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wowhead.com

Category: Games

Scanned: May 18, 2026, 09:57 PM UTC · First seen: May 18, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 92 · Times Scanned: 1
98 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of wowhead.com Captured May 18, 2026
https://wowhead.com
Screenshot of wowhead.com
20 years
Very Popular - #1,211 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (92 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
AWS CloudFront (GLOBAL)
Paris, France
nginx
Unknown
18.245.199.62
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Amazon Registrar, Inc.
Registered December 15, 2005
Expires December 15, 2026
Name Servers ns-1277.awsdns-31.org
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting AWS CloudFront (GLOBAL)
Reputation & Threat Check 92 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
23 files scanned
No threats
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www.wowhead.com.http-redirect 82 B No threats
experiments.parsely.com/vip-experiments.js?apiKey=wowhead.com 31.5 KB No threats
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-KN7HXDF 331.2 KB No threats
www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-KN7HXDF 266 B No threats
www.wowhead.com/tw 202.9 KB No threats
www.wowhead.com/ptr-2 90.1 KB No threats
www.wowhead.com/ru 267.6 KB No threats
www.wowhead.com/ptr 90.1 KB No threats
www.wowhead.com/pt 188.4 KB No threats
www.wowhead.com/# 180.4 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
115
External Links
All Clean
1
Iframes
Clean
39
Referenced Domains
1 Flagged
1
Flagged Resources
Detected
asteriresearch.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://wowhead.com/+x+Not flagged
http://wowhead.com/[^Not flagged
http://wowhead.com/data:image/webp%3Bbase64,Not flagged
http://wowhead.com/javascript:Not flagged
http://wowhead.com/pt/wow/retailNot flagged
http://wowhead.com/ptrNot flagged
http://wowhead.com/ptr-2Not flagged
http://wowhead.com/ru/wow/retailNot flagged
http://wowhead.com/tw/wow/retailNot flagged
https://bid.g.doubleclick.netNot flagged
https://browsehappy.com/?locale%3DNot flagged
https://cdn.cookielaw.org/scripttemplates/otSDKStub.jsNot flagged
https://cdn.dotaoutpost.com/stable/js/wowhead.js?type%3DabNot flagged
https://cdn.parsely.com/keys/wowhead.com/p.jsNot flagged
https://ex.coNot flagged
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asteriresearch.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
bid.g.doubleclick.netNot flagged
browsehappy.comNot flagged
c.amazon-adsystem.comNot flagged
cdn.cookielaw.orgNot flagged
cdn.dotaoutpost.comNot flagged
cdn.parsely.comNot flagged
cmp.zam.comNot flagged
corp.fanbyte.comNot flagged
ex.coNot flagged
experiments.parsely.comNot flagged
fastlane.rubiconproject.comNot flagged
fresh.warcraftlogs.comNot flagged
googletagmanager.comNot flagged
hbopenbid.pubmatic.comNot flagged
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<iframe src%3D"https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-KN7HXDF" height%3D"0" width%3D"0" style%3D"display:none%3Bvisibility:hidden">Not flagged
wowhead.com Overview

Description of wowhead.com

Wowhead appears to be a long-running gaming information website focused primarily on World of Warcraft and related Blizzard titles. Based on the page title, metadata, and screenshot, it provides game databases, guides, news, class information, profession tools, patch coverage, and community-oriented resources for players.

The domain has been active since 2005, which suggests an established web presence. Its content and classifications from multiple web-categorization providers align with a games, guides, and wiki-style reference site rather than a transactional storefront or account portal. The site appears to be operated as a media/content platform supported by advertising, analytics, and community features.

Safety Assessment for wowhead.com

At the time of this scan, the domain was not flagged by any of 92 security engines, and the checked blacklist databases also indicated clean status. The malware scan reported no flagged files among the sampled pages and assets. One referenced external domain was associated with a generic suspicious heuristic, but this appears to relate to a third-party referenced domain rather than confirmed malicious content hosted on wowhead.com itself.

Additional context supports a lower-risk assessment: the domain is approximately 20 years old, has a strong traffic profile, and the visible content matches a well-known gaming guide and news site. The screenshot shows normal editorial and database-style gaming content rather than phishing prompts, fake giveaways, or deceptive download pages.

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

Technical Description

The site uses a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued through Amazon infrastructure, with expiry listed in September 2026. It is served via nginx behind AWS CloudFront, with hosting resolved to a global content-delivery environment. This setup is common for high-traffic content platforms and may help with performance and availability.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not unusual but means DNS responses may not benefit from that additional integrity layer. No direct server-side malware indicators were reported in the provided scan results. The main technical note is the presence of numerous third-party advertising and analytics domains, which is typical for ad-supported media sites but can modestly expand the external dependency surface.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://wowhead.com/
200 https://www.wowhead.com/
Website Insights
#1,211
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: Games
Rank History (30 days)
Apr 6 May 17
36 cookies detected
Essential32
Analytics4
Advertising0
Social0
30 1st party cookies
6 3rd party (trackers)
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