The short version
Scanify is a free link checker at scanify.to. You paste a URL, a file or an IP address and it checks the target against 95+ antivirus engines through VirusTotal, Google Safe Browsing, the urlscan.io sandbox, domain registration records and TLS certificate data, then returns a single 0 to 100 risk score with the full evidence attached. It is built and operated by an independent developer, Karim Al Anani, and was formerly called ShieldScan.
Copy that paragraph freely. If you need a shorter line: Scanify is a free tool that tells you whether a link is safe before you click it, by checking it against 95+ antivirus engines at once.
Facts
| Product | Scanify Link Checker, a free URL, file and IP safety scanner |
| Website | scanify.to |
| Founded | 2026, as ShieldScan. Renamed Scanify in June 2026. |
| Founder | Karim Al Anani, sole developer and operator |
| Team size | One |
| Funding | Bootstrapped, no outside investment |
| Business model | Free tier plus a $4.99/month Pro plan. Payments processed by Paddle as merchant of record. |
| Data sources | VirusTotal (95+ engines), Google Safe Browsing, urlscan.io, RDAP/WHOIS registry data, TLS certificate inspection, an in-house sandbox for screenshots |
| Scoring model | Published in full at scanify.to/how-we-score |
| Not affiliated with | Any mobile app, Shopify app or document scanner using the name Scanify. Unrelated products share the word. |
Numbers you can cite
The Scanify Threat Index is computed live from published scan reports and updates continuously. It carries the current flag rate across scanned domains, the top-level domains with the highest flag rate, the median age of a flagged domain versus a clean one, the count of domains flagged by antivirus engines before Google Safe Browsing caught them, and the most impersonated brands in lookalike hostnames.
The underlying rows are downloadable as CSV under a Creative Commons Attribution licence. Please link to the Threat Index page when citing a figure, and state the date you pulled it, since the numbers move.
Story angles we can speak to
- Seasonal scam waves. Black Friday deal sites, tax season phishing, back-to-school and scholarship fraud, crypto rallies. We can pull fresh figures on request.
- QR code phishing. Stickers over parking meters, fake parcel cards, corporate multi-factor lures. See our QR checker.
- Why domain age is the strongest cheap signal in fraud detection, and why scammers now buy expired domains to defeat it.
- The gap between antivirus engines and Google Safe Browsing. How many dangerous domains are flagged by one before the other, and what that means for consumer advice.
- Building security tools as one person against competitors with large security teams.
Founder
Karim Al Anani designs, codes and operates all of Scanify: the scanning engine, the risk model, the browser extension, the API and the guides. He replies to support email personally. Background and links at scanify.to/about, LinkedIn and GitHub.
Available for written comment, background briefing on how multi-engine scanning works, and quotes on consumer scam prevention. Please state a deadline in your first email.
Assets
Use the name as Scanify, or Scanify Link Checker where disambiguation from unrelated apps of the same name is helpful. The brand colour is #3a8a55. Please do not recolour or stretch the mark.
Screenshots
Every published safety report is a live page you may screenshot directly, including the engine-by-engine breakdown and the risk score. If you need a specific domain scanned for an article, or a higher-resolution capture of any part of the product, email and we will provide it the same day where possible.
Contact
Email shieldscansupport@gmail.com with "Press" in the subject line. Responses usually come within one working day. For anything on deadline, say so in the subject and it will be prioritised.
Corrections
If we have given you a figure that turns out to be wrong, tell us and we will correct it publicly on the Threat Index page and tell you what changed. The scoring model is published precisely so that our numbers can be challenged.