Is moonlighthathel.org safe?

http://moonlighthathel.org/

DangerousStatus

Coveragecomplete3 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Malware redirect domain distributing infostealers via fake Corepack campaign

moonlighthathel.org is a malicious redirector used in a developer-targeted campaign that impersonates the legitimate Corepack tool to deliver infostealers and proxyware. Multiple security vendors flag the domain as malicious, and threat research confirms its role in malware distribution chains.

Block the domain entirely. Do not visit or download anything from moonlighthathel.org or any pages it redirects to.
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No saved capture is availableThe verdict remains based on the completed checks below.
17 antivirus engines flagged this URLADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, Bfore.Ai PreCrime, Chong Lua Dao, CRDF
Calibrated safety spectrum

Where this site sits

  1. Dangerous1–20
  2. High Risk21–44
  3. Moderate Risk45–69
  4. Low Risk70–84
  5. Safe85–100

The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.

01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

moonlighthathel.org is a malicious redirector used in a developer-targeted campaign that impersonates the legitimate Corepack tool to deliver infostealers and proxyware. Multiple security vendors flag the domain as malicious, and threat research confirms its role in malware distribution chains.

Security vendor detections and threat research

Fourteen independent antivirus families and fifteen antivirus engines flag moonlighthathel.org as malicious, with detections spanning multiple threat categories.

Malwarebytes blocks the domain because it is associated with a Trojan, and ThreatDown lists it among known malicious redirect infrastructure.

Fake Corepack malware campaign

The domain serves as one of several redirect points in a campaign that impersonates the legitimate Corepack package manager to target developers.

Socket's Threat Research team confirmed the site drops an infostealer and enrolls victims' machines in proxyware networks after the initial redirect.

Why the score is 5

14 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Collected signals and independent provider data for this URL.

Antivirus Engines

17/ 91

detections

Fresh result

17 engines flagged this URL

Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.

Malicious
15
Suspicious
2
Total
91
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
ADMINUSLabsMaliciousmalicious
alphaMountain.aiMaliciousmalicious
Bfore.Ai PreCrimeMaliciousmalicious
Chong Lua DaoMaliciousmalicious
CRDFMaliciousmalicious
CyRadarMaliciousmalicious
FortinetMaliciousmalware
KasperskyMaliciousmalware
LionicMaliciousmalicious
RisingMaliciousmalicious
SafeToOpenMaliciousmalicious
SOCRadarMaliciousphishing
SophosMaliciousmalware
VIPREMaliciousmalware
WebrootMaliciousmalicious
ESETSuspicioussuspicious
GridinsoftSuspicioussuspicious
All 91 engine results
  • ADMINUSLabs - malicious - Malicious
  • alphaMountain.ai - malicious - Malicious
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - malicious - Malicious
  • Chong Lua Dao - malicious - Malicious
  • CRDF - malicious - Malicious
  • CyRadar - malicious - Malicious
  • Fortinet - malware - Malicious
  • Kaspersky - malware - Malicious
  • Lionic - malicious - Malicious
  • Rising - malicious - Malicious
  • SafeToOpen - malicious - Malicious
  • SOCRadar - phishing - Malicious
  • Sophos - malware - Malicious
  • VIPRE - malware - Malicious
  • Webroot - malicious - Malicious
  • ESET - suspicious - Suspicious
  • Gridinsoft - suspicious - Suspicious
  • 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
  • Abusix - clean - Clean
  • Acronis - clean - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
  • Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
  • ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • AutoShun - unrated - Clean
  • BitDefender - clean - Clean
  • Bkav - unrated - Clean
  • BlockList - clean - Clean
  • Blueliv - clean - Clean
  • Certego - clean - Clean
  • ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
  • CINS Army - 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
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - clean - Clean
  • Fortra - unrated - Clean
  • G-Data - clean - 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
  • 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
  • Sangfor - clean - Clean
  • Sansec eComscan - unrated - Clean
  • Scantitan - clean - Clean
  • SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
  • Seclookup - clean - Clean
  • Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
  • StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
  • ThreatHive - clean - Clean
  • URLhaus - clean - Clean
  • URLQuery - unrated - Clean
  • Viettel Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
  • ViriBack - clean - Clean
  • VX Vault - clean - Clean
  • Xcitium Verdict Cloud - clean - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
  • ZeroFox - unrated - Clean

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.
  1. What the site claims

    Independent evidence classifies the site as downloader, but the page's own claim could not be captured.

