Is spongebob.nick.com safe?
http://spongebob.nick.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (59 of 92 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Official Nickelodeon SpongeBob portal: legitimate brand property with no detected threats
spongebob.nick.com is the official SpongeBob SquarePants site operated by Viacom International Inc., a Paramount Global subsidiary, as stated in its own Terms of Use and copyright notice. Independent research describes it as the official SpongeBob website with episodes, games and videos. Technical checks found no threat warnings and a valid encrypted connection, and the registrable domain is over 29 years old. The only cross-domain links are to Paramount's own privacy, contact and brand pages plus a TV-ratings guidelines site, none of which carry commercial intent. The site is a children's entertainment portal monetised through advertising, and no fraud, deception or consumer-risk mechanism was found.
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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; 4 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
No adverse finding was saved with this report.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe Terms of Use and copyright notice identify Viacom International Inc. as the operator, consistent with an official Nickelodeon property.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
- SupportsIndependent research describes the site as the official SpongeBob SquarePants website with episodes, games, pictures and videos.
- SupportsThe registrable domain is 10910 days old, indicating a long-established registration.
Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
spongebob.nick.com is the official SpongeBob SquarePants site operated by Viacom International Inc., a Paramount Global subsidiary, as stated in its own Terms of Use and copyright notice. Independent research describes it as the official SpongeBob website with episodes, games and videos. Technical checks found no threat warnings and a valid encrypted connection, and the registrable domain is over 29 years old. The only cross-domain links are to Paramount's own privacy, contact and brand pages plus a TV-ratings guidelines site, none of which carry commercial intent. The site is a children's entertainment portal monetised through advertising, and no fraud, deception or consumer-risk mechanism was found.
Verified brand ownership and long-standing domain
The site's own Terms of Use identify the operator as Viacom International Inc. and its subsidiaries, and the footer carries a Viacom International Inc. copyright notice with Nickelodeon trademarks. This is consistent with an official corporate property rather than an anonymous or impersonating site.
The registrable domain is 10910 days old, indicating a long-established registration consistent with a major media brand. Independent research also describes the site as the official SpongeBob SquarePants website offering episodes, games, pictures and videos.
No technical threats and no adverse operator evidence
The browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. These results mean no detections were recorded; they do not by themselves prove operator safety, but combined with the disclosed corporate identity and long domain history they support a low-risk assessment.
The captured page did not include a direct contact email, but it does link to Paramount's contact page and closed-captioning contact, and the operator is disclosed in the legal text. No evidence of fraud, deception, or consumer harm was found in the reviewed material.
Cross-domain links are corporate and non-commercial
The site links to privacy.paramount.com for its privacy policy and closed-captioning information, to paramount.com for contact and brand information, and to tvguidelines.org for TV ratings. These are cross-site links within the same corporate family or to an industry standards body, and none of them carry commercial intent or monetisation.
Why the score is 92
The saved checks and analysis found no material threat. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 92
No detectionsSaved analysis from October 3, 2026 - stale
No detections across 59 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 33 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 92
All 92 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 - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- 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 - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- BitDefendergames
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerentertainment
- Googlemedia_and_entertainment
- Sophoskids sites
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
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Visual context from the captured page
Nickelodeon logo and Kids' Choice Awards 2026 branding visible.
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Nickelodeon logo and Kids' Choice Awards 2026 branding visible.
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
Nickelodeon | Homepage
- Meta description
Splat your way through the wild world of Nick with all your favorite shows, including SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora, The Loud House, Monster High, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and more!
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- Terms/legal/ussoge/terms-of-useRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Nickelodeon | Homepage
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 59 antivirus results.
What independent research found
1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
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 10910 days old, indicating a long-established registration.
- 02The browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
- 03Independent research describes the site as the official SpongeBob SquarePants website with episodes, games, pictures and videos.
Web research findings
Independent findings for spongebob.nick.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
- MainKeysopen
"The OFFICIAL SpongeBob Squarepants website with your favorite SpongeBob episodes, SpongeBob games, pictures, videos & more."
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. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domainspongebob.nick.com
- Redirects towww.nick.com
- Hosted byAkamai Technologies, Inc.
- Referencesbtg.mtvnservices.com · cdn.cookielaw.org
Domain Timeline
- Dec 5, 1996Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 29 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 20, 2026Saved security review — Rated Safe
This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.
spongebob.nick.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.
- No direct contact email found on the captured page.
- Phone number listed (1-800-358-2550).
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for mtvnservices.com.
A shared Akamai address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
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://spongebob.nick.com/
- 2200https://www.nick.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
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
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 92 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Oct 3, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 20, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 20, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 20, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 20, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 3, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Official Nickelodeon SpongeBob portal: legitimate brand property with no detected threats
spongebob.nick.com is the official SpongeBob SquarePants site operated by Viacom International Inc., a Paramount Global subsidiary, as stated in its own Terms of Use and copyright notice. Independent research describes it as the official SpongeBob website with episodes, games and videos. Technical checks found no threat warnings and a valid encrypted connection, and the registrable domain is over 29 years old. The only cross-domain links are to Paramount's own privacy, contact and brand pages plus a TV-ratings guidelines site, none of which carry commercial intent. The site is a children's entertainment portal monetised through advertising, and no fraud, deception or consumer-risk mechanism was found.
09 · Community
Community
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