Website reputation report

microscopyu.com

Last checked 4 hours ago · Point-in-time assessment

● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

Nikon’s MicroscopyU website features technical support and timely information about all aspects of optical microscopy, photomicrography, and digital imaging.

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

60/100Safety Score
70%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History95 Infrastructure88 Website Security0 Security Hygiene70 Transparency46 Reputation50 Operational Stability84
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 microscopyu.com

Updated Oct 2, 2026

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

Purpose and visible content

On its homepage, the site says: Nikon’s MicroscopyU website features technical support and timely information about all aspects of optical microscopy, photomicrography, and digital imaging.

Registrar and domain history

Registered on Aug 1, 2000. Registrar: Tucows Domains Inc..

Recorded expiry date: Aug 1, 2027. Registry data can change.

Connection and hosting evidence

The checked homepage returned HTTP 200 in about 2000 ms.

TLS validity was not confirmed by the available evidence.

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: 60/100. Evidence Confidence: 70%. These measure different things.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on microscopyu.com

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.

Nikon’s MicroscopyU - The Source for Microscopy EducationNikon’s MicroscopyU website features technical support and timely information about all aspects of optical microscopy, photomicrography, and digital imaging. Contact | Nikon’s MicroscopyUFor all questions, comments, or suggestions please use the information posted below to establish contact with the MicroscopyU webmasters. Author Spotlight: Michael Davidson | Nikon’s MicroscopyUMichael Davidson was a brilliant scientist, artist and photographer. The creator of MicroscopyU, Davidson also authored many scientific articles on the subject of photomicrography. Microscopy Basics | Nikon’s MicroscopyUA thorough understanding of the concepts and formulas in optical microscopy is essential in obtaining maximum performance of the instrument. Techniques | Nikon’s MicroscopyUConfocal, differential interference contrast (DIC), fluorescence, multiphoton, phase contrast, polarized light, super-resolution, and stereomicroscopy. Applications | Nikon’s MicroscopyUMicroscopy applications include live-cell imaging, Forster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET), and Fluorescence in situ Hybridization (FISH) Digital Imaging | Nikon’s MicroscopyUThis section explores new concepts in digital imaging technology and reviews both fundamental concepts and advanced techniques involved in digital imaging. In addition several of Interactive Tutorials | Nikon’s MicroscopyUThe Nikon MicroscopyU interactive tutorials can be utilized to explore complex concepts in all phases of optical microscopy, photomicrography and digital imaging. Digital Image and Video Galleries | Nikon’s MicroscopyUThe MicroscopyU digital image galleries present a wide spectrum of specimens imaged using the classical illumination techniques. Nikon’s Museum of Microscopy | Nikon’s MicroscopyUThe Nikon Museum of Microscopy features many of the older microscopes and accessories introduced from the 1960s to the end of the twentieth century.

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on microscopyu.com

11 phrases

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

nikonTitle, H1, Meta description10 sampled pages
microscopyTitle, H1, Meta description8 sampled pages
digitalTitle, H1, Meta description4 sampled pages
digital imagingTitle, H1, Meta description3 sampled pages
microscopy educationTitle, H13 sampled pages
optical microscopyH1, Meta description4 sampled pages
sourceTitle, H13 sampled pages
techniquesTitle, H1, Meta description3 sampled pages
conceptsH1, Meta description3 sampled pages
photomicrographyMeta description3 sampled pages
in opticalH1, 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%
88/100

Observed DNS records and network address were checked.

Website SecurityWeight 15%
0/100

Evidence is unavailable.

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%
46/100

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%
84/100

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 · 13 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 scripts13
Inline scripts2
Embedded frames1
External script hosts3

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 domainmicroscopyu.com
RegistrarTucows Domains Inc.
RegisteredAug 1, 2000
Domain age26 years
ExpiresAug 1, 2027
Registry statusesclient transfer prohibited · client update prohibited
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address40.114.14.192
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.microscopyu.com/
Endpoint40.114.14.192
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFNot detected · Not detected
DNS surface9 records · 6 nameservers · 1 mail exchangers
Protection signals4 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 size29,479 bytes
HTTP check duration2,000 ms
Cookies observed1
Script resources13 · 3 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks1 frames · 0 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Validity unavailable
StatusUnavailable
ProtocolUnknown
IssuerUnknown
Valid fromUnavailable
Valid untilUnavailable
Certificate namesUnavailable

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.

