

The displayed evidence comes from the published immutable scan.

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Confidence is separate

Unavailable evidence is shown as missing and never counted as clean.

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Verify before sensitive actions

Check the exact URL and context before payments, credentials, or downloads.

Fully explainable

Why this score?

Versioned weights
Threat IntelligenceWeight 25%
55/100

Threat providers were unavailable. The neutral uncertainty baseline is not a clean verdict.

Domain HistoryWeight 10%
95/100

Domain registration age and expiry were checked.

InfrastructureWeight 10%
86/100

Observed DNS records and network address were checked.

Website SecurityWeight 15%
95/100

Observed certificate validity and TLS protocol were checked.

Security HygieneWeight 15%
70/100

Observed security header values were checked for basic protective settings. Empty values, disabled HSTS and unrecognized values receive no credit. This is not a complete browser-policy validation.

TransparencyWeight 5%
51/100

Observed site metadata and About page were checked. Publisher-supplied details are not independently verified.

ReputationWeight 5%
50/100

Popularity is weak context, not proof of safety. Unranked sites use a neutral baseline.

Operational StabilityWeight 15%
85/100

Observed HTTP status and final connection scheme were checked.

Server-side analysis

Automated security checks

Local antivirus and phishing checks

ClamAV · homepage HTMLLocal antivirus is not enabled
Phishing.Database · exact hostnameLocal feed snapshot unavailable

Sampled scripts and pages

Resource antivirus is not enabled

0 resources checked · 56 script links observed on the homepage. Partial resource coverage.

ClamAV inspects the fetched homepage HTML on our server. New scans also sample up to four linked scripts and two collected internal pages, with size and time limits. Scripts are not executed. Other downloads, private server files and logged-in pages remain outside this check. A signature match needs investigation and can be a false positive. No match is not a whole-site safety guarantee.

Exact hostname lookup uses a downloaded Phishing.Database snapshot. It does not send this domain to an external lookup API or mark sibling subdomains as harmful. Not listed does not mean safe. Snapshot age is download age, not proof that every entry was recently revalidated.

Homepage HTML only · Eight local rule families · local-security-v2

Checks use the fetched page and redirect chain. Scripts are not executed, forms are not submitted, and linked files are not downloaded. This is not a malware clearance.

Page resource inventory

Linked scripts56
Inline scripts0
Embedded frames1
External script hosts0

Counts describe the sampled HTML, not every resource loaded by the browser. External resources are common and are not automatically harmful.

No listed local patterns observed. The limited rule set cannot detect every threat or behavior.

External threat intelligence

Provider coverageNot checked

Local checks do not query external reputation databases. An unavailable check is never a clean result.

Registration

Domain information

Public RDAP observation
Canonical domainethicalconsumer.org
RegistrarMesh Digital Limited
RegisteredJan 11, 1999
Domain age27 years
ExpiresJan 11, 2027
Registry statusesclient delete prohibited · client transfer prohibited · client update prohibited
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address78.157.193.38
Autonomous systemUnavailable
Network organizationUnavailable
Observed countryUnavailable
CDNNot detected
Web application firewallNot detected

At a glance

Infrastructure summary

Observed during this scan

A compact view of the connection, DNS and security surface. These observations describe what the scanner could verify at scan time and do not prove ownership or ongoing availability.

HTTP response200 · https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/
Endpoint78.157.193.38
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFNot detected · Not detected
DNS surface5 records · 2 nameservers · 1 mail exchangers
Protection signals3 security headers · 2 technologies · DNSSEC unknown

Page telemetry

Observed page statistics

Safe metadata only

These counters describe the fetched response and sampled HTML. Script counts describe references in the markup, not a complete browser network log. Cookie counts cover observed response headers.

Response size113,955 bytes
HTTP check duration1,000 ms
Cookies observedUnavailable
Script resources56 · 0 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks1 frames · 0 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=Let's Encrypt, commonName=YR2
Valid fromSep 14, 2026
Valid untilDec 13, 2026
Certificate namesdev.ethicalconsumer.org · ethicalconsumer.org · mailcatcher.production.ethicalconsumer.org · production.ethicalconsumer.org · production.research.ethicalconsumer.org · research.ethicalconsumer.org · stage.ethicalconsumer.org · stage.research.ethicalconsumer.org · uat.ethicalconsumer.org · www.ethicalconsumer.org

Resolution

DNS footprint

DNSKEY status unknown

DNSKEY presence does not verify the DNSSEC signature chain. Missing records can mean no record was returned or the lookup was unavailable.

