Verdict
heliconwaterproofing.in shows high-risk / scam indicators.
This assessment found strong scam indicators. Do not pay, sign in, or share personal details with this site.
| What this site appears to be | Company website for Helicon Constructions, an ISO 9001:2015 certified provider of waterproofing, structural rehabilitation and flooring solutions in India. The site includes service descriptions, featured projects, testimonials, contact details and calls to schedule inspections/consultations. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- The real-world operator identity was not independently verified.
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | 17 flagged itVirusTotal | Risk |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 3.9 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Archived since 2024Public history exists | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by YR1 | Noted |
The page as captured
Key findings
- Automated classification: Sensitive Interaction Risk.
- Domain age: 3 to 10 years (registration continuity).
- Public web-archive history exists since 2024.
- At least one reputation service TrustSniffer consulted had flagged this domain at assessment time.
Full analysis
Security Alert
Fortinet, Kaspersky, Sophos flagged this site in external intelligence checks, indicating elevated compromise/scam exposure that requires immediate caution.
Helicon Constructions’ website is a corporate service site for an Indian contractor presenting waterproofing, structural rehabilitation, industrial flooring, project work, testimonials, certification claims, and consultation requests, with an apparent B2B/B2C model based on inspection bookings and construction-service contracts.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
The site presents a coherent construction-services profile, and page-level review found no login form, credential-harvesting mechanism, suspicious form destination, or apparent brand-impersonation signal. However, this benign presentation is outweighed by a confirmed blacklist finding: external reputation telemetry recorded 17 malicious detections and identified the domain through two blacklist sources. The contradiction is therefore material and directly relevant to any sensitive interaction, even though the website content itself does not display obvious phishing mechanics. The real-world operator identity appears likely rather than independently verified, so the on-site business presentation should not be treated as proof that the domain is safe for transactional use.
- The homepage and contact pathway present a construction contractor and consultation workflow, with no login form or sensitive credential-collection form identified.
- External reputation telemetry recorded 17 malicious detections and a confirmed blacklist hit from two external sources.
- Domain registration records show registration on 2022-09-17, with an age of approximately 3.92 years.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The about and homepage content claims “ISO 9001:2015 Certified,” “30+ Years of Excellence,” and substantial experience for Managing Director Vinod Khatri. These are site-published claims rather than independently verified accreditation or regulatory findings. The supplied pages do not state a licensing authority or license number; for a construction-services provider, this is a transparency and verification matter rather than, by itself, evidence of fraud. The site’s apparent identity is supported by its detailed service content and links to social platforms, but the operator’s legal identity remains unconfirmed. Transport security is present, although a domain-validated certificate establishes encryption, not business legitimacy.
- The homepage identifies Helicon Constructions as “ISO 9001:2015 Certified” and advertises “30+ Years of Excellence.”
- The about page names Managing Director Vinod Khatri and describes civil-engineering qualifications and 34 years of experience.
- Hosting resolves through AS394695, PUBLIC-DOMAIN-REGISTRY - PDR, US, with the service located in India.
- The site’s TLS certificate is DV, issued by YR1, and valid to 2026-10-27.
What to Verify Next
Before any engagement, an independent party should confirm the contractor’s legal entity, operating address, certification status, and any permits or registrations applicable to the proposed project through authoritative records rather than relying solely on the website. Contact details should be validated through an independent business directory, prior-client reference, or offline channel, and any payment or contract request should be matched to the verified legal counterparty and protected by appropriate commercial safeguards. Given the external reputation findings, sensitive interaction should remain suspended until those checks produce a satisfactory explanation.
- The about page supplies the named director and experience claims that can be checked against independent corporate or professional records.
- The homepage and contact page provide the stated consultation and business-contact pathways for comparison with independently sourced details.
- The site does not provide a licensing authority or license number in the supplied legal or business content.
Summary Verdict
The overall posture is critical trust risk. The professional appearance and coherent business model do not overcome the confirmed external reputation contradiction, and the available evidence does not support treating the domain as suitable for sensitive interaction.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site resolves directly to a single identified hosting address on AS394695, operated by PUBLIC-DOMAIN-REGISTRY - PDR, US, with no detected CDN or WAF layer. This provides limited infrastructure-level mitigation and does not offset the external reputation concern; the hosting arrangement is a technical observation, not evidence of malicious ownership or intent.
Closing Assessment
The appropriate disposition is to restrict the site to non-sensitive reference use and defer logins, credential submission, payments, or contractual commitments until independent identity, certification, contact, and reputation checks are completed.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-19 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
1 finding contributed to this verdict, raised by analysis engine, external reputation.
01 Sensitive Interaction Risk
- The analysis matched a pattern TrustSniffer treats as a direct threat to a visitor.Analysis engine
signal:direct_threat - An external threat feed lists this domain: either Google Safe Browsing marked it malicious, or a significant number of malware engines flagged it.External reputation
rule:EXT_BLACKLIST_CRITICAL
Identity verification
| Status | LIKELY |
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| Identity score | 76/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 76% |
- Trusted social count=2
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of heliconwaterproofing.in.
- The request stayed on heliconwaterproofing.in. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under Endurance International Group India Private Limited. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by bigrock.in, across 4 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2026-09-17. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 2024-08-23. Clear
- It is hosted on PUBLIC-DOMAIN-REGISTRY, from a server in IN. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | Endurance International Group India Private Limited |
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| Hosting | PUBLIC-DOMAIN-REGISTRY - PDR, US |
| Country | IN |
| Server IP | 119.18.58.248 |
| Name servers | dns1.bigrock.in, dns2.bigrock.in, dns3.bigrock.in, dns4.bigrock.in |
| SSL issuer | YR1 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-10-27 |
| Domain age | 3.92 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2026-09-17 |
| Archive first seen | 2024-08-23 |
| Archive snapshots | Not counted (archive lookup incomplete) |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 17 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about heliconwaterproofing.in at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.