Security Scan Report: forums.anandtech.com

Submitted: May 12, 2026, 3:31:37 AMCompleted: May 12, 2026, 3:34:38 AMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 1 IP in 1 country across 1 domain to perform 4 HTTP transactions. The main domain is forums.anandtech.com and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://forums.anandtech.com

AI Security Verdict

Moderate Risk

Confidence: 80%

4
Risk Score

The site shows strong malware indicators (critical IDS alerts) and URL manipulation, but lacks phishing forms; treat as potentially compromised and avoid use.

Risk Factors
Critical IDS alerts for malware data exfiltration and C2 beacon
Circular redirect (URL manipulation)
Domain not listed in Cisco Umbrella top 1M (unranked reputation)
Safety Factors
Well‑established domain age (>28 years)
Brand matches the domain (self‑branding, not impersonation)
No password or payment fields in forms
No JavaScript malware patterns detected
No credential exfiltration observed
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

forums.anandtech.com

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

corporate

(50%)

Domain Information

You're looking at domain 'forums.anandtech.com' on the commercial generic top-level domain (.com) and includes subdomain 'forums'. The second-level label 'anandtech' is 9 characters long holding three vowels versus six consonants. Splitting it apart reveals three words: an, and, tech. Median word length comes out to three characters. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://forums.anandtech.com

Page Load Overview

4.29s
Total Load Time
148
HTTP Requests
21
Domains
2.4 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-US
Text Length:18,358 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

corporate50% confidence
Type: dynamic
Method: structural

All Detected Categories

corporate
50%
forum
40%

Detected Features

OG: website

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
14845.32.83.182Los Angeles, California, United States
AS20473The Constant Company, LLC
1481--

Detected Technologies2

Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T19D048E773296063986558498F05B43099F21B143F506C8BCB9BCBAD9BFDED06107BB78

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

3072:I/Qho9PKBb9Js3q9Jzbs6tlg1ySBKwdQ9gcoIsPT2bMy8OldN:JhoC9JSqzzbs6okSjggcps72eA3

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:185243:IkWAA0kDmjEkAAEAgDVQJCGMQGhLQPg0NCQwYSKg0qyxZwDR9RFCYAFaEGECgKFCAAEk5xgNcRSKAEeSLDBjSAAiABJLDAlL

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:ffcfc3c7ffffffff
Perceptual Hash:b331cccccc663333
Difference Hash:00180c1400000000
Wavelet Hash:ffdfc3cf00000000
Color Hash:#bf8040

Other Hashes

Crop Resistant:00180c1400000000

Scan History

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