Is this speed test safe? (Trend Micro)

TL;DR

Of the speed tests we tested with Trend Micro, none were marked as unsafe. Six lesser-known speed tests have not yet been checked by Trend Micro.

 

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Method of measurement
  3. Speed tests to test
  4. The measurements
  5. Conclusions
 

Introduction

Safety is the end result of all security and privacy measures. It is therefore a derivative, but not unimportant, feature of any website, including online speed tests.

This is one of many tests we run to get an idea of the safety of speed tests.

 

Method of measurement

For this test we visit the homepage of the speed test and check the safety with Trend Micro.

 

Speed tests to test

Because this is a relative simple test, all speed test used in earlier tests (the unique speed tests as collected at ZOMDir) will be tested.

Due to the subject we also test TestMyInternetSpeed. This is a crappy website which, under the guise of -we offer a speed test- only wants to obtain as many page views as possible.

 

The measurements

  1. Astound speedtest Untested
  2. Bandwidth Place Safe
  3. Bredbandskollen Safe
  4. Broadband Speed Checker Safe
  5. Cloudflare Safe
  6. Comparitech Safe
  7. DSLReports Safe
  8. Fast Safe
  9. Fireprobe Safe
  10. Google Fiber Safe
  11. Internet Speed at a Glance Untested
  12. LibreSpeed Untested
  13. M-Lab Safe
  14. Meter.net Safe
  15. N Perf Safe
  16. Ookla Speedtest Safe
  17. Open Speed Test Safe
  18. SamKnows Safe
  19. SpeedCheck Untested
  20. SpeedOf.me Safe
  21. SpeedOf.me API Sample Page Safe
  22. SpeedSmart Safe
  23. Speedtest4.PHP Untested
  24. TestMyInternetSpeed Untested
  25. TestMy.net Safe
  26. Toast Safe
  27. Which Broadband Speed Test Safe
  28. Xfinity xFi Speed Test Safe

Some examples

Some examples of test results are:

Fast.com is Safe according to Trend Micro All speed tests tested by Trend Micro are safe to visit.

Speedcheck.org has not been tested by Trend Micro yet Some lesser known speed tests have not yet been tested by Trend Micro.

 

Conclusions

There are:

  1. 22 safe speed tests
  2. 6 untested speed tests

Of the speed tests we tested with Trend Micro, none were marked as unsafe. Six lesser-known speed tests have not yet been checked by Trend Micro.