pixabay.com
Category: Media Sharing, Mixed Content, Potentially Adult
Description of pixabay.com
Pixabay appears to be a large media-sharing platform focused on free stock photography, illustrations, vectors, videos, and related downloadable creative assets. The screenshot shows a public image page with search, download, upload, and creator-profile features, which is consistent with a user-contributed content library for designers, publishers, marketers, and general web users.
Based on the domain name, page layout, and classification data, the site functions as an online photo gallery and media download service rather than a traditional retail store. It appears to be an established platform with broad public usage, supported by its very high traffic ranking and long domain history. Because it hosts user-submitted visual content, some classification systems may label it as mixed-content or potentially adult in a broad sense, though the sampled page shown here contains non-explicit imagery.
Safety Assessment for pixabay.com
The available scan results are favorable at the time of this scan. The domain was flagged by 0 out of 91 security engines, malware scanning reported no flagged files, and the checked blacklist databases did not show listings. External-link review in the provided scan context also did not identify flagged outbound references.
Additional context supports a lower-risk assessment: the domain has been registered for about 15 years, has a strong public traffic presence, and presents as a mature media platform rather than a newly created or thin-content site. The screenshot matches the expected functionality of a stock-image sharing service. One category source noted mixed content or potentially adult material, which is not unusual for large user-generated media platforms and does not by itself indicate malicious activity.
Based on available scan data, no significant threats were detected at the time of this scan.
Technical Description
The site is using a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by a mainstream certificate authority, with expiration in 2026. It is served through Cloudflare infrastructure, with the observed server IP resolving to Cloudflare hosting in Canada and the web server identified as Cloudflare. Nameservers are also on Cloudflare, indicating use of a major CDN and edge-protection layer.
DNSSEC appears to be enabled and signed, which may help protect against certain DNS tampering scenarios. No immediate technical security concerns are evident from the provided scan data. The only listed URL string references a challenge-platform path, which is commonly associated with anti-bot or traffic-filtering mechanisms rather than a threat indicator.
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