  2. What we observed

    Saved browser evidence recorded forced redirects.

  3. What independent research found

    3 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.

  4. 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

Also observed: Phishing & Impersonation

Service and business model

Downloader

Unknown

Observed behavior

Forced Redirects

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 0114 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result.
  2. 0214 antivirus families and 15 antivirus engines flag the domain as malicious
  3. 03Malwarebytes blocks the domain for Trojan association

Web research findings

Independent findings for moonlighthathel.org, 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.

Business registration
No public record found
Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.
Clone check
No clone detected
The completed research found no supported clone indicator.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The completed research found no supported look-alike match.
Web mentions
3 scam reports
Scam reports (3)
Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.
  • ThreatDownopen

    "The domain moonlighthathel.org was blocked by Malwarebytes because it is associated with a Trojan."

  • Trojan Killeropen

    "The fake Corepack malware campaign used `moonlighthathel[.]org` as one of several redirect domains."

  • Socket.devopen

    "Socket's Threat Research team analyzed the site and confirmed it as a developer-targeted phishing and impersonation operation that drops an infostealer and enrolls victims' machines in a"

Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
ListedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

04 · Domain & Infrastructure

Domain & infrastructure

Timeline · identity · encryption · redirects · hosting

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.

  1. Domainmoonlighthathel.org
  2. Redirects tomoonlighthathel.org
  3. Hosted byAmazon.com, Inc.

Domain Timeline

  1. May 19, 2026
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 4 months old today.

  2. Sep 3, 2026
    Saved security review — Flagged as dangerous

    The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.

moonlighthathel.org was registered very recently and is already flagged. Freshly-registered domains are disproportionately used for scams, and a young domain with active threat signals warrants extra caution.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age3 months old
RegistrarNameCheap, Inc.
RegisteredMay 19, 2026
ExpiresMay 19, 2027
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusInvalid
Protocolnone
IssuerNone
ExpiresInvalid Date (0d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingAmazon.com, Inc.
Server locationUS
PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPAmazon.com, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
  1. Antiviruscomplete
  2. Browser threat feedcomplete
  3. Page contentpartial
  4. Analysiscomplete
  5. Visual evidenceunavailable
Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

Technical threat

malicious

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

Additional evidence review · Additional evidence review

Operator / customer risk

suspicious

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

Additional evidence review · Additional evidence review

Source coverage and freshness

Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.

Antivirus
Result17 of 91 engines flagged
CompletionCompleted
FindingAdverse
Freshnessfresh · Sep 3, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Page content
ResultPage content was not available for semantic review
CompletionLimited
FindingNo saved finding
FreshnessNot available
Visual evidence
ResultThe saved page capture was not reliable enough to use
CompletionUnavailable
FindingNo saved finding
FreshnessNot available
Independent research
Result3 independent findings were saved
CompletionCompleted
FindingAdverse
FreshnessNot available

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Malware distribution detected

Signals suggest this page may deliver malicious files or exploit the browser.

  1. Do not interact with moonlighthathel.org

    Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.

  2. If you downloaded or ran a file from here

    Disconnect the device from the internet, run a full scan with a reputable antivirus (Malwarebytes, ESET, Bitdefender), and consider a second-opinion scanner. Change passwords on any account you used from the device afterwards — ideally from a different device.

