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about.com

Category: Reference

Scanned: May 31, 2026, 12:22 AM UTC · First seen: May 31, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
93 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
No Threats Found
0 - High Risk50 - Moderate100 - No Threats
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Screenshot of about.com Captured May 31, 2026
https://about.com
Screenshot of about.com
27 years
Very Popular - #1,891 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Cloudflare, Inc.
Toronto, Canada
cloudflare
Unknown
172.66.1.220
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Markmonitor Inc.
Registered March 12, 1999
Expires March 12, 2027
Name Servers blue.foundationdns.com
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Cloudflare, Inc.
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
4 files scanned
No threats
3
Low Risk
0
Medium Risk
1
High Risk
0
No threats Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk
/index Flagged: medium risk
www.people.inc.http-redirect 79 B No threats
www.people.inc/# 7.5 KB No threats
www.people.inc/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/g/orchestrate/chl_page/v1?ray=a041d25a1973d0e1 185.0 KB No threats
Quttera flagged medium risk files - is this your website?
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External Links & Domains
1
External Links
All Clean
0
Iframes
Clean
1
Referenced Domains
All Clean
0
Flagged Resources
None Detected
http://about.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/g/orchestrate/chl_page/v1?ray%3Da041d25a1973d0e1Not flagged
about.comNot flagged
about.com Overview

Description of about.com

about.com appears to be the corporate and informational website for People Inc., described on the page as America’s largest digital and print publisher. The homepage content shown in the scan highlights sections such as About, Brands, Advertising, Careers, and Contact, which suggests the domain is being used as a company profile and business portal rather than as a consumer storefront.

Based on the domain history, metadata, and page presentation, the site appears to represent an established publishing and media organization with multiple brands and advertising offerings. Third-party categorization data broadly places it in reference, advice, general business, and portal-related classifications, which is consistent with a long-standing media or publishing presence.

Safety Assessment for about.com

The available scan data is generally reassuring. At the time of this scan, 0 out of 91 security engines flagged the domain, and the checked blacklist and threat-database sources did not report listings. The domain is also very old, has a strong web presence ranking, and the visible content matches a legitimate corporate publishing website rather than a phishing page, fake giveaway, or other obviously deceptive setup.

One malware scan did produce a generic "suspicious" result on the index page, but this appears to be a low-confidence heuristic finding without a named malware family, without corroboration from other security engines, and without blacklist support. In context, that isolated signal may reflect page structure or protective scripts rather than confirmed malicious activity.

Based on available data, no threats were detected at the time of this scan.

Technical Description

The domain is long-established, registered through Markmonitor, and uses Cloudflare-hosted infrastructure with a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by Let’s Encrypt. The server resolved to a Cloudflare IP in Canada at the time of testing, and the observed challenge-platform URL indicates the site may use bot-management or anti-abuse protections. DNSSEC appears to be unsigned.

No major technical security issues are evident from the provided scan summary. The main minor concern is the single heuristic malware flag on /index, but because it was not supported by broader engine detections or blacklist entries, it may be a false positive or a context-specific scan artifact.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://about.com/
301 https://www.dotdashmeredith.com/
200 https://www.people.inc/
Website Insights
#1,891
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: Reference
Rank History (30 days)
Apr 20 May 30
6 cookies detected
Essential3
Analytics3
Advertising0
Social0
0 1st party cookies
6 3rd party (trackers)
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