Critical risk detected
15 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page as malicious. Our security stack flagged multiple threat indicators on this website. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.
Is katagex.com legit or a scam?
Newly-registered phishing domain flagged by BitDefender, ESET, and four other antivirus engines as credential-harvest infrastructure.
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 domain katagex.com was registered only 10 days ago and shows multiple indicators of phishing infrastructure. Six antivirus engines — including tier-1 detectors BitDefender and ESET — classify it as phishing. The hosting IP has a clean abuse score and no reports, suggesting the attacker chose a fresh IP to evade reputation filters. The domain has no traffic ranking, no business registration, and no legitimate web presence. The combination of extreme youth, multi-engine phishing consensus, and absence of any legitimate business signals points to a credential-harvesting or data-collection operation.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for katagex.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
No scam reports or complaints found in public sources.
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
1 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 phishing.
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 phishing.
Phishing site — act fast
This page shows signs of attempting to steal credentials or impersonate a trusted brand.
- Do not interact with katagex.com
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
MalwareTips members can help you assess damage and next steps.
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 katagex.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — katagex.com scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. katagex.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YE1, expiring in 81 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- katagex.com is 10 days old, registered on 5/28/2026 through Fewmoretaps OU d/b/a Trustname.com. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 15 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged katagex.com as malicious or suspicious (15 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. katagex.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- katagex.com 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
A phishing site registered just 10 days ago. Six antivirus engines including BitDefender and ESET flag it as phishing, and the domain has zero legitimate business signals.
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