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aboutads.info

Category: Business, Economy

Scanned: May 6, 2026, 06:46 PM UTC · First seen: May 6, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
90 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of aboutads.info Captured May 6, 2026
https://aboutads.info
Screenshot of aboutads.info
16 years
Extremely Popular - #604 Tranco rank (>100M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Cloudflare, Inc.
Toronto, Canada
nginx
Drupal
172.67.72.200
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.
Registered October 4, 2009
Expires October 4, 2026
Name Servers ABDULLAH.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Cloudflare, Inc.
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
84 files scanned
No threats
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Low Risk
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Medium Risk
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High Risk
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youradchoices.com/token 219.8 KB Flagged: medium risk
youradchoices.com/node/107?language=es 222.7 KB Flagged: medium risk
youradchoices.com/node/10246?language=fr-CA 224.4 KB Flagged: medium risk
youradchoices.com/node/383384?language=es-AR 221.1 KB Flagged: medium risk
youradchoices.com/node/100 219.8 KB Flagged: medium risk
youradchoices.com/node/10245?language=en-CA 219.6 KB Flagged: medium risk
/index Flagged: medium risk
youradchoices.com.http-redirect 86 B No threats
www.youradchoices.com/choices-faq 101.1 KB No threats
youradchoices.com/popup-text-email-opt-out 99.9 KB No threats
youradchoices.com/about 32.3 KB No threats
youradchoices.com/appchoices 27.6 KB No threats
youradchoices.com/appchoices?language=en 27.8 KB No threats
youradchoices.com/learn?language=fr-ca 34.6 KB No threats
youradchoices.com/learn?language=es#learn-icon 35.8 KB No threats
youradchoices.com/choices-faq 101.1 KB No threats
youradchoices.com/?language=en-ca 34.1 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
683
External Links
1 Flagged
2
Iframes
Clean
257
Referenced Domains
1 Flagged
2
Flagged Resources
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undertone.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://undertone.com/privacyFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://undertone.com/privacyFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://33across.com/Not flagged
http://aboutads.info/./daa_style/YAC/AC_animated_loop_es.gifNot flagged
http://aboutads.info/./daa_style/YAC/Ad_Marker_Blue.gifNot flagged
http://aboutads.info/./daa_style/YAC/Ad_Marker_Blue_Spanish.pngNot flagged
http://aboutads.info/./daa_style/YAC/DAA_White_Box.pngNot flagged
http://aboutads.info/./daa_style/YAC/HP_Mobile.pngNot flagged
http://aboutads.info/?language%3DenNot flagged
http://aboutads.info/?language%3Den-caNot flagged
http://aboutads.info/?language%3DesNot flagged
http://aboutads.info/?language%3Des-arNot flagged
http://aboutads.info/?language%3Dfr-caNot flagged
http://aboutads.info/aboutNot flagged
http://aboutads.info/about%3ablank?destination%3Dabout%3ablankNot flagged
http://aboutads.info/about%3ablank?destination%3Dabout%3ablank&amp%3Blanguage%3Den-caNot flagged
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undertone.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
33across.comNot flagged
aboutads.infoNot flagged
aboutpoliticalads.orgNot flagged
addons.mozilla.orgNot flagged
adstradata.comNot flagged
alphonso.tvNot flagged
apps.apple.comNot flagged
argentina.youradchoices.comNot flagged
audigent.comNot flagged
bbbaccountabilityprogram.freshdesk.comNot flagged
bbbprograms.orgNot flagged
bluecava.comNot flagged
bombora.comNot flagged
branch.ioNot flagged
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<iframe src%3D"//www.youtube.com/embed/LbP8Ml5NssI?modestbranding%3D0&amp%3Bhtml5%3D1&amp%3Brel%3D0&amp%3Bautoplay%3D0&amp%3Bwmode%3Dopaque&amp%3Bloop%3D0&amp%3Bcontrols%3D1&amp%3Bautohide%3D0&amp%3Bshowinfo%3D0&amp%3Btheme%3Ddark&amp%3Bcolor%3Dred&amp%3Benablejsapi%3D0" width%3D"600" height%3D"338" class%3D"video-filter video-youtube vf-lbp8ml5nssi" frameborder%3D"0" allowfullscreen%3D"true">Not flagged
<iframe src%3D"//www.youtube.com/embed/gteyMq8Wb3Y?modestbranding%3D0&amp%3Bhtml5%3D1&amp%3Brel%3D0&amp%3Bautoplay%3D0&amp%3Bwmode%3Dopaque&amp%3Bloop%3D0&amp%3Bcontrols%3D1&amp%3Bautohide%3D0&amp%3Bshowinfo%3D0&amp%3Btheme%3Ddark&amp%3Bcolor%3Dred&amp%3Benablejsapi%3D0" width%3D"600" height%3D"338" class%3D"video-filter video-youtube vf-gteymq8wb3y" frameborder%3D"0" allowfullscreen%3D"true">Not flagged
aboutads.info Overview

Description of aboutads.info

aboutads.info appears to be the informational website behind the YourAdChoices program, which is associated with online advertising transparency and consumer choice tools. The page title, branding, and screenshot indicate that the site explains how users can learn about interest-based advertising and manage advertising preferences across participating companies.

Based on the visible branding and site content, the website appears to be operated in connection with the Digital Advertising Alliance and related self-regulatory advertising initiatives. Its content is informational rather than transactional, and it appears to focus on education, ad-choice controls, and privacy-related guidance for web and mobile advertising.

Safety Assessment for aboutads.info

Scan results were broadly favorable at the time of this scan. The domain was not flagged by any of 91 security engines, and blacklist checks referenced in the scan data did not show active listings. The domain is also long-established, with a registration age of more than 16 years, and it has a very strong traffic profile, which can be consistent with a widely referenced public-facing service.

One malware scan did mark several pages and one referenced external domain as suspicious, including a privacy-related link on an advertising technology domain. However, these findings appear limited and may reflect heuristic or context-based detections rather than confirmed malicious activity. The site itself is categorized by multiple web-classification providers as business/economy or general business, which aligns with the visible content.

Based on available data, no threats were detected at the time of this scan, though the isolated suspicious findings suggest routine caution is still appropriate when interacting with any site that references multiple advertising-related third parties.

Technical Description

The site uses a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by Google Trust Services, with expiry in June 2026. It is served over nginx and appears to be behind Cloudflare infrastructure, with the scanned IP geolocating to Toronto, Canada. The domain uses Cloudflare nameservers and has been registered through NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC. since 2009.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not uncommon but means DNS responses do not benefit from DNSSEC validation. No major infrastructure-level security issues were evident from the provided scan data, although one heuristic malware scan reported suspicious references involving an external advertising-related domain.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://aboutads.info
200 https://youradchoices.com/
Website Insights
#604
Tranco Rank
Extremely Popular
Visitors >100M/mo
Category: Business, Economy
Rank History (30 days)
Mar 30 May 5
4 cookies detected
Essential0
Analytics4
Advertising0
Social0
0 1st party cookies
4 3rd party (trackers)
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