SAFE

No threats detected

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

Security Review

Is ovh.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 87/100

Official OVHcloud hosting domain with 29-year history, clean malware scans, and confirmed French company registration.

ovh.comScanned 6d ago
0
Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 85·MT 88
Category tags
hostinglegitimate95% MT confidence
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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
29 years old
Registered Feb 7, 1997
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 95% confidence

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust88/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
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Confidence
The site is the primary domain of OVHcloud, a large established cloud and hosting company. Its domain age exceeds 29 years with valid SSL and zero detections from our antivirus network. The hosting IP shows minimal abuse reports and the company is properly registered in France. While some customer complaints exist on review sites regarding billing and support, these do not indicate fraud or malicious activity. No clone indicators or phishing flags were present, confirming this is the authentic business site.
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Page Content

OVH.com serves as the main portal for OVHcloud services including hosting, domains, and cloud infrastructure.

Infrastructure

  • Valid SSL certificate from Sectigo with 165 days remaining.
  • IP reputation clean with only one abuse report recorded.
  • Nine redirects observed but all within the same domain family.

Domain History

Domain registered for 10704 days (nearly 29 years) through OVH SAS itself, with active business registration in France under number 537 407 926.

Web Reputation

Mixed customer feedback on independent review aggregator and forums, with both positive infrastructure reviews and complaints about support; no evidence of systemic fraud.

Risk Factors
2
  • Some users report billing and support issues on independent review sites.
  • Global traffic index shows the domain is not heavily ranked in top-site lists.
Positive Signals
4
  • Domain age exceeds 29 years with continuous operation since 1999.
  • Zero flags from our antivirus network and clean browser blocklist status.
  • Active French company registration confirmed with official status.
  • No clone or impersonation indicators detected.
AI Recommendation
Safe to visit and use for legitimate hosting and domain services. Exercise normal caution with any account login details as with any provider.
Next-gen fraud intelligence
Evidence-backedCross-checked

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Web Research Findings

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

Domain age
29 yrs
Registered Feb 1997
Business registration
Active · France
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
4 scam reports · 12 complaints · 3 positive
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • OVHcloud (ovh.com / ovhcloud.com) is a major French cloud hosting and domain registrar founded in 1999 with data centers worldwide.
  • Company legally registered as OVH SAS in France (Lille registry 537 407 926), active status confirmed on official site and Crunchbase.
  • Domain age exceeds 29 years (10704 days as provided); OVH SAS copyright notices date to 1999.
  • OVH maintains dedicated abuse reporting and phishing education pages warning users about scams impersonating their brand.
  • Trustpilot shows ~4-star rating from over 7,300 reviews; mix of praise for pricing/infrastructure and complaints about support/billing.
  • Multiple forum posts (Reddit, LowEndTalk, forumweb.hosting) discuss customer service issues, account problems, and occasional scam accusations.
  • No indications of ovh.com being a typosquat or clone; it is the legitimate primary domain used by the company itself.
Scam reports (4)
Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.
  • forumweb.hostingopen

    "ovh.com A Fraud, Scam, Blackmailers. Keep Away from Them!!!"

  • Trustpilotopen

    "OVH are basic thieves OVH made a programming mistake that led to my PayPal details being used on another account for years."

  • Trustpilotopen

    "OVH Scammers ! Beware of OVH! They are scammers who use your ID card data!"

  • lowendtalk.comopen

    "What I get is that my account has been scammed . After that I contacted OVH via messenger because I couldn't make a ticket without logging in"

Positive reviews (3)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • Trustpilotopen

    "Do you agree with OVHcloud's 4-star rating ? Check out what 7337 people have written so far, and share your own experience."

  • TechRadaropen

    "OVHcloud is hands down one of the best cloud hosting providers on the market right now ."

  • "Overall, I think OVH is a great choice for those looking for a reliable, stable provider with a wide range of services."

Business registration
Status: active · France

OVH SAS, registered with Lille company registry under number 537 407 926, based in Roubaix

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

Our research found four scam-related complaints on forums and independent review aggregator mentioning account issues or billing problems. Three positive reviews on independent review aggregator, TechRadar, and G2 highlight reliable hosting services. The company is confirmed as a legitimate French business with active registration since 1999.

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.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age29 years old
RegistrarOVH sas
RegisteredFeb 7, 1997
ExpiresFeb 8, 2033
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerSectigo Limited · Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36
ExpiresNov 11, 2026 (165d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingOVH Hosting, Inc.
Server locationCA

Redirect Chain

Hops
9
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1307http://ovh.com/
  • 2307https://ovh.com/
  • 3307https://ovh.com/
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  • 6307https://ovh.com/
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  • 9307https://ovh.com/
  • 10307https://ovh.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file1
ISPOVH Hosting, 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 ovh.com and not a lookalike like o-vh.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
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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 ovh.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·ovh.com
SAFE

OVH.com is the official site of OVHcloud, a major French cloud hosting provider founded in 1999. Our analysis finds it legitimate with a 29-year-old domain, clean security scans, and active business registration despite some customer complaints about support.

Safe to visit and use for legitimate hosting and domain services. Exercise normal caution with any account login details as with any provider.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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