Is www.aftonbladet.se safe?
http://www.aftonbladet.se/
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How we checked
Coverage: complete · 4 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records · not available: did not fully complete
- web research: completed
Aftonbladet is a major Swedish news site with clean security checks and no signs of scam activity
Aftonbladet is a Swedish news publisher. Independent research describes it as the Swedish people's primary news source, with a daily digital reach of 3.6 million, and lists it among Schibsted's brands. Security checks found no malicious detections and a valid encrypted connection. The site offers paid "Plus" articles, which is a normal news subscription model and not a deceptive scheme. That combination supports a Safe score.
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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 90/100
Safe covers scores 85–100. No adverse finding was saved; 2 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
No adverse finding was saved with this report.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsIndependent research identifies Aftonbladet as a major Swedish news source owned within the Schibsted group.
- SupportsNo security engine detections, no Safe Browsing warning, and a valid encrypted connection.
Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
Aftonbladet is a Swedish news publisher. Independent research describes it as the Swedish people's primary news source, with a daily digital reach of 3.6 million, and lists it among Schibsted's brands. Security checks found no malicious detections and a valid encrypted connection. The site offers paid "Plus" articles, which is a normal news subscription model and not a deceptive scheme. That combination supports a Safe score.
Established publisher with clean technical results
Independent research ties Aftonbladet to the Schibsted media group and reports a daily digital reach of 3.6 million. That points to a widely used, well-known publication rather than an anonymous operation.
On the technical side, none of 93 security engines flagged the site, the browser threat feed gave no warning, and the connection is properly encrypted. The hosting address has no abuse reports on record. The site's own contact pages were not read in full, so this report does not draw conclusions from them.
What visitors encounter
When the page opens, visitors see a privacy choice screen titled "Välj hur du vill använda våra tjänster" ("Choose how you want to use our services"). The news front page includes paid "Plusartiklar" (Plus articles).
Links to other sites point to related services such as Omni, Podme, Svenska Dagbladet, TV4 Play, Klart and Köket. Account and privacy settings are handled on Schibsted login and privacy pages. None of these links were marked as commercial or monetized.
Why the score is 90
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 58 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 35 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 - 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
- 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
- Googlenews
- Sophosnews
- Xcitium Verdict Cloudtasteless & offensive
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
Välj hur du vill använda våra tjänster
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Välj hur du vill använda våra tjänster
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
Aftonbladet
- Meta description
Aftonbladet är Sveriges primära och mest engagerande nyhetskälla. Genom journalistiken värnar vi sanningen och granskar makten.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Aftonbladet
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 antivirus results.
What independent research found
1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
The checks completed, but ownership, business claims, and future site behavior can still change after this snapshot.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Editorial
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01Independent research identifies Aftonbladet as a major Swedish news source owned within the Schibsted group.
- 02No security engine detections, no Safe Browsing warning, and a valid encrypted connection.
- 03The site offers paid Plus articles.
Web research findings
Independent findings for www.aftonbladet.se, 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.
- Schibstedopen
"Aftonbladet is the Swedish people’s primary news source and has a daily digital reach of 3.6 million."
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.aftonbladet.se
- Redirects towww.aftonbladet.se
- Hosted byAmazon.com, Inc.
- Referencesesm.schibsted.tech · adsdk.microsoft.com
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for www.aftonbladet.se.
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.
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://www.aftonbladet.se/
- 2206https://www.aftonbladet.se/
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
- Antiviruscomplete
- 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 93 engines flagged | Completed | No adverse finding | fresh · analysed Oct 19, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 19, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 19, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 19, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 19, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 19, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 19, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 19, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 19, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 19, 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
Aftonbladet is a major Swedish news site with clean security checks and no signs of scam activity
Aftonbladet is a Swedish news publisher. Independent research describes it as the Swedish people's primary news source, with a daily digital reach of 3.6 million, and lists it among Schibsted's brands. Security checks found no malicious detections and a valid encrypted connection. The site offers paid "Plus" articles, which is a normal news subscription model and not a deceptive scheme. That combination supports a Safe score.
09 · Community
Community
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