SAFE

No threats detected

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

Security Review

Is hessen.de legit or a scam?

This looks safe to use.

Official German state government portal with clean scans, valid registration, and professional government branding.

Cross-checked against 8 independent sources — none raised a concern
hessen.deScanned 1h ago
0/100
Trust score
0 = danger · 100 = safe
SAFE
Score breakdown
Heuristics 100·MT 92
Screenshot of hessen.deSee the live page ↓
Positive signals (4)
Antivirus clearNot on major blacklistsEncrypted connectionClean server reputation
View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
Registration date unknown

Website Preview

Screenshot of hessen.de
LIVE RENDER
hessen.de

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 screenshot shows a professionally designed, legitimate-looking government website for the State of Hessen with no visual indicators of fraud or malicious intent.

Visual risk0/100

What our vision model saw

5 signals

Professional layout consistent with an official German state government portal

Uses official branding and coat of arms for the State of Hessen

High-quality, properly attributed stock photography from Adobe Stock

Standard navigation elements including search, menu, and A-Z index

Content relates to official legislative news regarding the Bundesrat

Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
Analysis
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust92/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
The domain hessen.de serves as the official portal for the Hessische Landesregierung, the state government of Hesse. Our antivirus network returned zero detections and the hosting IP carries a perfect abuse score of zero. The page displays authentic government branding, coat of arms, and official press releases about state legislation. Business registration confirms this is the verified government domain for the State of Hesse. One automated trust site flagged it incorrectly, but the evidence package explicitly identifies the site as the legitimate state portal. The combination of official registration, clean infrastructure, and matching content confirms this is a genuine government website.
Positive Signals
5
  • Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines.
  • Hosting IP carries a perfect abuse score of zero.
  • Valid SSL certificate issued by SwissSign AG.
  • Business registration confirms official government status.
  • Professional layout with authentic state branding and coat of arms.
The full analysis

Page Content

The page presents itself as the official start page for the State Government of Hesse. It displays the Hessian coat of arms, navigation for ministries, press releases, and weather data sourced from the German Weather Service. Content includes legislative updates such as Bundesrat decisions and official obituaries from the state chancellery.

Infrastructure

The site loads from IP 185.5.80.119 with a zero abuse score and no reported incidents. SSL certificate is valid and issued by SwissSign AG. One external redirect occurs but stays within the same domain family. No login forms, countdown timers, or push-notification prompts appear on the page.

Domain History

WHOIS data was unavailable in the scan. However, the evidence package confirms hessen.de is the verified official domain for the Hessische Landesregierung with active government registration in Germany.

Web Reputation

One automated trust site assigned a low score of 4.9, likely due to misclassification. The evidence package notes this appears to be an error and confirms the domain's official status. A separate government portal directory lists hessen.de as the legitimate state government site. No scam reports or consumer complaints were found.

What this means for you

This is the authentic website of the Hessian state government. Users can safely access official information and services through this domain.

AI Recommendation
This is the official government website for the State of Hesse. You can safely browse and use services offered here.
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 hessen.de, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration
Active · Germany
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 scam report · 1 positive
Key findings
5 headline facts from open-web research
  • hessen.de is the official website of the State Government of Hesse (Hessische Landesregierung) in Germany.
  • The site provides administrative services, official press releases, and information on state ministries.
  • Automated scam detectors (e.g., Scam-Detector) incorrectly flag the site with low trust scores, likely due to misidentifying it as a 'jewelry' site or failing to recognize government TLD structures in Germany.
  • The domain is linked to official social media accounts including @regierunghessen on Instagram and @reghessen on X.
  • It serves as a central hub for the Hessian Portal for Administrative Services (Verwaltungsportal Hessen).
Scam reports (1)
Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.
  • scam-detector.comopen

    "hessen.de is a suspicious website... The Scam Detector website Validator gives hessen.de one of the lowest trust scores on the platform: 4.9."

Positive reviews (1)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • deutschland.deopen

    "The official portals of Germany's states let you take care of official business online or contact State governments and State parliaments. www.staatskanzlei.hessen.de"

Business registration
Status: active · Germany

Official government domain for the State of Hesse (Hessische Landesregierung).

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

Our research found one automated trust site that incorrectly flagged hessen.de with a low trust score of 4.9. The evidence package explicitly states this appears to be an error caused by misidentifying the site as a jewelry retailer. A separate government portal directory lists hessen.de as the official website for the State of Hesse. No scam reports or consumer complaints were located. The domain is confirmed as the verified government portal for the Hessische Landesregierung.

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
Clean
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
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbers10.07.2026
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Phone number listed (10.07.2026).

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerSwissSign AG · SwissSign RSA TLS OV ICA 2022 - 1
ExpiresOct 22, 2026 (101d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingSoprado GmbH
Server locationDE
Web servermyracloud
Platform / CMSDrupal
PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

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

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPSoprado GmbH
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

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 hessen.de and not a lookalike like h-essen.de.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·hessen.de
SAFE

hessen.de is the official website of the State Government of Hesse in Germany. The domain shows clean scans across all engines, valid government registration, and professional official content. No action needed.

This is the official government website for the State of Hesse. You can safely browse and use services offered here.

AV engines
92
Domain age
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 hessen.de, so it appears legitimate. All 92 antivirus engines we queried report it clean, it ranks among the world's most-visited sites, Even so, always double-check the exact address in your browser, because phishing emails routinely spoof real, trusted domains like this one.
  • hessen.de passed our automated checks with a trust score of 95/100. 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 hessen.de), 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 hessen.de 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 hessen.de 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 — hessen.de 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.
  • Yes — hessen.de presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by SwissSign AG · SwissSign RSA TLS OV ICA 2022 - 1, valid for another 101 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".
  • hessen.de resolves to an IP operated by Soprado GmbH in DE (Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). 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.
  • Yes — hessen.de ranks in the global top 100,000 most-visited sites, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. Genuine popularity doesn't automatically make a site safe, but throwaway scam domains almost never reach this level of traffic, so it's a meaningful point in the site's favour.
  • 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 hessen.de 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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