Is malwarebytes.com safe?

Very Likely Safe

No major red flags found. This looks like a legitimate, established website.

Popular site · #2,665 worldwideChecked Nov 13, 2026

Trust score

Why: Main reasons: domain registered 22+ years ago; not flagged by Google Safe Browsing; popular website — ranked #2,665 worldwide. Minor issues: missing Content Security Policy; large response served uncompressed.

Identity & Age100/100

Impersonation Risk100/100

Red Flags100/100

Transparency70/100

Security100/100

Email100/100

Positive highlights

Domain registered 22+ years agoLong-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.
Not flagged by Google Safe BrowsingNo malware, phishing, or unwanted-software match in Google's live threat database.
HTTPS is enforcedAll redirects stayed on HTTPS. Traffic is encrypted end-to-end.
Valid SSL / TLS certificate activeIssued by C=US, O=Amazon, CN=Amazon RSA 2048 M04, valid for 146 remaining days.
Popular website — ranked #2,665 worldwideListed in the Tranco top 1 million websites. Scam sites are almost never this popular.
Site responded with 200Final URL: https://www.malwarebytes.com/. Response time 197ms.
No impersonation patterns detectedDomain doesn't look like a typosquat, doesn't embed a well-known brand, and uses ASCII characters.
Not listed on URLhaus malware blocklist
Fast response (197ms)
Not present in PhishStats phishing feed

Negative highlights

Missing Content Security PolicyRestricts which scripts and resources the page can load.
Large response served uncompressedEnable gzip or brotli at the edge to cut transfer size dramatically.

Note: Registered via GoDaddy.com, LLC.

Note: 4 technologies detected. WordPress, Svelte, Google Analytics, Cloudflare

Note: Policy pages could not be checked. The site showed our scanner a bot-check or short page, so privacy, terms and contact pages were not verified. This is common for large sites and is not counted against them.

Key facts about malwarebytes.com

Website: malwarebytes.com
Popularity: #2,665 worldwide (Tranco top 1M)
Domain created: Jul 3, 2004 (22.4 years old)
Domain expires: Jul 3, 2027
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Owner details: Public in WHOIS
IP address: 192.0.66.233
Hosting / CDN: Cloudflare
SSL certificate: Amazon · valid until Apr 8, 2027
Email security: SPF ✓ · DMARC ✓ (reject)
Threat blocklists: Not listed (clean)
Technology: WordPress, Svelte, Google Analytics, Cloudflare

Summary

95/100 — trusted. Long-established domain (22.4 years old), clean threat reputation, no impersonation patterns.

No malware/phishing on feedsGood reputationHTTPS enabled

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Domain Information

Registration timeline, age calculation, registrar details, and ICANN status.

Verified

Registrar Name: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Creation Date: July 3, 2004 (22.4 years ago)
Last Updated: July 3, 2026
Registry Expiry Date: July 3, 2027
WHOIS Privacy Protection: Publicly Visible
Domain Status Codes: client delete prohibited, client renew prohibited, client transfer prohibited, client update prohibited

ICANN Status Badges

client delete prohibitedclient renew prohibitedclient transfer prohibitedclient update prohibited

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Domain registered 22+ years ago

Long-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.

+15

Registered via GoDaddy.com, LLC

Owner information disclosed

The domain publishes registrant contact info — a small positive transparency signal.

HTTP Headers & Security

Full HTTP response headers, HSTS, Content Security Policy (CSP), and security baselines.

Good

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: Permissions Policy

All Response Headers (18)

cache-control: max-age=300, must-revalidate
cf-cache-status: DYNAMIC
cf-ray: a59e9cbf5cc33564-CMH
connection: close
content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 14:54:32 GMT
host-header: a9130478a60e5f9135f765b23f26593b
link: <https://www.malwarebytes.com/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/", <https://www.malwarebytes.com/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/4>; rel="alternate"; title="JSON"; type="application/json", <https://www.malwarebytes.com/>; rel=shortlink
referrer-policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin
server: cloudflare
strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000;includeSubdomains
transfer-encoding: chunked
vary: Accept-Encoding, Origin
x-cache: HIT
x-content-type-options: nosniff
x-frame-options: DENY
x-remembering: Eric Binnion <https://friendsofericbinnion.wordpress.com/>
x-rq: mdw2 181 249 80

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HSTS is set

Tells browsers to only use HTTPS for this domain.

Missing Content Security Policy

Restricts which scripts and resources the page can load.

-4

X-Frame-Options is set

Prevents clickjacking by disallowing framing.

