SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

Security Review

Is hawaiianhistory.org legit or a scam?

This looks safe to use.

Official site for the Hawaiian Historical Society, a 1892 nonprofit with a 28-year-old domain and clean security record.

Cross-checked against 9 independent sources — none raised a concern
hawaiianhistory.orgScanned 5h ago
0/100
Trust score
0 = danger · 100 = safe
SAFE
Score breakdown
Heuristics 95·MT 92
Screenshot of hawaiianhistory.orgSee the live page ↓
Positive signals (5)
Antivirus clearNot on major blacklistsDomain is 28 years oldEncrypted connectionClean server reputation
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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
28 years old
Registered Feb 25, 1998

Website Preview

Screenshot of hawaiianhistory.org
LIVE RENDER
hawaiianhistory.org

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.

Visual analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

0
/ 100
No visual red flags

No scam visual patterns detected

The website appears to be a legitimate, professionally designed organization page with no visual indicators of scamming or malicious intent.

Visual risk0/100

What our vision model saw

5 signals

Professional layout with consistent branding for the Hawaiian Historical Society

Standard navigation menu including 'About Us', 'Publications', and 'Research'

Functional social media icons and search bar in the header

Clear call-to-action buttons for membership and donations

High-quality hero image with relevant thematic content

Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
Analysis
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust92/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
The site presents itself as the Hawaiian Historical Society, a nonprofit organization founded in 1892 that maintains a physical library and publishes historical research. The domain was registered in February 1998 through Network Solutions and carries a clean reputation across our antivirus network and browser blocklists. Our sandbox and IP reputation checks returned no flags, and the hosting IP shows zero abuse score. Web research confirms the organization is recognized by Hawaii state archives and the National Park Service as a legitimate archival institution. One positive government reference was located with zero scam reports or complaints found. The only noted issue is minor SEO spam links in the footer, a common technical vulnerability that does not affect the organization's legitimacy.
Risk Factors
2
  • No phone number is listed on the contact page.
  • Minor SEO spam links appear in the footer, a common WordPress vulnerability.
Positive Signals
5
  • Domain registered in 1998 and active for 28.4 years.
  • Zero detections across our antivirus network and browser blocklists.
  • Recognized by Hawaii state government as a legitimate historical society founded in 1892.
  • Physical address and organizational email provided with active events and publications.
  • Professional layout with consistent branding and no visual scam indicators.
The full analysis

Page Content

The page displays the Hawaiian Historical Society branding with navigation for publications, research library, membership, and events. It lists a physical address at 560 Kawaiahao Street in Honolulu and an organizational email on the hawaiianhistory.org domain. The site promotes membership, donations, and an online catalog for historical materials. No login forms, payment requests, or countdown timers appear.

Infrastructure

The site runs on IP 151.101.130.159 with a valid Let's Encrypt SSL certificate. Our antivirus network returned 0/92 detections and the IP carries a 0/100 abuse score with only one unrelated report. External resources load from standard WordPress and Gravatar domains. The page is a WordPress site with typical plugin and widget dependencies.

Domain History

The domain hawaiianhistory.org was registered on 1998-02-25 through Network Solutions, LLC, giving it an age of 28.4 years. No privacy protection is active on the registration. The long registration history aligns with the organization's documented founding in 1892.

Web Reputation

Our research located one positive reference from Hawaii state government archives confirming the society as Hawaii's oldest historical organization. No scam reports, consumer complaints, or negative mentions appeared in the evidence package. The organization maintains an active physical presence and publishes a peer-reviewed journal.

What this means for you

This is a legitimate nonprofit website with decades of history and government recognition. You can safely browse, donate, or contact the organization through the listed channels.

