Brand impersonation — not the real site
Domain was registered only 2 days ago — brand-new sites are higher-risk by default. 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.
Is cestus-zone.pro legit or a scam?
Clone of Cetus Protocol site pushing fake CETUS rewards voting, flagged as active crypto drainer on a 2-day-old domain.
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
MT Intelligence
The site presents itself as a voting page for Cetus Protocol DEX rewards but is explicitly identified as a clone of the legitimate cetus.zone. Domain registration occurred only 2 days ago through PDR Ltd., which is far too recent for any genuine project. Our evidence package shows it is listed by PhishDestroy as an active crypto drainer impersonating Trust Wallet. The page uses Cloudflare hosting with valid SSL but carries multiple network-level red flags tied to known scam patterns. These signals together override the clean antivirus scan and confirm high risk.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
Visual Screenshot Analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
No scam visual patterns detected
This is a standard Cloudflare suspected-phishing interstitial with no scam indicators present.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for cestus-zone.pro, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain cestus-zone.pro registered May 22, 2026 (2 days old) via PDR Ltd.
- Flagged by PhishDestroy as active crypto drainer impersonating Trust Wallet; listed in MetaMask, PhishDestroy, SEAL blocklists
- Site title 'Cetus — Vote'; content: 'Cast your vote and lock in an exclusive bonus allocation for the next $CETUS rewards epoch on the Cetus Protocol concentrated liquidity DEX on Sui'
- Resolves to Cloudflare IP 188.114.97.3; uses Let's Encrypt SSL; 1/95 VirusTotal detections
- Official Cetus Protocol website is cetus.zone
- Appears in multiple PhishDestroy reports listing other flagged scam domains
- No mentions found on Reddit, review sites, or business registries
- PhishDestroyopen
"PhishDestroy identifies cestus-zone[.]pro as an active crypto drainer impersonating Trust Wallet, currently under investigation with a high-risk status."
Domain name closely mimics Cetus Protocol official site (cetus.zone) and page promotes voting for CETUS rewards on Cetus Protocol DEX
PhishDestroy identifies cestus-zone.pro as an active crypto drainer impersonating Trust Wallet and currently under investigation. The domain appears in multiple PhishDestroy reports alongside other flagged scam domains. No mentions were found on Reddit, review sites, or business registries.
Scam Network Intelligence
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
2 scam-type patterns detected
0 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.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
- AI analyst tagged this as crypto fraud / wallet-drainer.
0 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.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
- AI analyst tagged this as crypto fraud / wallet-drainer.
Brand impersonation detected
This page is styled as a known brand but is not the brand's real site.
- Do not interact with cestus-zone.pro
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.
Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.
- Our automated security review flags cestus-zone.pro as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — cestus-zone.pro scored 23/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. cestus-zone.pro presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · E7, expiring in 87 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- cestus-zone.pro is 2 days old, registered on 5/22/2026 through PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report cestus-zone.pro as clean.
- No. cestus-zone.pro is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- cestus-zone.pro resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). 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.
- We cache results for 24 hours. Signed-in MalwareTips members can trigger a manual rescan at any time using the "Rescan" button on the report page, which re-runs every check from scratch and refreshes this page.
Final Verdict
This is a fake Cetus Protocol voting page that impersonates the real cetus.zone site. Our analysis flags it as a crypto drainer with only 2 days of domain age and confirmed scam reports. Avoid connecting any wallet or sharing details.
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