Website reputation report

carbuzz.com

Last checked 15 hours ago · Point-in-time assessment

● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

carbuzz.com is currently classified in the News & Media category based on observed public pages. An About page was also found. The sampled pages were marked as English-language. Recurring page-metadata topics include models, features, reviews.

No listed local patterns observedHomepage-only analysis is not a malware clearance. Read the scope and findings below.

77/100Safety Score
75%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History95 Infrastructure95 Website Security95 Security Hygiene80 Transparency56 Reputation50 Operational Stability85
Trust RadarEight observed factors. Select one to inspect its evidence.

How to read this report

Safety Score evaluates observed signals. Evidence Confidence measures how complete, direct, fresh, and consistent those signals are.

No automated scan can guarantee that a website is safe.

Independent evidence brief

What we observed about carbuzz.com

Updated Oct 1, 2026

The latest scan examined 10 public pages on carbuzz.com. Website descriptions below come from the site itself. Registration, connection and threat findings were checked separately.

Purpose and visible content

On its About page, the site says: CarBuzz is a digital publication founded in 2010. The site's in-depth buyer guides, reviews, and innovative shopping tools help buyers make informed decisions.

Registrar and domain history

Registered on Nov 22, 2003. Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC.

Recorded expiry date: Nov 23, 2035. Registry data can change.

Connection and hosting evidence

The checked homepage returned HTTP 200 in about 1000 ms.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Dec 7, 2026.

Threat checks and score context

External malware-provider coverage was unavailable. The report does not treat this missing check as a clean result.

Safety Score: 77/100. Evidence Confidence: 75%. These measure different things.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on carbuzz.com

10 of up to 10 pages

We sampled public pages from this website to understand its subject and contact paths. The titles and short descriptions below come from the website itself. They are not endorsements or independent safety findings.

Car News, Reviews and FeaturesReporting on the latest news from the automotive industry 24/7, with in-depth reviews of the newest models, car buying advice, and fun features. About CarBuzz | CarBuzzCarBuzz is a digital publication founded in 2010. The site's in-depth buyer guides, reviews, and innovative shopping tools help buyers make informed decisions. Contact Us | CarBuzzReporting on the latest news from the automotive industry 24/7, with in-depth reviews of the newest models, car buying advice, and fun features. Kia Hybrid Models That Help You Beat The Fuel Price Blues Right NowWe list all the Kia hybrid models available in the USA in 2026 and rank them by their efficiency. The Most Efficient Used Trucks That Save You Money At The PumpsWith gas and diesel prices soaring to record highs, here are 10 used trucks with the best gas mileage to make trips to the gas station less painful. News | CarBuzzRead automotive news 24/7, from new car releases and auto show coverage to spy shots and the latest trends - automobile news from CarBuzz never stops. Features | CarBuzzEvery feature published is written and fact-checked by the CarBuzz editorial team of automotive writers and editors. Press & Events | CarBuzzCarBuzz Press & Events The AI Marketplace for Buying Cars | Effortless ShoppingCarBuzz's AI-powered marketplace makes buying a car effortless. Discover curated vehicle recommendations, verified listings, and personalized guidance throughout your shopping jour Best Cars | Top rated Car Models of 2026 | CarBuzzBest new cars: search for the best vehicles on the market by car make, type, and price, with models ranked by BuzzScore based on detailed reviews.

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on carbuzz.com

12 phrases

These phrases were extracted locally from sampled public page metadata. They are observations, not search-volume or ranking estimates.

modelsTitle, H1, Meta description4 sampled pages
featuresTitle, H1, Meta description3 sampled pages
reviewsTitle, Meta description4 sampled pages
helpTitle, H1, Meta description3 sampled pages
carsTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
automotiveMeta description4 sampled pages
buyingTitle, Meta description3 sampled pages
in depthMeta description3 sampled pages
thatTitle, H12 sampled pages
beatTitle, H12 sampled pages
fuelTitle, H12 sampled pages
priceTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages

At a glance

Key findings

✓

Report is current

The displayed evidence comes from the published immutable scan.

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Confidence is separate

Unavailable evidence is shown as missing and never counted as clean.

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Verify before sensitive actions

Check the exact URL and context before payments, credentials, or downloads.

Fully explainable

Why this score?

Versioned weights
Threat IntelligenceWeight 25%
55/100

Threat providers were unavailable. The neutral uncertainty baseline is not a clean verdict.

Domain HistoryWeight 10%
95/100

Domain registration age and expiry were checked.

InfrastructureWeight 10%
95/100

Observed DNS records and network address were checked.

Website SecurityWeight 15%
95/100

Observed certificate validity and TLS protocol were checked.

Security HygieneWeight 15%
80/100

Observed security header values were checked for basic protective settings. Empty values, disabled HSTS and unrecognized values receive no credit. This is not a complete browser-policy validation.

TransparencyWeight 5%
56/100

Observed site metadata and About page were checked. Publisher-supplied details are not independently verified.

