Verdict
youtube.com appears legitimate.
Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.
| What this site appears to be | GPT summary status=degraded | GPT summary call failed: HTTP error from GPT: 429 Too Many Requests { "error": { "message": "You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details. For more information on this error, read the docs: https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/error-codes/api-errors.", "type": "insufficient_quota", "param": null, "code": "insufficient_quota" } } |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- The real-world operator identity was not independently verified.
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | None flagged itVirusTotal | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 22 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Archived since 20071 snapshot | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by WR2 | Noted |
The page as captured
No screenshot is retained for this report.
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity).
- Public web-archive history exists since 2007.
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
The website is a public YouTube channel identified as “Cartoon Network UK,” presenting audiovisual entertainment content to visitors through a mainstream video-sharing platform. Its apparent purpose is to distribute and promote Cartoon Network-related programming and channel material rather than provide financial, brokerage, or other regulated services.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No scam, phishing, impersonation, or other identity contradictions were observed. The domain has a long registration history, a top-tier global traffic footprint, high page authority, and clean external reputation checks, which together support an established-site interpretation. Behavioral telemetry did record substantial external activity, dynamic document changes, console errors, and one suspicious inline script; however, the same testing found no non-whitelisted external posts, hidden forms, password-exfiltration forms, wallet-drainer activity, clipboard hijacking, or cloaking. These technical behaviors therefore represent implementation complexity and monitoring considerations rather than confirmed malicious conduct.
- Domain registration record: registered 2005-02-15 and approximately 21.5 years old.
- Web-archive record: 1 snapshot on 2007-02-15, with 1 year tracked; archival coverage is incomplete relative to the domain’s registration history.
- External reputation checks: 0 malicious detections, 0 suspicious detections, no confirmed phishing or blacklist indicators, and a global traffic rank of 8.
- Behavioral testing: 150 external XHR requests, 8 external POST requests, 10 console errors, 3,678 maximum DOM differences after interaction, and 1 suspicious inline script; no wallet-drainer runs, hidden forms, or password external forms were detected.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The captured page presents a media and entertainment channel, not a financial or otherwise visibly regulated service. Available evidence is consistent with an established, apparently legitimate website, but the real-world operator identity has not been independently verified. No licensing determination is required for the apparent content-distribution purpose, and no third-party broker match was identified; any future commercial or regulated offering under the same domain would require a separate identity and licensing assessment. Technical identity signals are supportive: the domain is registered through MarkMonitor Inc., is hosted by Google LLC, and uses a valid domain-validated TLS certificate issued by WR2.
- Registration record: registrar MarkMonitor Inc.; creation date 2005-02-15T05:13:12Z; expiration date 2027-02-15T05:13:12Z.
- Hosting telemetry: served from AS15169, Google LLC, US.
- Transport security: TLS certificate issued by WR2, validation level DV, valid to 2026-10-12T18:05:55+00:00.
- Page capture: title “cartoon network uk - youtube” and path “/@cartoonnetworkuk,” identifying the captured content as a Cartoon Network UK channel.
What to Verify Next
Before credential or payment interactions, an organization should independently confirm that the channel and any linked account belong to the intended Cartoon Network or YouTube presence, using an official brand-controlled route rather than relying solely on on-page claims. For any commercial transaction, the relevant merchant identity, applicable terms, return or refund arrangements, and payment-protection mechanisms should be checked independently. If the site later presents a regulated financial service, its stated operator and authorization should be confirmed against the appropriate official registry.
- Channel page: the displayed channel identity is the primary artifact requiring independent comparison with an official brand-controlled presence.
- Account interaction surface: any login or account-action flow should be limited to the expected platform domain and normal authentication sequence.
- Transaction surface: any purchase or payment flow should be assessed against independently confirmed merchant, refund, and payment-protection information.
Summary Verdict
The overall posture is high trust and low risk for ordinary use. Available evidence is consistent with an established, apparently legitimate website, although the real-world operator identity is not independently verified. No scam or impersonation contradictions were observed.
Infrastructure Integrity
The website is protected by CDN/WAF infrastructure, with observed edge servers and potential origin candidates in the resolution set. Google LLC provides the identified hosting infrastructure, and the protective edge architecture is a mitigating security signal, although infrastructure protection alone does not establish operator legitimacy.
Closing Assessment
Ordinary browsing is proportionate to the assessed posture; before submitting credentials or making payments, the prospective user should complete the independent identity, terms, refund, and payment-protection checks described above.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-11 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
No rule findings contributed to this verdict.
Identity verification
| Status | UNKNOWN |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 50/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 30% |
- AI page analysis unavailable (page captured; identity not AI-verified)
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of youtube.com.
- The request stayed on youtube.com. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under MarkMonitor Inc.. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by google.com, across 4 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2027-02-15. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 2007-02-15. Clear
- It is hosted on GOOGLE, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | MarkMonitor Inc. |
|---|---|
| Hosting | GOOGLE - Google LLC, US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 2a00:1450:4026:807::200e |
| Name servers | NS1.GOOGLE.COM, NS2.GOOGLE.COM, NS3.GOOGLE.COM, NS4.GOOGLE.COM |
| SSL issuer | WR2 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-10-12 |
| Domain age | 21.50 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2027-02-15 |
| Archive first seen | 2007-02-15 |
| Archive snapshots | 1 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 0 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about youtube.com at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.