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Automated Website Trust & Risk Intelligence Report
https://scamlookup.net/website/avast
Generated: Sat, 05 Sep 2026 11:17:08 GMT
Target Website: avast.com
Overall Trust Score: 91/100 (Trusted)
avast.com
Trusted
Scanned: Sep 5, 11:17 AMTRUST SCORE
91
CONFIDENT
Low Risk
91/100
TRUST SCORE
CONFIDENT
Low Risk
SAFETY
91/100
91/100
TRANSPARENCY
20/100
20/100
DOMAIN RISK
LowLow Tier
LowRisk
SSL SECURITY
20/100
20/100
PAYMENT RISK
NoNo Risk
NoRisk
VERDICT
Trusted
Trusted
AI Security Summary
91/100 — trusted. Long-established domain (28.9 years old), clean threat reputation, no impersonation patterns. Verdict driven by: no privacy policy found; no terms of service found; no contact page found — worth extra caution before trusting.
No malware/phishing on feedsGood reputationHTTPS enabled
HTTPS & SSL
SecureSecure
HTTPS Active (TLS 1.3/1.2)
Threat Status
CleanClean
No blacklists or malware
Domain Age
28.9 years28.9 years
Registered 10/6/1997
Reputation
High TrustHigh Trust
Based on 65+ verified signals
IP & Server
23.14.93.11723.14.93.117
cloudflare
Email Security
ProtectedProtected
SPF, DMARC, MX active
Performance
36 / 10036 / 100
Standard speed
Redirects
2 Hops2 Hops
Redirect chain analyzed
Top Priority RecommendationAction Needed
Certificate expires soon (0 days)
Why it matters
Addressing this signal prevents trust downgrades and potential security risks.
View Glossary GuidePositive Signals
- Site responded with 200
- HTTPS is enforced
- Served through Cloudflare
- 3 address record(s) resolved
- IPv6 (AAAA) available
- 6 authoritative nameservers
- Domain registered 29+ years ago
- Owner information disclosed
Warnings
- Certificate expires soon (0 days)
- Missing Content Security Policy
- No privacy policy found
- No terms of service found
- No contact page found
- Large response served uncompressed
Critical Issues
No critical issues found
Domain passes all high-risk checks
- Registrar Name
- MarkMonitor Inc.
- Creation Date
- October 6, 1997 (28.9 years ago)
- Last Updated
- December 9, 2022
- Registry Expiry Date
- September 20, 2030
- WHOIS Privacy Protection
- Publicly Visible
- Domain Status Codes
- client delete prohibited, client transfer prohibited, client update prohibited
ICANN Status Badges
client delete prohibitedclient transfer prohibitedclient update prohibited
Domain registered 29+ years ago
Long-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.
+15
Registered via MarkMonitor Inc.
Owner information disclosed
The domain publishes registrant contact info — a small positive transparency signal.
+2
Security Header Baseline
Strict-Transport-SecurityMissing
Content-Security-PolicyMissing
X-Frame-Options Present
X-Content-Type-Options Present
Referrer-PolicyMissing
Permissions-PolicyMissing
Recommended Missing Headers
missing: Content Security Policymissing: Referrer Policymissing: Permissions Policy
All Response Headers (18)
HSTS is set
Tells browsers to only use HTTPS for this domain.
+6
Missing Content Security Policy
Restricts which scripts and resources the page can load.
-4
X-Frame-Options is set
Prevents clickjacking by disallowing framing.
+3
X-Content-Type-Options is set
Blocks MIME-sniffing browser attacks.
+2
Missing Referrer Policy
Controls what referrer information is sent with requests.
-2
Missing Permissions Policy
Restricts access to powerful browser features (camera, mic, etc.).
-2
- IPv4 Addresses (A)
- 23.14.93.117
- IPv6 Addresses (AAAA)
- 2600:1407:3c00:1482::21c7, 2600:1407:3c00:1486::21c7
- Mail Servers (MX)
- avast-com.mail.protection.outlook.com (Priority: 0)
- Authoritative Nameservers (NS)
- a20-66.akam.net, a1-182.akam.net, a11-66.akam.net, a26-67.akam.net, a13-65.akam.net, a6-67.akam.net
- TXT Records Found
- 14 TXT verification records
A Records (IPv4)
23.14.93.117
TXT Verification Records
google-site-verification=iGnE-HdPoFw1rbSBbllQkT1qrXCwnQfOE1qoe50U9QY
site24x7-signals-domain-verification=d265eba98d152d1c9dafc5b3f5044af8
apple-domain-verification=1kYfASdchMq7OLKO
_n3mjdpzgvu3opnmknj83rg5ji782y4w
segment-site-verification=intxU1LpjrdINW7QHilYM6C9blznrTdI
knowbe4-site-verification=482fcbc151a32d4f6ba2feaebc35407e
google-site-verification=tHW5WI8bNL1PvDNkvFl7Mm74YmLIzf3Hr90j7mGOVBQ
google-site-verification=8_D4sFKVTwzXbD0Cn5IKiko_fdjkwfkE9ugaAp_DE0M
google-site-verification=9KZgt0QBAQTOnPP6NKOGigeO-vW176OMT9yjzS7fZD8
google-site-verification=0uAqsuocfiKUuALLUDkgZUjTqojKVv14OO-K15mdmuQ
google-site-verification=k82twljI92zx21IOUUAFZRhI1H9SYuCQ0Sl-yvWhgkk
MS=ms87582564
v=spf1 redirect=spfc.avast.com
security-notifications=soc@avast.com
3 address record(s) resolved
+4
IPv6 (AAAA) available
Modern dual-stack setup.