X-Content-Type-Options is set

Blocks MIME-sniffing browser attacks.

Referrer Policy is set

Controls what referrer information is sent with requests.

Missing Permissions Policy

Restricts access to powerful browser features (camera, mic, etc.).

-2

DNS Records

Encrypted DoH resolution: A, AAAA, MX mail servers, authoritative NS, and TXT verification.

Resolved

IPv4 Addresses (A): 192.0.66.233
IPv6 Addresses (AAAA): None
Mail Servers (MX): malwarebytes-com.mail.protection.outlook.com (Priority: 0)
Authoritative Nameservers (NS): ns-202.awsdns-25.com, ns-914.awsdns-50.net, ns-1123.awsdns-12.org, ns-1684.awsdns-18.co.uk
TXT Records Found: 22 TXT verification records

A Records (IPv4)

192.0.66.233

TXT Verification Records

MS=ms24598734

y5fzkwz9y8wwsnjnywq5t90f503zcntk

hj-ownership=kAivaWbbgy2W2xA2qKLh

yandex-verification: 2591bba93ba202da

apple-domain-verification=3MaCkk39tqqEiKOh

docusign=5bdadb4b-5cf8-4ed7-bde6-07ed3c06b337

jamf-site-verification=tui5K1JGxQdWgOCN2w1CNQ

rippling-domain-verification=0f54b9602224f399

pendo-domain-verification=dhEbuTQlkGkKxFCdC1VpJkqsPkI

amazonses:Dp3Q+oLMlCeqgtaqYfxWrx2aTghDqtWPX7+bHwXXjHw=

openai-domain-verification=dv-SZcqGxi7Z98mZ9XPg3KrFpjQ

cloudflare_dashboard_sso=d8f889c0133b376879006e3d6adb2498

miro-verification=262ec37f2f74a0cc84954088b958c57dea890d58

teamviewer-sso-verification=ad7ac2d9312e41eb8715f193283c2302

profound-domain-verification-3bf9ae=2KO7zEt5LE8xFLyFeJDJ4fMJc

anthropic-domain-verification-cpypz4=t0STeocBrJ4QjCzam3Zsomj9U

spycloud-domain-verification=9834e4f8-e7ee-4cee-a35a-a731c70acecc

h1-domain-verification=XSPr8ZX1NjiVXff9E3aCmWNmw7t9Kk4nZaEd3hGkjoxqB3dQ

stripe-verification=47F30B92F67986B864CDECB62CB32AF08AA65F05327AD7E7561C8E26CF760AFA

adobe-idp-site-verification=046136e12b20b6a648e63fdc548b5732c52ded8ba2466cb950f6afd52dac2fc0

atlassian-domain-verification=d2E1tHpaX3rkDXq5+ZlZyEo1GPjuo23hvyVq/WUG3xbU92gNX2XLkK5lwpUpkPMO

v=spf1 include:spf1.malwarebytes.com include:clients.cleverbridge.com include:spf.mtasv.net ip4:52.22.249.69 ip4:54.174.209.165 -all

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1 address record(s) resolved

4 authoritative nameservers

WHOIS & Identity Lookup

Domain ownership status, registry lifecycle, nameservers, and privacy redaction.

Found

Registrable Domain: malwarebytes.com
Registrar Organization: GoDaddy.com, LLC
WHOIS Privacy Status: Public Registration Data
Registry Status Codes: client delete prohibited, client renew prohibited, client transfer prohibited, client update prohibited
Delegated Authoritative Nameservers: ns-1123.awsdns-12.org, ns-1684.awsdns-18.co.uk, ns-202.awsdns-25.com, ns-914.awsdns-50.net
Registration Lifecycle: Registered: 2004 → Expires: 2027

Nameservers (NS)

ns-1123.awsdns-12.orgns-1684.awsdns-18.co.ukns-202.awsdns-25.comns-914.awsdns-50.net

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Domain registered 22+ years ago

Long-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.

+15

Registered via GoDaddy.com, LLC

Owner information disclosed

The domain publishes registrant contact info — a small positive transparency signal.

Email Security & Deliverability

SPF record validation, DMARC policy enforcement, DKIM selectors, and MX reputation.

Protected

SPF Record: v=spf1 include:spf1.malwarebytes.com include:clients.cleverbridge.com include:spf.mtasv.net ip4:52.22.249.69 ip4:54.174.209.165 -all
DMARC Policy Mode: Policy: REJECT
DMARC Raw Record: v=DMARC1;p=reject;pct=100;rua=mailto:dmarc-rua@malwarebytes.com;ruf=mailto:dmarc-ruf@malwarebytes.com;fo=1
DKIM Selectors Detected: selector1, selector2, s1, s2

Email Protection Summary: This domain has strong email authentication configured to prevent spammers from sending emails impersonating this brand.

