What Is zoom.us, and Is It Safe?

Last Updated on October 10, 2024 by Mathew Diekhake

Zoom US (zoom.us) cloud-based video calls site used for personal and professional video calls and conferencing.

ALTERNATIVES

Similar sites to Zoom US include Calendly, OpenAI, Airtable, and Figma.

DESCRIPTION

The homepage showed examples of how Zoom enhances workplace engagement and communication. Beneath this message was a button for pricing and plans and discovering Zoom workplace. When I scrolled down beneath the fold, it showed numerous of examples of why Zoom Workplace was useful. In the left column, it showed numerous examples of why to use Zoom such as Zoom AI, Zoom Workplace, business services, and developer ecosystem. Beneath that, it showed the companies that use Zoom such as Service Now, MLB, Red Bull Racing, and The New York Times. Beneath that was a message that said one platform for limitless connection. It then showed the industries Zoom can be useful for such as education, financial services, government, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail. 6/18/2024

HISTORY

As of October 2023, zoom.us has 880.7 million monthly views, according to Similar Web. The Wayback Machine estimates zoom.us was founded on June 6, 2002. The Internet Archive has saved zoom.us 30,102 times between June 6, 2002 and December 11, 2023.

Is zoom.us Safe?

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

Sucuri says zoom.us is a low security risk.

Sucuri says zoom.us is a low security risk; however, it returned a 404 Not Found status on the URL https://zoom.us/csrf_js.

Security hardening flaws:

• Missing Strict-Transport-Security security header. Affected pages:
  https://zoom.us/404javascript.js
  https://zoom.us/404testpage4525d2fdc
  https://zoom.us/csrf_js

Unmask Parasites says zoom.us is clean.

VirusTotal says zoom.us is clean.

URLVoid says zoom.us passed all blocklist engines.

In conclusion, Sucuri says zoom.us is a low security risk; however, it returned a 404 Not Found status on the URL https://zoom.us/csrf_js. Unmask Parasites says zoom.us is clean of parasites. VirusTotal and Sucuri say zoom.us isn’t malicious or blacklisted. OVERALL GRADE: Safe.

Links and Profiles

Website: zoom.us