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CRDF flagged your domain. Our team handles the removal.

Do it yourself: step-by-step guide
Response time: Initial assessment 24-48 hours
Difficulty: Moderate
No cure, no pay

About the vendor

What is CRDF?

CRDF (Cyber Research and Defense Foundation) provides URL and domain reputation data used in enterprise web security gateways and content filtering products. Their threat intelligence focuses on phishing URLs, malware hosting, and dangerous content categories, and is licensed to enterprise security vendors for integration into web filter rule sets and endpoint protection products.

CRDF data feeds into enterprise web filtering appliances used across corporate networks. A flag silently prevents employees at affected companies from accessing your domain, with no browser warning visible to them, just a filtered connection.

Common causes

Why was your site flagged?

  • A URL on your domain was flagged in a phishing intelligence database consumed by CRDF
  • Automated crawlers detected suspicious content or redirect behaviour on your pages
  • Your domain was included in a threat intelligence feed aggregated by CRDF
  • Your hosting IP or domain registration patterns matched known malicious infrastructure profiles
  • A subdomain on your site temporarily hosted flagged content

From our own case data

CRDF in our monitoring and cases

Flagged in the last 90 days
20monitored domains newly listed by CRDF
Median days to removal
2 days
Removal success rate
100%
Most common reason given
malicious
Last delisting we handled
30 October 2026

Based on 31 removal cases we handled. We only show a removal figure once we have at least 5 cases.

Removal at a glance

How CRDF handles removal requests

Submission method
Requests go through the CRDF form at threatcenter.crdf.fr.
Account needed
No account is needed to file the request.
CRDF response time
Initial assessment 24-48 hours
Where to check the verdict
threatcenter.crdf.fr

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Complete removal guide

How to remove your domain from CRDF

Expected time: Initial assessment 24-48 hoursDifficulty: ModerateAccount required: No
1

Confirm the CRDF detection

On VirusTotal, confirm CRDF flags your URL or domain and note the label and scan date. Check the vendor lookup too: https://threatcenter.crdf.fr/. Click Reanalyze first; stale cached verdicts are common.

2

Clean the site and prepare evidence

This step works the same way for every vendor, so the full instructions are in our VirusTotal false positive guide. Read the full step

3

Submit CRDF's official form

Use the CRDF Threat Center false-positive form at https://threatcenter.crdf.fr/false_positive.html. No login; requires your email address and a reason. Enter the exact URL(s), pick the correct category if asked and say why the verdict is wrong. Save the confirmation or ticket number. CRDF rate-limits the form after roughly 13 submissions per hour and rejects duplicate requests while one is active. Keep the tracking link from the confirmation and reply there instead of resubmitting.

4

Follow up if there is no response

This step works the same way for every vendor, so the full instructions are in our VirusTotal false positive guide. Read the full step

5

Verify on VirusTotal before closing

This step works the same way for every vendor, so the full instructions are in our VirusTotal false positive guide. Read the full step

The evidence checklist, follow-up routine and checks after removal are the same for every vendor. We keep them in one place so this page can focus on what is specific to CRDF.

Read the VirusTotal false positive guide

Expert knowledge

Pro tips & common mistakes for CRDF removal

Common mistakes to avoid

  • Disputing before the site is fully cleaned
  • Reanalyzing only one URL variant on VirusTotal
  • Opening duplicate tickets instead of following up
  • Resubmitting while a request is active, which CRDF rejects as a duplicate

FAQ

Questions about CRDF delisting

How our CRDF removal service works

We check that your site is clean, send CRDF the evidence it needs through its official channel and follow up until the flag is gone. You only pay once the removal is confirmed, and the full process for 90+ vendors is explained on our website blacklist removal page.

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