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SPF record published

DMARC published (reject)

DKIM configured (selector1, selector2, s1, s2)

Threat Intelligence & Blocklists

Multi-source malware feeds (URLhaus), phishing checks (PhishStats, Safe Browsing), and typosquats.

Clean

URLhaus Malware

Clean / Not Listed

PhishStats Feed

Clean / Not Listed

Google Safe Browsing

Clean / Verified

Root Domain Label: malwarebytes
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.

Technology Stack & Metadata

Detected CMS, JavaScript frameworks, analytics tags, CDN providers, and page metadata.

Detected

Detected Technologies by Category

cms

WordPress

Svelte

analytics

Google Analytics

cdn

Cloudflare

Page Metadata & Fingerprint

HTML Title: All-in-One Cybersecurity Protection: Antivirus, VPN & Scam Guard
Meta Description: All-in-one cybersecurity software for all your devices. Malwarebytes provides smarter antivirus, VPN, and scam detection for you and your family.
Document Language: en
Character Encoding: UTF-8
Viewport Setting: width=device-width, initial-scale=1
Generator Software: —

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4 technologies detected

WordPress, Svelte, Google Analytics, Cloudflare

Mobile viewport configured

Page Performance & Compression

Server response time, content payload size, Brotli/Gzip compression, and caching rules.

197ms

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: 197 ms
Payload Body Size: 1044.6 KB
Compression Status: Uncompressed
Cache Directives: max-age=300, must-revalidate

Large response served uncompressed

Enable gzip or brotli at the edge to cut transfer size dramatically.

-3

Response is cache-friendly

max-age=300, must-revalidate

AI Content Safety & Red Flags

High-pressure language, payment gateway safety, disposable domain analysis, and deceptive tactics.

Safe

AI Content Evaluation

95/100 — trusted. Long-established domain (22.4 years old), clean threat reputation, no impersonation patterns. Main reasons: domain registered 22+ years ago; not flagged by Google Safe Browsing; popular website — ranked #2,665 worldwide. Minor issues: missing Content Security Policy; large response served uncompressed.

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: 283,446 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.

Server & Hosting Infrastructure

Primary IP address, web server software, CDN edge network, and redirect hop chain.

cloudflare

Primary Web Server: cloudflare
CDN / Cloud Provider: Cloudflare
Primary IP Address: 192.0.66.233
HTTP Status Code: 200 OK
Final Landing Destination: https://www.malwarebytes.com/
Redirect Hop Count: 1 hop

Redirect Hop Chain

1.https://malwarebytes.com/ → https://www.malwarebytes.com/

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Site responded with 200

Final URL: https://www.malwarebytes.com/. Response time 197ms.

HTTPS is enforced

All redirects stayed on HTTPS. Traffic is encrypted end-to-end.

+10

Fast response (197ms)

Served through Cloudflare

Sites behind a major CDN benefit from DDoS protection and edge caching.

SSL / TLS Certificate

Active Certificate Authority, Common Name, validity period, expiration countdown, and SANs.

Secure

Certificate Authority (Issuer): C=US, O=Amazon, CN=Amazon RSA 2048 M04
Subject Common Name (CN): *.sre.malwarebytes.com
Validity Period: 146 days remaining (Expires: 2027-04-08T23:59:59Z)
Subject Alternative Names (SANs): 40 domains protected
Certificates Logged (CT): 100 certs recorded

Subject Alternative Names (Sample)

akamai-san63.exacttarget.comimage.addedprotection.comimage.asiakasviestinta.ts.fiimage.bienvenidos.bbva.mximage.communications.metrobank.com.phimage.em.perkins.comimage.email.aamc.orgimage.email.artnews.comimage.email.buxomcosmetics.caimage.email.e-charleskeith.comimage.email.e-pedroshoes.comimage.email.flixbus.comimage.email.twill.netimage.email.vanguardpersonaladvice.comimage.euyansang.sgimage.exct.opportunistictrader.comimage.hello.unitypoint.orgimage.ideas.capitalgroup.comimage.lightnews.osram.comimage.lp.hopkinsmedicine.orgimage.mail.airbnb.comimage.mail.bullion.rakuten.com.hkimage.malwarebytes.comimage.mc.ch.generali.comimage.mkt.coupang.comimage.my-caltex.comimage.news.domperignon.comimage.ph-caltex.comimage.sg-caltex.commalwarebytes.commwbsys.comapi.bytesnet.malwarebytes.combytesnet.malwarebytes.combite.vipre.comcart.malwarebytes.comcb.f-secure.comcb.quark.comclick.simplestar.comclick.winzip.come.cleverbridge.com+20 more

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Valid SSL / TLS certificate active

Issued by C=US, O=Amazon, CN=Amazon RSA 2048 M04, valid for 146 remaining days.

