Is hotchka.com a scam?

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

Is hotchka.com safe to use?

hotchka.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 85/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does hotchka.com have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. hotchka.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · E8, expiring in 89 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

How old is the hotchka.com domain?

hotchka.com is 15.4 years old, registered on 1/21/2011 through NameCheap, Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.

Has hotchka.com been flagged by antivirus engines?

No. All 91 antivirus engines in our malware network report hotchka.com as clean.

Is hotchka.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?

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

Where is hotchka.com hosted?

hotchka.com resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. 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.

How often is the hotchka.com report updated?

We cache results for 24 hours. Signed-in MalwareTips members can trigger a manual rescan at any time using the "Rescan" button on the report page, which re-runs every check from scratch and refreshes this page.

SAFE

No threats detected

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

Security Review

Is hotchka.com legit or a scam?

Name: Is hotchka.com legit or a scam?
Item: hotchka.com
Rating: 5
Author: MalwareTips

Our verdict:Safe· 85/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

Legitimate entertainment review site with a 15-year domain history, clean security scans, and no scam reports found.

Why we trust it

Domain is over 15 years old with consistent use as an entertainment review site.Zero detections from our antivirus network and clean browser blocklist status.No scam reports or complaints found in web searches.

hotchka.comScanned 10d ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Heuristics 90·MT 82

Category tags

entertainmentreviews85% MT confidence

Positive signals (5)

Antivirus clear Not on major blacklists Domain is 15 years old Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/91

All engines report clean

Domain Age

15 years old

Registered Jan 21, 2011

MT Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 85% confidence

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

MT Security Analyst

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust82/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

The site presents as an active review platform covering movies, TV, and theater with articles spanning multiple years. Its domain is over 15 years old, which strongly supports legitimacy compared to typical scam sites that appear and disappear quickly. All antivirus engines returned clean results and browser blocklists show no flags. Our research found no scam reports, complaints, or negative mentions across web sources. The only minor notes are that the site is not heavily indexed in traffic rankings and the screenshot capture was incomplete, but these do not indicate risk.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

Site functions as an independent entertainment review platform focused on movies, TV recaps (especially Lifetime), theater, and related giveaways. Content includes dated articles from 2019 onward and states it receives no compensation from reviewed companies.

Infrastructure

Valid SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt, hosted on IP with zero abuse score. No redirects or suspicious domain tricks detected. Page appears to be a standard content site rather than a JavaScript-heavy app.

Domain History

Domain registered for 5604 days (~15 years) through NameCheap with no privacy protection. It is described as the successor to an earlier site called CliqueClack.com from around 2010.

Web Reputation

No scam reports, complaints, or fraud mentions located. Maintains active social media accounts on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Bluesky. No business registration records were found, which is common for small independent review sites.

Risk Factors

Global traffic index shows the site is not ranked, suggesting low visibility.
Screenshot capture was incomplete, leaving visual confirmation limited.

Positive Signals

Domain is over 15 years old with consistent use as an entertainment review site.
Zero detections from our antivirus network and clean browser blocklist status.
No scam reports or complaints found in web searches.
Maintains public social media presence and states it is independently owned.

AI Recommendation

The site appears safe for reading entertainment reviews. You can visit it normally but use standard caution with any giveaways or external links.

Next-gen fraud intelligence

Evidence-backedCross-checked

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LIVE RENDER

hotchka.com

1Screenshot incomplete — site may be slow to render

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

Visual Screenshot 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.

/ 100

High visual risk

Visual red flags detected in the screenshot

We could not capture a fully-rendered screenshot of this page; visual analysis is inconclusive.

Visual risk50/100

What our vision model saw

1 signal

Screenshot incomplete — site may be slow to render

Web Research Findings

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

Domain age

15 yrs

Registered Jan 2011

Business registration

No public record found

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

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.

Key findings

6 headline facts from open-web research

hotchka.com is an active entertainment and pop culture review site focused on movies, TV (esp. Lifetime), and theatre, with articles dated from at least 2019 to 2026
Site originated as successor to CliqueClack.com (announced ~2010); domain age given as 5604 days (~15 years)
Maintains social media presence including Facebook (hotchka), YouTube, Instagram, Bluesky (@hotchka.bsky.social)
Site /info page states: 'We are a review site that does not receive compensation from the companies whose products we review. We are independently owned'
No mentions of scams, fraud, complaints, or negative reviews found across web searches including Reddit and targeted scam queries
Content includes movie reviews, TV recaps, giveaways, and 'Movies by the Decade' features; authors include Chuck Duncan and Jeremy Fogelman

Research summary

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

We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for hotchka.com and didn't find scam reports or complaints. For a low-traffic site this is expected and is not by itself a sign of trust.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified

Clean across 91 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 91 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious60Harmless91Engines

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.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History

Age15 years old

RegistrarNameCheap, Inc.

RegisteredJan 21, 2011

ExpiresJan 21, 2027

Owner privacyVisible

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerLet's Encrypt · E8

ExpiresAug 24, 2026 (89d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingCloudflare, Inc.

Server locationUS

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file1

ISPCloudflare, Inc.

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 hotchka.com and not a lookalike like h-otchka.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.
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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 ↗

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.

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

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·hotchka.com

SAFE

Hotchka.com is an entertainment and pop culture review site. Our analysis finds it clean with a 15-year-old domain, no malware detections, and zero scam reports. Safe to visit for movie and TV reviews.

The site appears safe for reading entertainment reviews. You can visit it normally but use standard caution with any giveaways or external links.

AV engines

MT passes

Net signals

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