Yandex (yandex.com) is a search engine. Yandex was founded by Elena Kolmanovskaya, Ilya Segalovich, and Arkady Volozh. It was Segalovich who thought of the name “Yandex.” In 2023, Kolmanovskaya remains the chief editor of Yandex. Volozh is a well-known Russian billionaire.
DESCRIPTION
The homepage of yandex.com had a large search box in the middle above the fold. There was little color on the page; it seemed built for speed. Above the search box were six icons for images, video, maps, translate, weather, and mail. It also showed the weather beneath the search box on the left side. There was no chance to scroll below the fold. 4/17/2024
HISTORY
As of November 2023, yandex.com has 172.0 million monthly views, according to Similar Web. The Wayback Machine estimates yandex.com was founded on August 3, 2002. The Internet Archive has saved yandex.com 317,786 times between August 3, 2002 and January 1, 2024.
Is yandex.com Safe?
Here, I analyzed yandex.com for malware and malicious content to check if it was legit or a scam:
I checked yandex.com on Sucuri, and it returned as a low security risk. Results: Sucuri scan for yandex.com.
Security hardening flaws:
- The ‘unsafe-eval’ keyword in
Content-Security-Policyis not recommended. Affected pages:
https://yandex.com/support/common/browsers-settings/browsers-java-js-settings.html
https://yandex.com/support/smart-captcha/?unique_key=f152c22e-a56dfe2d-611d3fa-6368c4d3
I then ran a parasite scan with Unmask Parasites on yandex.com, and it is clean. Results: Unmask Parasites scan for yandex.com.
I also checked yandex.com on VirusTotal, and it is flagged as suspicious by ArcSight Threat Intelligence. ArcSight Threat Intelligence gives a crowdsourced context grade of Low 1. Results: VirusTotal scan for yandex.com.
URLVoid says yandex.com passed all blocklist engines. Results: URLVoid scan for yandex.com.
In conclusion, Sucuri says yandex.com doesn’t have malware. Unmask Parasites says yandex.com is clean of parasites. VirusTotal and Sucuri say yandex.com is flagged as suspicious by ArcSight Threat Intelligence. OVERALL GRADE: Safe.
Links and Profiles
Website: yandex.com