Is ipchicken.com safe?
http://ipchicken.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: complete · 6 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (61 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture · limited: did not fully complete
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
IP Chicken is a 24-year-old free IP-lookup utility funded by Google AdSense, with no malicious detections and no deceptive commercial funnel.
The site is a simple networking tool that shows a visitor their public IP address and related connection details, offered free and paid for by third-party advertising. The domain has been registered for roughly 24 years, the saved scans found nothing malicious, and the only commercial element is standard ad-network cookie use disclosed in the site's own policy text. Nothing in the evidence shows a checkout, an affiliate funnel, a download, or a credential prompt, so the score sits in the Safe band.
Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 92/100
Safe covers scores 85–100. No adverse finding was saved; 5 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
No adverse finding was saved with this report.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 9096 days old, over 24 years of continuous registration.
- Supports0 malicious and 0 suspicious detections across 93 engines in the saved scan.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the site.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
- SupportsA contact address on the site's own domain, privacy@ipchicken.com, is published.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
The site is a simple networking tool that shows a visitor their public IP address and related connection details, offered free and paid for by third-party advertising. The domain has been registered for roughly 24 years, the saved scans found nothing malicious, and the only commercial element is standard ad-network cookie use disclosed in the site's own policy text. Nothing in the evidence shows a checkout, an affiliate funnel, a download, or a credential prompt, so the score sits in the Safe band.
A long-running utility with a disclosed advertising model
IP Chicken has been on the same registrable domain for 9096 days, which is over two decades of continuous registration. That history is consistent with a stable, well-known lookup tool rather than a short-lived campaign site.
The site's own policy text states that it uses cookies from third-party advertising networks such as Google AdSense to personalise ads, and it points readers to Google's advertising and privacy technologies page for details. That is the site's entire monetisation: display advertising, disclosed in writing, with no affiliate links or order flow in the evidence.
The only outbound commercial link recorded is to policies.google.com, the ad network's own privacy documentation. It carries no monetisation intent of its own and does not send visitors to a purchase or sign-up page.
Clean technical checks and a reachable operator contact
Saved scanning found 0 malicious and 0 suspicious detections across 93 engines, the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, and the TLS check confirmed a valid encrypted connection. The hosting IP carries an abuse confidence score of 0 out of 100 across zero saved reports.
The site publishes a contact address on its own domain, privacy@ipchicken.com, which gives visitors a direct route to the operator about data and privacy questions. No operator entity or registration number is disclosed on the pages reviewed, which is common for a small free utility and is not by itself a sign of deception.
What a visitor actually experiences
A visitor loads the page, sees their own public IP address, and is served display ads. The exposure that follows is ordinary ad-network tracking: the site says its third-party advertising cookies collect information about online activities to serve relevant ads.
There is no account, no payment step and no file download in the evidence, so the practical privacy step is limiting or clearing advertising cookies, or using the contact address on the site's own domain if you want to ask about the data it holds.
Why the score is 92
The saved checks and analysis found no material threat.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 93
No detectionsFresh result
No detections across 61 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 32 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
All 93 engine results
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Clean
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Clean
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Orcapot - Unrated
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Clean
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiInformation Technology
- BitDefendercomputersandsoftware
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerinformation technology
- Googletechnology
- Sophosinformation technology
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
Visual context from the captured page
The saved image was reviewed for deceptive controls, visual impersonation, fake urgency, and other scam interface patterns.
What the page says about itself
Quoted from the pages we read: the site's own words, not our findings.
- Page title
What Is My IP Address? | IP Chicken
- Meta description
Instantly see what is my IP—your public IP address, the one others see from this Internet connection. Free IP Chicken lookup.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- Privacy policy/privacy.htmlRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
What Is My IP Address? | IP Chicken
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 61 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
The checks completed, but ownership, business claims, and future site behavior can still change after this snapshot.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Content
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The registrable domain is 9096 days old, over 24 years of continuous registration.
- 02The hosting IP has an abuse confidence score of 0/100 across zero saved reports.
- 03A contact address on the site's own domain, privacy@ipchicken.com, is published.
Web research findings
Independent findings for ipchicken.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for ipchicken.com. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too.
Infrastructure map
- Domainipchicken.com
- Redirects toipchicken.com
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencespagead2.googlesyndication.com
Domain Timeline
- Dec 9, 2001Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 24 years old when this review was saved.
- Nov 5, 2026Saved security review — Rated Safe
This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.
ipchicken.com has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (privacy@ipchicken.com).
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Certificate issued for ipchicken.com.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Analytics and ads
- Google AdSense
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://ipchicken.com/
- 2206https://ipchicken.com/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruscomplete
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencepartial
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | No adverse finding | fresh · analysed Nov 5, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 5, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 5, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | The saved page capture contained descriptive context only | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Nov 5, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 5, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Nov 5, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 5, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 5, 2026
- Visual evidence
- ResultThe saved page capture contained descriptive context only
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 5, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 5, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Answered from the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
Is ipchicken.com legit and safe?
Is ipchicken.com safe to use?
Could a legitimate site like ipchicken.com still be used in a scam?
Has ipchicken.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is ipchicken.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
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Does ipchicken.com have a valid SSL certificate?
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Is ipchicken.com a well-known website?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
IP Chicken is a 24-year-old free IP-lookup utility funded by Google AdSense, with no malicious detections and no deceptive commercial funnel.
The written conclusion remains part of the saved report.
The site is a simple networking tool that shows a visitor their public IP address and related connection details, offered free and paid for by third-party advertising. The domain has been registered for roughly 24 years, the saved scans found nothing malicious, and the only commercial element is standard ad-network cookie use disclosed in the site's own policy text. Nothing in the evidence shows a checkout, an affiliate funnel, a download, or a credential prompt, so the score sits in the Safe band.
09 · Community
Community
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