Phishing site — do not log in
Flagged on major browser safety blocklists as social engineering. This page looks designed to steal credentials. Don't log in — and if you already did, change the password anywhere you reused it and turn on two-factor authentication.
Is hellpdesk.at legit or a scam?
Microsoft phishing clone impersonating a help desk login page; sinkholed by DNS4EU and flagged by six major antivirus engines.
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
This domain is a deliberate phishing attack targeting Microsoft account holders. The page title 'Sign in to your account' combined with the domain structure (hellpdesk.at mimicking helpdesk.com) creates a credential-harvest trap. Six antivirus engines—BitDefender, ESET, Fortinet, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, alphaMountain.ai, and ADMINUSLabs—all flag it as phishing or malicious. DNS4EU has sinkholed the domain, meaning it's been taken offline by security authorities. The site appears in phishing-simulation training materials and has zero legitimate business registration in Austria. The hosting infrastructure (AWS S3) and the complete absence of any legitimate business presence confirm this is a purpose-built attack domain.
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Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for hellpdesk.at, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- hellpdesk.at classified as malicious and sinkholed by DNS4EU
- Page title observed: "Sign in to your account" (Phishing - Microsoft)
- Domain listed as a spoof/phishing simulation domain in uSecure/uPhish training materials alongside amzwon.de and others
- Appears in SiberMate allow-list for simulated phishing tests (SMPhish)
- Hosted on AWS (usecure.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com observed in reports)
- No legitimate business, reviews, or registration records found
- No mentions on Trustpilot, ScamAdviser, Reddit, or major review sites
- urlquery.netopen
"hellpdesk.at is sinkholed by DNS4EU (malicious); title: "Sign in to your account" (Phishing - Microsoft)"
Page title "Sign in to your account" classified as Phishing - Microsoft; used in phishing simulations and real attacks
Our research confirmed one scam report: hellpdesk.at is sinkholed by DNS4EU and classified as a Microsoft phishing domain with the page title 'Sign in to your account.' The domain is listed in phishing-simulation training materials (uSecure/uPhish) and appears in SiberMate's allow-list for simulated phishing tests, confirming it is a known attack vector. No legitimate business registration, reviews, or positive mentions were found on any consumer-review platform or general web sources.
Scam Network Intelligence
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Detected threat categories: SOCIAL_ENGINEERING.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://hellpdesk.at/
- 2404https://hellpdesk.at/
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
2 scam-type patterns detected
2 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.
- Domain is a typosquat of helpdesk.com.
- Google Safe Browsing flagged this as social engineering / phishing.
- AI analyst tagged this as phishing.
- Domain is a typosquat of helpdesk.com.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
2 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.
- Domain is a typosquat of helpdesk.com.
- Google Safe Browsing flagged this as social engineering / phishing.
- AI analyst tagged this as phishing.
- Domain is a typosquat of helpdesk.com.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
Phishing site — act fast
This page shows signs of attempting to steal credentials or impersonate a trusted brand.
- Do not interact with hellpdesk.at
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- If you already typed your password — change it now
Change the password on the legitimate site and anywhere else you re-used it. Turn on two-factor authentication. Review recent account activity.
- OpenReport the phishing URL
APWG (Anti-Phishing Working Group) accepts phishing reports at reportphishing@apwg.org. Google Safe Browsing reports help protect other users.
- OpenGet help on the forum
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Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- Our automated security review flags hellpdesk.at as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — hellpdesk.at scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. hellpdesk.at presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YE2, expiring in 85 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- 16 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged hellpdesk.at as malicious or suspicious (15 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- Yes. The major browser blocklist feeds flagged hellpdesk.at with the following threat categories: SOCIAL_ENGINEERING. This protects billions of browser users from visiting the site.
- hellpdesk.at resolves to an IP operated by Amazon Data Services Northern Virginia in US (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). 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.
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