ScanMalware.com

Security Scan Report: ow.ly

Redirected to: https://www.cnet.com/?tag=newsBlogPromoArea.1

Site favicon
Submitted: Jan 5, 2026, 7:16:48 PMCompleted: Jan 5, 2026, 7:18:15 PMpubliccompleted
Loading additional data...

Summary

This website contacted 33 IPs in 3 countries across 37 domains to perform 213 HTTP transactions. The main domain is cnet.com and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://ow.ly/testABC

Effective URL: https://www.cnet.com/?tag=newsBlogPromoArea.1Redirected

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #158,729 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Low Risk

Confidence: 70%

4
Risk Score

Redirects to CNET but contains a malicious ad link; overall low risk.

Risk Factors
Malicious external ad link (adclick.g.doubleclick.net) flagged as malware
Multiple redirects increase exposure to potentially unsafe intermediate domains
Safety Factors
Final URL belongs to well‑established brand CNET
Ow.ly is a recognized legitimate redirect service
Domain age of ow.ly is over 30 years (well established)
No forms collecting sensitive data
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

CNET: Product reviews, advice, how-tos and the latest news

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

healthcare medical

(43%)

Domain Information

Within the Libyan country-code top-level domain (.ly), 'ow.ly' is registered and has no subdomain. The core label 'ow' covers 2 characters split between 1 vowel and one consonant. Splitting it apart reveals one word: ow. Expect two characters per word on average. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://ow.ly/testABC

Page Load Overview

9.83s
Total Load Time
213
HTTP Requests
37
Domains
4.8 MB
Total Size

Language Analysis

Primary Language

🇺🇸English
Code: en
Confidence:80%
Script:Latin
Direction:ltr

Detection Details

Language Code:en
Detection Confidence:80%
Script Type:Latin
HTML Lang Attribute:en
Text Length:35,504 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

healthcare medical43% confidence
Type: spa
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

healthcare medical
43%
corporate
35%
documentation technical
33%
technology software
27%
forum
20%

Detected Features

OG: website
Schema.org

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
2123.207.210.140Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS20940Akamai International B.V.
63.218.185.129Ashburn, Virginia, United States
AS14618AMAZON-AES
6142.250.186.136United States
AS15169GOOGLE
618.245.31.65United States
AS16509AMAZON-02
6172.64.145.17United States
AS13335CLOUDFLARENET
6172.64.155.110United States
AS13335CLOUDFLARENET
63.174.46.42United States
AS16509AMAZON-02
6136.110.208.196Kansas City, Missouri, United States
AS396982GOOGLE-CLOUD-PLATFORM
613.219.167.63Ashburn, Virginia, United States
AS14618AMAZON-AES
6146.75.122.154Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS54113FASTLY
21333--

Detected Technologies4

Open-Graph-Protocolvwebsite
100%
Vue.js
50%
Node.js
50%
Nuxt.js
30%

Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T1F6B53AB3966434BE5D3B43D5BE31BBC9E194CC1ADA128083F9DDCB0C23C54666E9A394

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

12288:ZS/QUoebv9GAxqXtiAtxdhhQGjFp3cwZ/oG+ym43cwZ/oG+ymha:o/QUcdhCGhpMwZ/8ym4MwZ/8ymY

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:2303666:aZKW0kAhA2MMAtBDYBAUgkAPgJLSFFQyTFAkLhOIxAKjFgGFBCRSkihECSyAOxwXjBhIog1ICBKEra2RQgdGCASAJsgYKAQD

These hashes enable detection of similar websites and malware variants by comparing content similarity even when exact matches aren't found.

Image Hashes

Perceptual Hashes

Average Hash:N/A
Perceptual Hash:N/A
Difference Hash:N/A
Wavelet Hash:N/A
Color Hash:N/A

Other Hashes

Crop Resistant:N/A

Scan History

Scan history not available

Unable to load historical scan data