Is hostgra.com a scam?

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on hostgra.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Is hostgra.com safe to use?

hostgra.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 79/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does hostgra.com have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. hostgra.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · R12, expiring in 42 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

How old is the hostgra.com domain?

hostgra.com is 13.4 years old, registered on 1/29/2013 through Porkbun LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.

Has hostgra.com been flagged by antivirus engines?

No. All 96 antivirus engines in our malware network report hostgra.com as clean.

Is hostgra.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. hostgra.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is hostgra.com hosted?

hostgra.com resolves to an IP operated by Unified Layer in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.

What do third-party review sites say about hostgra.com?

Independent trust-rating sites currently show the following for hostgra.com: ScamAdviser: 40/100. Those scores come from user reviews and their own heuristics, so they are worth comparing against our verdict.

Security Review

Is hostgra.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 79/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

HostGra is an established affiliate review blog for hosting and software with a 13-year domain history and no malicious detections.

Why we trust it

Domain age is over 13 years, indicating long-term operation.Zero detections across 96 different antivirus and security engines.No scam reports, complaints, or negative mentions found in consumer databases.

hostgra.comScanned 1h ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Heuristics 77·MT 80

Warning signals (1)

Redirects to another domain

Positive signals (5)

Antivirus clear Not on major blacklists Domain is 13 years old Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/96

All engines report clean

Domain Age

13 years old

Registered Jan 29, 2013

MT Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 85% confidence

SAFE

No threats detected

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

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LIVE RENDER

hostgra.com

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

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

MT Security Analyst

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust80/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

The domain has been registered for over 13 years, which is a strong indicator of stability compared to the short-lived domains used in fraud. Our antivirus network and malware engines show zero detections across nearly 100 different scanners. The site functions as a standard affiliate blog, providing reviews for services like Coursera and Teachable to earn commissions. Although the operator uses a Gmail address and hides their physical location, this is common for small-scale niche blogs. The lack of any scam reports or complaints over such a long period further supports its legitimacy.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The website serves as a content hub for tutorials and reviews related to WordPress, VPNs, and web hosting. It features recent articles from 2024 and 2025, suggesting active maintenance. The primary monetization strategy appears to be affiliate marketing, where the site earns a fee if users click 'Read More' and sign up for a service.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on a stable IP address with a very low abuse reputation score. It utilizes a valid SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt to secure traffic. While it loads external resources from Google and social media platforms, no malicious scripts or unauthorized data harvesters were detected during our analysis.

Domain History

Registered in 2013, the domain hostgra.com has a significant age of approximately 4,900 days. This longevity is a major positive signal, as most malicious sites are taken down or abandoned within their first year. The registrar is a well-known provider, and the domain has remained active without being flagged by major browser blocklists.

Web Reputation

Independent review aggregators give the site a moderate score, likely due to the lack of a formal business entity behind the blog. However, our research found no history of phishing, malware distribution, or deceptive practices. It maintains a clean reputation across the security community.

Risk Factors

Uses a free-mail provider (Gmail) for business contact instead of a professional domain email.
No physical business address or phone number is listed on the site.
No formal business registration or owner identity could be verified.
Low global traffic ranking makes it difficult to find high volumes of user feedback.

Positive Signals

Domain age is over 13 years, indicating long-term operation.
Zero detections across 96 different antivirus and security engines.
No scam reports, complaints, or negative mentions found in consumer databases.
Site content is consistent with a standard affiliate review blog, not a phishing or scam site.

AI Recommendation

The site is safe to read for informational purposes. If you decide to purchase a service through their links, verify the final pricing on the official provider's website.

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 hostgra.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age

13 yrs

Registered Jan 2013

Business registration

No public record found

Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.

Independent review aggregators

40/100 · questionable

Average across 1 independent review aggregator.

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

No scam reports found

No complaints, no negative coverage turned up in our sweep.

Web ratings

Scores pulled directly from third-party trust & review sites

ScamAdviser

40/100

Questionableopen

Key findings

7 headline facts from open-web research

Domain hostgra.com is approximately 13.4 years old (registered around 2013 based on 4900-day age as of July 2026)
Website self-describes as providing "Information about Domain, Web Hosting, Web Hosting Tutorials, Web Hosting Review, Web Hosting Discount Code & Coupon Code, Wordpress Hosting." (from page content and archived descriptions)
Content consists primarily of reviews of online course platforms (Teachable, Coursera, LearnDash), software (iMazing, Animoto, Movavi), and older web hosting services (e.g., Arvixe review from 2015)
No mentions of hostgra.com on Trustpilot, Reddit, Sitejabber, or major complaint forums; no scam reports or user complaints found
No business registration, contact address, phone, or identifiable owner information discovered
VirusTotal and security searches returned no detections or community flags for the domain
Site appears to be an affiliate-style review blog with promotional "Read More" links; ScamAdviser score of 40/100 noted in provided data

Research summary

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

Our research into hostgra.com across various security forums and consumer complaint boards returned no results for fraudulent activity. The site has existed since 2013 and primarily publishes reviews for educational platforms and hosting providers. While there are no formal business registration records available, the site's long-term presence without security flags suggests it is a standard affiliate-supported information site.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified

Clean across 96 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 96 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious69Harmless96Engines

Clean

Kaspersky

Clean

Bitdefender

Clean

Microsoft

Not in pass

ESET-NOD32

Not in pass

Avira

Not in pass

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.

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 contact info, but not on the site's domain

Emails on site's domainNone

Free-mail addresseshow2blog.in@gmail.com

Phone numbersNone

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles2

Signal Summary

Several contact red flags

No email uses the site's own domain — legitimate shops usually do.
Contact address uses a free-mail provider (gmail.com) — unusual for a real business.
No phone number listed on the page.
No postal address visible on the page.

Links to 2 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History

Age13 years old

RegistrarPorkbun LLC

RegisteredJan 29, 2013

ExpiresJan 29, 2028

Owner privacyVisible

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerLet's Encrypt · R12

ExpiresAug 13, 2026 (42d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingUnified Layer

Server locationUS

Web serverApache

Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Yes

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://hostgra.com/
2301https://hostgra.com/
3200https://www.hostgra.com/cross-domain

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score1%

Reports on file1

ISPUnified Layer

Usage typeContent Delivery Network

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 hostgra.com and not a lookalike like h-ostgra.com.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
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Reputation Sources

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

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

Not listedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

Referenced Domains

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

stats.wp.com fonts.googleapis.com gmail.com facebook.com twitter.com

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, 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 hostgra.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
hostgra.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 79/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
Yes. hostgra.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · R12, expiring in 42 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
hostgra.com is 13.4 years old, registered on 1/29/2013 through Porkbun LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
No. All 96 antivirus engines in our malware network report hostgra.com as clean.
No. hostgra.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
hostgra.com resolves to an IP operated by Unified Layer in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
Independent trust-rating sites currently show the following for hostgra.com: ScamAdviser: 40/100. Those scores come from user reviews and their own heuristics, so they are worth comparing against our verdict.

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·hostgra.com

SAFE

HostGra is a long-standing affiliate review blog focusing on web hosting and online learning platforms. While it lacks formal business registration and uses a free email address for contact, its 13-year history and clean security record suggest it is a legitimate content site. You can browse the articles, but be aware that links to services likely contain affiliate tracking.

The site is safe to read for informational purposes. If you decide to purchase a service through their links, verify the final pricing on the official provider's website.

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