Website reputation report

howardcollege.edu

Last checked 16 hours ago · Point-in-time assessment

● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

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The Howard College Campus in Big Spring, TX, is located at 1001 Birdwell Lane, at the corner of Birdwell Lane and 11th Place. Howard College is bordered on the west side by Birdwell Lane, the north side by Kentucky Way, and the south side by 11th Place.

No listed local patterns observedHomepage-only analysis is not a malware clearance. Read the scope and findings below.

67/100Safety Score
70%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History0 Infrastructure92 Website Security95 Security Hygiene70 Transparency51 Reputation50 Operational Stability96
Trust RadarEight observed factors. Select one to inspect its evidence.

How to read this report

Safety Score evaluates observed signals. Evidence Confidence measures how complete, direct, fresh, and consistent those signals are.

No automated scan can guarantee that a website is safe.

Independent evidence brief

What we observed about howardcollege.edu

Updated Oct 3, 2026

The latest scan examined 10 public pages on howardcollege.edu. Website descriptions below come from the site itself. Registration, connection and threat findings were checked separately.

Purpose and visible content

On its About page, the site says: The Howard College Campus in Big Spring, TX, is located at 1001 Birdwell Lane, at the corner of Birdwell Lane and 11th Place. Howard…

  • Campus MapsBig Spring San Angelo SWCD Big Spring Download the Big Spring Campus Map (PDF) Number Building Code 1…
  • About HCFOR LEARNING, FOR EARNING, FOR LIFE! Howard College believes that education is the primary purpose of the institution…
  • Consumer InformationConsumer Information The disclosures below include the information Howard College is required to provide to the general public,…

Registrar and domain history

A reliable creation date was not returned by the registration lookup. The report leaves domain age unverified rather than guessing.

Connection and hosting evidence

The checked homepage returned HTTP 200.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Feb 22, 2027.

Threat checks and score context

External malware-provider coverage was unavailable. The report does not treat this missing check as a clean result.

Safety Score: 67/100. Evidence Confidence: 70%. These measure different things.

Community reviews of howardcollege.edu

Visitor experiences are separate from the independent technical Safety Score.

No approved visitor reviews yet. Visitor opinions remain separate from the technical Safety Score.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on howardcollege.edu

10 of up to 10 pages

We sampled public pages from this website to understand its subject and contact paths. The titles and short descriptions below come from the website itself. They are not endorsements or independent safety findings.

Hashtags found on the website: #lifeathc · #8211 . These are site-supplied labels, not search rankings.

Howard Collegehttps://howardcollege.edu/ Campus MapsBig Spring San Angelo SWCD Big Spring  Download the Big Spring Campus Map (PDF)  Number Building Code 1 Anthony Hunt Library LIB 2 Charles O. Warren Center WC 3 Don McKinney Center About HCFOR LEARNING, FOR EARNING, FOR LIFE! Howard College believes that education is the primary purpose of the institution and that the programs and services of the college should be av Consumer InformationConsumer Information The disclosures below include the information Howard College is required to provide to the general public, current students, current employees, prospective stu Gainful EmploymentThe individual gainful employment disclosures are located within each program in the catalog and on all promotional materials. Final regulations published in the Federal Register o Board of TrusteesDr. John E. Freeman, Chairman Maxwell Barr, Vice Chairman Adrian Calvio, Secretary Dr. Marisha Beck Raul Marquez Ben Zeichick Mark Morgan Meeting Resources Older items are availabl AdvisingThe Advising Center is a hub of information to move students from starting their academic journey to making their dreams real. We are here to help… Complete the Student Support Nee ADA and Student Disability ServicesCurrent Students The information below applies to currently enrolled Howard College District students. In addition to reading through other important resources, students can also r Sexual Harassment - Sexual Violence PolicyThe Howard County Junior College District (HCJCD) is committed to fostering a healthy and safe environment. HCJCD supports a culture that does not tolerate sexual discrimination, i Business Office and PaymentsMy HC Card 1098 T Refund Schedule Tuition and Fees Scheduled Payment Plans Herring Bank Student Accountholder Cost Disclosure Herring Bank Debit Card Contract Setting Up Your Refun

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on howardcollege.edu

6 phrases

These phrases were extracted locally from sampled public page metadata. They are observations, not search-volume or ranking estimates.

collegeTitle, Meta description5 sampled pages
howardTitle, Meta description5 sampled pages
howard collegeTitle, Meta description4 sampled pages
studentTitle, H1, Meta description3 sampled pages
studentsMeta description3 sampled pages
downloadH1, Meta description2 sampled pages

At a glance

Key findings

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Report is current

The displayed evidence comes from the published immutable scan.

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Confidence is separate

Unavailable evidence is shown as missing and never counted as clean.

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Verify before sensitive actions

Check the exact URL and context before payments, credentials, or downloads.

Fully explainable

Why this score?

Versioned weights
Threat IntelligenceWeight 25%
55/100

Threat providers were unavailable. The neutral uncertainty baseline is not a clean verdict.

