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Is bit.ly safe?

Last scanned 9 hours ago · 23.3/100 risk score · how we score
23.3/100
Medium
bit.ly appears mixed signals.
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Engine-by-engine breakdown

VirusTotal
1 malicious, 0 suspicious out of 90 engines
Domain Age
6,696 days old (18.3 years)
SSL Certificate
Valid, issued by Amazon RSA 2048 M01
urlscan.io Sandbox
Redirects
1 hop, lands on api.whatsapp.com
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Domain facts for bit.ly

RegisteredMay 17, 2008 (18 years old)
RegistrarLibyan Spider Network (int)
Certificate issuerAmazon RSA 2048 M01
Certificate expiresin 145 days
Certificate age52 days
Engines consulted90 (61 harmless, 28 undetected, 1 malicious, 0 suspicious)
Redirect chainhttps://bit.ly/4oaUNnZhttps://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=51940155788&text=%C2%A1Hola

Risk score breakdown

VirusTotal: 1% detection ratio+0.3
VirusTotal: 1 engine(s) flagged+20
Shortened link resolves to whatsapp.com+3

Only signals that added risk are listed. A clean scan has an empty table and a score of 0.

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What to do with this result

Some signals on bit.ly suggest caution. Review the engine breakdown above. If you didn't proactively visit this URL, for example you got it in an unexpected email or SMS, treat it as suspicious.