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Security Scan Report: www.metacritic.com

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Submitted: Sep 20, 2026, 9:11:45 PMCompleted: Sep 20, 2026, 9:12:47 PMpubliccompleted

Summary

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This website contacted 42 IPs in 4 countries across 59 domains to perform 252 HTTP transactions. The main domain is metacritic.com and was registered 12 years ago.

Submitted URL: https://www.metacritic.com

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #96,176 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Safe Website

Confidence: 96%

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Risk Score

Official Metacritic site: 27-year-old established domain, self-branding, no forms, and no threat-intel or malware indicators. Excessive redirects are consistent with ad/analytics tracking on a legitimate media site.

Safety Factors (5)
Established 27-year-old domain with Cisco Umbrella top 100K ranking
Self-branding matches domain (Metacritic)
No credential or payment forms
No Indicators of Compromise, YARA malware, or IDS alerts
Standard entertainment media content consistent with official site
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Movie Reviews, TV Reviews, Game Reviews, and Music Reviews - Metacritic

Scan Type

public

Domain Name Analysis

The domain 'www.metacritic.com' uses the commercial generic top-level domain (.com); it also runs on subdomain 'www'. Count 10 characters in 'metacritic' with four vowels and six consonants. Breaking it apart gives one word: metacritic. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://www.metacritic.com

Page Load Overview

6.84s
Total Load Time
2.4 MB
Total Size

Language Analysis

Primary Language

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

Detection Details

HTML Lang Attribute:en
Text Length:26,686 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

entertainment media88% confidence
Type: spa
Method: ml+structural

All Detected Categories

entertainment media
88%
technology software
41%
adult content
34%
forum
20%

Detected Features

Search
Schema.org

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
6172.66.2.166Cloudflare · WAFUnited States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
6104.18.86.42Cloudflare · WAFUnited States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
6162.159.142.170Cloudflare · WAFUnited States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
6142.251.127.155Google · CDNUnited States
AS15169Google LLC
6104.20.35.150Cloudflare · WAFUnited States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
6143.204.173.87Cloudfront · CDNUnited States
AS16509Amazon.com, Inc.
6104.16.80.73Cloudflare · WAFUnited States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
6142.251.13.97Google · CDNUnited States
AS15169Google LLC
6142.251.20.156Google · CDNUnited States
AS15169Google LLC
6104.16.79.73Cloudflare · WAFUnited States
AS13335Cloudflare, Inc.
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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

T162059734A510513F4023C6D4B5A09BEEB1F6F319C76E0080EEADE3357BF9EA2E911599

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

6144:5i6kGXFsaplDmSrrikX3XeXcXAXLXdXKX5XzX1XmXWX0XjX2ocXUXaXZXCXyXZXY:5uG3oGs5sW

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:828966:GEDEEAw4xBgMpCNANSgY4YElQA6Bykig46rsYxgYA2FQUkGAyFDVwpCrC7ngAowADISgDyCCKBKIiAEYYIBoGEBHoOAYNIIS

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

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