+10

Content & Transparency Policies

Linked privacy policy, terms of service, about page, social channels, and published contacts.

Warning

Key Legal & Transparency Pages

privacy PageNot linked

terms PageNot linked

contact PageNot linked

about PageNot linked

refund PageNot linked

shipping PageNot linked

cookies PageNot linked

Verified Social Channels

facebook

Published Contact Emails: press@malwarebytes.com

Published Phone Numbers: 1794503716, 2026-11-02, 2026-03-20, 2008-01-21, 69-4075-427, 108481548065

Policy pages could not be checked

The site showed our scanner a bot-check or short page, so privacy, terms and contact pages were not verified. This is common for large sites and is not counted against them.

Robots.txt & Sitemap Discoverability

Search engine crawler directives, indexability, and declared XML sitemaps.

Present

Robots.txt Directives: Present & Configured
Sitemaps Declared: https://www.malwarebytes.com/sitemap_index.xml, https://www.malwarebytes.com/pt-br/page-sitemap.xml, https://www.malwarebytes.com/nl/page-sitemap.xml, https://www.malwarebytes.com/es/page-sitemap.xml, https://www.malwarebytes.com/de/page-sitemap.xml, https://www.malwarebytes.com/fr/page-sitemap.xml, https://www.malwarebytes.com/pl/page-sitemap.xml, https://www.malwarebytes.com/it/page-sitemap.xml, https://www.malwarebytes.com/ru/page-sitemap.xml, https://www.malwarebytes.com/pt/page-sitemap.xml
Disallow Rules Count: 42 rules

View Raw robots.txt

User-agent: *
User-Agent: Googlebot
User-Agent: applebot
User-Agent: PerplexityBot
User-Agent: bingbot
User-Agent:  OAI-SearchBot
User-Agent:  GPTBot
User-Agent: GeminiBot
User-Agent: ClaudeBot

Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Disallow: /*?wg-choose-original= 
DISALLOW: /*?x-clickref=
DISALLOW: /*?amp
DISALLOW: /*?d=
DISALLOW: /*?sid2=
DISALLOW: /*.pdf
DISALLOW: /ctrl/*
DISALLOW: /v1a/*
DISALLOW: /*.php
DISALLOW: /404
DISALLOW: /press/2008*
DISALLOW: /press/2009*
DISALLOW: /press/2010*
DISALLOW: /press/2011*
DISALLOW: /press/2012*
DISALLOW: /press/2013*
DISALLOW: /press/2014*
DISALLOW: /press/2015*
DISALLOW: /press/2016*
DISALLOW: /press/2017*
DISALLOW: /press/2018*
DISALLOW: /press/2019*
DISALLOW: /press/2020*
DISALLOW: /press/2021*
DISALLOW: /press/2022*
DISALLOW: /press/category/in-the-news*
DISALLOW: /business/solutions/gdpr/contact-us
DISALLOW: /education/contact/thankyou
DISALLOW: /eula/*
DISALLOW: /finance/contact/thankyou
DISALLOW: /lp/*
DISALLOW: /mac-download
DISALLOW: /pricing/inapp/*
DISALLOW: /secure
DISALLOW: /secure/guidelines
DISALLOW: /support/thirdpartynotices/*
DISALLOW: /thank_you*
DISALLOW: /thank-you*
DISALLOW: /threezerodays
Disallow: *.ttf?
DISALLOW: /mbam-whats-new.json*
Sitemap: https://www.malwarebytes.com/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.malwarebytes.com/pt-br/page-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.malwarebytes.com/nl/page-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.malwarebytes.com/es/page-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.malwarebytes.com/de/page-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.malwarebytes.com/fr/page-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.malwarebytes.com/pl/page-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.malwarebytes.com/it/page-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.malwarebytes.com/ru/page-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.malwarebytes.com/pt/page-sitemap.xml

robots.txt published

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Scan Engine Performance

Automated multi-signal inspection pipeline

v5.1.0 Engine

Signals Analyzed

This scan

Sources Checked

Live security feeds

Scan Duration

6.09s

Full live scan

Last Scan

11/13/2026

Live timestamp

Overall Risk

Low Risk

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