A40.114.14.192TTL —
NSnikns1.nikonusa.comTTL —
NSnikns2.nikonusa.comTTL —
NSnikns3.nikonusa.comTTL —
NSns1.nikon.netTTL —
NSns2.nikon.netTTL —
NSns3.nikon.netTTL —
MX10 13.68.183.36TTL —
TXT_7rpwwh8fcgck5afu53dr9wxr0wda06tTTL —

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.

SPFNo matching record returned for this exact hostname
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

4 observed
content-security-policypresent default-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' data: nikon.magnet.fsu.edu *.algolia.net api.craftcms.com go.pardot.com maps.googleapis.com geolocation.onetrust.com www.google-analytics.com googleads.g.doubleclick.net cdn.cookielaw.org downloads.microscope.healthcare.nikon.com *.healthcare.nikon.com d2yjaub2m73j9n.cloudfront.net; img-src 'self' data: cdn.cookielaw.org pluginicons.craft-cdn.com maps.googleapis.com maps.gstatic.com www.google.com downloads.microscope.healthcare.nikon.com www.google-analytics.com; font-src 'self' data: fonts.gstatic.com cdn.jsdelivr.net fast.fonts.net d2yjaub2m73j9n.cloudfront.net cdnjs.cloudflare.com cdnjs.cloudflare.net; script-src 'self' code.jquery.com optanon.blob.core.windows.net cdnjs.cloudflare.com cdn.jsdelivr.net www.youtube.com ajax.googleapis.com www.gstatic.com www.google.com mktdplp102cdn.azureedge.net maps.googleapis.com b97.yahoo.co.jp go.healthcare.nikon.com use.typekit.net pi.pardot.com www.googletagmanager.com www.google-analytics.com 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline' blob: fast.fonts.net www.googleadservices.com cdn.cookielaw.org pages.nikoninst.com pi.pardot.com googleads.g.doubleclick.net ; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' blob: cdn.jsdelivr.net optanon.blob.core.windows.net fast.fonts.net fonts.googleapis.com; frame-ancestors 'self'; frame-src 'self' player.vimeo.com nikon.magnet.fsu.edu js.stripe.com *.nikon.com pages.nikoninst.com bid.g.doubleclick.net;
strict-transport-securitypresent max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
x-content-type-optionspresent nosniff
x-frame-optionspresent SAMEORIGIN

Response headers

Cookie protections

Passive observation
Cookies observed1
Missing Secure0
Missing HttpOnly0
Missing SameSite1

Only cookie attribute counts are retained. Cookie names and values are never stored. These observations are not proof of compromise and do not independently change the Safety Score.

Detected stack

Technologies

Apache HTTP Server 93% Google Tag Manager 96%

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

Apache HTTP ServerReview the Apache branch and keep security patches current. Avoid exposing detailed server version headers.

Publisher supplied

Public contact details

These details were observed on the website, not independently verified as an active support channel.

Emaileclark@magnet.fsu.eduSource: https://www.microscopyu.com/contact
Emaileflem@nikon.netSource: https://www.microscopyu.com/contact
Emailnikoninstruments.us@nikon.comSource: https://www.microscopyu.com/contact

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleNikon’s MicroscopyU - The Source for Microscopy Education
First headingMicroscopy U - The source for microscopy education
DescriptionNikon’s MicroscopyU website features technical support and timely information about all aspects of optical microscopy, photomicrography, and digital imaging.
Canonical URLhttps://www.microscopyu.com/
Final URLhttps://www.microscopyu.com/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=UTF-8 · 2000 ms
Languageen
Structured typesNone observed
Page page detectedhttps://www.microscopyu.com/news/author-spotlight-michael-davidsonContact page detectedhttps://www.microscopyu.com/contact
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions policy present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts preload100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
en100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
missing100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
6100% evidence confidence
9100% evidence confidence
Local cookies.cookies missing httponly100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local cookies.cookies missing secure100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors wildcard origin100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp has object src100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp wildcard sources100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
31536000100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

1 recorded hops
Hop 1https://www.microscopyu.com/

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
deep-anchor-arc-667

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.

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Visual evidence

Website screenshot

Screenshot of microscopyu.com
Captured once in an isolated browser during this scan. Visual tint is an interface overlay. The original evidence is not duplicated.

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Questions about microscopyu.com

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Is microscopyu.com safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 60/100 with 70% 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 microscopyu.com?

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

When was microscopyu.com registered?

The public registry record shows Aug 1, 2000. Registration details may be privacy-protected or updated later.

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.