A78.157.193.38TTL —
NScurt.ns.cloudflare.comTTL —
NStegan.ns.cloudflare.comTTL —
MX0 ethicalconsumer-org.mail.protection.outlook.comTTL —
TXTv=spf1 mx a ip4:91.109.3.74 ip4:91.109.3.75 ip4:91.109.3.77 ip4:91.109.3.79 ip4:78.157.193.38 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:servers.mcsv.net include:eu.zcsend.net ~allTTL —

DNS observations · no external lookup API

Domain email protection

Exact-host SPF and DMARC observations help the owner investigate email impersonation risks. They are separate from website malware checks and do not change the Safety Score.

SPFPolicy record observed, not fully validated
DMARCPolicy record observed, not fully validated

What to do next

Review the records with your mail administrator. Inventory legitimate senders and test SPF and DKIM alignment before enforcing a stricter DMARC policy. Fix duplicate records and investigate overly permissive SPF rules.

This bounded check does not send email, probe SMTP, evaluate recursive SPF includes, verify DKIM signatures or apply organizational-domain DMARC inheritance. A missing subdomain record does not prove that no inherited protection exists. A DNS timeout is unknown, not an absent record. A policy record is not proof that messages authenticate successfully.

Responsible disclosure

security.txt

RFC 9116 observation

No readable security.txt file was observed at the standard locations. This is informational and is not evidence of malware.

Browser protections

Security headers

3 observed
strict-transport-securitypresent max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains; preload
x-content-type-optionspresent nosniff
x-frame-optionspresent SAMEORIGIN

Response headers

Cookie protections

Passive observation

No Set-Cookie header was observed on the sampled homepage response. Other pages may set cookies separately.

Detected stack

Technologies

Bootstrap 80% Nginx 93%

Versions are shown only when publicly exposed by the page or response headers. An observed version is not, by itself, proof of a vulnerability.

JavaScript library advisories

JavaScript advisory analysis could not be completed or no eligible script files were sampled. No clean result is implied.

Recommended maintenance checks

NginxReview the Nginx branch and keep security patches current. Avoid exposing detailed server version headers.

About this website

What the site says about itself

At the heart of the ethical consumer movement since 1989.

View the site's About page ↗

This is publisher supplied information. The independent safety findings are shown separately.

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleEthical Consumer: the alternative consumer organisation
First headingEthical Consumer
DescriptionYour personal ethical consumer guide. Independent product guides, research, information and analysis since 1989.
Canonical URLhttps://www.ethicalconsumer.org/
Final URLhttps://www.ethicalconsumer.org/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=UTF-8 · 1000 ms
Languageen
Structured typesOrganization
Page page detectedhttps://www.ethicalconsumer.org/energyAbout page detectedhttps://www.ethicalconsumer.org/about-us
1100% evidence confidence
en100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
missing100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors present100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
5100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors wildcard origin100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp present100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
31536000100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions policy present100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

1 recorded hops
Hop 1https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/

The chain is shown exactly as observed by the scanner. A redirect is not itself a malware finding, but unexpected domains or an HTTP downgrade deserve review.

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Compared with the previous scan

What changed

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Explainable matching

Digital fingerprint

fingerprint-v1
clear-signal-trace-731

Comparable components help find technically related websites. A match does not prove common ownership.

DnsHashed private comparison value
TechnologiesHashed private comparison value

Material changes only

Change history

No meaningful changes recorded yet.

Website icon for ethicalconsumer.org

Visual evidence

Website screenshot

Screenshot of ethicalconsumer.org
Earlier browser capture retained because this scan did not produce a usable replacement. It is not fresh scan evidence.

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Questions about ethicalconsumer.org

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Is ethicalconsumer.org safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 74/100 with 75% Evidence Confidence. This is a point-in-time assessment of observed technical signals, not a guarantee. Check the exact address and avoid entering payment details if anything looks unusual.

Did the scan detect malware on ethicalconsumer.org?

External threat-provider coverage was unavailable for this scan, so malware status is unverified.

When was ethicalconsumer.org registered?

The public registry record shows Jan 11, 1999. Registration details may be privacy-protected or updated later.

Did ethicalconsumer.org have a valid TLS certificate?

The scanner observed a valid TLS certificate using TLSv1.3. A valid certificate alone does not establish that the site is safe.

How does ethicalconsumer.org describe itself?

The website's About page describes its purpose in the report above. This is publisher-supplied information and is separate from independent security findings.

Can a paid listing change this website's score?

No. Premium placement and owner-supplied pages are labelled separately. Technical evidence, the Safety Score and moderation decisions remain independent.