Verdict
porterhouseinc.com is low-trust and potentially risky.
Several risk patterns were present. Do not send money or personal details until you have verified this business another way.
| What this site appears to be | Porter House, Inc., an SDVOSB founded in 1996, markets scientific and technical consulting, nuclear science and radiological protection services, and training for government and commercial clients. Contact details and postal address are provided. |
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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 | 4 flagged itVirusTotal | Risk |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 28 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Archived since 2001Public history exists | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by YR1 | Noted |
The page as captured
Key findings
- Automated classification: Sensitive Interaction Risk.
- Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity).
- Public web-archive history exists since 2001.
- At least one reputation service TrustSniffer consulted had flagged this domain at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
Porter House, Inc.’s website presents a corporate services business offering scientific and technical consulting, nuclear science and technology support, radiological protection, and training for government and commercial clients. Its apparent business model is contract-based professional and technical services, supported by descriptions of service lines, past performances, training academies, NAICS classifications, and published contact details.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No conflicting legal-entity names or on-page brand-impersonation indicators were identified, and the visible business content is consistent with a conventional consulting company rather than a high-pressure financial or credential-harvesting service. However, the domain is subject to a confirmed blacklist finding supported by two external blacklist sources, including four malicious detections, which is a material contradiction to the otherwise professional presentation. Behavioral inspection also detected hidden forms during repeated interaction runs and a substantial DOM change, although no password-submission form, wallet connection, clipboard hijacking, or external network posting was observed. The combination warrants a read-only posture and heightened protection for credentials and financial activity.
- The homepage describes Porter House, Inc. as an SDVOSB founded in 1996 and lists scientific, nuclear, training, and radiological-protection services.
- External reputation assessment recorded 4 malicious detections and a confirmed blacklist classification from 2 external blacklist sources.
- Behavioral testing recorded 2 hidden forms in 2 successful runs, with 478 maximum DOM mutations after interaction and 0 external XHR requests.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The homepage provides a business name, telephone contact, service descriptions, government and commercial client references, NAICS classifications, and an office-address invitation. The reviewed content does not present a license number or independently verifiable regulatory authorization; this is a verification gap rather than, by itself, evidence of fraud. The real-world operator identity remains unverified, so the on-page corporate claims should not be treated as independently established. The domain’s long registration history and valid transport security are positive technical indicators, but they do not override the external reputation contradiction.
- Domain registration: 1999-01-27; age 27.58 years; registrar PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com.
- Archive history records 94 snapshots spanning 2001–2026, with 26 years tracked.
- Hosted on AS16276 (OVH - OVH SAS, FR), with the observed infrastructure registered through ARIN.
- TLS certificate issued by YR1 at DV validation level, valid to 2026-10-16T02:03:23+00:00.
What to Verify Next
Before any sensitive engagement, an independent corporate-record and government-contractor verification should connect the named business to the telephone number, office address, and claimed past performances. Any licensing or authorization relevant to radiological protection, nuclear services, or training should be confirmed directly with the applicable authority or contracting registry rather than relying on the website’s statements. Official contact channels should also be confirmed through an independent, offline route, and endpoint protections should remain active during any browsing session.
- The homepage contains no login form and no sensitive form identified by the page analysis.
- Behavioral testing recorded 0 external posts and 0 non-whitelisted external posts.
- The homepage’s SEO analysis found no structured data and no meta description, limiting machine-readable corroboration of the business identity.
Summary Verdict
The available evidence supports a low-trust posture with elevated risk for sensitive interaction. The site’s credible-looking corporate presentation and long-lived technical footprint do not overcome the confirmed external reputation contradictions, and the operator’s real-world identity is not independently verified.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site is protected by a CDN/WAF layer, and the observed address, 135.148.34.182, belongs to an edge server associated with OVH - OVH SAS, FR, on AS16276. No origin-server candidate was observed. This infrastructure provides a mitigating layer against direct exposure, but it is not evidence that the business itself is legitimate.
Closing Assessment
Use should be limited to passive viewing unless independent business, authorization, and contact verification is completed; credentials and financial interactions should not be undertaken on the basis of the website alone.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-21 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
2 findings contributed to this verdict, raised by registration and ownership, analysis engine, behaviour in a sandbox.
01 Governance Risk
- Registration details are held behind a privacy service, so no operator is named publicly. This is common and legal, and it also means there is nobody to check.Registration and ownership
rule:KF_WHOIS_PRIVATE
02 Sensitive Interaction Risk
- The analysis matched a pattern TrustSniffer treats as a direct threat to a visitor.Analysis engine
signal:direct_threat - The page contained a form a visitor cannot see.Behaviour in a sandbox
rule:BEHAV_HIDDEN_FORMS - The structure of the page changed sharply while it was loading.Behaviour in a sandbox
rule:BEHAV_DOM_DENSITY_SPIKE
Identity verification
| Status | UNVERIFIED |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 30/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 25% |
- No on-site identity signals detected
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 porterhouseinc.com.
- The request stayed on porterhouseinc.com. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by ionblade.net, across 2 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2027-01-27. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 2001-03-08. Clear
- It is hosted on OVH, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com |
|---|---|
| Hosting | OVH - OVH SAS, FR |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 135.148.34.182 |
| Name servers | DNS1.IONBLADE.NET, DNS2.IONBLADE.NET |
| SSL issuer | YR1 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-10-16 |
| Domain age | 27.58 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2027-01-27 |
| Archive first seen | 2001-03-08 |
| Archive snapshots | Not counted (archive lookup incomplete) |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 4 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about porterhouseinc.com 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.