AI Recommendation
This is a legitimate nonprofit site. You can safely browse, become a member, or donate through the official channels listed.
Next-gen fraud intelligence
Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for hawaiianhistory.org, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration
Active · USA
Site traces back to an actively registered business.
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
1 positive
Key findings
5 headline facts from open-web research
  • The domain hawaiianhistory.org belongs to the Hawaiian Historical Society, a non-profit organization founded in 1892.
  • The site is recognized by the Hawaii State Archives and the National Park Service as a primary resource for Hawaiian history and genealogy.
  • The domain has been registered since February 1998, consistent with a long-standing legitimate organization.
  • Search results show the organization holds annual meetings, publishes a peer-reviewed journal (The Hawaiian Journal of History), and maintains a physical library in Honolulu.
  • Note: Some pages on the site appear to have been targeted by 'SEO spam' (hidden links for gambling and escort services in the footer), which is a common technical vulnerability but does not indicate the organization itself is a scam.
Positive reviews (1)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • Hawaii.govopen

    "Hawaii's oldest historical society, the Hawaiian Historical Society, was founded in 1892. The Society's purpose was to collect and publish general material on the Hawaiian Islands."

Business registration
Status: active · USA

Founded in 1892; listed as a legitimate archival institution by the Hawaii State Government.

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

Our research found the domain belongs to the Hawaiian Historical Society, a nonprofit founded in 1892 and recognized by the Hawaii State Archives and National Park Service. The site maintains a physical library in Honolulu and publishes a peer-reviewed journal. No scam reports or consumer complaints were located. One minor note indicates some footer pages have been targeted by SEO spam, a common technical issue unrelated to the organization's legitimacy.

Domain Timeline

  1. Feb 25, 1998
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 28 years old today.

  2. Jul 13, 2026
    Latest security review — Reviewed as safe

    This scan re-ran every check and found no active threat signals.

hawaiianhistory.org has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.

Threat Detection

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified
Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious59Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not queried
ESET-NOD32
Not queried
Avira
Not queried
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Not queried
Emsisoft
Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

Technical Details

The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found
Has a contact email on its own domain
Emails on site's domainhhsoffice@hawaiianhistory.org
Phone numbersNone
Postal addressPresent
Linked social profiles3
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • No phone number listed on the page.
  • Contact email on the site's own domain (hhsoffice@hawaiianhistory.org).
  • Postal address visible on the page.
  • Links to 3 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age28 years old
RegistrarNetwork Solutions, LLC
RegisteredFeb 25, 1998
ExpiresFeb 24, 2027
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YR2
ExpiresSep 23, 2026 (72d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingFastly, Inc.
Server locationUS
Web serverFlywheel/5.1.0
Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://hawaiianhistory.org/
  • 2200https://hawaiianhistory.org/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file1
ISPFastly, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

What to do

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

  • Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on hawaiianhistory.org and not a lookalike like h-awaiianhistory.org.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

    Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.

  • Discuss this site on the forum

    If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.

    Open

Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·hawaiianhistory.org
SAFE

This is the official website of the Hawaiian Historical Society, a nonprofit founded in 1892. The domain has been registered since 1998 with clean security scans and no scam reports. No action needed.

This is a legitimate nonprofit site. You can safely browse, become a member, or donate through the official channels listed.

AV engines
92
Domain age
28 yrs
Flagged
0
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Safety FAQ

Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review found no threat indicators on hawaiianhistory.org, so it appears legitimate. All 92 antivirus engines we queried report it clean, and the domain is 28.4 years old, registered on February 25, 1998 — established domains are far less likely to be scams. Even so, always double-check the exact address in your browser, because phishing emails routinely spoof real, trusted domains like this one.
  • hawaiianhistory.org passed our automated checks with a trust score of 93/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged it at the time of the last scan, and its signals line up with an established, legitimate site. Treat any unexpected login prompt or payment request on it with the same caution you would anywhere.
  • Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from hawaiianhistory.org), and legitimate sites are occasionally compromised on specific pages. A clean verdict means the site itself checks out today; it does not mean every email or link claiming to be from hawaiianhistory.org is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.
  • No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report hawaiianhistory.org as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
  • No — hawaiianhistory.org is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
  • hawaiianhistory.org is 28.4 years old, registered on February 25, 1998 through Network Solutions, LLC. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
  • Yes — hawaiianhistory.org presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR2, valid for another 72 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
  • hawaiianhistory.org resolves to an IP operated by Fastly, Inc. in US (Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
  • This report is a record of the scan run on July 13, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about hawaiianhistory.org has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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