Is meta-chromextension.wixstudio.com legit or a scam?
MetaMask phishing clone on Wix Studio designed to harvest wallet credentials and seed phrases.
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
Brand impersonation — not the real site
4 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page as malicious. This page is styled as a brand but is not the brand's real site. Go to the official site directly, and treat any download, login, or payment request here as unsafe.
Website Preview
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MT Intelligence
The domain is a Wix Studio subdomain (meta-chromextension.wixstudio.com) that impersonates MetaMask's official wallet extension. Our antivirus network detected it as malicious or phishing across five engines, including alphaMountain.ai, ChainPatrol, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, and Certego. Scam-report databases document this exact subdomain and multiple related Wix subdomains (intro-chromextension.wixstudio.com, homepage-metamask.wixstudio.com) as confirmed MetaMask phishing sites. The page content mimics MetaMask's branding and feature descriptions, including wallet management and encryption claims — a classic credential-harvest pattern. The hosting IP has 19 abuse reports and a reputation score of 15/100. No legitimate business registration exists for this site.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for meta-chromextension.wixstudio.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain is a Wix Studio subdomain (meta-chromextension.wixstudio.com) with content at /wallet promoting MetaMask Wallet Extension for Chrome.
- Multiple similar Wixstudio.com subdomains (e.g. intro-chromextension.wixstudio.com, homepage-metamask.wixstudio.com, extension-metamask.wixstudio.com) are listed on PhishDestroy and PhishStats as MetaMask phishing/impersonation sites.
- PCRisk scanner reports a comparable homepage-metamask.wixstudio.com subdomain flagged by 7/91 engines as phishing.
- Wix Studio platform is heavily abused for creating fake crypto wallet landing pages that trick users into connecting wallets or revealing seed phrases.
- No legitimate business reviews, Trustpilot, or ScamAdviser entries found specifically for this exact domain.
- Page snippets reference MetaMask features like managing Ethereum assets, encrypted wallet protection, and warnings about phishing (ironic given context).
- Domain age of 3463 days appears inconsistent with recent phishing reports on similar subdomains (likely shared Wix hosting).
- PhishDestroyopen
"The domain intro-chromextension.wixstudio.com has been identified as a phishing website designed to impersonate MetaMask. This malicious site targets..."
- PhishStatsopen
"Metamask Wallet Extension Getting Started™® ; Basic Information · Host: wixstudio.com"
- PCRisk Scanneropen
"It was flagged by 7 out of 91 security engines, categorized as phishing by multiple web-classification sources, and listed in 2 threat database..."
Page promotes "MetaMask Wallet®® | Extension for Chrome, Firefox, & Brave" and "MetaMask Wallet Extension"; similar Wixstudio subdomains explicitly flagged as MetaMask phishing/impersonation sites
Scam-report databases (PhishDestroy, PhishStats, PCRisk Scanner) confirm this domain and multiple related Wix subdomains (intro-chromextension.wixstudio.com, homepage-metamask.wixstudio.com, extension-metamask.wixstudio.com) as active MetaMask phishing and impersonation sites. A comparable subdomain (homepage-metamask.wixstudio.com) was flagged by 7 of 91 security engines as phishing. No legitimate business reviews, consumer-trust sites, or positive mentions were found. The evidence confirms coordinated abuse of the Wix Studio platform to host multiple MetaMask credential-harvest clones.
Scam Network Intelligence
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://meta-chromextension.wixstudio.com/
- 2404https://meta-chromextension.wixstudio.com/
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 scam-type patterns detected
1 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 a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
1 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 a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
Brand impersonation detected
This page is styled as a known brand but is not the brand's real site.
- Do not interact with meta-chromextension.wixstudio.com
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- Go to the brand's real site directly
Type the brand name into a search engine or open it from your bookmarks — don't use links from emails, SMS, ads, or social posts, which are the delivery vectors for impersonation.
- Never download or sign in here
Even if the page "just" offers a download or a giveaway, impersonation pages frequently deliver malware or set up follow-up phishing. Assume anything accepted from this site is hostile.
- OpenReport the impersonation to the brand
Most major brands have a dedicated abuse or anti-phishing reporting channel — reporting helps them take the site down and protects other users.
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 meta-chromextension.wixstudio.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — meta-chromextension.wixstudio.com scored 5/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. meta-chromextension.wixstudio.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · R13, expiring in 46 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- meta-chromextension.wixstudio.com is 9.5 years old, registered on 12/17/2016 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 5 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged meta-chromextension.wixstudio.com as malicious or suspicious (4 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. meta-chromextension.wixstudio.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- meta-chromextension.wixstudio.com resolves to an IP operated by Google LLC 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.
- This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 12, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around meta-chromextension.wixstudio.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.
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