Website reputation report

shawmedia.com

Last checked 1 month ago · Point-in-time assessment

71/100Technical Safety ScoreIndependent technical assessment, not a visitor rating
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Captured homepage of shawmedia.com in the current scan
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● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

Loading... About Us Your Most Trusted Local Source Shaw Media is an agile, industry-leading media company. An exciting mix of strengths, we are employee oriented and – above all else – committed to our communities. We are the proud owners of the third oldest, continuously owned and operated family newspaper in the nation. Our legacy

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

71/100Safety 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 Infrastructure88 Website Security95 Security Hygiene35 Transparency60 Reputation50 Operational Stability96
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.

Current report context

What changed since the last scan

  • No earlier report to compare
What this scan could verify · 6 observed, 0 unavailable
DNS observed
Registration lookup observed
Network observed
TLS observed
Website response observed
Website content observed

Unavailable and unperformed checks are not clean results. The detailed evidence below remains the source for each conclusion.

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Independent evidence brief

What we observed about shawmedia.com

Updated Oct 6, 2026

The latest scan examined 10 public pages on shawmedia.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: Loading... About Us Your Most Trusted Local Source Shaw Media is an agile, industry-leading media company. An exciting mix of strengths, we are employee…

  • About Us - Shaw MediaLoading... About Us Your Most Trusted Local Source Shaw Media is an agile, industry-leading media company. An exciting…
  • Contact Us - Shaw MediaLoading... Contact Us Your Most Trusted Local Source Your Most Trusted Local SourceMain Office: 7717 South Illinois Route…
  • In The News - Shaw MediaLoading... In The News Your Most Trusted Local Source Shaw Media purchases Free Press Newspapers Gallery Shaw Media…

Registrar and domain history

Registered on Jan 27, 2002. Registrar: Register.com - Network Solutions, LLC.

Recorded expiry date: Jan 27, 2027. Registry data can change.

Connection and hosting evidence

The checked homepage returned HTTP 200.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Dec 20, 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: 71/100. Evidence Confidence: 75%. These measure different things.

Community reviews of shawmedia.com

No approved reviews yet ☆☆☆☆☆

Visitor experiences are separate from the independent technical Safety Score.

Visitor opinions remain separate from the technical Safety Score.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on shawmedia.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.

Shaw Media | Your most Trusted Local SourceYour most trusted Local Source. Providing local news, sports, events and much more since 1851. About Us - Shaw MediaLoading... About Us Your Most Trusted Local Source Shaw Media is an agile, industry-leading media company. An exciting mix of strengths, we are employee oriented and – above all el Contact Us - Shaw MediaLoading... Contact Us Your Most Trusted Local Source Your Most Trusted Local SourceMain Office: 7717 South Illinois Route 31 Crystal Lake, IL 60014. Phone: 833-584-NEWS Email: cont In The News - Shaw MediaLoading... In The News Your Most Trusted Local Source Shaw Media purchases Free Press Newspapers Gallery Shaw Media purchases Free Press Newspapers News Shaw Media purchases Free P Shaw Local journalists take home 45 Illinois Press Association awards for 2025 coverage - Shaw MediaShaw Local journalists throughout northern Illinois were honored Thursday at the Illinois Press Association Convention and awards ceremony at Par-A-Dice Hotel and Casino in East Pe News - Shaw Mediahttps://shawmedia.com/category/news/ Shaw Media purchases Free Press Newspapers - Shaw MediaShaw Media has purchased The Free Press Newspapers, which include the Braidwood Journal, Coal City Courant and Free Press Advocate, and has assumed ownership effective Oct. 1 The F Careers - Shaw MediaLoading... Careers Loading... Careers Filter byAll Job CategoryAll Job CategoryEditorialAccountingDigitalRadioAll Job TypeAll Job TypeFull TimePart TimeAll Job LocationAll Job Loca Our Work - Shaw MediaLoading... Our Work Your Most Trusted Local Source Shaw Local journalists take home 45 Illinois Press Association awards for 2025 coverage Gallery Shaw Local journalists take home Our Markets - Shaw MediaLoading... Our Markets Your Most Trusted Local Source  Illinois Markets Illinois & Indiana AgriNews Illinois Local News Cook / DuPage County – Suburban Life DeKalb County – ­­Da

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on shawmedia.com

12 phrases

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

shaw mediaTitle, H1, Meta description10 sampled pages
most trusted localTitle, Meta description6 sampled pages
local sourceTitle, Meta description6 sampled pages
pressTitle, H1, Meta description4 sampled pages
loadingMeta description6 sampled pages
illinoisTitle, H1, Meta description4 sampled pages
free press newspapersTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
illinois press associationTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
shaw local journalistsTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
media purchases freeTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
association awardsTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
journalists takeTitle, 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%
88/100

Observed DNS records and network address were checked.

