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ign.com

Category: Entertainment, Games

Scanned: Jun 1, 2026, 11:08 PM UTC · First seen: Jun 1, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
94 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of ign.com Captured Jun 1, 2026
https://ign.com
Screenshot of ign.com
28 years
Very Popular - #1,984 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Fastly, Inc.
Montreal, Canada
Unknown
Next.js
151.101.1.135
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
Registered July 25, 1998
Expires July 24, 2031
Name Servers ns-184.awsdns-23.com
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Fastly, Inc.
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
101 files scanned
No threats
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nordic.ign.com/nordvpn/96886/promoted/these-are-the-top-5-best-vpn-services-you-can-use-adv 143.2 KB Flagged: medium risk
nordic.ign.com.http-redirect 77 B No threats
nordic.ign.com/entertainment 229.2 KB No threats
nordic.ign.com/?page=2 247.1 KB No threats
nordic.ign.com/made-in-nordic 259.6 KB No threats
nordic.ign.com/ign-misc 287.3 KB No threats
nordic.ign.com/feed.xml 61.9 KB No threats
nordic.ign.com/# 699.2 KB No threats
ign-nordic.disqus.com/count.js 1.5 KB No threats
nordic.ign.com/project-007/# 324.1 KB No threats
nordic.ign.com/baldurs-gate/# 160.4 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
2340
External Links
1 Flagged
6
Iframes
Clean
94
Referenced Domains
1 Flagged
2
Flagged Resources
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go.nordvpn.netFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://go.nordvpn.net/aff_c?offer_id%3D15&amp%3Baff_id%3D105111&amp%3Baff_sub%3Djuly25Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://go.nordvpn.net/aff_c?offer_id%3D15&amp%3Baff_id%3D105111&amp%3Baff_sub%3Djuly25Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://corp.ign.com/pressNot flagged
http://emense.nl/Not flagged
http://go.expressvpn.com/c/2104751/1463858/16063Not flagged
http://ign.com/${item.img}Not flagged
http://ign.com/${item.url}?r%3Dv2Not flagged
http://ign.com/${mediafiles[Not flagged
http://ign.com/${mediafiles[defaultquality]}Not flagged
http://ign.com/${mediafiles[resolution]}Not flagged
http://ign.com/${videoplayerobject.config.video_content_url}Not flagged
http://ign.com/${videoplayerobject.config.vtt_file}Not flagged
http://ign.com/28-years-laterNot flagged
http://ign.com/28-years-later/95671/news/elden-ring-movie-director-alex-garland-is-on-his-7th-playthrough-of-the-game-reveals-his-toughest-boNot flagged
http://ign.com/?page%3D1Not flagged
http://ign.com/?page%3D2Not flagged
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go.nordvpn.netFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
adria.ign.comNot flagged
assets-prd.ignimgs.comNot flagged
assets1.ignimgs.comNot flagged
au.ign.comNot flagged
br.ign.comNot flagged
bsky.appNot flagged
click.linksynergy.comNot flagged
comicbookclublive.comNot flagged
corp.ign.comNot flagged
cz.ign.comNot flagged
d23.comNot flagged
de.ign.comNot flagged
deadline.comNot flagged
emense.nlNot flagged
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<iframe allow%3D"autoplay%3B fullscreen *" allowautoplay%3D"" allowfullscreen%3D"true" class%3D"video" data-src%3D"https://widgets.ign.com/video/embed/content.html?url%3Dhttps://www.ign.com/videos/emilia-clarke-reveals-the-real-truth-about-game-of-thrones-rogue-coffee-cup" scrolling%3D"no">Not flagged
<iframe allow%3D"autoplay%3B fullscreen *" allowautoplay%3D"" allowfullscreen%3D"true" class%3D"video" data-src%3D"https://widgets.ign.com/video/embed/content.html?url%3Dhttps://www.ign.com/videos/how-fallout-and-baldurs-gate-changed-rpgs-forever-ign-game-changers" scrolling%3D"no">Not flagged
<iframe allow%3D"autoplay%3B fullscreen *" allowautoplay%3D"" allowfullscreen%3D"true" class%3D"video" data-src%3D"https://widgets.ign.com/video/embed/content.html?url%3Dhttps://www.ign.com/videos/theos-cities-of-myth-official-reveal-trailer" scrolling%3D"no">Not flagged
<iframe allowautoplay%3D"" allowfullscreen%3D"true" data-src%3D"https://www.youtube.com/embed/a78AYPds4ZU" framborder%3D"0" scrolling%3D"no">Not flagged
<iframe allowautoplay%3D"" allowfullscreen%3D"true" data-src%3D"https://www.youtube.com/embed/g9I66YoFrtk" framborder%3D"0" scrolling%3D"no">Not flagged
<iframe allowautoplay%3D"" data-src%3D"//www.instagram.com/p/DZC1IY8jM5U/embed" frameborder%3D"0" height%3D"710" scrolling%3D"no" style%3D"width: 612%3B height: 710px" width%3D"612">Not flagged
ign.com Overview

Description of ign.com

IGN appears to be a long-established entertainment and gaming media website focused on video game news, reviews, walkthroughs, videos, and related pop-culture coverage. The page title and visible homepage content indicate an editorial platform featuring articles, trailers, event promotions, and guides for games and entertainment franchises.

Based on the domain name, metadata, and on-page layout, the site appears to be operated as a mainstream digital publishing brand rather than a personal blog or single-purpose landing page. Its content structure includes news sections, reviews, guides, videos, and account features, which is consistent with a large online media outlet serving gamers and entertainment audiences.

Safety Assessment for ign.com

The scan results are broadly reassuring at the time of this scan. No detections were reported by 0 out of 91 security engines, and the checked blacklist and threat-database entries were clean. The domain is also very mature, with a registration history dating back to 1998, which generally reduces the likelihood of it being a throwaway or newly created abuse domain.

One automated malware scan did mark a single promoted page and one outbound affiliate-related domain as suspicious using a generic heuristic label. Because this appears to be an isolated, non-specific pattern match without corroboration from other security engines or blacklist databases, it may represent a low-confidence alert rather than evidence of active malicious behavior. The flagged item is associated with an advertising or affiliate link context, which can sometimes trigger cautious heuristic detections.

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

Technical Description

The domain uses a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by a commercial certificate authority, with expiry shown in late 2026. It is hosted on Fastly infrastructure and resolves to an IP address in Montreal, Canada. The nameserver set uses AWS DNS, which is consistent with a large-scale web deployment using distributed infrastructure.

From a domain-security perspective, the registration is long-lived and managed through a corporate registrar, both of which are generally consistent with an established organization. DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not uncommon but does mean DNS responses do not benefit from DNSSEC validation. No major infrastructure-level security issues were evident from the provided scan data.

HTTP Redirect Chain
302 https://ign.com/
200 https://www.ign.com/
Website Insights
#1,984
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: Entertainment, Games
Rank History (30 days)
Apr 20 May 31
45 cookies detected
Essential40
Analytics4
Advertising1
Social0
38 1st party cookies
7 3rd party (trackers)
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