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Is chestnutstanza.top safe?

http://chestnutstanza.top/

12/100
Dangerous

Analysis coverage: strong · 3 of 5 core capabilities

Verdict

chestnutstanza.top hosts SmartApeSG malware payload [source:antivirus:aggregate][observed:virustotal][research:v8:1]

Domain redirects from HTTP to HTTPS but returns 500 error on load. VirusTotal flags 9 malicious detections including Fortinet, Forcepoint, and others. Independent ThreatFox reports confirm it as SmartApeSG payload delivery domain used in infection chains. No visible content or credential harvesting observed due to server error. Hosting IP clean; TLS valid.

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10 antivirus engines flagged this URLalphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Lionic
Block the domain. Do not visit or allow scripts. Monitor for SmartApeSG indicators in network traffic.
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01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

Domain redirects from HTTP to HTTPS but returns 500 error on load. VirusTotal flags 9 malicious detections including Fortinet, Forcepoint, and others. Independent ThreatFox reports confirm it as SmartApeSG payload delivery domain used in infection chains. No visible content or credential harvesting observed due to server error. Hosting IP clean; TLS valid.

Site appearance and function

Page fails to render (HTTP 500). Screenshot shows blank white screen. Redirect chain observed but no active content, downloads, or forms detected.

Strongest evidence and limitations

9/92 VirusTotal engines flag malicious (alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Fortinet malware, etc.). ThreatFox lists domain and specific JS path as SmartApeSG IOC for payload delivery, tied to recent infection chains. Safe Browsing clean; IP reputation neutral.

Page content unavailable limits direct confirmation of current behavior. Detections are fresh but static analysis focused.

Practical user impact

Visiting risks malware delivery via injected scripts in compromised-site chains. Avoid entirely; no legitimate use indicated.

Why the score is 12

9 independent antivirus familyies reported an adverse result. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Antivirus Engines

Fresh result

10 engines flagged this URL

Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.

Malicious
9
Suspicious
1
Total
92
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
alphaMountain.aiMaliciousmalicious
CRDFMaliciousmalicious
Forcepoint ThreatSeekerMaliciousmalicious
FortinetMaliciousmalware
LionicMaliciousmalicious
LumuMaliciousmalware
MalwareURLMaliciousmalware
Sansec eComscanMaliciousmalicious
SOCRadarMaliciousmalware
CertegoSuspicioussuspicious
All 92 engine results
  • alphaMountain.ai - malicious - Malicious
  • CRDF - malicious - Malicious
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - malicious - Malicious
  • Fortinet - malware - Malicious
  • Lionic - malicious - Malicious
  • Lumu - malware - Malicious
  • MalwareURL - malware - Malicious
  • Sansec eComscan - malicious - Malicious
  • SOCRadar - malware - Malicious
  • Certego - suspicious - Suspicious
  • 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
  • Abusix - clean - Clean
  • Acronis - clean - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
  • Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
  • ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • AutoShun - unrated - Clean
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
  • BitDefender - clean - Clean
  • Bkav - unrated - Clean
  • BlockList - clean - Clean
  • Blueliv - clean - Clean
  • ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
  • Chong Lua Dao - unrated - Clean
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
  • Criminal IP - unrated - Clean
  • CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
  • CTX AI - clean - Clean
  • Cyan - unrated - Clean
  • Cyble - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - clean - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
  • DNS8 - unrated - Clean
  • Dr.Web - clean - Clean
  • EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
  • Emsisoft - clean - Clean
  • Ermes - unrated - Clean
  • ESET - clean - Clean
  • ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
  • Fortra - unrated - Clean
  • G-Data - clean - Clean
  • GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
  • GreenSnow - clean - Clean
  • GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
  • Gridinsoft - unrated - Clean
  • Guardpot - unrated - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - unrated - Clean
  • Kaspersky - clean - Clean
  • LevelBlue - clean - Clean
  • Malwared - clean - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
  • Mimecast - unrated - Clean
  • Netcraft - unrated - Clean
  • OpenPhish - clean - Clean
  • PhishFort - unrated - Clean
  • Phishing Database - clean - Clean
  • Phishtank - clean - Clean
  • PREBYTES - clean - Clean
  • PrecisionSec - unrated - Clean
  • Quick Heal - clean - Clean
  • Quttera - clean - Clean
  • Rising - clean - Clean
  • SafeToOpen - unrated - Clean
  • Sangfor - clean - Clean
  • Scantitan - clean - Clean
  • SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
  • Seclookup - clean - Clean
  • Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
  • Sophos - clean - Clean
  • StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
  • ThreatHive - clean - Clean
  • URLhaus - clean - Clean
  • URLQuery - unrated - Clean
  • Viettel Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
  • VIPRE - unrated - Clean
  • ViriBack - clean - Clean
  • VX Vault - clean - Clean
  • Webroot - clean - Clean
  • Xcitium Verdict Cloud - unrated - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
  • ZeroFox - unrated - Clean