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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 moonlighthathel.org a scam or a legit download site?
moonlighthathel.org shows every sign of being a malware & deceptive downloads — avoid interacting with it. Our review tagged it for malware. 17 of 91 security engines flag it (15 as outright malicious). The domain is only 3 months old through NameCheap, Inc. — a fresh registration is a classic scam fingerprint. This pattern matches throwaway sites built to take money or data and disappear.
Is moonlighthathel.org safe to use?
No — moonlighthathel.org has a Safety Score of 5/100 (Dangerous) because decisive threat evidence was saved with this scan. Leave the site and do not log in, pay, download anything, or connect a wallet.
I already paid or entered my details on moonlighthathel.org — what should I do?
If you've already paid or handed over details on moonlighthathel.org, act quickly. 1) Contact your bank or card issuer immediately and ask to dispute the charge or open a chargeback — the sooner you act, the better your odds. 2) Report the site to the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov or the FBI's IC3 at ic3.gov, and in the UK to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. 3) If you entered a password, change it on moonlighthathel.org and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. 4) Watch your bank and email for follow-up fraud, and keep screenshots as evidence.
Can I get my money back from moonlighthathel.org?
Often yes, if you act fast. Payments made by credit or debit card can frequently be reversed through a chargeback or dispute — contact your bank right away and explain it was a fraudulent site. Bank transfers and gift-card or voucher payments are much harder to recover, but you should still report them to your bank and to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) or Action Fraud (actionfraud.police.uk). Avoid any "refund" or "recovery" service that contacts you first — it's usually a follow-up scam.
Is my device infected after visiting moonlighthathel.org?
Simply loading a page is usually lower-risk than downloading or running a file from it. If you downloaded or opened anything from moonlighthathel.org, run a full scan with reputable antivirus software and consider it untrusted. If you only viewed the page, keep your browser and OS updated, watch for unexpected pop-ups or new programs, and change passwords from a clean device if you entered any.
How do I report moonlighthathel.org?
You can report moonlighthathel.org through several official channels: the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at ic3.gov, and — in the UK — Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. You can also flag it to Google Safe Browsing (safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish) so other browsers warn about it, and report it to the company being impersonated if there is one. Reporting helps get scam sites taken down faster.
moonlighthathel.org looks professional — how can it still be a scam?
Modern scams are built to look convincing. A valid SSL padlock, a polished template, stock photos, fake reviews, and a trust badge can all be added in minutes and prove nothing about who runs the site. Scammers buy cheap domains, clone real designs, and copy legal pages wholesale. That's exactly why an automated review that checks the domain's age, hosting, blacklists, and behaviour — rather than just how the page looks — is more reliable than a first impression.
Has moonlighthathel.org been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 17 of 91 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged moonlighthathel.org, 15 of them as outright malicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
Is moonlighthathel.org on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — moonlighthathel.org is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
How old is the moonlighthathel.org domain?
moonlighthathel.org is 3 months old, registered on May 19, 2026 through NameCheap, Inc.. Scam sites are very often freshly registered and short-lived, so an age under six months is a reason for extra caution.
Where is moonlighthathel.org hosted?
moonlighthathel.org resolves to an IP operated by Amazon.com, Inc. in US (Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
How often is the moonlighthathel.org report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on September 3, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about moonlighthathel.org has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.

08 · Final Verdict

Final verdict

The saved conclusion, decisive evidence, and practical action in one final view.
Verdict score
5/100
Dangerous

Malware redirect domain distributing infostealers via fake Corepack campaign

Saved capturemoonlighthathel.orgCapture-safe
No saved screenshot was available for this report.
Conclusion

moonlighthathel.org is a malicious redirector used in a developer-targeted campaign that impersonates the legitimate Corepack tool to deliver infostealers and proxyware. Multiple security vendors flag the domain as malicious, and threat research confirms its role in malware distribution chains.

Recommended actionBlock the domain entirely. Do not visit or download anything from moonlighthathel.org or any pages it redirects to.
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Community

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