Is assets-start-io.square.site legit or a scam?
This malicious clone of the Trezor setup page uses a free Square.site subdomain to harvest cryptocurrency recovery seeds and has been flagged for phishing.
These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.
Analysis Summary
Brand impersonation — not the real site
2 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page. This page is styled as a brand but is not the brand's real site. Go to the official site directly, and treat any download, login, or payment request here as unsafe.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
MT Intelligence
The site is a clear impersonation of the official Trezor hardware wallet onboarding flow. It uses a subdomain on a free website builder, which is a common tactic for hosting short-lived phishing pages. Our security engines, including ChainPatrol and LevelBlue, have already identified the URL as malicious. The page title and meta description are copied directly from the legitimate brand to deceive users. Furthermore, the domain is part of a known network of similar phishing subdomains targeting crypto users.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for assets-start-io.square.site, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain assets-start-io.square.site is hosted on Square's free website builder platform (square.site subdomains are commonly abused for phishing).
- Page title and description exactly mimic the official Trezor.io/start hardware wallet setup page, referencing crypto trading, sending/receiving, and securing assets.
- Listed in URLAbuse blacklist on 2026-06-25 as a phishing URL, reported via opencti.
- Multiple similar square.site subdomains (e.g. trezor-log-usa-guide.square.site, io-trezo-starts.square.site, trezor-login-us.square.site) are flagged by PCrisk and other scanners as phishing with 16-18/91 engines detecting malice and low tr
- Official Trezor start page is exclusively at trezor.io/start; Trezor warns against phishing sites that imitate setup flows to steal recovery seeds.
- Domain age of ~7.4 years likely refers to the parent square.site; the specific subdomain is recent and aligns with current Trezor phishing campaigns.
- No legitimate business or Trezor affiliation found; Square.site pages with "Powered by Square" footer are not official brand sites.
- URLAbuseopen
"http://assets-start-io.square.site , Other, 2026-06-25, phishing , opencti"
- PCrisk Scanner (similar domains)open
"This domain appears to be a page hosted on Square's website-building platform... presents itself as a setup page for a Trezor cryptocurrency wallet... may be attempting to imitate or reference a cryptocurrency hardware-wallet onboarding exp"
Page title "Trezor.io/Start | Starting® Up® Your® Device®" and description directly impersonate the official Trezor setup page at trezor.io/start; uses Square.site hosting instead of official domain
Scam Network Intelligence
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Contact Verification
We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1302http://assets-start-io.square.site/
- 2200https://assets-start-io.square.site/
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
2 scam-type patterns detected
2 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Domain is a typosquat of trezor.io.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
- Domain is a typosquat of trezor.io.
- AI analyst tagged this as phishing / data-harvesting.
2 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Domain is a typosquat of trezor.io.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
- Domain is a typosquat of trezor.io.
- AI analyst tagged this as phishing / data-harvesting.
Brand impersonation detected
This page is styled as a known brand but is not the brand's real site.
- Do not interact with assets-start-io.square.site
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- Go to the brand's real site directly
Type the brand name into a search engine or open it from your bookmarks — don't use links from emails, SMS, ads, or social posts, which are the delivery vectors for impersonation.
- Never download or sign in here
Even if the page "just" offers a download or a giveaway, impersonation pages frequently deliver malware or set up follow-up phishing. Assume anything accepted from this site is hostile.
- OpenReport the impersonation to the brand
Most major brands have a dedicated abuse or anti-phishing reporting channel — reporting helps them take the site down and protects other users.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- Our automated security review flags assets-start-io.square.site as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — assets-start-io.square.site scored 3/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. assets-start-io.square.site presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · E8, expiring in 40 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- assets-start-io.square.site is 7.4 years old, registered on 2/5/2019 through MarkMonitor Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 2 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged assets-start-io.square.site as malicious or suspicious (2 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. assets-start-io.square.site is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- assets-start-io.square.site resolves to an IP operated by Weebly, Inc. in US (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
- This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 25, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around assets-start-io.square.site have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.
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