+2
6 authoritative nameservers
+2
- Registrable Domain
- avast.com
- Registrar Organization
- MarkMonitor Inc.
- WHOIS Privacy Status
- Public Registration Data
- Registry Status Codes
- client delete prohibited, client transfer prohibited, client update prohibited
- Delegated Authoritative Nameservers
- a1-182.akam.net, a11-66.akam.net, a13-65.akam.net, a20-66.akam.net, a26-67.akam.net, a6-67.akam.net
- Registration Lifecycle
- Registered: 1997 → Expires: 2030
Nameservers (NS)
a1-182.akam.neta11-66.akam.neta13-65.akam.neta20-66.akam.neta26-67.akam.neta6-67.akam.net
Domain registered 29+ years ago
Long-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.
+15
Registered via MarkMonitor Inc.
Owner information disclosed
The domain publishes registrant contact info — a small positive transparency signal.
+2
- SPF Record
- v=spf1 redirect=spfc.avast.com
- DMARC Policy Mode
- Policy: QUARANTINE
- DMARC Raw Record
- v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; sp=none; rua=mailto:dmarc_agg@vali.email; ruf=mailto:dmarcruf@avast.com; adkim=r; aspf=r; ri=86400; fo=1; pct=100
- DKIM Selectors Detected
- google, selector1, selector2
Email Protection Summary: This domain has strong email authentication configured to prevent spammers from sending emails impersonating this brand.
SPF record published
+5
DMARC published (quarantine)
+4
DKIM configured (google, selector1, selector2)
+3
URLhaus Malware
Clean / Not Listed
PhishStats Feed
Clean / Not Listed
Google Safe Browsing
Not checked
- Root Domain Label
- avast
- Top-Level Domain (TLD)
- .com (Standard TLD)
- Punycode Obfuscation
- No (Standard ASCII)
- Homoglyph / Lookalike Script
- No mixed scripts
- Brand Match Analysis
- No recognized brand impersonation
- Typosquatting Risk
- Clean
No impersonation patterns detected
Domain doesn't look like a typosquat, doesn't embed a well-known brand, and uses ASCII characters.
+8
Detected Technologies by Category
js
Svelte
css
Tailwind CSS
analytics
Google AnalyticsGoogle Tag Manager
cdn
Cloudflare
Page Metadata & Fingerprint
- HTML Title
- Avast | Download Free Antivirus & VPN | 100% Free & Easy
- Meta Description
- Join hundreds of millions of others & get free antivirus for PC, Mac, & Android. Surf safely with our VPN. Download Avast!
- Document Language
- en-us
- Character Encoding
- UTF-8
- Viewport Setting
- width=device-width, initial-scale=1
- Generator Software
- —
5 technologies detected
Svelte, Tailwind CSS, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Cloudflare
Mobile viewport configured
+2
Items to Fix & Optimize
Text compression (Brotli/Gzip)
MUCH NEEDEDEnable on server or CDN
Modern image formats (WebP/AVIF/SVG)
OPTIONALConvert heavy images to WebP/AVIF
Protocol
HTTP/2
Binary framing, multiplexed
Compression
NONE
No compression detected
Optimization Signals (From Detectable Headers & Assets)
Image Formats
Legacy / Unchecked
Transfer
Uncompressed
Transport
HTTP/2
These are server-side signals. Actual Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) require real-user measurement via PageSpeed Insights.
Detected Asset & Image Formats
WebPAVIFSVGJPEGPNG
- HTTP Response Time
- 706 ms
- Payload Body Size
- 745.6 KB
- Compression Status
- Uncompressed
- Cache Directives
- Standard caching rules
Large response served uncompressed
Enable gzip or brotli at the edge to cut transfer size dramatically.
-3
AI Content Evaluation
91/100 — trusted. Long-established domain (28.9 years old), clean threat reputation, no impersonation patterns. Verdict driven by: no privacy policy found; no terms of service found; no contact page found — worth extra caution before trusting.
