Meta-Refresh-Redirect
This signal marks a client-side redirect implemented with a meta-refresh tag, which sends the browser to another URL after a delay. ScanMalware records it from the page’s meta tags.
Meta-refresh redirects are a classic cloaking and traffic-laundering technique used by phishing and scam pages to hide a final destination. A scanned page that uses one warrants a close look at where it sends visitors.
Commonly deployed alongside Meta-Refresh-Redirect
Of the 11,173 public scans where Meta-Refresh-Redirect was detected, these are the technologies most often present on the same site. The share is the percentage of Meta-Refresh-Redirect sites that also ran each one.
| Technology | Category | Share of Meta-Refresh-Redirect sites |
|---|---|---|
| HSTS | wappalyzer | 72.22% |
| HTTP/3 | wappalyzer | 65.19% |
| X-UA-Compatible | miscellaneous | 60.67% |
| Ghost | cms | 59.74% |
| PasswordField | miscellaneous | 59.67% |
| Firebase | wappalyzer | 32.13% |
| Microsoft ASP.NET | wappalyzer | 23.66% |
| Microsoft SharePoint | wappalyzer | 22.36% |
| Cloudflare | wappalyzer | 3.05% |
| Cloudflare Bot Management | wappalyzer | 2.88% |
| jQuery | wappalyzer | 1.43% |
| Script | miscellaneous | 1.37% |
| Google Analytics | wappalyzer | 1.03% |
| JQuery | miscellaneous | 0.97% |
How ScanMalware detects Meta-Refresh-Redirect
Meta-Refresh-Redirect is detected by analysing the response headers, HTML markup, JavaScript runtime and asset URLs captured when ScanMalware loads the site in a real headless browser.
From any scan you can pivot into related signals — JARM TLS fingerprints, ASN ownership and BGP routing, certificate history, JavaScript analysis and the overall security verdict — to understand not just that Meta-Refresh-Redirect is present, but how it is being used. Open the full search interface for Meta-Refresh-Redirect →
Recent public scans featuring Meta-Refresh-Redirect
A rolling sample of recent public scans where Meta-Refresh-Redirect was detected. Listing a site here is not a safety judgement — open a scan to see its full verdict.
| Site | Scanned |
|---|---|
| Sign in to your account https://eur.safelink.emails.azure.net/redirect/?destination=https%3A%2F%2Fadmin.powerplatf… | 2026-11-04 |
| https://rcullc.firebaseapp.com/ | 2026-11-04 |
| https://rcullc.web.app/ | 2026-11-04 |
| https://logrcuorg.firebaseapp.com/ | 2026-11-04 |
| https://logrcuorg.web.app/ | 2026-11-04 |
| https://frist2dskbg.firebaseapp.com/ | 2026-11-04 |
| Sign in to Microsoft Azure https://enterpriseenrollment.budgethotelraahe.fi | 2026-11-04 |
| https://frist2dskbg.web.app/ | 2026-11-04 |
Frequently asked questions about Meta-Refresh-Redirect
- Does using Meta-Refresh-Redirect mean a website is unsafe?
- No. Meta-Refresh-Redirect is a stack component, not a verdict. ScanMalware scores the whole page — its scripts, redirects, certificates, threat-intelligence matches and behaviour — so a site using Meta-Refresh-Redirect can be perfectly safe or actively malicious.
- How many sites using Meta-Refresh-Redirect has ScanMalware scanned?
- Meta-Refresh-Redirect has been detected in 11,173 public scans on ScanMalware.com. Each scan is a real headless-browser visit, and the figure updates as new URLs are submitted.
- What technologies are commonly used with Meta-Refresh-Redirect?
- Across scanned sites, Meta-Refresh-Redirect is most often seen alongside HSTS, HTTP/3 and X-UA-Compatible. The full co-occurrence breakdown is listed on this page.
Browse all profiled technologies on the technology index, or scan a URL to see its full stack.