ReputationWeight 5%
50/100

Popularity is weak context, not proof of safety. Unranked sites use a neutral baseline.

Operational StabilityWeight 15%
85/100

Observed HTTP status and final connection scheme were checked.

Server-side analysis

Automated security checks

Local antivirus and phishing checks

ClamAV · homepage HTMLLocal antivirus is not enabled
Phishing.Database · exact hostnameLocal feed snapshot unavailable

Sampled scripts and pages

Resource antivirus is not enabled

0 resources checked · 8 script links observed on the homepage. Partial resource coverage.

ClamAV inspects the fetched homepage HTML on our server. New scans also sample up to four linked scripts and two collected internal pages, with size and time limits. Scripts are not executed. Other downloads, private server files and logged-in pages remain outside this check. A signature match needs investigation and can be a false positive. No match is not a whole-site safety guarantee.

Exact hostname lookup uses a downloaded Phishing.Database snapshot. It does not send this domain to an external lookup API or mark sibling subdomains as harmful. Not listed does not mean safe. Snapshot age is download age, not proof that every entry was recently revalidated.

Homepage HTML only · Eight local rule families · local-security-v2

Checks use the fetched page and redirect chain. Scripts are not executed, forms are not submitted, and linked files are not downloaded. This is not a malware clearance.

Page resource inventory

Linked scripts8
Inline scripts23
Embedded frames0
External script hosts5

Counts describe the sampled HTML, not every resource loaded by the browser. External resources are common and are not automatically harmful.

Partial analysis. Only the first 512 KiB of the page were inspected.

No listed local patterns observed. The limited rule set cannot detect every threat or behavior.

External threat intelligence

Provider coverageNot checked

Local checks do not query external reputation databases. An unavailable check is never a clean result.

Registration

Domain information

Public RDAP observation
Canonical domaincarbuzz.com
RegistrarGoDaddy.com, LLC
RegisteredNov 22, 2003
Domain age22 years
ExpiresNov 23, 2035
Registry statusesclient delete prohibited · client renew prohibited · client transfer prohibited · client update prohibited
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address44.195.74.58
Autonomous systemUnavailable
Network organizationUnavailable
Observed countryUnavailable
CDNNot detected
Web application firewallNot detected

At a glance

Infrastructure summary

Observed during this scan

A compact view of the connection, DNS and security surface. These observations describe what the scanner could verify at scan time and do not prove ownership or ongoing availability.

HTTP response200 · https://carbuzz.com/
Endpoint44.195.74.58
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFNot detected · Not detected
DNS surface28 records · 6 nameservers · 5 mail exchangers
Protection signals5 security headers · 5 technologies · DNSSEC unknown

Page telemetry

Observed page statistics

Safe metadata only

These counters describe the fetched response and sampled HTML. Script counts describe references in the markup, not a complete browser network log. Cookie counts cover observed response headers.

Response size898,401 bytes
HTTP check duration1,000 ms
Cookies observed7
Script resources8 · 5 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks0 frames · 0 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=Let's Encrypt, commonName=YE2
Valid fromSep 8, 2026
Valid untilDec 7, 2026
Certificate names*.carbuzz.com · carbuzz.com

Resolution

DNS footprint

DNSKEY status unknown

DNSKEY presence does not verify the DNSSEC signature chain. Missing records can mean no record was returned or the lookup was unavailable.

A44.195.74.58TTL —
NSns20.digicertdns.comTTL —
NSns21.digicertdns.comTTL —
NSns22.digicertdns.comTTL —
NSns23.digicertdns.netTTL —
NSns24.digicertdns.netTTL —
NSns25.digicertdns.netTTL —
MX1 aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
MX5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.comTTL —
TXT_globalsign-domain-verification=ibOxe7xpA5HK-3os0DmsqIZPHjcU9g6O8bc8A96_JZTTL —
TXT_globalsign-domain-verification=Zo6qUnLmTU7v2PiQkKKc_AHMCUdej5bsqEPUxXGGc-TTL —
CAA0 issue "amazon.com"TTL —
CAA0 issue "amazonaws.com"TTL —
CAA0 issue "amazontrust.com"TTL —
CAA0 issue "letsencrypt.org"TTL —
CAA0 issuewild "amazon.com"TTL —
CAA0 issuewild "amazonaws.com"TTL —
CAA0 issuewild "amazontrust.com"TTL —
CAA0 issuewild "letsencrypt.org"TTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=kP0V16iYwqbgB7HhTSQnh2PywF8CrkuFSiHWUIGbCt8TTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=pymwOEM0DEQekj-zTWZPV97xJ--r4Q2i_Sd8GrkEfjsTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=yrsS1FJB5umGSvu8GlbIJ0L_RjpQi4-nRbT4nEdagiITTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=z5ACrqsyIpVryGbXYdRqOqcd03oeEaBjLiOFpAzh6IoTTL —
TXTkP0V16iYwqbgB7HhTSQnh2PywF8CrkuFSiHWUIGbCt8TTL —
TXTv=spf1 include:amazonses.com include:_spf.google.com ~allTTL —

DNS observations · no external lookup API

Domain email protection

Exact-host SPF and DMARC observations help the owner investigate email impersonation risks. They are separate from website malware checks and do not change the Safety Score.