- Payment Red Flags
- None (No suspicious payment requests)
- High-Pressure Language
- None (No artificial urgency detected)
- Disposable Domain Risk
- No (Established infrastructure)
- Text Scanned Depth
- 490 characters verified
No scam-correlated language found on the home page
No crypto-only / gift-card / wire-only payment demands, and no obvious urgency tactics.
+6
- Primary Web Server
- cloudflare
- CDN / Cloud Provider
- Cloudflare
- Primary IP Address
- 23.14.93.117
- HTTP Status Code
- 200 OK
- Final Landing Destination
- https://www.avast.com/en-us/index
- Redirect Hop Count
- 2 hops
Redirect Hop Chain
- 1.https://avast.com/ → https://www.avast.com/
- 2.https://www.avast.com/ → https://www.avast.com/en-us/index
Site responded with 200
Final URL: https://www.avast.com/en-us/index. Response time 706ms.
+8
HTTPS is enforced
All redirects stayed on HTTPS. Traffic is encrypted end-to-end.
+10
Served through Cloudflare
Sites behind a major CDN benefit from DDoS protection and edge caching.
+4
- Certificate Authority (Issuer)
- C=US, O=Let's Encrypt, CN=Let's Encrypt Authority X3
- Subject Common Name (CN)
- cz-ent-10a-merlot.service.int.avast.com
- Validity Period
- 0 days remaining (Expires: 2020-12-27T21:38:04)
- Subject Alternative Names (SANs)
- 39 domains protected
- Certificates Logged (CT)
- 1884 certs recorded
Subject Alternative Names (Sample)
cz-ent-10a-merlot.service.int.avast.comcz-ent-10a-pinot.service.int.avast.comcz-ent-10b-riesling.service.int.avast.comcz-ent-10c-shiraz.service.int.avast.comcz-ent-10d-zinfandel.service.int.avast.comcz-ent-11b-gauss.service.int.avast.comcz-ent-11b-laplace.service.int.avast.comcz-ent-11b-lorentz.service.int.avast.comcz-ent-11b-maxwell.service.int.avast.comcz-ent-11b-tesla.service.int.avast.comcz-ent-5b-hadoop.service.int.avast.comcz-ent-6a-aswan.service.int.avast.comcz-ent-6a-gabcikovo.service.int.avast.comcz-ent-6a-hoover.service.int.avast.comcz-ent-6b-lipno.service.int.avast.comcz-ent-6-c-threegorges.service.int.avast.comcz-ent-6d-verzasca.service.int.avast.comcz-ent-8a-clarinet.service.int.avast.comcz-ent-8b-flute.service.int.avast.comcz-ent-8c-guitar.service.int.avast.com+19 more
Valid SSL / TLS certificate active
Issued by C=US, O=Let's Encrypt, CN=Let's Encrypt Authority X3, valid for 0 remaining days.
+10
Certificate expires soon (0 days)
-4
Key Legal & Transparency Pages
privacy PageNot linked
terms PageNot linked
contact PageNot linked
about PageFound
refund PageNot linked
shipping PageNot linked
cookies PageNot linked
- Published Phone Numbers
- 8.3333333333, 16.6666666667, 33.3333333333, 41.6666666667, 58.3333333333, 66.6666666667
No privacy policy found
Legally required in most jurisdictions. Its absence is a real red flag.
-4
No terms of service found
Reputable sites usually publish a terms of service.
-4
No contact page found
Reputable sites usually publish a contact page.
-4
About page linked from home page
+3
No refund/return policy found
Reputable sites usually publish a refund/return policy.
-3
No cookie policy found
Reputable sites usually publish a cookie policy.
-2
3 social profile(s) linked
twitter, facebook, linkedin
+3
Phone number published
+2
- Robots.txt Directives
- Present & Configured
- Sitemaps Declared
- https://www.avast.com/sitemap_index.xml
- Disallow Rules Count
- 3 rules
View Raw robots.txt
User-agent: * Disallow: Disallow: /search-results* Sitemap: https://www.avast.com/sitemap_index.xml User-agent: PerplexityBot Disallow: /*&rut= User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Allow: / User-agent: ChatGPT-User Allow: / User-agent: GPTBot Allow: / User-agent: Perplexity-User Allow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: / User-agent: Claude-User Allow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Allow: / Content-Signal: ai-train=yes, search=yes, ai-input=yes
robots.txt published
+2
Export & Share Intelligence
Download the complete official PDF verification report (all sections and technical signals expanded), or export raw JSON telemetry.
Scan Engine Performance
Automated multi-signal inspection pipeline
Signals Analyzed
38
This scan
Sources Checked
18
Live security feeds
Scan Duration
2.66s
Ultra-fast
Last Scan
9/5/2026
Live timestamp
Overall Risk
Low Risk