Is superbad.com safe?
http://superbad.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 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
Superbad.com is a long-running web art project with no detected threats or commercial funnel.
Superbad.com is the home of Superbad, an experimental web art installation launched in 1997 by graphic designer Ben Benjamin and described as a seemingly endless funhouse of graphics, images and text. Independent references tie it to the Whitney Museum's 2000 Biennial and a 1999 Webby award, and the domain itself is roughly 30 years old. Technical checks found no threat warnings, a valid encrypted connection and a clean hosting reputation, and there is no shop, checkout, affiliate link or other commercial mechanism on the site. The only minor gap is that no direct contact email appears on the captured page, which is unremarkable for a non-commercial art piece.
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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; 5 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
No adverse finding was saved with this report.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsIndependent reference identifies Superbad as a noted web art installation created by Ben Benjamin in 1997.
- SupportsA Whitney Artport page describes Superbad as a funhouse of graphics, images and text launched in 1997.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning.
- SupportsThe domain is about 10,851 days old, consistent with a project running since the late 1990s.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
Superbad.com is the home of Superbad, an experimental web art installation launched in 1997 by graphic designer Ben Benjamin and described as a seemingly endless funhouse of graphics, images and text. Independent references tie it to the Whitney Museum's 2000 Biennial and a 1999 Webby award, and the domain itself is roughly 30 years old. Technical checks found no threat warnings, a valid encrypted connection and a clean hosting reputation, and there is no shop, checkout, affiliate link or other commercial mechanism on the site. The only minor gap is that no direct contact email appears on the captured page, which is unremarkable for a non-commercial art piece.
A recognised piece of early web art, not a commercial service
Superbad is documented as a noted web art installation created by graphic designer Ben Benjamin in 1997, and a Whitney Artport page describes it as a seemingly endless funhouse of graphics, images and text launched that same year.
The domain registration is about 10,851 days old, consistent with a project that has existed since the late 1990s rather than a recently created front.
The captured page shows only the word SUPERBAD and the domain name, matching an experimental, non-linear art site rather than a storefront or sign-up flow.
Clean technical checks and no operator-side commercial risk
The browser threat feed returned no threat warning, the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, and the hosting IP carries an abuse confidence score of 0 out of 100 across zero saved reports.
There is no checkout, subscription, affiliate relationship or cross-domain order path in the evidence, so there is no commercial mechanism that could trap a visitor's money or data.
The one small gap is that no direct contact email was found on the captured page; for a non-commercial art installation this is a minor omission rather than a sign of deception.
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 August 5, 2026 - stale
No detections across 58 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 34 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
- Cluster25 - Unrated
- 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
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Unrated
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiBusiness/Economy, Entertainment
- BitDefenderbusiness
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerentertainment
- Sophosentertainment
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
SUPERBAD
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
SUPERBAD
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
__________________________________superbad
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
__________________________________superbad
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 antivirus results.
What independent research found
2 external findings were 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
- 01Independent reference identifies Superbad as a noted web art installation created by Ben Benjamin in 1997.
- 02A Whitney Artport page describes Superbad as a funhouse of graphics, images and text launched in 1997.
- 03The domain is about 10,851 days old, consistent with a project running since the late 1990s.
Web research findings
Independent findings for superbad.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.
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.
- Domainsuperbad.com
- Redirects tosuperbad.com
- Hosted byDreamHost
Domain Timeline
- Feb 4, 1997Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 29 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 22, 2026Saved security review — Rated Safe
This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.
superbad.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.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for www.superbad.com.
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.
Server Reputation
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 Aug 5, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 22, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 22, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 22, 2026 |
| Independent research | 2 independent findings were saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 22, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Aug 5, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 22, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 22, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 22, 2026
- Independent research
- Result2 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 22, 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
Superbad.com is a long-running web art project with no detected threats or commercial funnel.
Superbad.com is the home of Superbad, an experimental web art installation launched in 1997 by graphic designer Ben Benjamin and described as a seemingly endless funhouse of graphics, images and text. Independent references tie it to the Whitney Museum's 2000 Biennial and a 1999 Webby award, and the domain itself is roughly 30 years old. Technical checks found no threat warnings, a valid encrypted connection and a clean hosting reputation, and there is no shop, checkout, affiliate link or other commercial mechanism on the site. The only minor gap is that no direct contact email appears on the captured page, which is unremarkable for a non-commercial art piece.
09 · Community
Community
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