SPFPolicy record observed, not fully validated
DMARCPolicy record observed, not fully validated

What to do next

Review the records with your mail administrator. Inventory legitimate senders and test SPF and DKIM alignment before enforcing a stricter DMARC policy. Fix duplicate records and investigate overly permissive SPF rules.

This bounded check does not send email, probe SMTP, evaluate recursive SPF includes, verify DKIM signatures or apply organizational-domain DMARC inheritance. A missing subdomain record does not prove that no inherited protection exists. A DNS timeout is unknown, not an absent record. A policy record is not proof that messages authenticate successfully.

Responsible disclosure

security.txt

RFC 9116 observation

No readable security.txt file was observed at the standard locations. This is informational and is not evidence of malware.

Browser protections

Security headers

5 observed
content-security-policypresent default-src * data: 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline' blob:
referrer-policypresent no-referrer-when-downgrade
strict-transport-securitypresent max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload
x-content-type-optionspresent nosniff
x-frame-optionspresent SAMEORIGIN

Response headers

Cookie protections

Passive observation
Cookies observed7
Missing Secure6
Missing HttpOnly7
Missing SameSite6

Only cookie attribute counts are retained. Cookie names and values are never stored. These observations are not proof of compromise and do not independently change the Safety Score.

Detected stack

Technologies

Google Analytics 94% Google Tag Manager 96% Nginx 93% Tailwind CSS 72% WordPress 95%

Versions are shown only when publicly exposed by the page or response headers. An observed version is not, by itself, proof of a vulnerability.

JavaScript library advisories

JavaScript advisory analysis could not be completed or no eligible script files were sampled. No clean result is implied.

Recommended maintenance checks

NginxReview the Nginx branch and keep security patches current. Avoid exposing detailed server version headers.
WordPressKeep WordPress core, themes and plugins updated. Remove unused plugins and review administrator accounts.

About this website

What the site says about itself

CarBuzz is a digital publication founded in 2010. The site's in-depth buyer guides, reviews, and innovative shopping tools help buyers make informed decisions.

View the site's About page ↗

This is publisher supplied information. The independent safety findings are shown separately.

Publisher supplied

Public contact details

These details were observed on the website, not independently verified as an active support channel.

Emailusername@website.comSource: https://carbuzz.com/
Emailseyth.m@valnetinc.comSource: https://carbuzz.com/page/about/

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleCar News, Reviews and Features
First headingUnavailable
DescriptionReporting on the latest news from the automotive industry 24/7, with in-depth reviews of the newest models, car buying advice, and fun features.
Canonical URLhttps://carbuzz.com/
Final URLhttps://carbuzz.com/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=UTF-8 · 1000 ms
Languageen
Structured typesWebSite
Page page detectedhttps://carbuzz.com/news/About page detectedhttps://carbuzz.com/page/about/Contact page detectedhttps://carbuzz.com/contact/Support page detectedhttps://carbuzz.com/kia-hybrid-models-2026/
Local headers.permissions policy present100% evidence confidence
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en100% evidence confidence
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missing100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
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28100% evidence confidence
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1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors wildcard origin100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp has object src100% evidence confidence
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31536000100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

0 recorded hops

No redirect hop was recorded for the sampled homepage.

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Compared with the previous scan

What changed

A comparison will appear after the next completed scan.

Explainable matching

Digital fingerprint

fingerprint-v1
clear-anchor-wave-329

Comparable components help find technically related websites. A match does not prove common ownership.

DnsHashed private comparison value
TechnologiesHashed private comparison value

Material changes only

Change history

No meaningful changes recorded yet.

Website icon for carbuzz.com

Visual evidence

Website screenshot

Screenshot of carbuzz.com
Earlier browser capture retained because this scan did not produce a usable replacement. It is not fresh scan evidence.

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Questions about carbuzz.com

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Is carbuzz.com safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 77/100 with 75% Evidence Confidence. This is a point-in-time assessment of observed technical signals, not a guarantee. Check the exact address and avoid entering payment details if anything looks unusual.

Did the scan detect malware on carbuzz.com?

External threat-provider coverage was unavailable for this scan, so malware status is unverified.

When was carbuzz.com registered?

The public registry record shows Nov 22, 2003. Registration details may be privacy-protected or updated later.

Did carbuzz.com have a valid TLS certificate?

The scanner observed a valid TLS certificate using TLSv1.3. A valid certificate alone does not establish that the site is safe.

How does carbuzz.com describe itself?

The website's About page describes its purpose in the report above. This is publisher-supplied information and is separate from independent security findings.

Can a paid listing change this website's score?

No. Premium placement and owner-supplied pages are labelled separately. Technical evidence, the Safety Score and moderation decisions remain independent.