Critical risk detected
Domain was registered only 2 days ago — brand-new sites are higher-risk by default. Our security review flagged this site as high-risk. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.
Is secure-chat.host legit or a scam?
Yes — this is almost certainly a scam.
Two-day-old Zoom impersonation domain flagged by security vendors and tied to phishing infrastructure.
Score breakdown
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
Website Preview
The site returned a server error when we tried to load it in our sandbox, so there was no page to capture. A working business almost always renders — treat this site as unverified.
We attempt a live render of every scanned site in a safe sandbox. This one couldn’t be reached — the failure itself is a signal, noted in the analysis below.
Visual analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
We could not load a live view of this site; the capture returned a server error.
What our vision model saw
1 signalLive capture returned a server/proxy error — the page could not be rendered
Intelligence
The domain secure-chat.host was registered on 2026-07-10 through GoDaddy, making it only two days old at the time of analysis. Our fingerprinting system identified it as a direct clone of zoom.us, a pattern commonly used to harvest meeting credentials. Two independent threat reports link this exact domain to Zoom impersonation campaigns, and the same infrastructure has hosted other confirmed phishing domains such as secure-chat.club. Antivirus engines returned two suspicious detections while the hosting IP shows 19 abuse reports. The complete absence of any business contact details or legitimate Zoom branding further confirms the malicious intent.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for secure-chat.host, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain was registered only 2 days ago (2026-07-10).
- Flagged by multiple security vendors on VirusTotal (up to 13 detections reported).
- Identified by threat intelligence feeds as part of a cluster of Zoom impersonation domains.
- Associated with infrastructure hosting other known phishing domains like secure-chat.club and secureservice-network.net.
- Uses a generic 'secure-chat' name frequently employed in social engineering and credential harvesting campaigns.
- PhishDestroyopen
"secure-chat.host favicon secure-chat.host 2/95 ... Other Zoom Impersonation Dominios. These domains also target Zoom users."
- PhishDestroyopen
"According to intelligence data, this domain was flagged by 13 of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, indicating a moderate consensus of malicious activity."
Security intelligence platforms associate this domain with Zoom impersonation and phishing infrastructure.
PhishDestroy reports identify secure-chat.host as part of a cluster of Zoom impersonation domains. The same intelligence notes that related domains have triggered detections from multiple security vendors and share infrastructure with other known phishing sites such as secure-chat.club.
Domain Timeline
- Jul 10, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 2 days old today.
- Jul 12, 2026Latest security review — Flagged as dangerous
This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.
secure-chat.host 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.
Threat Detection
Scam Network
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Technical Details
domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referencedThe 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.
Contact Verification
We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
What to do
Avoid this site
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Do not interact with secure-chat.host
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- Verify the business through independent channels
Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.
- Never use irreversible payment methods
Crypto, gift cards, wire transfers, and cash apps offer zero buyer protection. Use a credit card or PayPal if you must pay.
- OpenShare your experience
If you have additional context, drop a comment below or post on the MalwareTips forum.
Final Verdict
This is a newly registered domain impersonating Zoom for credential theft. The site is only 2 days old, carries multiple security vendor flags, and belongs to a known cluster of Zoom phishing domains.
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- secure-chat.host shows every sign of being a scam site — avoid interacting with it. Our review tagged it for phishing and clone site. 2 of 92 security engines flag it. The domain is only 2 days old through GoDaddy.com, LLC — a fresh registration is a classic scam fingerprint. This pattern matches throwaway sites built to take money or data and disappear.
- No — secure-chat.host scored just 12/100 on our trust scale, and we detected active threat indicators. We recommend avoiding it entirely: don't log in, pay, download anything, or connect a wallet.
- If you've already paid or handed over details on secure-chat.host, 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 secure-chat.host 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.
- 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.
- Just viewing a scam page is usually low-risk on an up-to-date browser — the real danger is what it asks you to DO (enter details, download a file, send money). If you downloaded anything, run a full antivirus scan and treat the file as untrusted. If you entered a password or card number, change the password everywhere you reused it and contact your bank.
- You can report secure-chat.host 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.
- 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.
- Yes. 2 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged secure-chat.host as suspicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
- No — secure-chat.host 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.
- secure-chat.host is 2 days old, registered on July 10, 2026 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. Scam sites are very often freshly registered and short-lived, so an age under six months is a reason for extra caution.
- secure-chat.host resolves to an IP operated by Amazon Technologies 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.
- This report is a record of the scan run on July 12, 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 secure-chat.host has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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