archive.md
Category: Information Technology, Reference
Description of archive.md
archive.md appears to be part of the Archive.today / Archive.is family of web archiving services. Based on the homepage content and domain naming, the site lets users save snapshots of public webpages and search previously archived copies. Its purpose appears to be preserving pages as static records so they remain accessible even if the original content changes or disappears.
The site is categorized by multiple web-classification providers under information technology or reference-related labels, which fits its apparent role as an online utility rather than a commercial storefront. The operator is not explicitly identified in the provided scan data, but the shared naming pattern and nameservers suggest it is connected to the broader archive.today infrastructure.
Safety Assessment for archive.md
The available scan results are broadly reassuring. At the time of this scan, the domain was flagged by 0 out of 91 security engines, the malware scan reported no flagged files, and the checked blacklist and threat-database entries did not indicate known phishing or malware activity. The domain is also well established, with an age of about 12 years, which generally reduces the likelihood of it being a throwaway scam domain.
The screenshot shows a functioning webpage capture service with search and save features, and the extracted links point to common reCAPTCHA support and script resources rather than suspicious third-party destinations. No malicious iframes or flagged external references were reported in the scan data.
As with any user-submitted archiving platform, archived content could potentially include snapshots of third-party pages that vary in quality or trustworthiness, but that is different from the service itself being flagged. Based on available scan data, no significant threats were detected at the time of this scan.
Technical Description
The domain is using a valid Let's Encrypt SSL certificate with a reported expiry date of 2026-11-03, which indicates HTTPS is configured. The server IP resolves to 45.8.124.7 and hosting is reported through GBNhost in Tallinn, Estonia. The site appears to rely on external reCAPTCHA resources from Google domains, which is common for abuse prevention on public submission forms.
DNSSEC status was not available in the provided data, and the web server software was not identified. No technical indicators of malware delivery, malicious iframes, or flagged outbound links were reported at the time of this scan.
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