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False positive: meta-analysis360.com blocked by AI-Driven Threat Detection

Hi NextDNS team,

meta-analysis360.com and www.meta-analysis360.com are blocked by AI-Driven Threat Detection. Through a configuration with that feature on, both names return 0.0.0.0 with the extended DNS error "Blocked by NextDNS: ai-threat-detection" (EDE 17, Filtered). We checked on 18 October 2026 and all 12 queries in a row were blocked. Through NextDNS without a configuration, the same names resolve normally to their Cloudflare addresses (104.21.51.199 and 172.67.185.128).

About the site. Meta-analysis360 is a web application for researchers who carry out systematic reviews and meta-analyses. It covers planning a review, screening abstracts, extracting data from papers and running the statistics, and it has a free public library of lessons on review methods. Sign-in is through Google only, with no password form. Payments go through Stripe's own hosted checkout page.

Other checks, all on 18 October 2026:

  • Google Safe Browsing: "No unsafe content found". https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=meta-analysis360.com
  • Other filtering resolvers return the real address: Quad9 (9.9.9.9), Cloudflare's malware and family filters (1.1.1.2 and 1.1.1.3), Control D's malware filter (76.76.2.1), CleanBrowsing Security (185.228.168.9) and AdGuard DNS (94.140.14.14).
  • VirusTotal: 53 vendors report the domain clean and 37 have no rating. CRDF lists it as malicious and Gridinsoft as suspicious, with no reason we can see, and we believe both are mistaken. https://www.virustotal.com/gui/domain/meta-analysis360.com
  • The domain was registered on 20 May 2026 through Cloudflare Registrar and is DNSSEC-signed.

Impact. Anyone whose NextDNS configuration has AI-Driven Threat Detection on cannot reach the site. Chrome shows "DNS address could not be found", so it looks as if the site is down. We found it on our own devices, including through a VPN.

Could you review the classification and remove meta-analysis360.com and www.meta-analysis360.com from AI-Driven Threat Detection? If it helps, we can prove ownership with a DNS TXT record or a file on the site.

Thank you, Meta-analysis360

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