Is us05webzoom.help safe?

http://us05webzoom.help/

DangerousStatus

Coveragecomplete4 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Fake Zoom update page pushes malware executable

us05webzoom.help impersonates a legitimate Zoom error screen and offers an "Update" button that downloads a file named Zoom.exe. The domain is one day old and multiple antivirus engines flag the site as malicious.

Do not visit the site or download any files from it. If you already clicked, scan your device with up-to-date antivirus software and avoid entering any credentials.
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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

us05webzoom.help impersonates a legitimate Zoom error screen and offers an "Update" button that downloads a file named Zoom.exe. The domain is one day old and multiple antivirus engines flag the site as malicious.

Strongest evidence

Four independent antivirus families and the multi-engine malware scan (4 malicious detections out of 92 engines) classify the site as a phishing or fraud threat.

The page displays the exact text "Zoom is not responding" and presents an "Update" button that initiates the download of Zoom.exe.

Technical versus operator risk

The registrable domain is only one day old, a common trait of throw-away malware distribution sites.

The site hosts and directly serves the executable file Zoom.exe, creating an immediate malware-delivery risk.

Real visitor flow

A visitor lands on a page that mimics a Zoom crash message and is prompted to click an "Update" button.

Clicking the button triggers an immediate download of the file Zoom.exe, exposing the user to malware infection.

Why the score is 5

4 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

4/ 92

detections

Fresh result

4 engines flagged this URL

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

Malicious
4
Suspicious
0
Total
92
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
Forcepoint ThreatSeekerMaliciousphishing
G-DataMaliciousphishing
SOCRadarMaliciousphishing
SophosMaliciousphishing
All 92 engine results
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - phishing - Malicious
  • G-Data - phishing - Malicious
  • SOCRadar - phishing - Malicious
  • Sophos - phishing - Malicious
  • 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
  • Abusix - clean - Clean
  • Acronis - clean - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • alphaMountain.ai - unrated - Clean
  • AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
  • Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
  • ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • AutoShun - unrated - Clean
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
  • BitDefender - clean - Clean
  • Bkav - unrated - Clean
  • BlockList - clean - Clean
  • Blueliv - clean - Clean
  • Certego - clean - Clean
  • ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
  • Chong Lua Dao - clean - Clean
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
  • CRDF - clean - Clean
  • Criminal IP - unrated - Clean
  • CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
  • CTX AI - clean - Clean
  • Cyan - unrated - Clean
  • Cyble - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - clean - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
  • DNS8 - unrated - Clean
  • Dr.Web - clean - Clean
  • EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
  • Emsisoft - clean - Clean
  • Ermes - unrated - Clean
  • ESET - clean - Clean
  • ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
  • Fortinet - clean - Clean
  • Fortra - unrated - Clean
  • GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
  • GreenSnow - clean - Clean
  • GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
  • Gridinsoft - unrated - Clean
  • Guardpot - unrated - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - unrated - Clean
  • Kaspersky - unrated - Clean
  • LevelBlue - clean - Clean
  • Lionic - 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
  • Rising - clean - Clean
  • SafeToOpen - unrated - 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
  • VIPRE - unrated - Clean
  • ViriBack - clean - Clean
  • VX Vault - clean - Clean
  • Webroot - 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.

What we observed

CAPTURED PAGE
us05webzoom.help
1 red flag
Red flags spotted on this page
Visual analysis

Visual warning signs were identified

Zoom is not responding

100/100 visual risk

What the captured page showed

1 observation
  1. 01

    Zoom is not responding

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

    Zoom is not responding

  2. What we observed

    Saved browser evidence recorded deceptive download controls.

  3. What independent research found

    1 external finding were saved and compared with the page evidence.

  4. What remains unverified

    The checks completed, but ownership, business claims, and future site behavior can still change after this snapshot.

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

Deceptive Download Controls

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 014 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result.
  2. 02Multiple antivirus engines flag the site as malicious.
  3. 03Page mimics Zoom error and offers executable download.

Web research findings

Independent findings for us05webzoom.help, 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
1 scam report
Scam reports (1)
Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.
  • Malwarebytesopen

    "A fake Zoom meeting website is silently pushing surveillance software onto Windows machines. Visitors land on a convincing imitation of a Zoom video call. Moments later, an automatic “Update Available” countdown downloads a malicious installer—without asking for permission."

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. Domainus05webzoom.help
  2. Redirects tous05webzoom.help
  3. Hosted byAmazon.com, Inc.
  4. Referenceszoom.com · support.zoom.com

Domain Timeline

  1. Aug 11, 2026
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 1 day old today.

  2. Aug 13, 2026
    Saved security review — Flagged as dangerous

    The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.

us05webzoom.help 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.

Contact Verification

Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.

What We Found
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbers0060047
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • No direct contact email found on the captured page.
  • Phone number listed (0060047).

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age1 day old
RegistrarNameSilo, LLC
RegisteredAug 11, 2026
ExpiresAug 11, 2027
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YE1
ExpiresNov 10, 2026 (89d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingAmazon.com, Inc.
Server locationUS
Web serverNetlify

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://us05webzoom.help/
  • 2206https://us05webzoom.help/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score21%
Reports on file15
ISPAmazon.com, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

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 contentcomplete
  4. Analysiscomplete
  5. Visual evidencecomplete
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

unknown

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Source coverage and freshness

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

Antivirus
Result4 of 92 engines flagged
CompletionCompleted
FindingAdverse
Freshnessfresh · Aug 13, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Page content
ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Visual evidence
Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
CompletionCompleted
FindingAdverse
FreshnessNot available
Independent research
Result1 independent finding 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 us05webzoom.help

    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 us05webzoom.help a scam or a legit download site?
us05webzoom.help is a dangerous malware & deceptive downloads — avoid interacting with it. Our review tagged it for malware and clone site. 4 of 92 security engines flag it (4 as outright malicious). The domain is only 1 day old through NameSilo, LLC — a fresh registration is a classic scam fingerprint. This pattern matches throwaway sites built to take money or data and disappear.
Is us05webzoom.help safe to use?
No — us05webzoom.help 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 us05webzoom.help — what should I do?
If you've already paid or handed over details on us05webzoom.help, 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 us05webzoom.help 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 us05webzoom.help?
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 us05webzoom.help?
Simply loading a page is usually lower-risk than downloading or running a file from it. If you downloaded or opened anything from us05webzoom.help, 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 us05webzoom.help?
You can report us05webzoom.help 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.
us05webzoom.help 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 us05webzoom.help been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 4 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged us05webzoom.help, 4 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 us05webzoom.help on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — us05webzoom.help 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 us05webzoom.help domain?
us05webzoom.help is 1 day old, registered on August 11, 2026 through NameSilo, LLC. Scam sites are very often freshly registered and short-lived, so an age under six months is a reason for extra caution.
Where is us05webzoom.help hosted?
us05webzoom.help 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 us05webzoom.help report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on August 13, 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 us05webzoom.help 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

Fake Zoom update page pushes malware executable

Saved captureus05webzoom.helpCapture-safe
Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.
Conclusion

us05webzoom.help impersonates a legitimate Zoom error screen and offers an "Update" button that downloads a file named Zoom.exe. The domain is one day old and multiple antivirus engines flag the site as malicious.

Recommended actionDo not visit the site or download any files from it. If you already clicked, scan your device with up-to-date antivirus software and avoid entering any credentials.
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