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.

What we observed

CAPTURED PAGE
chestnutstanza.top
What our review noticed on this page
1Entire screenshot is solid white with no visible elements, text, or UI

Captured during this scan in a safe sandbox. Opening this report does not revisit the site. Marker positions are approximate. See full visual analysis →

Full screenDownload
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

Entire screenshot is solid white with no visible elements, text, or UI

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    Entire screenshot is solid white with no visible elements, text, or UI

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.
  1. 1

    What the site claims

    The page presents itself as a downloader service.

  2. 2

    What we observed

    Saved browser evidence recorded deceptive download controls.

  3. 3

    What independent research found

    1 external finding were saved and compared with the page evidence.

  4. 4

    What remains unverified

    2 of the five core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.

What kind of site and risk is this?

Threat category

Malware & Deceptive Downloads

Also observed: Phishing & Impersonation

Service and business model

Downloader

Unknown

Observed behavior

Deceptive Download Controls

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 019 independent antivirus familyies reported an adverse result.

Web research findings

Independent findings for chestnutstanza.top, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.

Business registration
No public record found
Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.
Clone check
No clone detected
The completed research found no supported clone indicator.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The completed research found no supported look-alike match.
Web mentions
1 scam report
Scam reports (1)
Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.
  • ThreatFoxopen

    "IOC: chestnutstanza.top IOC Type: domain Threat Type: payload_delivery Malware: SmartApeSG"

Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
ListedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗
Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

04 · Domain & Infrastructure

Domain & infrastructure

Timeline · identity · encryption · redirects · hosting

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. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.

Infrastructure map

How the saved page connected to the wider web.

Domainchestnutstanza.top
Redirects tochestnutstanza.top
Hosted byHetzner Online GmbH

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YE2
ExpiresOct 27, 2026 (88d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingHetzner Online GmbH
Server locationUS

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://chestnutstanza.top/
  • 2500https://chestnutstanza.top/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPHetzner Online GmbH
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

AntiviruscompleteBrowser threat feedcompletePage contentpartialAnalysiscompleteVisual evidencenot run

Technical threat

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

malicious

Additional evidence review

Operator / customer risk

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

unknown

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Source coverage and freshness

Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.

Antivirus
Result: 10 of 92 engines flagged
Completed
Adverse
Freshness: fresh · Jul 31, 2026
Browser protection
Result: No browser threat-list match
Completed
No adverse finding
Page content
Result: Page content was not available for semantic review
Limited
No saved finding
Visual evidence
Result: 1 visible observation saved with the page capture
Completed
No adverse finding
Independent research
Result: 1 independent finding were saved
Completed
Adverse

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Malware distribution detected

Signals suggest this page may deliver malicious files or exploit the browser.

  • Do not interact with chestnutstanza.top

    Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.

  • If you downloaded or ran a file from here

    Disconnect the device from the internet, run a full scan with a reputable antivirus (Malwarebytes, ESET, Bitdefender), and consider a second-opinion scanner. Change passwords on any account you used from the device afterwards — ideally from a different device.