Website SecurityWeight 15%
95/100

Observed certificate validity and TLS protocol were checked.

Security HygieneWeight 15%
35/100

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%
60/100

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%
96/100

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 · 5 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 scripts5
Inline scripts6
Embedded frames5
External script hosts1

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

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 domainshawmedia.com
RegistrarRegister.com - Network Solutions, LLC
RegisteredJan 27, 2002
Domain age24 years
ExpiresJan 27, 2027
Registry statusesclient transfer prohibited
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address35.223.203.253
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://shawmedia.com/
Endpoint35.223.203.253
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFNot detected · Not detected
DNS surface8 records · 2 nameservers · 2 mail exchangers
Protection signals0 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 size119,176 bytes
HTTP check duration0 ms
Cookies observedUnavailable
Script resources5 · 1 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks5 frames · 0 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=Let's Encrypt, commonName=YR2
Valid fromSep 21, 2026
Valid untilDec 20, 2026
Certificate namesshawmedia.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.

A35.223.203.253TTL —
NSdns101.register.comTTL —
NSdns102.register.comTTL —
MX0 mxa-005be101.gslb.pphosted.comTTL —
MX0 mxb-005be101.gslb.pphosted.comTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=WgZL7t5Y_4inJu6HkULOnSCgPC6qsw7ucoQxdkuZKFkTTL —
TXTMS=ms13068575TTL —
TXTv=spf1 mx ip4:205.220.177.221 ip4:205.220.165.221 include:amazonses.com include:eblastengine.com include:custmail.vdata.com include:_spf.google.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com ip4:205.214.77.125 ip4:71.7.21.242 ip4:74.208.4.194 ip4:209.242.36.82 in" "clude:spf.mandrillapp.com include:mailgun.org -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
DMARCMonitoring-only DMARC policy

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

0 observed

Header evidence is unavailable. Missing data is not treated as a clean result or proof of compromise.

Response headers

Cookie protections

Passive observation

No Set-Cookie header was observed on the sampled homepage response. Other pages may set cookies separately.

Detected stack

Technologies

Bootstrap 80% Google Analytics 94% 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

Loading... About Us Your Most Trusted Local Source Shaw Media is an agile, industry-leading media company. An exciting mix of strengths, we are employee oriented and – above all else – committed to our communities. We are the proud owners of the third oldest, continuously owned and operated family newspaper in the nation. Our legacy

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.

Emailcontact@shawmedia.comSource: https://shawmedia.com/contact-us/
Emailinfo@yourdomain.comSource: https://shawmedia.com/contact-us/

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleShaw Media | Your most Trusted Local Source
First headingWorking For Shaw Media
DescriptionYour most trusted Local Source. Providing local news, sports, events and much more since 1851.
Canonical URLhttps://shawmedia.com/
Final URLhttps://shawmedia.com/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=UTF-8 · duration unavailable
Languageen
Structured typesBreadcrumbList · ListItem · Organization · WebPage · WebSite
Page page detectedhttps://shawmedia.com/in-the-news/About page detectedhttps://shawmedia.com/about-us/Contact page detectedhttps://shawmedia.com/contact-us/
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
en100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
missing100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors present100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
8100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors wildcard origin100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions policy present100% 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

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Explainable matching

Digital fingerprint

fingerprint-v1
rapid-anchor-field-577

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

Show change history

No meaningful changes recorded yet.

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Visual evidence

Website screenshot

Screenshot of shawmedia.com
Captured once in an isolated browser during this scan. Visual tint is an interface overlay. The original evidence is not duplicated.

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Questions about shawmedia.com

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Is shawmedia.com safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 71/100 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 shawmedia.com?

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

When was shawmedia.com registered?

The public registry record shows Jan 27, 2002. Registration details may be privacy-protected or updated later.

Did shawmedia.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 shawmedia.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.

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