Is designbuilder.store safe?
http://designbuilder.store/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (57 of 93 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
designbuilder.store is an extortion notice board threatening ransomware and mass data leaks against GMO Internet customers.
The page at designbuilder.store is not a shop, tool or service. It is a single-page 'notice' (通告) written in Japanese that claims to be from attackers who breached GMO Internet's 'Onamae Desktop' service and are demanding a $1 million payment. The text states that if GMO refuses, the group will publish personal data of affected customers and carry out ransomware attacks on individual customers' home PCs. The domain is only 61 days old and its name collides with a legitimate building-simulation software brand, which is consistent with an opportunistic or typosquatted domain being reused for this campaign. Because the site's own text openly threatens ransomware and data leaks, and offers a ZIP file as a 'sample', the score is placed in the Dangerous band.
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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.
Why 8/100
Dangerous covers scores 1–20. 4 findings pulled the score down; 1 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- ModerateThe page states the authors demanded $1 million from GMO Internet and threatened to publish personal data of affected customers if refused.
- ModerateThe page explicitly threatens ransomware attacks on individual customers and encryption of their home PCs.
- ModerateThe page offers a ZIP download labelled as a sample of the alleged vulnerability.
- ModerateThe page links to a mirror at coronamng.store and to a Tor .onion address, indicating preparation for takedown.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
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). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
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01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
The page at designbuilder.store is not a shop, tool or service. It is a single-page 'notice' (通告) written in Japanese that claims to be from attackers who breached GMO Internet's 'Onamae Desktop' service and are demanding a $1 million payment. The text states that if GMO refuses, the group will publish personal data of affected customers and carry out ransomware attacks on individual customers' home PCs. The domain is only 61 days old and its name collides with a legitimate building-simulation software brand, which is consistent with an opportunistic or typosquatted domain being reused for this campaign. Because the site's own text openly threatens ransomware and data leaks, and offers a ZIP file as a 'sample', the score is placed in the Dangerous band.
What the page actually says
The page opens with the single word '通告' (notice) and presents itself as a public statement about a security incident involving GMO Internet's 'Onamae Desktop' service. The text claims that until January 2025 the VPS was operated directly by the GMO group, and that the configuration therefore belongs to GMO rather than to the 'Onamae Desktop' product.
The core of the page is an explicit extortion demand. The authors state they demanded $1 million from GMO and repeatedly warned that if refused they would publish the personal information of people harmed by GMO's alleged negligence. They say GMO has continued to refuse and to avoid responsibility, so they have decided to act as previously warned.
The page then spells out the threatened consequences in detail: ransomware attacks against individual customers, encryption of customers' home PCs, and emails telling those customers that the attack is the result of their company's security failures and refusal to pay. It also threatens to publish full MT4/MT5 account credentials including email addresses and balances, and all browser and sensitive data taken from VPS and home PCs.
Technical checks versus what the site is for
The saved technical checks are clean: the browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. Those results only mean no automated detection fired at the time of the scan; they do not make the content safe. The page's purpose is to publish threats of ransomware and data leaks, which is a threat to visitors and to the named company's customers regardless of whether the connection is encrypted.
The domain is 61 days old and its name matches a legitimate building-simulation software brand, which is a strong sign that the domain was chosen opportunistically rather than belonging to the real software company. The page also links to a mirror at coronamng.store and to a Tor .onion address, showing the operators expect the main domain to be taken down and have prepared alternate access points.
Why the score is 8
The page states the authors demanded $1 million from GMO Internet and threatened to publish personal data of affected customers if refused. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 93
No detectionsSaved analysis from October 26, 2026 - stale
No detections across 57 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 36 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
All 93 engine results
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Unrated
- 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
- 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
- Fortinet - 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 - Unrated
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Orcapot - Unrated
- 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
- Synthient - Unrated
- 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
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekershopping
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
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Visual context from the captured page
通告 — onamae.com desktop cloud
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
通告 — onamae.com desktop cloud
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
通告 — onamae.com desktop cloud
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
通告 — onamae.com desktop cloud
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 57 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
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
Malware & Deceptive Downloads
Service and business model
Unknown
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The page states the authors demanded $1 million from GMO Internet and threatened to publish personal data of affected customers if refused.
- 02The page offers a ZIP download labelled as a sample of the alleged vulnerability.
- 03The page explicitly threatens ransomware attacks on individual customers and encryption of their home PCs.
What this means for you
What a visitor encounters
A visitor arriving at designbuilder.store sees a Japanese-language extortion notice rather than any legitimate product or service. The page offers a link labelled 'download sample (ZIP)', which invites the visitor to download a file that the page itself describes as an example of the alleged vulnerability.
How the observed mechanism works
The evidence-backed path
Each stage below is preserved from the grounded analysis and linked to saved evidence.
The page's own text states that the group will carry out ransomware attacks on individual customers, encrypt their home PCs, and send them emails blaming the victim company's security and refusal to pay. It also states it will publish stolen credentials and sensitive data. Anyone who downloads the offered ZIP or follows the mirror links is exposing themselves to content distributed by a group that openly describes ransomware and data-leak operations.
Do not visit designbuilder.store, do not download the offered ZIP file, and do not follow the mirror or Tor links. If you are a GMO Internet or Onamae Desktop customer, treat any email referencing this notice as a potential phishing or extortion attempt and contact GMO through its official support channels. If you have already downloaded the file, run a reputable antivirus scan and change any credentials that may have been exposed.
Web research findings
Independent findings for designbuilder.store, 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.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for designbuilder.store. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
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.
- Domaindesignbuilder.store
- Redirects todesignbuilder.store
- Hosted byNamecheap, Inc.
- Referencescoronamng.store · 3ufzerweecy5rgj5syeduktsfgajltkltetbei2gf2tpq7cdxftnxmyd.onion
Domain Timeline
- Aug 27, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 61 days old when this review was saved.
- Oct 27, 2026Saved security review — Rated Dangerous
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
designbuilder.store 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
Report this domain to its registrar: send the address and what happened to this contact.
Certificate issued for designbuilder.store.
A shared content-delivery network address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
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://designbuilder.store/
- 2200https://designbuilder.store/
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.
The page states the authors demanded $1 million from GMO Internet and threatened to publish personal data of affected customers if refused. · The page explicitly threatens ransomware attacks on individual customers and encryption of their home PCs.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 93 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Oct 26, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 27, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 26, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 27, 2026
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.
Is designbuilder.store a scam or a legit download site?
Is designbuilder.store safe to use?
What should I do if I already gave my details to designbuilder.store?
Can I get my money back from designbuilder.store?
Is my device infected after visiting designbuilder.store?
How do I report designbuilder.store?
Why does designbuilder.store look legitimate if it's a scam?
Has designbuilder.store been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is designbuilder.store on any phishing or malware blacklists?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
designbuilder.store is an extortion notice board threatening ransomware and mass data leaks against GMO Internet customers.
The page at designbuilder.store is not a shop, tool or service. It is a single-page 'notice' (通告) written in Japanese that claims to be from attackers who breached GMO Internet's 'Onamae Desktop' service and are demanding a $1 million payment. The text states that if GMO refuses, the group will publish personal data of affected customers and carry out ransomware attacks on individual customers' home PCs. The domain is only 61 days old and its name collides with a legitimate building-simulation software brand, which is consistent with an opportunistic or typosquatted domain being reused for this campaign. Because the site's own text openly threatens ransomware and data leaks, and offers a ZIP file as a 'sample', the score is placed in the Dangerous band.
09 · Community
Community
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