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limewire[.]com

“LimeWire: Share Files - Secure File Upload Platform”

Threat verdict Critical 81/100 evidence score

Availability Unverified Current reachability is unverified

Risk signals

VirusTotal detections: 1/91

OTX: 50 refs Jul 27, 2026 CDN

Evidence Summary

CRITICAL

PhishDestroy first observed limewire.com on Jul 27, 2026. The captured page title is “LimeWire: Share Files - Secure File Upload Platform”. Current evidence score: 81/100 (critical).

One source contains a positive finding: VirusTotal. VirusTotal recorded 1 detections among 91 engines: Chong Lua Dao on Aug 19, 2026 at 02:06 UTC. Non-positive and contextual checks: AlienVault OTX listed 50 community pulse references (not vendor detections) on Aug 14, 2026 at 19:19 UTC. The separate external-blocklist snapshot contained no matches on Aug 27, 2026 at 14:20 UTC. Google Safe Browsing returned no flag on Aug 14, 2026 at 19:18 UTC.

The collector marked the hostname reachable on Aug 25, 2026 at 22:15 UTC, but did not retain the HTTP response code. Registration records for the domain list NameCheap, Inc. as the registrar. At collection time, the hostname resolved to 172.66.158.149 on AS13335 (Cloudflare, Inc.). The IP and ASN identify shared Cloudflare edge infrastructure; the origin server is not established by this address. TLS metadata lists Let's Encrypt as the certificate issuer with validity through Nov 10, 2026; checked Aug 13, 2026 at 04:02 UTC.

Stored content provides classification context, but only one source contains a positive finding. The stored fields do not identify an impersonated brand or victim interaction.

VirusTotal

1 det.

OTX references

50 community refs

Gridinsoft

79/100

TLS Certificate

Let's Encrypt

Observed status

Unverified

DestroyList

Listed

Data coverage VirusTotal 1 / 91 URLQuery not checked PhishStats not checked OTX 50 community references CF Radar scan completed URLScan capture not submitted URLScan verdict verdict unavailable DNS blocks not checked TLS valid certificate, 87d WHOIS not parsed Screenshot not captured Redirect chain not probed Gridinsoft 79/100

Threat Response Pipeline

Discovery

Checks

Reports

Availability

7/9

Public Blocklist Status

Domain Intelligence

Domain

Server / ASN cloudflare · AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.

IP Context Cloudflare shared edge origin IP hidden Edge-IP reputation is not attributed to this domain.

Registrar NameCheap

(US)

ICANN RegistryOfficial ICANN accredited-registrars →

WHOIS LookupICANN RDAP for limewire.com →

IP Address 172.66.158.149 CDN

Geo

Toronto, CA

NetworkAS13335 · Cloudflare, Inc.

Reverse IPviewdns.info → rapiddns.io →

The origin IP is hidden behind a CDN proxy. Reverse-IP results for the edge address contain unrelated tenants; finding the origin requires passive DNS or certificate-transparency data.

Technical detailsDNS, SSL SANs, timestamps

First DetectedJul 27, 2026

Nameserversmelina.ns.cloudflare.com

MX Records1 aspmx.l.google.com 5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com 5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com 10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com 10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com

TLS Fingerprint

TLS Observationvalid from Aug 12, 2026scanned Aug 13, 2026

TLS SAN Domainswww.game.limewire.com

Favicon Hash

ICANN OVERSIGHT

Accreditation and RAA context

Registrar accreditation and DNS abuse obligations

For this gTLD, the registrar above operates under an ICANN accreditation agreement. The links below provide the official fee schedule and current DNS abuse compliance guidance.

Accreditation is a contract, not a safety certification.

RAA §3.18 establishes abuse-contact and handling requirements. This report can document stored outbound notices and later technical observations; it does not by itself establish receipt, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.

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Technologies · 12 identified

Node.js

Programming languages

Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform, JavaScript runtime environment that executes JavaScript code outside a web browser.

nodejs.org 100% confidence

Stripe

Payment processors

Stripe offers online payment processing for internet businesses as well as fraud prevention, invoicing and subscription management.

stripe.com 100% confidence

RxJS

JavaScript frameworks

RxJS is a reactive library used to implement reactive programming to deal with async implementation, callbacks, and event-based programs.

reactivex.io 100% confidence

Express

Web frameworks Web servers

Express is a web application framework for Node.js, released as free and open-source software under the MIT License. It is designed for building web applications and APIs.

expressjs.com 100% confidence

Zendesk

Documentation Issue trackers Live chat

Zendesk is a cloud-based help desk management solution offering customizable tools to build customer service portal, knowledge base and online communities.

zendesk.com 100% confidence

Sendinblue

Marketing automation Email

Sendinblue is an email marketing solution for small and medium-sized businesses that want to send and automate email marketing campaigns.

www.sendinblue.com 100% confidence

Mailjet

Mailjet is an email delivery service for marketing and developer teams.

www.mailjet.com 100% confidence

MailChimp

Marketing automation Email

Mailchimp is a marketing automation platform and email marketing service.

mailchimp.com 100% confidence

HSTS

Security

HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS.

www.rfc-editor.org 100% confidence

Google Analytics

Analytics

Google Analytics is a free web analytics service that tracks and reports website traffic.

google.com 100% confidence

Facebook Pixel

Analytics

Facebook pixel is an analytics tool that allows you to measure the effectiveness of your advertising.

facebook.com 100% confidence

Cloudflare

CDN

Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services.

www.cloudflare.com 100% confidence

Detected via Cloudflare Radar · Wappalyzer engine

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VirusTotal Analysis

1 / 91 security vendors flagged this domain

View on VT

Last analyzed 2026-08-19 04:06:32 UTC First positive detection 2026-08-18 05:05:30 UTC Previous stored snapshot: 1 detection

Chong Lua Dao

Site Performance Analysis

Google PageSpeed Insights — mobile performance audit of limewire.com · checked Aug 13, 2026

Poor

Performance

FCP

9.71s

First Contentful Paint

LCP

16.19s

Largest Contentful Paint

CLS

0.004

Cumulative Layout Shift

TBT

1582ms

Total Blocking Time

12.84s

Speed Index

Evidence & External Reports

Security Analysis

VirusTotal 1 det. ChainPatrol ChainAbuse 1 report URLQuery Open lookup Gridinsoft 79 trust SSL Labs Stored TLS valid CF Radar Open report OTX 50 refs WOT ScamAdviser Blacklist Checker URLVoid Sucuri SiteCheck MDN Observatory

Community Scam Report — ChainAbuse

1 report filed for limewire.com (1 written by a person) · category: Job Scam · source checked 2026-08-27 17:42:08 UTC

“Threat: Malicious repo — DPRK "Contagious Interview" fake-job lure (BeaverTail / InvisibleFerret infostealer family) Delivery: Fake recruiter on LinkedIn → download link on LimeWire (limewire.com file-transfer) → project archive "Blockstar" Download URL: https://limewire.com/d/tN2OP#1eza2fzJmt Malicious file: mvp-codebase/server/blockchain/abis/.svn/emailHandler (~4 MB obfuscated JavaScript), on the "dev" branch SHA-256: dc58580f910cbb83588d17ad6b630861760d3e1569139ed01507062e48”

— reported by Anonymous on Jul 22, 2026 · Source: ChainAbuse (TRM Labs) — full report and evidence there.

OSINT & Intelligence

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DNS & Network

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limewire[.]com

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Public Blocklist Status