Website reputation report

thewhig.com

Last checked 3 days ago · Point-in-time assessment

77/100Technical Safety ScoreIndependent technical assessment, not a visitor rating
● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

The Kingston Whig-Standard keeps you informed with the latest breaking news, stories, and headlines in Kingston.

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

77/100Safety Score
70%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History95 Infrastructure84 Website Security95 Security Hygiene80 Transparency50 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 thewhig.com

Updated Oct 14, 2026

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

Purpose and visible content

On its homepage, the site says: The Kingston Whig-Standard keeps you informed with the latest breaking news, stories, and headlines in Kingston.

Registrar and domain history

Registered on Dec 15, 1998. Registrar: Webnames.ca Inc..

Recorded expiry date: Dec 14, 2026. Registry data can change.

Connection and hosting evidence

The checked homepage returned HTTP 200.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Nov 27, 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: 70%. These measure different things.

Community reviews of thewhig.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 thewhig.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.

Kingston News, Stories & Headlines | Kingston Whig-StandardThe Kingston Whig-Standard keeps you informed with the latest breaking news, stories, and headlines in Kingston. Contact Us - Kingston WhigExceptional Journalism Powered by Media Innovation. Our Mission: Keeping Canadians in the know with ambitious, trusted and high-quality journalism. Notice to the media - Government of Canada to announce support for international medical graduates in Manitoba - Kingston WhigWINNIPEG, MB, Oct. 13, 2026 /CNW/ -- The Honourable Marjorie Michel, Minister of Health, along with the Honourable Uzoma Asagwara, Manitoba's Minister of Kingston News, Breaking Stories and Headlines on the Kingston Whig-StandardRead the latest breaking news in Kingston. The Kingston Whig-Standard brings today's top headlines and stories to your fingertips. Kingston Health Care News and Headlines on the Kingston Whig-StandardRead the latest health care news in Kingston. The Kingston Whig-Standard brings today's top health care stories to your fingertips. Kingston Local Politics News and Headlines on the Kingston Whig-StandardKeep up with Kingston and regional municipal politics. The Kingston Whig-Standard has the latest stories on city hall, politicians, legislation and more. Second Walmart store slated for Kingston's north end after more than a decade of planning - Kingston WhigProject is part of Walmart Canada's $6.5-billion investment to expand its chain across Canada Former Kingston taxi commission employee charged - Kingston WhigFinancial irregularities resulted in the city taking over the taxi commission last year. Kingston's municipal election: Sydenham - Kingston WhigWithout an incumbent candidate, Sydenham District is among the most hotly contested race in Kingston's municipal election. More than $7.96 million in illegal cannabis seized in Napanee - Kingston WhigOPP Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team initiated investigation into a suspected illegal cannabis grow operation at a property on County Road 12 in Greater Napanee.

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on thewhig.com

12 phrases

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

kingston whigTitle, H1, Meta description10 sampled pages
whig standardTitle, Meta description4 sampled pages
headlinesTitle, Meta description4 sampled pages
storiesTitle, Meta description4 sampled pages
in kingstonMeta description4 sampled pages
thanTitle, H12 sampled pages
latestMeta description4 sampled pages
healthTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
municipalTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
canadaTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
mediaTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
breakingTitle, 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

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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%
84/100

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%
50/100

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 HTMLNo signature match in the sampled HTML
Engine version1.5.4
Signature database date (UTC)2026-10-13T06:26:14+00:00
HTML bytes submitted308,945
Phishing.Database · exact hostnameNot listed in this snapshot
Feed downloaded (UTC)2026-10-14T00:00:09+00:00
Hosts in local snapshot386,082

Sampled scripts and pages

Resource analysis incomplete

6 resources checked · 47 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 scripts47
Inline scripts15
Embedded frames2
External script hosts10

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 domainthewhig.com
RegistrarWebnames.ca Inc.
RegisteredDec 15, 1998
Domain age27 years
ExpiresDec 14, 2026
Registry statusesclient delete prohibited · client transfer prohibited
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address192.0.66.53
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://www.thewhig.com/
Endpoint192.0.66.53
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFNot detected · Not detected
DNS surface7 records · 4 nameservers · 0 mail exchangers
Protection signals5 security headers · 4 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 size308,945 bytes
HTTP check duration0 ms
Cookies observedUnavailable
Script resources47 · 10 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks2 frames · 6 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=Let's Encrypt, commonName=YE2
Valid fromAug 29, 2026
Valid untilNov 27, 2026
Certificate namesthewhig.com · www.thewhig.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.

A192.0.66.53TTL —
NSns-cloud-c1.googledomains.comTTL —
NSns-cloud-c2.googledomains.comTTL —
NSns-cloud-c3.googledomains.comTTL —
NSns-cloud-c4.googledomains.comTTL —
TXTfacebook-domain-verification=im3qpngnp2aezjjkuqz4ltj3h6uv2vTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=Tjwu70mFG4IuZ7lI-5eR2v7Z2hZw79CzUDwlblQ78U0TTL —

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.

SPFNo matching record returned for this exact hostname
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

5 observed
permissions-policypresent camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=(), interest-cohort=()
referrer-policypresent strict-origin-when-cross-origin
strict-transport-securitypresent max-age=31536000;includeSubdomains
x-content-type-optionspresent nosniff
x-frame-optionspresent SAMEORIGIN

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

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.

Publisher supplied

Public contact details

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

Phone18665111965Source: https://www.thewhig.com/contact-us/
Emailmysubscription@postmedia.comSource: https://www.thewhig.com/contact-us/
Emaileservicesupport@postmedia.comSource: https://www.thewhig.com/contact-us/

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleKingston News, Stories & Headlines | Kingston Whig-Standard
First headingKingston Whig
DescriptionThe Kingston Whig-Standard keeps you informed with the latest breaking news, stories, and headlines in Kingston.
Canonical URLhttps://www.thewhig.com/
Final URLhttps://www.thewhig.com/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=UTF-8 · duration unavailable
Languageen
Structured typesBreadcrumbList · ListItem · Organization · WebPage · WebSite
Page page detectedhttps://www.thewhig.com/category/news/Contact page detectedhttps://www.thewhig.com/contact-us/Support page detectedhttps://www.thewhig.com/press-releases/pr-newswire/notice-to-the-media-government-of-canada-to-announce-support-for-international-medical-graduates-in-manitoba/
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Local headers.hsts preload100% evidence confidence
31536000100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors wildcard origin100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
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Dns consistency.mail route count100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions usb restricted100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions payment restricted100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

1 recorded hops
Hop 1https://www.thewhig.com/

The chain is shown exactly as observed by the scanner. A redirect is not itself a malware finding, but unexpected domains or an HTTP downgrade deserve review.

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Compared with the previous scan

What changed

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Explainable matching

Digital fingerprint

fingerprint-v1
clear-anchor-ring-951

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

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Questions about thewhig.com

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Is thewhig.com safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 77/100 with 70% 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 thewhig.com?

ClamAV found no signature match in the sampled homepage HTML. External scripts, downloads and private server files were not checked. This is not a whole-site malware clearance.

When was thewhig.com registered?

The public registry record shows Dec 15, 1998. Registration details may be privacy-protected or updated later.

Did thewhig.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.

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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