Is caterpillarcatoficial.com.br safe?
http://caterpillarcatoficial.com.br/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (59 of 92 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
caterpillarcatoficial.com.br describes itself as Caterpillar's boot store, but the brand's authorized Brazilian distributor names a different site as the only authorized online seller
The site is a working Portuguese-language WooCommerce shop selling Caterpillar-branded boots, with the CAT logo and a 'Caterpillar · Botas' header. It discloses no company name, registration number or address, only a domain email and a WhatsApp number. Third-party complaints describe a buyer who paid by Pix, was told the boots were in transit, and was then asked for an import fee, and the brand's distributor says catlifestyle.com.br is the only authorized online seller in Brazil. Technical checks are clean, but the authorization question and the complaints keep the score in the high-risk band.
Saved site captureCaptured safely during this scan1 antivirus engine flagged this URLFortinetSaved antivirus result from Aug 30, 2026At a glance
Saved with this scan; each value is explained in the sections below.
Domain age
5 years old
Registered Dec 19, 2020Expires Dec 19, 2027Certificate
Valid
Expires Feb 1, 2027 (81d)Hosting
Malaysia (MY)
Shinjiru Technology Sdn BhdPopularity
Not in the Cloudflare Radar top list
Antivirus
1/59
1 antivirus engine flagged this URLSafe Browsing
Not flagged
Not flagged on major threat listsCommunity
No reviews yet
Checked
Nov 11, 2026
Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 42/100
High Risk covers scores 21–44. 3 findings pulled the score down; 1 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- ModerateOne public warning in public web research: "O site http://www.catlifestyle.com.br é o único autorizado online dos produtos CATERPILLAR no Brasil."
- ModerateNo legal entity, tax ID or street address is disclosed on the site.
- Moderate1 antivirus result marked the URL as suspicious. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsSafe Browsing, TLS, hosting reputation and domain age show no technical threat.
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor).
Lost money or shared details on caterpillarcatoficial.com.br? Do this now
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- Call your bank or card issuer now
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- Change any password you entered
If you entered a password on caterpillarcatoficial.com.br, change it there and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. Keep screenshots, order confirmations and messages as evidence.
- Report the site
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- Report the domain to its registrar
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- Ignore anyone offering to recover your money
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Full answers about refunds and reporting are in the Safety FAQ below.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
The site is a working Portuguese-language WooCommerce shop selling Caterpillar-branded boots, with the CAT logo and a 'Caterpillar · Botas' header. It discloses no company name, registration number or address, only a domain email and a WhatsApp number. Third-party complaints describe a buyer who paid by Pix, was told the boots were in transit, and was then asked for an import fee, and the brand's distributor says catlifestyle.com.br is the only authorized online seller in Brazil. Technical checks are clean, but the authorization question and the complaints keep the score in the high-risk band.
Who is behind the store is not established
Nothing on the site itself shows a legal entity, tax registration or street address. The only contact details are an email on the store's own domain and a WhatsApp number. The brand's Brazilian distributor has publicly warned buyers to purchase Caterpillar products only from the official site it names, which is not this one.
Reported purchase experience
A consumer complaint on Reclame Aqui describes buying Caterpillar boots on this domain, paying by Pix, being told the order was in transit and then being charged an import fee. Another complaint calls the storefront fake. These are individual reports, not a verified pattern, but they match the risk of paying for goods that may not arrive.
Technical checks are clean
The browser threat feed shows no warning, the TLS connection is valid, the hosting IP has no abuse reports and the domain is about six years old. These checks rule out a malware or phishing flag but do not show that the store delivers what it sells.
Why the score is 42
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
1/ 92
detectionsSaved analysis from August 30, 2026 - stale
1 engine flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 1
- Total
- 92
- Suspicious1
- Clean58
- Undetected33
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| FortinetSuspicious | spam |
All 92 engine results
- Fortinet - spam - Suspicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Clean
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- Cluster25 - Unrated
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiShopping
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekershopping
- Googleshopping
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
Visual context from the captured page
Header shows a large 'CAT' logo with the yellow triangle and a registered-trademark symbol, plus a Portuguese product search box. Menu items: Todos, Masculino, Feminino, Lançamentos, Botinas, Acompanhar Pedido, Minha Conta, with a cart showing 'R$0,00 0 item' and a home icon. Hero section reads 'CATERPILLAR · BOTAS', 'FEITAS PARA DURAR.' with a photo of a brown CAT-branded boot and overlay text 'robustez, conforto e durabilidade'; yellow buttons 'VER MASCULINO' and 'VER FEMININO' are partially visible. CookieYes consent dialog in Portuguese: 'Valorizamos sua privacidade' with a 'Não venda ou compartilhe minhas informações pessoais' link. No company name, CNPJ, physical address or social links are visible anywhere in the rendered viewport; only brand imagery and shop navigation.
What the captured page showed
5 observations- 01
Header shows a large 'CAT' logo with the yellow triangle and a registered-trademark symbol, plus a Portuguese product search box.
- 02
Menu items: Todos, Masculino, Feminino, Lançamentos, Botinas, Acompanhar Pedido, Minha Conta, with a cart showing 'R$0,00 0 item' and a home icon.
- 03
Hero section reads 'CATERPILLAR · BOTAS', 'FEITAS PARA DURAR.' with a photo of a brown CAT-branded boot and overlay text 'robustez, conforto e durabilidade'; yellow buttons 'VER MASCULINO' and 'VER FEMININO' are partially visible.
- 04
CookieYes consent dialog in Portuguese: 'Valorizamos sua privacidade' with a 'Não venda ou compartilhe minhas informações pessoais' link.
