Is hurseysbarbq.com safe?

http://hurseysbarbq.com/

SafeStatus

Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Hursey's BBQ operates a legitimate restaurant site with an online ordering link.

The site belongs to a long-established North Carolina barbecue restaurant chain founded in 1949. It offers standard online ordering that stays on the same domain and shows no deceptive commercial patterns.

Safe to visit and order from; treat it like any other restaurant website.
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Calibrated safety spectrum

Where this site sits

  1. Dangerous1–20
  2. High Risk21–44
  3. Moderate Risk45–69
  4. Low Risk70–84
  5. Safe85–100

The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.

01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

The site belongs to a long-established North Carolina barbecue restaurant chain founded in 1949. It offers standard online ordering that stays on the same domain and shows no deceptive commercial patterns.

Strongest evidence

the browser threat feed reports no threat warnings and the site uses a valid TLS certificate.

The domain is over five years old and the business is documented in local news and industry directories.

Technical vs operator risk

No malware, phishing, or malicious downloads are indicated. The operator is a verified brick-and-mortar restaurant with multiple physical locations.

Visitor flow

The only commercial CTA is an 'Order Online' button that links to an internal ordering page on the same domain.

Why the score is 92

The saved analysis does not include enough completed checks for a Safe rating. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Collected signals and independent provider data for this URL.

Antivirus Engines

0/ 70

No detections

Saved result - stale

No detections across 70 engines

No antivirus engine in this saved scan raised an adverse result. This is one signal, not a guarantee.

Malicious
0
Suspicious
0
Total
70
All 70 engine results
  • ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
  • AutoShun - unrated - Clean
  • Avira - clean - Clean
  • BADWARE.INFO - clean - Clean
  • Baidu-International - clean - Clean
  • BitDefender - clean - Clean
  • Blueliv - clean - Clean
  • CLEAN MX - clean - Clean
  • Comodo Site Inspector - clean - Clean
  • CRDF - clean - Clean
  • CyberCrime - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - clean - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
  • DNS8 - clean - Clean
  • Dr.Web - clean - Clean
  • Emsisoft - clean - Clean
  • EonScope - clean - Clean
  • ESET - clean - Clean
  • ESTsecurity-Threat Inside - clean - Clean
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - unrated - Clean
  • Fortinet - clean - Clean
  • Fortra - unrated - Clean
  • FraudScore - clean - Clean
  • FraudSense - clean - Clean
  • G-Data - clean - Clean
  • Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - clean - Clean
  • Kaspersky - unrated - Clean
  • Lionic - clean - Clean
  • Malc0de Database - clean - Clean
  • Malekal - clean - Clean
  • Malware Domain Blocklist - clean - Clean
  • Malwarebytes hpHosts - clean - Clean
  • Malwared - clean - Clean
  • MalwareDomainList - clean - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
  • malwares.com URL checker - clean - Clean
  • Netcraft - clean - Clean
  • NotMining - unrated - Clean
  • Nucleon - clean - Clean
  • OpenPhish - clean - Clean
  • Opera - clean - Clean
  • Phishtank - clean - Clean
  • Quttera - clean - Clean
  • Rising - clean - Clean
  • SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
  • SecureBrain - clean - Clean
  • securolytics - clean - Clean
  • Segasec - unrated - Clean
  • Sophos - unrated - Clean
  • Spam404 - clean - Clean
  • Spamhaus - clean - Clean
  • StopBadware - unrated - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
  • Tencent - clean - Clean
  • ThreatHive - clean - Clean
  • Trustwave - clean - Clean
  • URLQuery - unrated - Clean
  • Virusdie External Site Scan - clean - Clean
  • VX Vault - clean - Clean
  • Web Security Guard - clean - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
  • ZCloudsec - clean - Clean
  • ZDB Zeus - clean - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
  • Zerofox - clean - Clean
  • ZeusTracker - clean - Clean
  • zvelo - clean - Clean

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.

What we observed

CAPTURED PAGE
hurseysbarbq.com
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

Hursey's Bar-B-Q Est. 1949

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    Hursey's Bar-B-Q Est. 1949

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.
  1. What the site claims

    Home | Hursey's BBQ

  2. What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 70 antivirus results.

  3. What independent research found

    1 external finding were saved and compared with the page evidence.

