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purdue.edu

Category: Education

Scanned: Jun 5, 2026, 02:07 AM UTC · First seen: Jun 5, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
93 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of purdue.edu Captured Jun 5, 2026
https://purdue.edu
Screenshot of purdue.edu
41 years
Very Popular - #2,194 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Unknown
WordPress
128.210.7.200
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Unknown
Registered April 24, 1985
Expires July 31, 2026
Name Servers NS4.PURDUE.EDU
DNSSEC Unknown
Hosting Purdue University
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
69 files scanned
No threats
1
Low Risk
0
Medium Risk
68
High Risk
0
No threats Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk
www.purdue.edu/# 34.8 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.purdue.edu/campus-map/# 34.8 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.purdue.edu/vpec/# 34.8 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.purdue.edu/purdue/ea_eou_statement.php 34.8 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.purdue.edu/home/colleges_schools 34.8 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.purdue.edu/home/# 34.8 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.purdue.edu/hr/# 34.8 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.purdue.edu/president/# 34.8 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.purdue.edu/hotline/# 34.8 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.purdue.edu/emergency/# 34.8 KB Flagged: medium risk
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www.purdue.edu.http-redirect 80 B No threats
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External Links & Domains
97
External Links
1 Flagged
0
Iframes
Clean
27
Referenced Domains
1 Flagged
2
Flagged Resources
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portal.office.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://portal.office.com/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://portal.office.com/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://gmpg.org/xfn/11Not flagged
http://purdue.edu/home/colleges_schoolsNot flagged
http://purdueteamstore.com/Not flagged
https://admissions.purdue.edu/admitted-students/accept-your-offer/Not flagged
https://admissions.purdue.edu/become-student/apply/Not flagged
https://admissions.purdue.edu/costsandfinaid/index.phpNot flagged
https://admissions.purdue.edu/visit/index.phpNot flagged
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?243780-Purdue-University-Main-CampusNot flagged
https://events.purdue.edu/Not flagged
https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family%3DSource+Serif+Pro%3Awght%40400%3B600%3B700&#038%3Bdisplay%3Dswap&#038%3Bver%3D6.9.4Not flagged
https://giving.purdue.edu/campaign.html?appealcode%3D21316Not flagged
https://giving.purdue.edu/west-lafayette/?appealcode%3D21008Not flagged
https://it.purdue.edu/Not flagged
https://marcom.purdue.edu/Not flagged
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portal.office.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
admissions.purdue.eduNot flagged
collegescorecard.ed.govNot flagged
events.purdue.eduNot flagged
fonts.googleapis.comNot flagged
giving.purdue.eduNot flagged
gmpg.orgNot flagged
it.purdue.eduNot flagged
marcom.purdue.eduNot flagged
mypurdue.purdue.eduNot flagged
one.purdue.eduNot flagged
outlook.office.comNot flagged
purdue.brightspace.comNot flagged
purdue.eduNot flagged
purdueteamstore.comNot flagged
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purdue.edu Overview

Description of purdue.edu

purdue.edu appears to be the official website of Purdue University, a long-established public research university in the United States. The homepage branding, page title, and metadata indicate that the site is used to present information about admissions, academics, research, campus life, alumni relations, athletics, and other university services for students, faculty, staff, and visitors.

The domain is categorized by multiple web-classification providers as an education or educational institutions website, which aligns with the visible content and navigation. The site appears to be operated by Purdue University itself, with infrastructure hosted on Purdue-owned systems in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it links to related university services such as student portals, IT resources, events, and giving pages.

Safety Assessment for purdue.edu

This domain shows several strong legitimacy indicators based on available data. It has a very long registration history dating back to 1985, a high visibility ranking, valid HTTPS, and it was not flagged by any of 91 security engines at the time of this scan. In addition, the checked blacklist and threat-database sources reported clean results, with no listings detected at the time of review.

One malware scanner labeled many pages as suspicious and also marked a link to a common third-party productivity login portal with a generic heuristic detection. However, this type of broad, generic heuristic result is lower-confidence when it is not supported by other security engines or blacklist data, especially on a long-established university domain with consistent educational content. The screenshot and page structure also appear consistent with an official institutional website rather than a phishing page, scam storefront, or malware delivery page.

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

Technical Description

The site is served over HTTPS with a valid TLS certificate issued by InCommon, LLC, expiring on 2026-11-27. The resolved IP address is 128.210.7.200, and the hosting appears to be operated directly by Purdue University in West Lafayette, United States. Nameservers are under the purdue.edu domain itself, which is consistent with institution-managed DNS infrastructure.

DNSSEC status was not available in the provided data, so that control could not be confirmed from this scan alone. No major infrastructure-level concerns are evident from the supplied information, although the generic heuristic alerts in one malware scan suggest that periodic monitoring of linked third-party services and page scripts would still be prudent, as with any large multi-section website.

HTTP Redirect Chain
No redirects detected - direct connection to destination
Website Insights
#2,194
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: Education
Rank History (30 days)
Apr 27 Jun 4
14 cookies detected
Essential11
Analytics3
Advertising0
Social0
12 1st party cookies
2 3rd party (trackers)
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