Domain HistoryWeight 10%
0/100

Evidence is unavailable.

InfrastructureWeight 10%
92/100

Observed DNS records and network address were checked.

Website SecurityWeight 15%
95/100

Observed certificate validity and TLS protocol were checked.

Security HygieneWeight 15%
70/100

Observed security header values were checked for basic protective settings. Empty values, disabled HSTS and unrecognized values receive no credit. This is not a complete browser-policy validation.

TransparencyWeight 5%
51/100

Observed site metadata and About page were checked. Publisher-supplied details are not independently verified.

ReputationWeight 5%
50/100

Popularity is weak context, not proof of safety. Unranked sites use a neutral baseline.

Operational StabilityWeight 15%
96/100

Observed HTTP status and final connection scheme were checked.

Server-side analysis

Automated security checks

Local antivirus and phishing checks

ClamAV · homepage HTMLLocal antivirus is not enabled
Phishing.Database · exact hostnameLocal feed snapshot unavailable

Sampled scripts and pages

Resource antivirus is not enabled

0 resources checked · 8 script links observed on the homepage. Partial resource coverage.

ClamAV inspects the fetched homepage HTML on our server. New scans also sample up to four linked scripts and two collected internal pages, with size and time limits. Scripts are not executed. Other downloads, private server files and logged-in pages remain outside this check. A signature match needs investigation and can be a false positive. No match is not a whole-site safety guarantee.

Exact hostname lookup uses a downloaded Phishing.Database snapshot. It does not send this domain to an external lookup API or mark sibling subdomains as harmful. Not listed does not mean safe. Snapshot age is download age, not proof that every entry was recently revalidated.

Homepage HTML only · Eight local rule families · local-security-v2

Checks use the fetched page and redirect chain. Scripts are not executed, forms are not submitted, and linked files are not downloaded. This is not a malware clearance.

Page resource inventory

Linked scripts8
Inline scripts4
Embedded frames0
External script hosts1

Counts describe the sampled HTML, not every resource loaded by the browser. External resources are common and are not automatically harmful.

No listed local patterns observed. The limited rule set cannot detect every threat or behavior.

External threat intelligence

Provider coverageNot checked

Local checks do not query external reputation databases. An unavailable check is never a clean result.

Registration

Domain information

Public RDAP observation
Canonical domainhowardcollege.edu
RegistrarUnavailable
RegisteredUnavailable
Domain ageUnavailable
ExpiresUnavailable
Registry statusesUnavailable
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address3.209.26.193
Autonomous systemUnavailable
Network organizationUnavailable
Observed countryUnavailable
CDNNot detected
Web application firewallNot detected

At a glance

Infrastructure summary

Observed during this scan

A compact view of the connection, DNS and security surface. These observations describe what the scanner could verify at scan time and do not prove ownership or ongoing availability.

HTTP response200 · https://howardcollege.edu/
Endpoint3.209.26.193
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFNot detected · Not detected
DNS surface20 records · 2 nameservers · 1 mail exchangers
Protection signals4 security headers · 4 technologies · DNSSEC unknown

Page telemetry

Observed page statistics

Safe metadata only

These counters describe the fetched response and sampled HTML. Script counts describe references in the markup, not a complete browser network log. Cookie counts cover observed response headers.

Response size42,809 bytes
HTTP check duration0 ms
Cookies observedUnavailable
Script resources8 · 1 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks0 frames · 0 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=Internet2, commonName=InCommon RSA Server CA 2
Valid fromJan 22, 2026
Valid untilFeb 22, 2027
Certificate namescatalog.howardcollege.edu · hcmail.howardcollege.edu · howardcollege.edu · sanangelocareertraining.howardcollege.edu · sso.howardcollege.edu · www.howardcollege.edu

Resolution

DNS footprint

DNSKEY status unknown

DNSKEY presence does not verify the DNSSEC signature chain. Missing records can mean no record was returned or the lookup was unavailable.

A3.209.26.193TTL —
A34.236.193.193TTL —
A52.73.2.219TTL —
NSns1.quasardata.comTTL —
NSns2.quasardata.comTTL —
MX0 howardcollege-edu.mail.protection.outlook.comTTL —
TXT1E165D65BA19795F4F4C93520E9899D9TTL —
TXT7B3DFEB5506A04E414BBB5F3C37FFB4594BA1AB3TTL —
TXT8ki9eor8shl0hs6njfkbu0q2qsTTL —
TXT971ojmriame0sb1m8jjii14korTTL —
TXTbsl36mvu7n1qeqmsb10uvnvsocTTL —
TXTc19cef35lc96567l34pku0r4kgTTL —
TXTdocusign=ab650671-2e82-4dbc-bc67-3e54c7ea90cfTTL —
TXTE83143E610711B42722A8BCC5A7F5B522419CA41TTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=CAQG58FCeMj4sfJgsGiR2JH6GjexV6oKYt_L5RnHQCYTTL —
TXThg5s0s8buhes1clkiets96l7pmTTL —
TXTJU+a67iixD0wY6UDaVTNro9Pjbqpiwxkvc+TmQFHbFakQDjh45HedBDQPK9l23HyTHsuCTacg6b5IqULOo5bsg==TTL —
TXTv=spf1 a mx ip4:198.176.30.14 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:o1.em.educationpartners.com include:spf1.formassembly.com include:amazonses.com include:mail.zendesk.com -allTTL —
TXTv7buuuflg7k5qevjkcv0s4smnvTTL —
TXTzoho-verification=zb75073020.zmverify.zoho.comTTL —

DNS observations · no external lookup API

Domain email protection

Exact-host SPF and DMARC observations help the owner investigate email impersonation risks. They are separate from website malware checks and do not change the Safety Score.

