Last Updated on October 10, 2024 by Mathew Diekhake
Discord (discord.com) is a social media site with an emphasis on video and voice calling. Discord was founded by Jason Citron and Stan Vishnevskiy. Discord originally appealed to gamers more so than other social networks, as the founders wanted to help connect a community of gamers.
ALTERNATIVES
Similar sites to Discord include Twitter, Reddit, TikTok, Midjourney, Patreon, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Associated sites include Discord App (discordapp.com).
DESCRIPTION
The homepage says “group chat that’s all fun and games.” It suggests that Discord is for building a customized community depending on how you want to play and hang out. It also suggests that Discord is good for playing games and hanging out with friends. I clicked on the “open Discord” button. In the left menu of my account was a friends, nitro, and shop section. I could also add a server, explore existing servers that were set to discoverable, and download apps. I clicked to discover existing discoverable Discord servers. There are many featured communities, including the names of some sites I have been known to review such as Midjourney. I chose one (Apex Legends). I could choose from a list of what I wanted to do on the Apex Legends server. I chose to look around for now. I then chose to join a discussion. 6 people had messaged on the message board within the last few hours. There was swearing and game-related jargon I was unfamiliar with coming from 2 people chatting live as I was viewing the board. 6/17/2024
HISTORY
As of November 2023, discord.com has 1.0 billion monthly views, according to Similar Web. The Wayback Machine estimates discord.com was founded on December 22, 1996. The Internet Archive has saved discord.com 1,431,916 times between December 22, 1996 and December 12, 2023.
Is discord.com Safe?
Here, I analyzed discord.com for malware and malicious content to check if it was legit or a scam:
Sucuri says discord.com is a low security risk.
Unmask Parasites says discord.com is suspicious.
Unmask Parasites cites 1 suspicious inline script:
(function(){var js = "window['__CF$cv$params']={r:'834a419fdcd610cb',t:'MTcwMjQyOTA4MS42MDIwMDA='};_cpo=document.createEl...
VirusTotal says discord.com is flagged as suspicious (low) by ArcSight Threat Intelligence.
URLVoid says discord.com passed all blocklist engines.
In conclusion, Sucuri says discord.com doesn’t have malware. Unmask Parasites says discord.com is suspicious. VirusTotal and Sucuri say discord.com is flagged as suspicious by ArcSight Threat Intelligence. OVERALL GRADE: Relatively Safe.
Links and Profiles
Website: discord.com
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March 3, 2024 @ 22:08
This code is changing from time to time in all the websites I scanned in unmask parasites. Isn’t it associated with an optimization tool as you have mentioned earlier in a site grading ?
March 4, 2024 @ 02:12
We use Unmask Parasites for detecting parasites.
The codes detected by Unmask Parasites are codes detected on the websites. Naturally, they do change depending on the site. Sites use unique lines of code for their website development.
Unmask Parasites is trying to detect which lines of code on a website are potential parasites.
Most people needn’t worry about parasite scan results — they are an extra technical detail we use. The scans you ought to consider most are Sucuri and VirusTotal.
March 4, 2024 @ 02:27
Sir I am worried whether I’m infected or not because I visited discord many times… Should I actually be worried ?
March 4, 2024 @ 02:38
There is no need to worry. We graded Discord as safe.
March 2, 2024 @ 10:51
Is it a code related to xss attack or something
March 2, 2024 @ 17:03
I suspect it is a false positive, aka not malicious.
March 1, 2024 @ 02:37
I have seen many instances of unmask parasites showing the script
(function(){var js = “window[‘__CF$cv$params’]={r:’834a419fdcd610cb’,t:’MTcwMjQyOTA4MS42MDIwMDA=’};_cpo=document.createEl…
as suspicious inline script. Is it really a parasite or a false positive
March 2, 2024 @ 02:53
This code here is likely unique:
’834a419fdcd610cb’,t:’MTcwMjQyOTA4MS42MDIwMDA=That one does look suspicious to me.
However, I then take the brand into account, as well as other scan results, before I give an overall grade. I am not overly concerned about the script at this time. Overall grade on 3/2/2024: Relatively Safe.