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Final verdictLevel 5 of 5
12/100 safety

Dangerous

chestnutstanza.top hosts SmartApeSG malware payload [source:antivirus:aggregate][observed:virustotal][research:v8:1]

Domain redirects from HTTP to HTTPS but returns 500 error on load. VirusTotal flags 9 malicious detections including Fortinet, Forcepoint, and others. Independent ThreatFox reports confirm it as SmartApeSG payload delivery domain used in infection chains. No visible content or credential harvesting observed due to server error. Hosting IP clean; TLS valid.

  1. 01

    9 independent engines report malicious or malware

  2. 02

    Listed as SmartApeSG payload delivery domain

  3. 03

    No Google Safe Browsing flag

Block the domain. Do not visit or allow scripts. Monitor for SmartApeSG indicators in network traffic.
Saved page capture
Evidence balance4 signals
Positive
1
Limited
1
Risk
2
Analysis coverage
90%
strong coverage
Core capabilities
3/5
completed checks
Source coverage
4/5
sources complete
Evidence checks
1/7
completed checks flagged
Technical threatDANGEROUS95/100 risk
Operator / customer riskNot confirmed50/100 risk
Safety range

Saved evidence only. Missing checks are never treated as a clean result.

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07 · Community

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08 · Safety FAQ

Safety FAQ

Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.

Is chestnutstanza.top a scam or a legit download site?
chestnutstanza.top is a high-risk malware & deceptive downloads — avoid interacting with it. Our review tagged it for malware-deceptive-download. 10 of 92 security engines flag it (9 as outright malicious). This pattern matches throwaway sites built to take money or data and disappear.
Is chestnutstanza.top safe to use?
No — chestnutstanza.top has a Safety Score of 12/100 (Dangerous) because decisive threat evidence was saved with this scan. Leave the site and do not log in, pay, download anything, or connect a wallet.
What should I do if I already gave my details to chestnutstanza.top?
If you've already paid or handed over details on chestnutstanza.top, act quickly. 1) Contact your bank or card issuer immediately and ask to dispute the charge or open a chargeback — the sooner you act, the better your odds. 2) Report the site to the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov or the FBI's IC3 at ic3.gov, and in the UK to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. 3) If you entered a password, change it on chestnutstanza.top and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. 4) Watch your bank and email for follow-up fraud, and keep screenshots as evidence.
Can I get my money back from chestnutstanza.top?
Often yes, if you act fast. Payments made by credit or debit card can frequently be reversed through a chargeback or dispute — contact your bank right away and explain it was a fraudulent site. Bank transfers and gift-card or voucher payments are much harder to recover, but you should still report them to your bank and to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) or Action Fraud (actionfraud.police.uk). Avoid any "refund" or "recovery" service that contacts you first — it's usually a follow-up scam.
Is my device infected after visiting chestnutstanza.top?
Simply loading a page is usually lower-risk than downloading or running a file from it. If you downloaded or opened anything from chestnutstanza.top, run a full scan with reputable antivirus software and consider it untrusted. If you only viewed the page, keep your browser and OS updated, watch for unexpected pop-ups or new programs, and change passwords from a clean device if you entered any.
How do I report chestnutstanza.top?
You can report chestnutstanza.top through several official channels: the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at ic3.gov, and — in the UK — Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. You can also flag it to Google Safe Browsing (safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish) so other browsers warn about it, and report it to the company being impersonated if there is one. Reporting helps get scam sites taken down faster.
Why does chestnutstanza.top look legitimate if it's a scam?
Modern scams are built to look convincing. A valid SSL padlock, a polished template, stock photos, fake reviews, and a trust badge can all be added in minutes and prove nothing about who runs the site. Scammers buy cheap domains, clone real designs, and copy legal pages wholesale. That's exactly why an automated review that checks the domain's age, hosting, blacklists, and behaviour — rather than just how the page looks — is more reliable than a first impression.
Has chestnutstanza.top been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 10 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged chestnutstanza.top, 9 of them as outright malicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
Is chestnutstanza.top on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — chestnutstanza.top is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
Where is chestnutstanza.top hosted?
chestnutstanza.top resolves to an IP operated by Hetzner Online GmbH in US (Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
How often is the chestnutstanza.top report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on July 31, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about chestnutstanza.top has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.