- 05
No company name, CNPJ, physical address or social links are visible anywhere in the rendered viewport; only brand imagery and shop navigation.
Browser behavior
What our isolated browser recorded while it loaded the page. Host names only: no full addresses are published.
- Pop-ups
- 0
- Download attempts
- 0
- Notification prompts
- 0
- Navigations
- 1
- Other hosts contacted
- 11
Where the page went
- First loadcaterpillarcatoficial.com.brSame site
Hosts on our aggressive-advertising list
None contacted.
Test clicks
No test click was made on this page.
What the page says about itself
Quoted from the pages we read: the site's own words, not our findings.
- Page title
Caterpillar – Com uma tradição de excelência e inovação, nossas botas Caterpillar oferecem o que há de mais moderno em tecnologia e design. Desde o trabalhador da construção civil ao aventureiro ao ar
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- Privacy policy/politica-de-privacidade/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Caterpillar – Com uma tradição de excelência e inovação, nossas botas Caterpillar oferecem o que há de mais moderno em tecnologia e design. Desde o trabalhador da construção civil ao aventureiro ao ar
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 59 antivirus results.
What independent research found
7 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 6 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
Fake Shop & Commercial Deception
Service and business model
Shop
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
Web research findings
Independent findings for caterpillarcatoficial.com.br, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence.
- Reclame Aquiopen
"Caterpillar, Courobrasil e Montaraz site fake! Caterpillar muito site falso e produto falso prestem atenção galera"
- Reclame Aquiopen
"Comprei um par de Botas Caterpillar Road Preto, no site da própria marca (https://caterpillarcatoficial.com.br/produto/bota-c..."
- Reclame Aquiopen
"Paguei e não recebi Comprei um par de botinas caterpillar, Paguei com pix, me informaram que estava em transito, depois me cobraram taxa de impor"
- Reclame Aqui (Catlifestyle brand response)open
"O site http://www.catlifestyle.com.br é o único autorizado online dos produtos CATERPILLAR no Brasil."
- Reclame Aqui (Catlifestyle brand response)open
"alertamos para nunca adquirir produtos Caterpillar calçados, vestuário, malas, mochilas e outros acessórios, sem antes consultar o site oficial da marca no Brasil."
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too.
Infrastructure map
- Domaincaterpillarcatoficial.com.br
- Redirects tocaterpillarcatoficial.com.br
- Hosted byShinjiru Technology Sdn Bhd
- Referencesgmpg.org · cdn-cookieyes.comand 4 more
Domain Timeline
- Dec 19, 2020Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 5 years old when this review was saved.
- Nov 11, 2026Saved security review — Rated High Risk
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
caterpillarcatoficial.com.br is an established domain now carrying threat signals. An older domain that starts tripping security checks is a classic pattern for an asset that was sold, repurposed, or compromised — the age alone is not reassurance.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (atendimento@caterpillarcatoficial.com.br).
- Phone number listed (14405-338).
Domain & Encryption
At the scan on Nov 11, 2026: 84% of the registration period had passed
At the scan on Nov 11, 2026: 9% of the validity period had passed
Certificate issued for caterpillarcatoficial.com.br.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- Google Fonts
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://caterpillarcatoficial.com.br/
- 2200https://caterpillarcatoficial.com.br/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
Grouped by what each domain is for. in page: named in the page’s HTML. contacted: the browser loaded it while rendering the page. ad list: on our aggressive-advertising list.
Advertising3
- ad.doubleclick.netcontacted
- googleads.g.doubleclick.netcontacted
- stats.g.doubleclick.netcontacted
Analytics & tracking5
- analytics.google.comcontacted
- cdn-cookieyes.comin pagecontacted
- directory.cookieyes.comcontacted
- googletagmanager.comin pagecontacted
- log.cookieyes.comcontacted
CDN & fonts2
- fonts.googleapis.comin pagecontacted
- fonts.gstatic.comin pagecontacted
Platform & social2
- gmpg.orgin page
- google.comcontacted
Other / unknown1
- woocommerce.comin page
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 1 of 92 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Aug 30, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 11, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 11, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 5 visible observations saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 11, 2026 |
| Independent research | 7 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Nov 11, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result1 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Aug 30, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 11, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 11, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result5 visible observations saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 11, 2026
- Independent research
- Result7 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 11, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Answered from the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
Is caterpillarcatoficial.com.br a scam or a legit online store?
Is caterpillarcatoficial.com.br safe to use?
I already paid or entered my details on caterpillarcatoficial.com.br — what should I do?
Can I get my money back from caterpillarcatoficial.com.br?
I ordered from caterpillarcatoficial.com.br but nothing arrived — is it a fake shop?
How do I report caterpillarcatoficial.com.br?
caterpillarcatoficial.com.br looks professional — how can it still be a scam?
Has caterpillarcatoficial.com.br been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is caterpillarcatoficial.com.br on any phishing or malware blacklists?
How old is the caterpillarcatoficial.com.br domain?
Does caterpillarcatoficial.com.br have a valid SSL certificate?
How often is the caterpillarcatoficial.com.br report updated?
08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
caterpillarcatoficial.com.br describes itself as Caterpillar's boot store, but the brand's authorized Brazilian distributor names a different site as the only authorized online seller
The site is a working Portuguese-language WooCommerce shop selling Caterpillar-branded boots, with the CAT logo and a 'Caterpillar · Botas' header. It discloses no company name, registration number or address, only a domain email and a WhatsApp number. Third-party complaints describe a buyer who paid by Pix, was told the boots were in transit, and was then asked for an import fee, and the brand's distributor says catlifestyle.com.br is the only authorized online seller in Brazil. Technical checks are clean, but the authorization question and the complaints keep the score in the high-risk band.
09 · Community
Community
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