SPFPolicy record observed, not fully validated
DMARCMonitoring-only DMARC policy

What to do next

Review the records with your mail administrator. Inventory legitimate senders and test SPF and DKIM alignment before enforcing a stricter DMARC policy. Fix duplicate records and investigate overly permissive SPF rules.

This bounded check does not send email, probe SMTP, evaluate recursive SPF includes, verify DKIM signatures or apply organizational-domain DMARC inheritance. A missing subdomain record does not prove that no inherited protection exists. A DNS timeout is unknown, not an absent record. A policy record is not proof that messages authenticate successfully.

Responsible disclosure

security.txt

RFC 9116 observation

No readable security.txt file was observed at the standard locations. This is informational and is not evidence of malware.

Browser protections

Security headers

4 observed
content-security-policypresent default-src * 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval'; img-src * 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval' data: blob:; font-src * 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval' data:; frame-ancestors 'self' https://a.cms.omniupdate.com; worker-src * blob: data:;
strict-transport-securitypresent max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
x-content-type-optionspresent nosniff
x-frame-optionspresent SAMEORIGIN

Response headers

Cookie protections

Passive observation

No Set-Cookie header was observed on the sampled homepage response. Other pages may set cookies separately.

Detected stack

Technologies

Bootstrap 80% jQuery 3.7.1 82% Tailwind CSS 72% WordPress 95%

Versions are shown only when publicly exposed by the page or response headers. An observed version is not, by itself, proof of a vulnerability.

JavaScript library advisories

JavaScript advisory analysis could not be completed or no eligible script files were sampled. No clean result is implied.

Recommended maintenance checks

jQueryConfirm the observed jQuery version is supported by your application and update it through your normal dependency process.
WordPressKeep WordPress core, themes and plugins updated. Remove unused plugins and review administrator accounts.

About this website

What the site says about itself

The Howard College Campus in Big Spring, TX, is located at 1001 Birdwell Lane, at the corner of Birdwell Lane and 11th Place. Howard College is bordered on the west side by Birdwell Lane, the north side by Kentucky Way, and the south side by 11th Place.

View the site's About page ↗

This is publisher supplied information. The independent safety findings are shown separately.

Publisher supplied

Public contact details

These details were observed on the website, not independently verified as an active support channel.

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleHoward College
First headingDownload
DescriptionUnavailable
Canonical URLhttps://howardcollege.edu/index.html
Final URLhttps://howardcollege.edu/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=UTF-8 · duration unavailable
Languageen
Structured typesNone observed
Page page detectedhttps://howardcollege.edu/about/consumer-information/gainful-employment.htmlAbout page detectedhttps://howardcollege.edu/about/campus-maps.html
Local headers.permissions policy present100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
en100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
missing100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
20100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
3100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp has object src100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
31536000100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts preload100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

0 recorded hops

No redirect hop was recorded for the sampled homepage.

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Compared with the previous scan

What changed

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Explainable matching

Digital fingerprint

fingerprint-v1
clear-beacon-path-829

Comparable components help find technically related websites. A match does not prove common ownership.

DnsHashed private comparison value
TechnologiesHashed private comparison value

Material changes only

Change history

No meaningful changes recorded yet.

Website icon for howardcollege.edu

Visual evidence

Website screenshot

Screenshot of howardcollege.edu
Captured once in an isolated browser during this scan. Visual tint is an interface overlay. The original evidence is not duplicated.

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Questions about howardcollege.edu

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Is howardcollege.edu safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 67/100 with 70% Evidence Confidence. This is a point-in-time assessment of observed technical signals, not a guarantee. Check the exact address and avoid entering payment details if anything looks unusual.

Did the scan detect malware on howardcollege.edu?

External threat-provider coverage was unavailable for this scan, so malware status is unverified.

When was howardcollege.edu registered?

The registry lookup did not provide a reliable creation date in this scan.

Did howardcollege.edu have a valid TLS certificate?

The scanner observed a valid TLS certificate using TLSv1.3. A valid certificate alone does not establish that the site is safe.

How does howardcollege.edu describe itself?

The website's About page describes its purpose in the report above. This is publisher-supplied information and is separate from independent security findings.

Can a paid listing change this website's score?

No. Premium placement and owner-supplied pages are labelled separately. Technical evidence, the Safety Score and moderation decisions remain independent.

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