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Security Scan Report: m-w.com

Redirected to: https://www.merriam-webster.com/

Submitted: Mar 29, 2026, 7:20:45 AMCompleted: Mar 29, 2026, 7:22:30 AMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 10 IPs in 2 countries across 11 domains to perform 90 HTTP transactions. The main domain is merriam-webster.com and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://m-w.com

Effective URL: https://www.merriam-webster.com/Redirected

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #25,132 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Safe Website

Confidence: 96%

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Risk Score

Legitimate informational site for Merriam‑Webster dictionary.

Safety Factors
Established, long‑registered domain
Brand name matches domain
No credential or payment collection forms
No malicious Indicators of Compromise
Open Graph article type confirms non‑phishing content
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Merriam-Webster: America's Most Trusted Dictionary

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(80% confidence)

Category

adult content

(54%)

Domain Information

The domain name 'm-w.com' uses the commercial generic top-level domain (.com) and has no subdomain. Its registrable label 'm-w' stretches across 3 characters split between 0 vowels and two consonants, plus one hyphen. Word splitting yields two words: m, w. Average segment length settles at one character. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://m-w.com

Page Load Overview

5.18s
Total Load Time
125
HTTP Requests
22
Domains
2.3 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:3,960 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

adult content54% confidence
Type: webapp
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

adult content
54%
education learning
41%
news/blog
20%

Detected Features

Search
OG: article

Domain & IP Information

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1732.192.19.9Ashburn, Virginia, United States
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1250.16.104.50Germany
AS60068
1254.192.35.10United States
AS16509Amazon.com, Inc.
1234.107.218.251Kansas City, Missouri, United States
AS396982Google LLC
12142.251.141.104United States
AS15169Google LLC
1254.81.76.155Germany
AS14618
1254.192.35.93United States
AS16509Amazon.com, Inc.
12146.75.121.55Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
AS54113Fastly, Inc.
12151.101.66.217GermanyUnknown
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Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T1ED342AF1A2F010B70183E7E0A6757A88BE12A477CD66D505B3AD4F98EFD7C8A884355C

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

3072:0fzBIn7LCyvmeyloF5qFtlnJLB/WTZrLmufYEKuXO3X6:4zBISytFwFtlnJLB/WTZrLmufYE1m6

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:232690:gJXBqASkmUQptQsFSkk4lQNRUgEAJE6iVEgVAoSB5QMwkCRMoISSgABAOlYLCdYFoGBKqhKQkRBoA4MNTJMJEkr3ArSQcCoE

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:00001e1effa7e7ff
Perceptual Hash:9e5868ebcc351ee0
Difference Hash:71f1bcbc2b4f4f37
Wavelet Hash:00001416ffa7e7ff
Color Hash:#8bac53

Other Hashes

Crop Resistant:71f1bcbc2b4f4f37,8280d06868e800aa,71577171f4bcb4ec,456ce2f5e3f2dcdc,f172f1e9cc71e4d4

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