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vice.com

Category: News

Scanned: May 29, 2026, 01:11 AM UTC · First seen: May 29, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
93 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
No Threats Found
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Screenshot of vice.com Captured May 29, 2026
https://vice.com
Screenshot of vice.com
29 years
Very Popular - #1,793 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Automattic, Inc
San Francisco, United States
nginx
WordPress
192.0.66.177
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Amazon Registrar, Inc.
Registered May 28, 1997
Expires May 14, 2029
Name Servers ns-1136.awsdns-14.org
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Automattic, Inc
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
32 files scanned
No threats
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Low Risk
0
Medium Risk
23
High Risk
0
No threats Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk
www.vice.com/ja 324.2 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.vice.com/el 326.3 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.vice.com/es 328.2 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.vice.com/nl 318.4 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.vice.com/ru 321.9 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.vice.com/ko 324.4 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.vice.com/pl 324.1 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.vice.com/it 324.5 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.vice.com/sv 322.6 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.vice.com/sr 327.6 KB Flagged: medium risk
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www.vice.com.http-redirect 76 B No threats
static.ads-twitter.com/uwt.js 47.0 KB No threats
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-THWQQMCK 353.7 KB No threats
www.vice.com/xmlrpc.php?rsd 787 B No threats
stats.wp.com/e-202622.js 3.7 KB No threats
embeds.beehiiv.com/attribution.js 8.8 KB No threats
cdn.p-n.io/pushly-sdk.min.js?domain_key=GgqPm0euZqC0SNVytjfNCPEreUlWs7i8LIH5 172.8 KB No threats
www.vice.com/wp-json/# 533.8 KB No threats
snap.licdn.com/li.lms-analytics/insight.min.js 1.5 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
1069
External Links
1 Flagged
0
Iframes
Clean
50
Referenced Domains
1 Flagged
2
Flagged Resources
Detected
static.ads-twitter.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://static.ads-twitter.com/uwt.jsFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://static.ads-twitter.com/uwt.jsFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://vice.com/${src}Not flagged
http://vice.com/+x+Not flagged
http://vice.com/en/category/comedy/Not flagged
http://vice.com/en/category/horoscopes/Not flagged
http://vice.com/en/membershipsNot flagged
http://vice.com/en/section/life/Not flagged
http://vice.com/en/section/munchies/Not flagged
http://vice.com/en/section/musicNot flagged
http://vice.com/en/section/music/Not flagged
http://vice.com/en/section/tech/Not flagged
http://vice.com/en/section/waypoint/Not flagged
http://vice.com/en/tag/drugs/Not flagged
http://vice.com/en/tag/photographyNot flagged
http://vice.com/en/tag/sexNot flagged
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Showing first 500 of 1069 entries.
static.ads-twitter.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
akbar.kustirama.idNot flagged
amuletskateshop.comNot flagged
cdn-magiclinks.trackonomics.netNot flagged
cdn.p-n.ioNot flagged
cdn.parsely.comNot flagged
cdnjs.cloudflare.comNot flagged
edition.cnn.comNot flagged
embeds.beehiiv.comNot flagged
functions.adnami.ioNot flagged
identity.vice.comNot flagged
js.chargebee.comNot flagged
newsletter.vice.comNot flagged
oembed.vice.comNot flagged
p1.parsely.comNot flagged
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vice.com Overview

Description of vice.com

vice.com appears to be the official website of VICE, a long-running digital media and publishing brand focused on news, culture, technology, music, food, lifestyle, and documentary-style reporting. The homepage layout, navigation labels, and metadata indicate an editorial publication rather than a simple blog or promotional landing page, with sections such as Magazine, Pulse, Life, Tech, Munchies, Music, and Waypoint.

Based on the domain age, strong web popularity ranking, and the visible site structure, the website appears to be operated as an established media outlet with international and multilingual content. The scan data also shows multiple language paths and supporting subdomains for identity, newsletters, and embedded media, which is consistent with a large-scale publishing platform.

Safety Assessment for vice.com

The available scan data is broadly reassuring. No detections were reported by 0 out of 91 security engines, and the domain was clean across the checked blacklist and threat-database sources at the time of this scan. The domain is also nearly three decades old and has a strong traffic profile, both of which are generally consistent with an established, legitimate publication.

One malware scan did produce a generic suspicious result and flagged several localized pages plus a third-party advertising script reference. However, the threat name shown was a generic heuristic label rather than a specific malware family, and it was not corroborated by the broader engine consensus or blacklist checks. In context, this may reflect aggressive pattern matching on advertising or tracking-related scripts rather than confirmed malicious activity.

The site content and branding appear consistent with a real news and media property, although some pages or tags may include mature editorial topics. Based on available data, no threats were detected at the time of this scan.

Technical Description

The domain uses a valid Let's Encrypt SSL certificate with expiry listed in August 2026, and the site is served over HTTPS from an nginx web server. Hosting appears to be provided through Automattic infrastructure, with the resolved server IP located in San Francisco, United States. The domain is registered through Amazon Registrar and has been active since 1997, which supports the impression of a mature web property.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not uncommon but means DNS responses do not benefit from that additional integrity layer. Aside from the generic heuristic flag on one external script reference, no major technical security concerns were evident from the provided scan results.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://www.vice.com/en
200 https://www.vice.com/en/
Website Insights
#1,793
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: News
Rank History (30 days)
Apr 20 May 28
24 cookies detected
Essential22
Analytics2
Advertising0
Social0
23 1st party cookies
1 3rd party (tracker)
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