Is hims.com safe?
http://hims.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (60 of 93 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Hims is a real telehealth brand, but its auto-renewing membership and refund terms sit at the centre of a documented consumer complaint.
hims.com is the storefront of Hims, a telehealth company that sells access to prescription treatments and health services through a paid membership. The site itself is technically clean: a valid encrypted connection, no threat warnings, and a hosting address with no abuse history. The concern is commercial rather than technical. The membership is advertised as $39 for the first month and then auto-renews at $149 per month, and the published refund policy gives a full refund only within 48 hours of payment, after which refunds are at the company's sole discretion. A consumer complaint describes exactly that experience: a low introductory charge followed by a much larger monthly membership fee and a refused refund. That combination of an auto-renewing subscription with narrow refund rights is why this site lands in the Moderate Risk band rather than Safe.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 62/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 3 findings pulled the score down; 2 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- ModerateOne customer complaint on a public review site: "Not up front about monthly charges. They start with 39 and then they charge 149 a month just for membership --NO medication. And they won't give you a refund."-19 pts
- ModerateThe published refund policy guarantees a full refund only within 48 hours of payment; afterwards refunds are at the company's sole discretion, and unused services do not carry forward after renewal.-19 pts
- MinorThe advertised membership is $39 for the first month and auto-renews at $149 per month, a recurring charge well above the introductory price.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, Safe Browsing returned no threat warning, and the hosting IP has no abuse reports.
- SupportsThe site lists a phone number (1-800-368-0038) and a postal address, and its terms name the company and the third-party providers involved in fulfilment.
Points come from the saved evidence ledger: it lowered the score from 100 to 62 and split those 38 points between the findings that show points; the others carry no points in the ledger. Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
hims.com is the storefront of Hims, a telehealth company that sells access to prescription treatments and health services through a paid membership. The site itself is technically clean: a valid encrypted connection, no threat warnings, and a hosting address with no abuse history. The concern is commercial rather than technical. The membership is advertised as $39 for the first month and then auto-renews at $149 per month, and the published refund policy gives a full refund only within 48 hours of payment, after which refunds are at the company's sole discretion. A consumer complaint describes exactly that experience: a low introductory charge followed by a much larger monthly membership fee and a refused refund. That combination of an auto-renewing subscription with narrow refund rights is why this site lands in the Moderate Risk band rather than Safe.
The membership renews automatically and refunds are tightly limited
The offer shown on the site is an active Hims Weight Loss Membership priced at $39 for the first month that auto-renews at $149 per month. That is a recurring charge, not a one-off purchase, and the renewal price is roughly four times the introductory price.
The published refund terms reinforce the same structure. A full refund is available only if the request is made within 48 hours of payment and no testing services have been received; after that window, refunds are offered on a case-by-case basis in the company's sole and absolute discretion, and after one year no refund is available at all.
A separate clause states that once a subscription renews, unused services do not roll over or carry forward to a later period, so a customer who misses the cancellation window loses the value of that period rather than having it credited.
A consumer complaint matches the advertised billing pattern
One consumer complaint states that the company was not up front about monthly charges, that a $39 start became a $149 monthly membership charge with no medication included, and that a refund was refused. This is a single complaint rather than a pattern of many independent reports, so it should be read as one customer's account, but it aligns closely with the billing and refund terms the site itself publishes.
The company does disclose who it is: a phone number (1-800-368-0038) and a postal address appear on the page, and the terms describe products and services sold by Hims & Hers or by third-party medical providers, pharmacies, laboratories and other vendors through the service.
No technical threat, but the commercial terms carry the risk
Nothing in the technical checks suggests malware, phishing or a compromised connection. The saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, the browser threat feed returned no threat warning, and the hosting address has an abuse confidence score of 0 out of 100 across zero saved reports.
The risk here is operator and customer risk, not a technical one. The site's own terms place the refund decision largely in the company's hands after the first 48 hours, and the membership renews automatically at a much higher price than the introductory month. A visitor who does not cancel before renewal can be charged again without a straightforward route to a refund.
Why the score is 62
One customer complaint on a public review site: "Not up front about monthly charges. They start with 39 and then they charge 149 a month just for membership --NO medication. And they won't give you a refund.". Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 93
No detectionsSaved analysis from October 23, 2026 - stale
No detections across 60 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 33 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
All 93 engine results
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Clean
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Orcapot - Unrated
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Clean
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiHealth
- BitDefenderbusiness
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerhealth
- Googlehealthcare
- Sophoshealth and medicines
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
An active Hims Weight Loss Membership is required ($39 for the first month, auto-renews at $149/mo
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
An active Hims Weight Loss Membership is required ($39 for the first month, auto-renews at $149/mo
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
Hims | Men’s Telehealth for Hair, ED, Weight Loss & Mental Health | Hims
- Meta description
Men’s healthcare, built for real life. Get access to expert-backed weight loss care, ED treatment options, in-depth lab testing, testosterone support, and more—all 100% online.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/aboutCould not be read
- Terms/terms-and-conditionsRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Hims | Men’s Telehealth for Hair, ED, Weight Loss & Mental Health | Hims
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 60 antivirus results.
What independent research found
1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 6 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
Subscription Trap
Service and business model
Saas
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01One customer complaint on a public review site: "Not up front about monthly charges. They start with 39 and then they charge 149 a month just for membership --NO medication. And they won't give you a refund."
- 02The site lists a phone number (1-800-368-0038) and a postal address, and its terms name the company and the third-party providers involved in fulfilment.
- 03The saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, Safe Browsing returned no threat warning, and the hosting IP has no abuse reports.
Web research findings
Independent findings for hims.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
- Trustpilotopen
"Not up front about monthly charges. They start with 39 and then they charge 149 a month just for membership --NO medication. And they won't give you a refund."
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
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.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domainhims.com
- Redirects towww.hims.com
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referenceshims.ca · forhims.co.uk
Domain Timeline
- Mar 28, 1997Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 29 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 28, 2026Saved security review — Rated Moderate Risk
The evidence in this saved scan is mixed or incomplete; the completed checks are detailed above.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- Phone number listed (1-800-368-0038).
- Postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for www.hims.com.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1308http://hims.com/
- 2301https://hims.com/
- 3206https://www.hims.com/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
One customer complaint on a public review site: "Not up front about monthly charges. They start with 39 and then they charge 149 a month just for membership --NO medication. And they won't give you a refund." · The published refund policy guarantees a full refund only within 48 hours of payment; afterwards refunds are at the company's sole discretion, and unused services do not carry forward after renewal.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 93 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Oct 23, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 28, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 28, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 28, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Oct 28, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 23, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 28, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 28, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 28, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 28, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
Is hims.com a scam or is it safe?
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Has hims.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Hims is a real telehealth brand, but its auto-renewing membership and refund terms sit at the centre of a documented consumer complaint.
hims.com is the storefront of Hims, a telehealth company that sells access to prescription treatments and health services through a paid membership. The site itself is technically clean: a valid encrypted connection, no threat warnings, and a hosting address with no abuse history. The concern is commercial rather than technical. The membership is advertised as $39 for the first month and then auto-renews at $149 per month, and the published refund policy gives a full refund only within 48 hours of payment, after which refunds are at the company's sole discretion. A consumer complaint describes exactly that experience: a low introductory charge followed by a much larger monthly membership fee and a refused refund. That combination of an auto-renewing subscription with narrow refund rights is why this site lands in the Moderate Risk band rather than Safe.
09 · Community
Community
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