Handy (handy.com) is a house cleaning and handyperson services site.

HISTORY

As of December 2023, handy.com has 506.7K monthly views. Handy.com is excluded from the Wayback Machine.

In 2024, handy.com ran Nginx 1.25.3, Amazon AWS, and its IP address was 44.213.176.112.

Is handy.com Safe?

Here, I analyzed handy.com for malware and malicious content to check if it was legit or a scam:

I checked handy.com on Sucuri, and it returned as a low security risk. Results: Sucuri scan for handy.com.

handy.com Sucuri results

Sucuri says handy.com is a low security risk; however, it returned a 403 Forbidden status on the URL https://www.handy.com/help.

Security hardening flaws:

  • Missing security header to prevent Content Type sniffing. Affected pages:
    https://help.handy.com/hc/en-us
  • Missing Strict-Transport-Security security header. Affected pages:
    https://help.handy.com/hc/en-us
    https://www.handy.com/404javascript.js
    https://www.handy.com/404testpage4525d2fdc

I then ran a parasite scan with Unmask Parasites on handy.com, and it is suspicious. Results: Unmask Parasites scan for handy.com.

Unmask Parasites cites 1 hidden external link:

https://s.thebrighttag.com/iframe?c=FT5eU6D

I also checked handy.com on VirusTotal, and it is clean. Results: VirusTotal scan for handy.com.

handy.com VirusTotal results

URLVoid says handy.com passed all blocklist engines. Results: URLVoid scan for handy.com.

In conclusion, Sucuri says handy.com is a low security risk; however, it returned a 403 Forbidden status on the URL https://www.handy.com/help. Unmask Parasites says handy.com is suspicious. VirusTotal and Sucuri say handy.com isn’t malicious or blacklisted. OVERALL GRADE: Relatively Safe.

Links and Profiles

Website: handy.com
Twitter: @Handy
Facebook: @handyhq
Instagram: @handy_hq
LinkedIn: @handyhq
CrunchBase: @handybook

References

1. SimilarWeb – handy.com

2. Wayback Machine – handy.com

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