SAFE

No threats detected

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

Security Review

Is index.hu legit or a scam?

This looks safe to use.

Established Hungarian news site with clean security scans and no scam indicators detected.

Cross-checked against 7 independent sources — none raised a concern
index.huScanned 2h ago
0/100
Trust score
0 = danger · 100 = safe
SAFE
Score breakdown
Heuristics 100·MT 92
Screenshot of index.huSee the live page ↓
Positive signals (4)
Antivirus clearNot on major blacklistsEncrypted connectionClean server reputation
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Analysis Summary

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

Website Preview

Screenshot of index.hu
LIVE RENDER
index.hu

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

Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
Analysis
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust92/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
The domain serves a major Hungarian news outlet with current headlines, sports coverage, and standard advertising scripts. Our antivirus network returned zero detections across 92 engines and the hosting IP carries a perfect abuse score of zero. The SSL certificate is valid and issued by Sectigo, while the page loads external analytics and ad domains typical of a professional media property. No login forms, countdown timers, or data-harvesting patterns appear on the page. The combination of clean technical signals and recognizable news content points to a legitimate, long-operating site.
Positive Signals
5
  • Zero detections from our antivirus network across 92 engines.
  • Hosting IP shows zero abuse reports and a clean reputation score.
  • Valid SSL certificate issued by Sectigo with 164 days remaining.
  • Page content matches a well-known Hungarian news outlet with linked sister sites.
  • No login forms, countdowns, or data-harvesting elements detected.
The full analysis

Page Content

The homepage displays current Hungarian and international news, sports results, and economic data under the title "Index - friss hírek, események, tények". The site links to sister properties including Blog.hu, Indavideo, Economx, Dívány, and Totalcar, forming a recognizable Hungarian media network. No contact email, phone, or postal address is listed on the scanned page, which is common for large news portals that route inquiries through dedicated contact forms.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on IP 81.0.120.157 with an abuse score of 0/100 and zero reported incidents. Our sandbox did not flag the page, and the SSL certificate from Sectigo Limited remains valid for another 164 days. External scripts load from googletagmanager.com, facebook.net, doubleclick.net, and several Hungarian ad and analytics domains, consistent with a professional news operation.

Domain History

WHOIS data was unavailable in this scan. The domain ranks inside the global top-100k and shows no signs of recent registration or suspicious changes. The presence of established sister sites and long-running content further supports an older, stable registration.

Web Reputation

No scam reports or complaints appear in the evidence package. The page carries no malicious tags, shows no phishing or malware patterns, and loads expected news and advertising infrastructure.

What this means for you

The site presents as a standard news portal with no indicators of fraud or malicious behavior. Visitors can browse articles safely, though normal caution with any third-party ads remains advisable.

AI Recommendation
The site shows no red flags. You can safely read the news, but continue to avoid clicking suspicious ads or providing personal information.
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 index.hu, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

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.

We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for index.hu and did not find scam reports, complaints, or impersonation signals. The domain age, registration record and aggregator reviews shown above are consistent with a legitimate site.

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
Not queried
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 numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles1
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No phone number listed on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerSectigo Limited · Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36
ExpiresDec 25, 2026 (164d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingInvitech ICT Services Kft.
Server locationHU
Web serverApache
PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1302http://index.hu/
  • 2200https://index.hu/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPInvitech ICT Services Kft.
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 index.hu and not a lookalike like i-ndex.hu.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·index.hu
SAFE

Index.hu is a long-running Hungarian news portal. No malicious flags from our antivirus network or blocklists, clean hosting IP, and valid SSL.

The site shows no red flags. You can safely read the news, but continue to avoid clicking suspicious ads or providing personal information.

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 index.hu, 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.
  • index.hu 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 index.hu), 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 index.hu 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 index.hu 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 — index.hu 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 — index.hu presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Sectigo Limited · Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36, valid for another 164 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".
  • index.hu resolves to an IP operated by Invitech ICT Services Kft. in HU (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 — index.hu 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 14, 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 index.hu 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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