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.
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. Results: Sucuri scan for naver.com.
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-Securitysecurity header. Affected pages:
https://www.naver.com/404javascript.js
https://www.naver.com/404testpage4525d2fdc
Unmask Parasites says naver.com is clean. Results: Unmask Parasites scan for naver.com.
VirusTotal says naver.com is flagged as malicious by Bfore.Ai PreCrime. Results: VirusTotal scan for naver.com.
URLVoid says naver.com passed all blocklist engines. Results: URLVoid scan for naver.com.
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