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visualstudio.com

Category: Information Technology

Scanned: May 3, 2026, 09:37 PM UTC · First seen: May 3, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
90 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of visualstudio.com Captured May 3, 2026
https://visualstudio.com
Screenshot of visualstudio.com
29 years
Extremely Popular - #550 Tranco rank (>100M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Microsoft Corporation
Toronto, Canada
nginx
WordPress
150.171.74.16
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Markmonitor Inc.
Registered March 18, 1997
Expires March 19, 2027
Name Servers ns1-07.azure-dns.com
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Microsoft Corporation
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
46 files scanned
No threats
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visualstudio.microsoft.com/hub/# 308.9 KB Flagged: medium risk
visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/pricing/?tab=paid-subscriptions 446.0 KB Flagged: medium risk
visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/compare/# 298.9 KB Flagged: medium risk
visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/github/# 283.0 KB Flagged: medium risk
visualstudio.microsoft.com.http-redirect 98 B No threats
visualstudio.microsoft.com/# 638.7 KB No threats
visualstudio.microsoft.com/ja/# 330.7 KB No threats
visualstudio.microsoft.com/insiders/# 327.0 KB No threats
visualstudio.microsoft.com/vscode-edu/# 260.7 KB No threats
visualstudio.microsoft.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=Community&channel=Stable&version=VS18&source=VSLandingPage&cid=2500&passive=false 299.9 KB No threats
visualstudio.microsoft.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=Professional&channel=Stable&version=VS18&source=VSLandingPage&cid=2500&passive=false 299.9 KB No threats
visualstudio.microsoft.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=Enterprise&channel=Stable&version=VS18&source=VSLandingPage&cid=2500&passive=false 299.9 KB No threats
visualstudio.microsoft.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=Community&channel=Stable&version=VS18&source=VSLandingPage&cid=2500&passive=false 299.9 KB No threats
visualstudio.microsoft.com/es/# 321.1 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
1759
External Links
4 Flagged
1
Iframes
Clean
75
Referenced Domains
2 Flagged
6
Flagged Resources
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i2.ytimg.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
review.learn.microsoft.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://i2.ytimg.com/vi/1qj-LXeFQ5k/maxresdefault.jpgFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://i2.ytimg.com/vi/UmI_GuYMOYE/maxresdefault.jpgFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://review.learn.microsoft.com//visualstudio/ide/visual-studio-github-copilot-extensionFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://review.learn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/ide/visual-studio-github-copilot-chatFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://i2.ytimg.com/vi/1qj-LXeFQ5k/maxresdefault.jpgFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://i2.ytimg.com/vi/UmI_GuYMOYE/maxresdefault.jpgFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://review.learn.microsoft.com//visualstudio/ide/visual-studio-github-copilot-extensionFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://review.learn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/ide/visual-studio-github-copilot-chatFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://visualstudio.com/cs/downloadsNot flagged
http://visualstudio.com/cs/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku%3DCommunity&#038%3Bchannel%3DStable&#038%3Bversion%3DVS18&#038%3Bsource%3DVSLandingPage&#038%3Bcid%3D2500&#038%3Bpassive%3DfalseNot flagged
http://visualstudio.com/cs/vs/features/debugging-and-diagnostics/Not flagged
http://visualstudio.com/cs/vs/features/testing-tools/Not flagged
http://visualstudio.com/cs/vs/github/Not flagged
http://visualstudio.com/data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271328%27%20height%3D%27747%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201328%20747%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271328%27%20height%3D%27747%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%]Not flagged
http://visualstudio.com/data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27624%27%20height%3D%27351%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20624%20351%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27624%27%20height%3D%27351%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%]Not flagged
http://visualstudio.com/data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27826%27%20height%3D%27496%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20826%20496%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27826%27%20height%3D%27496%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%]Not flagged
http://visualstudio.com/de/downloadsNot flagged
http://visualstudio.com/de/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku%3DCommunity&#038%3Bchannel%3DStable&#038%3Bversion%3DVS18&#038%3Bsource%3DVSLandingPage&#038%3Bcid%3D2500&#038%3Bpassive%3DfalseNot flagged
http://visualstudio.com/de/vs/features/debugging-and-diagnostics/Not flagged
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i2.ytimg.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
review.learn.microsoft.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
about.ads.microsoft.comNot flagged
account.microsoft.comNot flagged
aka.msNot flagged
azure.microsoft.comNot flagged
azuredevsummit.comNot flagged
blogs.microsoft.comNot flagged
bsky.appNot flagged
careers.microsoft.comNot flagged
cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.comNot flagged
channel9.msdn.comNot flagged
choice.microsoft.comNot flagged
code.visualstudio.comNot flagged
devblogs.microsoft.comNot flagged
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<iframe id%3D"lp-iframe" width%3D"0" height%3D"0" src%3D"https://publisher.liveperson.net/iframe-le-tag/iframe-cs.html?lpsite%3D60270350&lpsection%3Dcloudplatform-leadgen-en-us-visualstudio&buttons%3DlpChatButton" title%3D"LivePerson Chat">Not flagged
visualstudio.com Overview

Description of visualstudio.com

visualstudio.com appears to be the official web presence for Visual Studio, Microsoft's integrated development environment and related developer tools. The page title, branding, and screenshot indicate that the site promotes IDE and code editor products, downloads, subscriptions, and developer services for building software across platforms and programming languages.

Based on the domain, metadata, and linked Microsoft properties, the website appears to be operated by Microsoft Corporation. It functions as a product hub for Visual Studio offerings, including downloads, pricing, feature comparisons, and integrations such as GitHub-related development tooling. The site's very high traffic ranking and long registration history are also consistent with a major established technology property.

Safety Assessment for visualstudio.com

The available scan data is broadly reassuring at the time of this scan. No detections were reported by 0 out of 91 security engines, and the domain was categorized by multiple web-classification providers as information technology or software-related. In addition, blacklist checks and DNS-based threat checks did not show listings during this review.

One malware scan did mark several URLs and two referenced domains as suspicious, but the flagged items appear to be Microsoft-owned documentation pages and externally hosted media assets rather than clear indicators of active compromise. On large, content-rich enterprise websites, generic heuristic alerts can sometimes be triggered by embedded media, documentation review subdomains, or complex page structures. Given the domain's long history, strong reputation signals, and the absence of broader engine detections or blacklist listings, these findings appear limited and may reflect false positives rather than confirmed malicious activity.

Based on available data, no threats were detected at the time of this scan, though isolated heuristic alerts suggest routine caution is still appropriate as with any website.

Technical Description

The domain is long-established, registered in 1997 through a corporate registrar, and appears to be hosted on Microsoft infrastructure using Azure DNS nameservers. The site presented a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued to Microsoft Corporation, with hosting attributed to Microsoft and a web server identified as nginx. These details are consistent with a professionally managed enterprise deployment.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not uncommon but means DNS responses do not benefit from that additional validation layer. Aside from the generic suspicious references noted by one malware scan for embedded external resources and documentation-related links, no major technical security concerns were evident from the provided data at the time of this scan.

HTTP Redirect Chain
308 https://visualstudio.com
301 https://www.visualstudio.com/
200 https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/
Website Insights
#550
Tranco Rank
Extremely Popular
Visitors >100M/mo
Category: Information Technology
Rank History (30 days)
Mar 23 May 2
5 cookies detected
Essential5
Analytics0
Advertising0
Social0
0 1st party cookies
5 3rd party (trackers)
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