Is www.accuweather.com safe?
https://www.accuweather.com/en/ae/sharjah/321623/weather-forecast/321623%20Sharjah,%20Sharjah,%20United%20Arab%20Emirates%20Weather%20Forecast
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (59 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading · not available: did not fully complete
- page capture · limited: did not fully complete
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
AccuWeather's forecast page: long-established weather site with clean security checks
This is a forecast page on AccuWeather, a weather service that provides free forecasts paid for by advertising and also sells tiered subscriptions. The domain is more than 30 years old. Security checks found no threats: 0 detections across 93 antivirus engines, no browser threat feed warning, and a valid encrypted connection. Our scanner was blocked with an "Access Denied" response, so the site's own page, contact and policy text could not be reviewed. The long-established reputation still supports a Safe rating.
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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 86/100
Safe covers scores 85–100. 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 domain is over 30 years old.
- SupportsNo antivirus or Safe Browsing detections were found, and the connection is encrypted.
- SupportsAn independent reference confirms AccuWeather's advertising and subscription business model.
Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
This is a forecast page on AccuWeather, a weather service that provides free forecasts paid for by advertising and also sells tiered subscriptions. The domain is more than 30 years old. Security checks found no threats: 0 detections across 93 antivirus engines, no browser threat feed warning, and a valid encrypted connection. Our scanner was blocked with an "Access Denied" response, so the site's own page, contact and policy text could not be reviewed. The long-established reputation still supports a Safe rating.
Strongest evidence
The domain has been registered for 11,324 days. An independent reference describes AccuWeather as a service that offers some free features funded by advertising and earns revenue from a tiered subscription model.
Our scanner received an HTTP 403 response and an "Access Denied" screen, so the site's own page, contact, About and policy text could not be reviewed. This looks like the site blocking automated visitors, not a sign of harm.
Technical and operator risk
Technical checks were clean: no malicious or suspicious detections across 93 engines, no Safe Browsing warning, and a valid TLS connection. On the operator side, the main costs to visitors are advertising and optional paid subscriptions. No deceptive commercial flow was observed in the evidence.
Why the score is 86
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/ 93
No detectionsFresh result
No detections across 59 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
- 93
All 93 engine results
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Unrated
- 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 - Clean
- 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
- 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 - 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
- BitDefendernews
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekernews and media
- Sophosnews
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
Access Denied
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Access Denied
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Independent evidence classifies the site as content, but the page's own claim could not be captured.
What we observed
The page itself could not be fully inspected, so the report relies on the other saved checks.
What independent research found
1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 6 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 domain is over 30 years old.
- 02An independent reference confirms AccuWeather's advertising and subscription business model.
- 03No antivirus or Safe Browsing detections were found, and the connection is encrypted.
Web research findings
Independent findings for www.accuweather.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.
- AccuWeatheropen
"AccuWeather provides some free services funded by advertising, and generates revenue through a tiered subscription model"
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.
- Domainwww.accuweather.com
- Redirects towww.accuweather.com
- Hosted byAkamai Technologies, Inc.
Domain Timeline
- Oct 27, 1995Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 31 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 29, 2026Saved security review — Rated Safe
This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.
www.accuweather.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.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for *.accuweather.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.
Redirect Chain
The site refused our redirect check, so this chain may be incomplete.
- 1403https://www.accuweather.com/en/ae/sharjah/321623/weather-forecast/321623%20Sharjah,%20Sharjah,%20United%20Arab%20Emirates%20Weather%20Forecast
Server Reputation
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruscomplete
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentunavailable
- 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 Oct 29, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 29, 2026 |
| Page content | Page content was not available for semantic review | Unavailable | No saved finding | Not available |
| Visual evidence | The site blocked our capture or showed an error page; 1 visible observation saved | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Oct 29, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 29, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 29, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 29, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage content was not available for semantic review
- CompletionUnavailableFindingNo saved finding
- FreshnessNot available
- Visual evidence
- ResultThe site blocked our capture or showed an error page; 1 visible observation saved
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 29, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 29, 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
AccuWeather's forecast page: long-established weather site with clean security checks
This is a forecast page on AccuWeather, a weather service that provides free forecasts paid for by advertising and also sells tiered subscriptions. The domain is more than 30 years old. Security checks found no threats: 0 detections across 93 antivirus engines, no browser threat feed warning, and a valid encrypted connection. Our scanner was blocked with an "Access Denied" response, so the site's own page, contact and policy text could not be reviewed. The long-established reputation still supports a Safe rating.
09 · Community
Community
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