  4. What remains unverified

    1 of the 4 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

No threat category confirmed

Service and business model

Shop

Transaction

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 01the browser threat feed returned no threat warning
  2. 02Valid TLS certificate present
  3. 03Domain is 2016 days old

Web research findings

Independent findings for hurseysbarbq.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.

Business registration
No public record found
Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.
Clone check
No clone detected
The completed research found no supported clone indicator.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The completed research found no supported look-alike match.
Web mentions
1 positive
Positive reviews (1)
Public quotes that support the operator's credibility.
  • Hursey's BBQ About Pageopen

    "In 1945, Sylvester Hursey and his wife Daisy, took his own father's favorite method of preparing hickory smoked pork and added a "secret sauce" to establish the Hursey Bar-B-Q tradition."

Reputation Sources

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

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

04 · Domain & Infrastructure

Domain & infrastructure

Timeline · identity · encryption · redirects · hosting

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.

  1. Domainhurseysbarbq.com
  2. Redirects towww.hurseysbarbq.com
  3. Hosted byGoogle LLC
  4. Referencesstatic.parastorage.com · static.wixstatic.com

Domain Timeline

  1. Jan 26, 2021
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 5.5 years old today.

  2. Aug 4, 2026
    Saved security review — Reviewed as safe

    This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.

hurseysbarbq.com 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.

Contact Verification

Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.

What We Found
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No direct contact email found on the captured page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age6 years old
RegistrarGoDaddy.com, LLC
RegisteredJan 26, 2021
ExpiresJan 26, 2027
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YR1
ExpiresSep 27, 2026 (53d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingGoogle LLC
Server locationUS
Web serverPepyaka
Platform / CMSWix

Redirect Chain

Hops
2
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://hurseysbarbq.com/
  • 2301https://hurseysbarbq.com/
  • 3200https://www.hurseysbarbq.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score84%
Reports on file56
ISPGoogle LLC
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

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

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
  1. Antiviruspartial
  2. Browser threat feedcomplete
  3. Page contentcomplete
  4. Analysiscomplete
  5. Visual evidencecomplete
Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

Technical threat

unknown

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Operator / customer risk

unknown

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Source coverage and freshness

Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.

Antivirus
Result0 of 70 engines flagged
CompletionLimited
FindingNo saved finding
Freshnessstale fallback · Aug 4, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Page content
ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Visual evidence
Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Independent research
Result1 independent finding were saved
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

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.

  1. Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on hurseysbarbq.com and not a lookalike like h-urseysbarbq.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  2. 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.

  3. Discuss this site on the forum

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

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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 hurseysbarbq.com legit and safe?
Our automated security review found no threat indicators on hurseysbarbq.com, so it appears legitimate. All 70 antivirus engines we queried report it clean, and the domain is 5.5 years old, registered on January 26, 2021 — 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.
Is hurseysbarbq.com safe to use?
hurseysbarbq.com has a Safety Score of 92/100 (Safe). Fresh core checks and semantic analysis found no material threat at scan time. Treat unexpected login or payment requests with normal caution.
Could a legitimate site like hurseysbarbq.com still be used in a scam?
Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from hurseysbarbq.com), 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 hurseysbarbq.com is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.
Has hurseysbarbq.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
No — all 70 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report hurseysbarbq.com 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.
Is hurseysbarbq.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — hurseysbarbq.com 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.
How old is the hurseysbarbq.com domain?
hurseysbarbq.com is 5.5 years old, registered on January 26, 2021 through GoDaddy.com, 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.
Does hurseysbarbq.com have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — hurseysbarbq.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR1, valid for another 53 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".
Where is hurseysbarbq.com hosted?
hurseysbarbq.com resolves to an IP operated by Google LLC 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.
How often is the hurseysbarbq.com report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on August 4, 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 hurseysbarbq.com has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.

08 · Final Verdict

Final verdict

The saved conclusion, decisive evidence, and practical action in one final view.
Verdict score
92/100
Safe

Hursey's BBQ operates a legitimate restaurant site with an online ordering link.

Saved capturehurseysbarbq.comCapture-safe
Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.
Conclusion

The site belongs to a long-established North Carolina barbecue restaurant chain founded in 1949. It offers standard online ordering that stays on the same domain and shows no deceptive commercial patterns.

Recommended actionSafe to visit and order from; treat it like any other restaurant website.
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09 · Community

Community

First-hand experiences add human context after the scanner has reached its conclusion.