Is cladesktop-apps.com safe?
http://cladesktop-apps.com/
Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
Fake Claude desktop site pushes malware installers
cladesktop-apps.com impersonates Anthropic's Claude AI site and offers fake macOS, Windows, and ChromeOS downloads that deliver an in-memory stealer. Eight antivirus engines flag the domain as malicious.
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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.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
cladesktop-apps.com impersonates Anthropic's Claude AI site and offers fake macOS, Windows, and ChromeOS downloads that deliver an in-memory stealer. Eight antivirus engines flag the domain as malicious.
Impersonation and malware distribution
The page copies Claude branding and navigation elements while hosting three prominent download buttons labeled macOS, Windows, and ChromeOS.
Research links the domain to a phishing campaign that uses cloned AI-brand sites to distribute malware via fake installers.
Eight separate antivirus engines classify the site as malicious or phishing.
Why the score is 15
8 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
13/ 92
detectionsSaved result - stale
13 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 9
- Suspicious
- 4
- Total
- 92
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| BitDefenderMalicious | phishing |
| Chong Lua DaoMalicious | malicious |
| CyRadarMalicious | malicious |
| Forcepoint ThreatSeekerMalicious | malicious |
| G-DataMalicious | phishing |
| LionicMalicious | malicious |
| RisingMalicious | malicious |
| SOCRadarMalicious | malicious |
| VIPREMalicious | phishing |
| alphaMountain.aiSuspicious | spam |
| ESETSuspicious | suspicious |
| FortinetSuspicious | spam |
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 92 engine results
- BitDefender - phishing - Malicious
- Chong Lua Dao - malicious - Malicious
- CyRadar - malicious - Malicious
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - malicious - Malicious
- G-Data - phishing - Malicious
- Lionic - malicious - Malicious
- Rising - malicious - Malicious
- SOCRadar - malicious - Malicious
- VIPRE - phishing - Malicious
- alphaMountain.ai - spam - Suspicious
- ESET - suspicious - Suspicious
- Fortinet - spam - Suspicious
- Gridinsoft - 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
- Bkav - unrated - Clean
- BlockList - clean - Clean
- Blueliv - clean - Clean
- Certego - clean - Clean
- ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
- CINS Army - clean - Clean
- CRDF - clean - Clean
- Criminal IP - unrated - Clean
- CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
- CTX AI - clean - Clean
- Cyan - unrated - Clean
- Cyble - clean - Clean
- desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
- DNS8 - unrated - Clean
- Dr.Web - clean - Clean
- EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
- Emsisoft - clean - Clean
- Ermes - unrated - Clean
- ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
- Fortra - unrated - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
- Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
- GreenSnow - clean - Clean
- GreyNoise - 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
- Lumu - unrated - Clean
- Malwared - clean - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
- MalwareURL - unrated - 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
- SafeToOpen - unrated - Clean
- Sangfor - clean - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - unrated - 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
- Synthient - unrated - Clean
- ThreatHive - clean - Clean
- URLhaus - clean - Clean
- URLQuery - unrated - Clean
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
- ViriBack - clean - Clean
- VX Vault - clean - Clean
- Webroot - clean - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - clean - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
- ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
- ZeroFox - unrated - Clean
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual warning signs were identified
Download Claude
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Download Claude
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Download Claude | Claude by Anthropic
What we observed
Saved browser evidence recorded deceptive download controls.
What independent research found
1 external finding were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 4 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
Malware & Deceptive Downloads
Service and business model
Downloader
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01Domain tied to phishing campaign delivering in-memory stealers via fake Claude installers
- 028 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
- 03Three prominent download buttons for macOS, Windows, and ChromeOS
What this means for you
What happens when a visitor clicks Download
Clicking any of the three download buttons initiates the transfer of a fake installer that uses the ClickFix technique to load an in-memory stealer.
How the observed mechanism works
The evidence-backed path
Each stage below is preserved from the grounded analysis and linked to saved evidence.
The stealer runs without writing files to disk, harvests credentials, and reports back to attacker infrastructure.
Do not download or run any files from this site. Use only the official Anthropic domains for Claude access.
Web research findings
Independent findings for cladesktop-apps.com, 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.
- Intellibron Blogopen
"The malware campaign uses phishing websites designed to closely imitate the legitimate interfaces of OpenAI Codex and Anthropic Claude. By replicating branding, layouts, and visual elements, the threat actors seek to establish trust and increase the likelihood of user interaction."
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. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domaincladesktop-apps.com
- Redirects tocladesktop-apps.com
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencescdn.prod.website-files.com · unpkg.com
Domain Timeline
- Apr 20, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 5 months old when this review was saved.
- Oct 2, 2026Saved security review — Flagged as dangerous
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
cladesktop-apps.com was registered very recently when this review was saved and was already flagged. Freshly-registered domains are disproportionately used for scams, and a young domain with active threat signals warrants extra caution.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- No direct contact email found on the captured page.
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
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
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
Additional evidence review · Additional evidence review
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
Additional evidence review
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 13 of 92 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · Oct 2, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | Not available |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | Not available |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | Adverse | Not available |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding were saved | Completed | Adverse | Not available |
- Antivirus
- Result13 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionLimited
- FindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · Oct 2, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- FreshnessNot available
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingNo adverse finding
- FreshnessNot available
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingAdverse
- FreshnessNot available
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding were saved
- CompletionCompleted
- FindingAdverse
- FreshnessNot available
07 · 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.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Fake Claude desktop site pushes malware installers
cladesktop-apps.com impersonates Anthropic's Claude AI site and offers fake macOS, Windows, and ChromeOS downloads that deliver an in-memory stealer. Eight antivirus engines flag the domain as malicious.
09 · Community
