Our automated security review found no threat indicators on vice.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Is vice.com safe to use?

vice.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 79/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does vice.com have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. vice.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · E7, expiring in 70 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

How old is the vice.com domain?

vice.com is 29.0 years old, registered on 5/28/1997 through Amazon Registrar, Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.

Has vice.com been flagged by antivirus engines?

No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report vice.com as clean.

Is vice.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. vice.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is vice.com hosted?

vice.com resolves to an IP operated by Automattic, Inc in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.

How often is the vice.com report updated?

We cache results for 24 hours. Signed-in MalwareTips members can trigger a manual rescan at any time using the "Rescan" button on the report page, which re-runs every check from scratch and refreshes this page.

SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

Security Review

Is vice.com legit or a scam?

Name: Is vice.com legit or a scam?
Item: vice.com
Rating: 4
Author: MalwareTips

Our verdict:Safe· 79/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

Official VICE Media news site with clean security scans and a 29-year domain history, despite subscription complaints on review sites.

Why we trust it

Zero detections across our antivirus network and browser blocklists.Domain age of 29 years aligns with the company's founding in 1994.Valid business registration for Vice Media Group LLC with active status post-acquisition.

vice.comScanned 8d ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Heuristics 82·MT 78

Category tags

newsmedia90% MT confidence

Warning signals (1)

Redirects to another domain

Positive signals (5)

Antivirus clear Not on major blacklists Domain is 29 years old Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/92

All engines report clean

Domain Age

29 years old

Registered May 28, 1997

MT Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 90% confidence

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

MT Security Analyst

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust78/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

The page is the real VICE Media outlet focused on investigative journalism and video content. The domain is over 29 years old and matches the company's founding date exactly. No antivirus engines or browser blocklists flagged the site, and the hosting IP shows zero abuse reports. independent review aggregator shows 40 reviews with mixed feedback, including one negative post calling it a scam for content reasons and complaints about undelivered magazines. The company went through bankruptcy in 2023 but was acquired and remains active, with no evidence of impersonation or malicious activity.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The site displays standard VICE branding, subscription offers, and navigation for news, video, and magazine sections. No login forms, countdown timers, or aggressive pop-ups appear.

Infrastructure

Valid SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt, clean IP reputation with zero abuse reports, and no malicious redirects detected. External scripts are from known analytics and ad providers.

Domain History

Domain registered for 10,592 days through Amazon Registrar with no privacy protection, consistent with a major media company founded in 1994.

Web Reputation

Established business records confirm Vice Media Group LLC operations in the US and Canada, with recent ownership changes after bankruptcy but no scam indicators.

Risk Factors

independent review aggregator shows 40 reviews averaging 1.9/5 with complaints about magazine delivery and content quality.
One review labels the company a 'scam' for perceived bias in reporting.

Positive Signals

Zero detections across our antivirus network and browser blocklists.
Domain age of 29 years aligns with the company's founding in 1994.
Valid business registration for Vice Media Group LLC with active status post-acquisition.
No clone indicators or impersonation of another brand.

AI Recommendation

The site is the legitimate VICE Media outlet. Readers should still verify subscription terms directly if signing up for paid content.

Next-gen fraud intelligence

Evidence-backedCross-checked

Website Preview

LIVE RENDER

vice.com

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for vice.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age

29 yrs

Registered May 1997

Business registration

Active · Canada/USA

Site traces back to an actively registered business.

Clone check

Not a clone

No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.

Typosquat check

No look-alike match

The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.

Web mentions

1 scam report · 40 complaints · 1 positive

Key findings

6 headline facts from open-web research

Domain vice.com belongs to VICE Media, founded 1994 as print magazine, now digital media company with Wikipedia page and official site matching provided title/description.
VICE Media filed voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petitions May 15 2023 in SDNY; sold to Fortress Investment Group consortium for ~$350M effective July 2023.
Trustpilot lists 40 reviews for VICE Media / vice.com with 1.9/5 average rating; multiple complaints about magazine subscriptions not delivered and bias/clickbait.
Reddit threads (r/technology, r/Journalism) discuss VICE ceasing publishing on vice.com and laying off hundreds of staff in Feb 2024 post-bankruptcy.
No search results indicate vice.com is a scam site or typosquat; VICE produces its own investigative content on scams and scammers.
Domain age 10592 days (~29 years) aligns with company founding in 1994.

Scam reports (1)

Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.

Trustpilotopen
"Lying scam company portraying fake-news"

Positive reviews (1)

Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.

Trustpilotopen
"Vice consistently delivers outstanding content. I am hooked on their documentaries. As someone tired of the mainstream media, Vice bring fresh air."

Business registration

Status: active · Canada/USA

Vice Media Group LLC, founded 1994 in Montreal; HQ Brooklyn NY; filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy May 2023, acquired by Fortress-led consortium July 2023

Research summary

Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

independent review aggregator lists 40 reviews for vice.com averaging 1.9/5, including one calling it a lying scam company and others complaining about undelivered magazines. Reddit discussions note staff layoffs and reduced publishing after the 2023 bankruptcy and acquisition. Business records confirm the real Vice Media Group LLC founded in 1994 with no evidence of the site being a scam or clone.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified

Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious62Harmless92Engines

Clean

Kaspersky

Clean

Bitdefender

Clean

Microsoft

Not in pass

ESET-NOD32

Not in pass

Avira

Not in pass

Sophos

Clean

Fortinet

Clean

Google Safebrowsing

Clean

Emsisoft

Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check

Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found

No clear contact details on the page

Emails on site's domainNone

Phone numbersNone

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles5

Signal Summary

Several contact red flags

No contact email found anywhere on the page.
No phone number listed on the page.
No postal address visible on the page.

Links to 11 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History

Age29 years old

RegistrarAmazon Registrar, Inc.

RegisteredMay 28, 1997

ExpiresMay 13, 2029

Owner privacyVisible

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerLet's Encrypt · E7

ExpiresAug 7, 2026 (70d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingAutomattic, Inc

Server locationUS

Web servernginx

Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Yes

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://vice.com/
2301https://vice.com/
3200https://www.vice.com/cross-domain

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPAutomattic, Inc

Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on vice.com and not a lookalike like v-ice.com.com or an IDN homoglyph.
Use a password manager
Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.
Discuss this site on the forum
If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.
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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

Not listedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on vice.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·vice.com

SAFE

Vice.com is the official site of the long-established VICE Media news and documentary brand. Our analysis finds no malware or phishing signals and a 29-year-old domain that matches the real company. Some users report subscription and content complaints, but the site itself is legitimate.

The site is the legitimate VICE Media outlet. Readers should still verify subscription terms directly if signing up for paid content.

AV engines

MT passes

Net signals

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