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patch.com

Category: News & Media

Scanned: Jul 16, 2026, 07:58 AM UTC · First seen: Jul 16, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
89 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of patch.com Captured Jul 16, 2026
https://patch.com
Screenshot of patch.com
32 years
Very Popular - #4,566 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Fastly, Inc.
Montreal, Canada
Heroku
Next.js
151.101.130.133
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Moniker Online Services LLC
Registered March 1, 1994
Expires March 2, 2028
Name Servers ns-1124.awsdns-12.org
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Fastly, Inc.
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
9 files scanned
No threats
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Low Risk
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Medium Risk
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No threats Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk
patch.com/businesses 95.6 KB Flagged: high risk
patch.com/about 68.5 KB Flagged: high risk
patch.com/classifieds 121.5 KB Flagged: high risk
patch.com/compose 81.8 KB Flagged: high risk
patch.com/# 729.0 KB Flagged: high risk
patch.com/arkansas/across-ar 146.8 KB Flagged: high risk
patch.com/colorado/across-co 261.8 KB Flagged: high risk
patch.com/arizona/across-az 257.6 KB Flagged: high risk
patch.com/alaska/across-ak 139.8 KB Flagged: high risk
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External Links & Domains
579
External Links
1 Flagged
0
Iframes
Clean
123
Referenced Domains
2 Flagged
3
Flagged Resources
Detected
c2chomeedit.comFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
polyfill.ioFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
https://polyfill.io/v3/polyfill.min.js?features%3DFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
https://polyfill.io/v3/polyfill.min.js?features%3DFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
http://patch.com/_next/static/chunks/0-6-4i34sjnhh.jsNot flagged
http://patch.com/_next/static/chunks/0-bpbthpp-msi.jsNot flagged
http://patch.com/_next/static/chunks/0-dhobpjm~jan.jsNot flagged
http://patch.com/_next/static/chunks/0-et3l0_-42mi.jsNot flagged
http://patch.com/_next/static/chunks/0-h1r~43epq1f.jsNot flagged
http://patch.com/_next/static/chunks/0-t8ygea3cgx_.jsNot flagged
http://patch.com/_next/static/chunks/0.5uf6icgy6kq.jsNot flagged
http://patch.com/_next/static/chunks/0._qh5rnvb7hi.jsNot flagged
http://patch.com/_next/static/chunks/0.ws-k_jzc8i2.jsNot flagged
http://patch.com/_next/static/chunks/0.z~iv~at0xt~.jsNot flagged
http://patch.com/_next/static/chunks/002_v.vtkzb2z.jsNot flagged
http://patch.com/_next/static/chunks/00geusczi9q5u.jsNot flagged
http://patch.com/_next/static/chunks/01y9k2vec_1_q.jsNot flagged
http://patch.com/_next/static/chunks/02hsb1pyh4tzz.jsNot flagged
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c2chomeedit.comFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
polyfill.ioFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
2canda.comNot flagged
ak.sail-horizon.comNot flagged
alpha.schoolNot flagged
apps.apple.comNot flagged
c.amazon-adsystem.comNot flagged
cantonmuseum.orgNot flagged
cdn.cookielaw.orgNot flagged
cdn.patchcdn.comNot flagged
cdn20.patchcdn.comNot flagged
centurydemolitionllc.comNot flagged
charteroak.whps.orgNot flagged
civilinquiry.jud.ct.govNot flagged
clintonct.portal.opengov.comNot flagged
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patch.com Overview

Description of patch.com

patch.com appears to be the main website for Patch, a hyperlocal news and community-information platform focused on U.S. towns and neighborhoods. Based on the page title, metadata, and screenshot, the site offers local breaking news, events, discussions, classifieds, and business discovery features, with content tailored to specific communities and ZIP codes.

The domain has been registered for decades and shows strong signs of being an established publishing platform rather than a temporary or single-purpose site. Its homepage presentation suggests a professionally operated media network serving local readers, community contributors, and small businesses that want visibility within nearby markets.

Safety Assessment for patch.com

The strongest scan signals are favorable at the time of this scan: 0 out of 91 security engines flagged the domain, and the major threat-database checks provided in the scan were clean. The domain is also long-established, has a substantial traffic ranking, and the screenshot matches a normal news-and-community website rather than a phishing page, fake storefront, or malware-delivery landing page.

One scanner did report multiple pages and two referenced domains as malicious, including a flagged polyfill script and another external domain. However, this appears to be an isolated heuristic-style result without corroboration from the broader engine consensus or the blacklist data. In cases like this, such findings may reflect a false positive, a third-party script reputation issue, or a context-specific detection rather than confirmed malicious behavior by the site itself.

Based on available data, no threats were detected by the broader set of security engines at the time of this scan, though the isolated scanner findings suggest a small degree of caution is still reasonable.

Technical Description

The site uses a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by Let's Encrypt, with certificate expiry shown in 2026. DNSSEC appears to be unsigned. The domain uses AWS nameservers, while the observed web delivery stack points to Heroku and Fastly infrastructure, which is consistent with a modern cloud-hosted content platform.

No DNS-based blocklist hits were reported in the provided scan data. The main technical note is the isolated malware-scanner detection involving referenced external resources, including a polyfill script and another domain; based on the broader clean results, this may be a third-party reputation issue rather than a direct indicator of compromise on the main site.

HTTP Redirect Chain
No redirects detected - direct connection to destination
Website Insights
#4,566
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: News & Media
Rank History (30 days)
Jun 8 Jul 15
44 cookies detected
Essential38
Analytics4
Advertising2
Social0
39 1st party cookies
5 3rd party (trackers)
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