Is livehindustan.com a scam?

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

Is livehindustan.com safe to use?

livehindustan.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 97/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does livehindustan.com have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. livehindustan.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by DigiCert Inc · DigiCert Global G3 TLS ECC SHA384 2020 CA1, expiring in 148 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

How old is the livehindustan.com domain?

livehindustan.com is 18.0 years old, registered on 6/18/2008 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.

Has livehindustan.com been flagged by antivirus engines?

No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report livehindustan.com as clean.

Is livehindustan.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?

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

Where is livehindustan.com hosted?

livehindustan.com resolves to an IP operated by Akamai Technologies, Inc. in US (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). 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.

Is livehindustan.com a well-known website?

Yes. livehindustan.com sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.

Security Review

Is livehindustan.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 97/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

Live Hindustan is a highly reputable, long-established Hindi news platform operated by the Hindustan Media Ventures group with no history of fraudulent activity.

Why we trust it

Domain age of over 18 years indicates long-term operational stability.Official digital platform of a major, century-old media corporation.Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines in our security network.

livehindustan.comScanned 2h ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Heuristics 100·MT 95

Warning signals (1)

Redirects to another domain

Positive signals (5)

Antivirus clear Not on major blacklists Domain is 18 years old Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/92

All engines report clean

Domain Age

18 years old

Registered Jun 18, 2008

MT Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 100% 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

livehindustan.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 · Guardiantrust95/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

The domain has been active for over 18 years, which is a strong indicator of stability and legitimacy. Our analysis confirms it is the digital arm of the Hindustan newspaper, a major publication founded in 1936. The site holds a top-tier global traffic rank and is backed by a verified, active business registration in India under Hindustan Media Ventures Limited. All security scans from our antivirus partners returned clean results, and the site uses high-grade SSL encryption. There are no scam reports or malicious patterns associated with this domain.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The website serves as a comprehensive Hindi news portal covering politics, sports, entertainment, and regional news. It features active live updates, a digital e-paper, and links to official social media channels. While the page contains significant advertising, this is standard for a major commercial news outlet.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on a professional infrastructure with a clean IP reputation and zero abuse reports. It utilizes a valid DigiCert SSL certificate, ensuring that data transmitted to the site is encrypted. The presence of numerous integrations with major advertising and analytics providers is consistent with a high-traffic media property.

Domain History

Registered in 2006, the domain has a 18-year history that aligns perfectly with the digital expansion of the Hindustan newspaper brand. The WHOIS records and historical data show consistent ownership by the HT Media group, further verifying its authenticity.

Web Reputation

Independent review aggregators and media databases confirm this is the second most-read daily news source in India. It maintains a high trust rating across global security indexes and is recognized as a primary source for Hindi-language journalism.

Risk Factors

No significant risk factors were identified during our technical or manual analysis.

Positive Signals

Domain age of over 18 years indicates long-term operational stability.
Official digital platform of a major, century-old media corporation.
Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines in our security network.
High global traffic ranking within the top 1,000 sites worldwide.
Verified business registration and physical office presence in India.

AI Recommendation

This is a legitimate news website. You can safely consume content, subscribe to their newsletters, or use their mobile application.

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

Domain age

18 yrs

Registered Jun 2008

Business registration

Active · India

Site traces back to an actively registered business.

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

3 positive

Key findings

7 headline facts from open-web research

livehindustan.com is the official Hindi news website of the Hindustan newspaper, published by Hindustan Media Ventures Limited (CIN L21090BR1918PLC000013, est. 1918, Bihar-registered).
Hindustan newspaper has high circulation (approx. 1.67 million in 2023), ranks 6th in India and 13th globally, with strong readership in Bihar, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh.
Scamadviser rates it as "very likely not a scam but legit and reliable"; site is very old (over 18 years), has valid SSL, high popularity (Tranco rank ~500), and is categorized as news/media.
No scam reports, fraud complaints, or significant negative feedback found across web searches, Reddit, or review sites. Some app reviews mention excessive ads but no fraud allegations.
Company maintains official contact pages, grievance officer, and is part of the reputable HT Media group (sister publications: Hindustan Times, Mint).
Domain age of 6588 days (~18 years) aligns with an established media outlet; actively promoted across YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and Google Play app with positive user engagement.
Site focuses on Hindi news, politics, sports, business, astrology, and regional coverage (UP, Bihar, etc.); no connection to any detected scam families.

Positive reviews (3)

Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.

Scamadviseropen
"In summary, livehindustan.com is very likely not a scam but legit and reliable."
HT Mediaopen
"LiveHindustan.com is Hindustan's newspaper's Hindi News website... bringing to the table its credibility; authenticity and unbiased content."
Wikipediaopen
"Website: www.livehindustan.com. It ranks as the second most-read daily in the country."

Business registration

Status: active · India

Hindustan Media Ventures Limited, CIN: L21090BR1918PLC000013, registered in 1918, registered office in Patna, Bihar. Subsidiary of HT Media Ltd. Publishes Hindustan newspaper and operates livehindustan.com.

Research summary

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

We conducted a thorough search of scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and business registries for livehindustan.com. The site is the official digital home of the Hindustan newspaper, published by Hindustan Media Ventures Limited (registered since 1918). Independent trust aggregators rate the site as highly reliable, and Wikipedia identifies it as one of the most-read publications in India. No fraud allegations or malicious activities were discovered.

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.

0Malicious0Suspicious61Harmless92Engines

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

Phone numbers201726473554884

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles3

Signal Summary

Contact details look reasonable

No email uses the site's own domain — legitimate shops usually do.
No postal address visible on the page.

Phone number listed (201726473554884).
Links to 3 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History

Age18 years old

RegistrarGoDaddy.com, LLC

RegisteredJun 18, 2008

ExpiresJun 18, 2035

Owner privacyVisible

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerDigiCert Inc · DigiCert Global G3 TLS ECC SHA384 2020 CA1

ExpiresNov 28, 2026 (148d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingAkamai Technologies, Inc.

Server locationUS

PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Yes

Lookalike

Punycode

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

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPAkamai Technologies, Inc.

Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

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 livehindustan.com and not a lookalike like l-ivehindustan.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.

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 livehindustan.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
livehindustan.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 97/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
Yes. livehindustan.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by DigiCert Inc · DigiCert Global G3 TLS ECC SHA384 2020 CA1, expiring in 148 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
livehindustan.com is 18.0 years old, registered on 6/18/2008 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report livehindustan.com as clean.
No. livehindustan.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
livehindustan.com resolves to an IP operated by Akamai Technologies, Inc. in US (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). 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.
Yes. livehindustan.com sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·livehindustan.com

SAFE

Live Hindustan is the official Hindi news portal for the Hindustan newspaper, one of India's most established media outlets. It is a legitimate, high-traffic news site with a history spanning nearly two decades online. You can browse this site safely.

This is a legitimate news website. You can safely consume content, subscribe to their newsletters, or use their mobile application.

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