Is thesword.com safe?
http://thesword.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
Established gay adult-industry blog with a clean threat record, but its hosting IP carries a notable abuse history
TheSword.com is a long-running gay lifestyle and adult-industry news blog, registered for more than 23 years, that publishes adult-oriented editorial content behind an age gate and links out to its parent adult membership site and a live-chat service. Independent research describes it as an established blog created by the founders of a well-known gay adult membership site. No malware or phishing warning was found, and the connection is properly encrypted. The main adverse signal is the reputation of the shared hosting IP, which has accumulated a high abuse-confidence score across many saved reports. Nothing in the reviewed evidence shows a scam, a payment trap, or a deceptive funnel, so the site lands in the Low Risk band rather than Safe.
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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 78/100
Low Risk covers scores 70–84. No adverse finding was saved; 3 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 8550 days old
- SupportsGoogle Safe Browsing returned no threat warning
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection
Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
TheSword.com is a long-running gay lifestyle and adult-industry news blog, registered for more than 23 years, that publishes adult-oriented editorial content behind an age gate and links out to its parent adult membership site and a live-chat service. Independent research describes it as an established blog created by the founders of a well-known gay adult membership site. No malware or phishing warning was found, and the connection is properly encrypted. The main adverse signal is the reputation of the shared hosting IP, which has accumulated a high abuse-confidence score across many saved reports. Nothing in the reviewed evidence shows a scam, a payment trap, or a deceptive funnel, so the site lands in the Low Risk band rather than Safe.
What the site is
TheSword.com presents itself as a gay news and lifestyle website covering the gay adult industry, and independent research describes it as an established blog created by the founders of a well-known gay adult membership site. The captured page opens with an age gate confirming the visitor is over 18 and wishes to view adult material, and the visible content consists of adult editorial headlines and links.
The domain has been registered for 8550 days, which is consistent with the long-standing publication described in the research rather than a newly created front. The site's own pages were captured and reviewed, and no direct contact email was found on the captured page, which is a minor transparency gap rather than evidence of deception.
Technical checks versus operator risk
The browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the domain, and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. Those results mean no malware or phishing detection was raised; they do not by themselves establish that the operator is trustworthy.
The hosting IP has an abuse confidence score of 74/100 across 60 saved reports. That is an adverse signal about the shared infrastructure the site sits on, and it is the main reason the score is not higher. It does not, on its own, show that this specific site is malicious or that its visitors were harmed.
Where the links lead
The page links out to nakedsword.com and repeatedly to join.nakedsword.com, the membership sign-up path for the parent adult content business, as well as to flirt4free.com for live chat. These are cross-site commercial links to adult services, not hidden redirects or forced advertising flows.
The reviewed evidence shows no checkout on thesword.com itself, no subscription trap, and no deceptive download or pop-up mechanism. The commercial relationship is a promotional blog pointing to its affiliated adult membership site, which is a normal content-and-affiliate arrangement rather than a scam funnel.
Why the score is 78
The saved checks found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier. 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 29, 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
- 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 - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiAdult/Mature, Pornography
- BitDefenderporn
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekeradult content
- Sophossexually explicit
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
By entering this site, you confirm you are over 18 years of age, wish to view adult videos (pornography) and it is legal to view adult-related material in your country.
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
By entering this site, you confirm you are over 18 years of age, wish to view adult videos (pornography) and it is legal to view adult-related material in your country.
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
gay.sex.life - TheSword.com
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
gay.sex.life - TheSword.com
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 59 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.
Web research findings
Independent findings for thesword.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.
- Wikipediaopen
"TheSword.com is a gay news and lifestyle website for coverage of the gay adult industry. Based in San Francisco, a large portion of The Sword's coverage is dedicated to covering the lives of gay porn stars in a tabloid fashion. The Sword is owned by gay adult site NakedSword.com."
- Falcon Studios Blogopen
"TheSword.com, one of the most popular and established gay lifestyle blogs created by the founders of the content rich gay porn membership site – NakedSword.com, covers the gay porn industry and models, gay sex and gay life."
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.
- Domainthesword.com
- Redirects towww.thesword.com
- Hosted byWPEngine, Inc.
- Referencesgmpg.org · servedby.revive-adserver.net
Domain Timeline
- May 25, 2003Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 23 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 22, 2026Saved security review — Rated Low Risk
This saved scan found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier.
thesword.com has operated for years and this review found no material threat — a long 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.thesword.com.
A shared content-delivery network 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 Tag Manager
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- Google Fonts
- cdnjs
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://thesword.com/
- 2301http://www.thesword.com/
- 3206https://www.thesword.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 Aug 29, 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 29, 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
Established gay adult-industry blog with a clean threat record, but its hosting IP carries a notable abuse history
TheSword.com is a long-running gay lifestyle and adult-industry news blog, registered for more than 23 years, that publishes adult-oriented editorial content behind an age gate and links out to its parent adult membership site and a live-chat service. Independent research describes it as an established blog created by the founders of a well-known gay adult membership site. No malware or phishing warning was found, and the connection is properly encrypted. The main adverse signal is the reputation of the shared hosting IP, which has accumulated a high abuse-confidence score across many saved reports. Nothing in the reviewed evidence shows a scam, a payment trap, or a deceptive funnel, so the site lands in the Low Risk band rather than Safe.
09 · Community
Community
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