What Is naver.com, and Is It Safe?

Last Updated on September 5, 2024 by Mathew Diekhake

Naver (naver.com) is a search engine. Naver is the most trafficked Korean search engine. In 2023, it referred to itself as a portal rather than a search engine.

ALTERNATIVES

Similar sites to Naver include FMKorea, Brunch, The Qoo, Donga, and Daum.

DESCRIPTION

When I loaded naver.com, the default language was Korean. I used Google Translate to translate the page into English. Regardless of the language change, there remained a lot of Korean on the page: many brands were shown in thumbnails, and the thumbnails, which are potential images, did not change to English. There may also be Korean banner ads near these thumbnails. When I scrolled below the fold, some text, which were links, remained in Korean, perhaps due to it being in a specific widget. The other text on the page was in English. There was a lot of content on the page: some news, the weather, stock market news, and other widget-related content. That is all in addition to the Korean content that was also on the page. I clicked on a news article. Again, I needed to translate the page. It showed the original publication above the single post content. The content was not written by naver.com. 6/15/2024

HISTORY

As of November 2023, naver.com has 1.2 billion monthly views, according to Similar Web. The Wayback Machine estimates that naver.com was founded on December 12, 1998. The Internet Archive has saved naver.com 112,470 times between December 12, 1998 and December 16, 2023.

Is naver.com Safe?

Here, I analyzed naver.com for malware and malicious content to check if it was legit or a scam:

Sucuri says naver.com is a low security risk.

Security hardening flaws:

• Missing security header for ClickJacking Protection. Affected pages:
  https://www.naver.com/404javascript.js
  https://www.naver.com/404testpage4525d2fdc
• Missing Strict-Transport-Security security header. Affected pages:
  https://www.naver.com/404javascript.js
  https://www.naver.com/404testpage4525d2fdc

Unmask Parasites says naver.com is clean.

VirusTotal says naver.com is flagged as malicious by Bfore.Ai PreCrime.

URLVoid says naver.com passed all blocklist engines.

In conclusion, Sucuri says naver.com doesn’t have malware. Unmask Parasites says naver.com is clean of parasites. VirusTotal says naver.com is flagged as malicious by Bfore.Ai PreCrime. OVERALL GRADE: Safe.

Links and Profiles

Website: naver.com