# PhishDestroy domain threat record: rufus.pw

Content language: English
Canonical HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/rufus.pw/
Machine-readable companion: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/rufus.pw/llm.txt

## Summary

PhishDestroy stores a threat-intelligence record for this domain.
This document reports the latest stored fields; it is not a real-time guarantee of availability or safety.

## Stored observations

- Listed by PhishDestroy: yes
- Availability at last stored check: observed active
- First observed by PhishDestroy: 2026-10-23 01:38:29 UTC
- Last availability or vendor check: 2026-10-23 03:16:00 UTC
- Stored record updated: 2026-10-23 06:22:58 UTC
- VirusTotal detections in the stored snapshot: 2/92
- Independent public blocklist matches in the stored snapshot: 2
- Matching public blocklists: MetaMask, SEAL
- Google Safe Browsing stored result: no stored flag

## Stored infrastructure

- Observed IP address: 198.23.185.44
- Registrar in stored WHOIS data: NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED
- Registrar country in stored WHOIS data: HK
- Last stored HTTP status: 200
- Registration date (registry RDAP, rufus.pw): 2026-10-01 22:42:07 UTC

## Evidence links

- URLScan report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a16685-d805-74cf-928a-8d16e8da6d41/
- VirusTotal domain view: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/domain/rufus.pw
- Certificate Transparency search: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.rufus.pw
- Web Archive lookup: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://rufus.pw/

## Corrections

- Appeal or correct this record: https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/
- Methodology and help: https://phishdestroy.io/faq

## Stored PhishDestroy analysis

Overview
PhishDestroy added rufus.pw to its internal blocklist after an admin report noted the domain was 21 days old. The recorded page title is “Rufus Download & Bootable USB Guide”. The site returned HTTP 200 on 2026-10-23 and a prior AI assessment on the same date described the content as a guide linking to official Rufus releases with no observed impersonation.

How the scam works
The presence of a suspicious label does not prove a specific fraud technique on this site. In general, domains that mimic legitimate software guides can be used for phishing, malware distribution, or drive‑by downloads, but no such activity was captured in the scans of rufus.pw.

Evidence
VirusTotal scanned the domain on 2026-10-19 and reported 2 suspicious detections out of 92 engines, with alphaMountain.ai and Fortinet labeling it as spam. Google Safe Browsing checked on 2026-10-23 and did not flag the site. URLScan captured the page on 2026-10-19, gave an overall clean verdict but its engine flagged it as malicious with a score of 23. OTX showed 0 pulses as of 2026-10-23, and external blocklists listed the domain zero times on 2026-10-22. PhishDestroy’s internal list marked the domain as true on 2026-10-22.

Infrastructure
The domain was registered with NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED on 2026-10-02 and expires on 2027-10-01. The recorded IP was 198.23.185.44 and the hosting organization was listed as Nohavps LLC in the United States. TLS used a Let’s Encrypt certificate issued on 2026-10-01, valid until 2026-12-30, and the domain used Cloudflare nameservers lauryn.ns.cloudflare.com and stan.ns.cloudflare.com. Open ports observed in the scan included 21, 22, 25, 53, 80, 110, 143, 443, 993, and 995.

What to do
Treat rufus.pw as untrusted; avoid downloading executables from it and verify any Rufus binaries against the official GitHub releases. If credentials were entered on the site, change them immediately, and defenders should block the exact domain and monitor logs for connections to 198.23.185.44.

Useful links
urlscan.io scan and screenshot: https://urlscan.io/result/01a15297-1f3d-75b8-8fee-f67234f6c23a/
Cloudflare Radar report: https://radar.cloudflare.com/scan/cfb695c3-3e63-4bf4-b59e-f970906eda81
Stored capture screenshot: https://urlscan.io/screenshots/01a15297-1f3d-75b8-8fee-f67234f6c23a.png
Cloudflare Radar screenshot (2026-10-23T01:43:39Z): https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/cf/cfb695c3-3e63-4bf4-b59e-f970906eda81.png
URLScan screenshot (2026-10-18T18:16:54Z): https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/01a1503a-e192-7595-b92a-9c890eb93024.png
URLScan capture report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a1503a-e192-7595-b92a-9c890eb93024/
URLScan screenshot (2026-10-19T01:16:06Z): https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/01a151ba-c571-72aa-8ac5-c62f26c7eec7.png
URLScan capture report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a151ba-c571-72aa-8ac5-c62f26c7eec7/
URLScan screenshot (2026-10-19T05:14:53Z): https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/01a15295-6f7d-720e-8450-275332645bb7.png
URLScan capture report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a15295-6f7d-720e-8450-275332645bb7/
VirusTotal report: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/domain/rufus.pw
Google Safe Browsing status: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=rufus.pw
Report phishing to Google: https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/
Site owner? Request a review: https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/
Analysis generated: 2026-10-23 01:52:43 UTC

## Stored page captures

- Primary capture: https://i.ibb.co/4h9dZJj/a439d8cf6708.png
  Captured: 2026-10-23 02:11:52 UTC
- URLScan capture 1: https://urlscan.io/screenshots/01a16685-d805-74cf-928a-8d16e8da6d41.png
  Captured: 2026-10-23 02:11:52 UTC
  Source report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a16685-d805-74cf-928a-8d16e8da6d41/
- URLScan capture 2: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/01a15297-1f3d-75b8-8fee-f67234f6c23a.png
  Captured: 2026-10-23 01:38:29 UTC
  Source report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a16685-d805-74cf-928a-8d16e8da6d41/
- Cloudflare Radar: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/cf/cfb695c3-3e63-4bf4-b59e-f970906eda81.png
  Captured: 2026-10-23 01:43:39 UTC
  Source report: https://radar.cloudflare.com/scan/cfb695c3-3e63-4bf4-b59e-f970906eda81
  SHA-256: acd8d0f74eeace1b285a00a27e57b969dfcfc9733e5e943f7b2697585685f509
- URLScan · 2026-10-18: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/01a1503a-e192-7595-b92a-9c890eb93024.png
  Captured: 2026-10-18 18:16:54 UTC
  Source report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a1503a-e192-7595-b92a-9c890eb93024/
  SHA-256: d4e3672d17aa111d4016760f244d70b388921a36168e94bc0b44d9f60c5ff53c
- URLScan · 2026-10-19: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/01a151ba-c571-72aa-8ac5-c62f26c7eec7.png
  Captured: 2026-10-19 01:16:06 UTC
  Source report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a151ba-c571-72aa-8ac5-c62f26c7eec7/
  SHA-256: d4e3672d17aa111d4016760f244d70b388921a36168e94bc0b44d9f60c5ff53c
- URLScan · 2026-10-19: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/01a15295-6f7d-720e-8450-275332645bb7.png
  Captured: 2026-10-19 05:14:53 UTC
  Source report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a15295-6f7d-720e-8450-275332645bb7/
  SHA-256: d4e3672d17aa111d4016760f244d70b388921a36168e94bc0b44d9f60c5ff53c

## Collected source observations

Provider observations retain their own timestamps. Capture links do not establish image content. Shared infrastructure does not identify an operator.
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        "scanned_at": "2026-10-23T02:10:16Z",
        "final_url": "https://rufus.pw/",
        "status": 200,
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            "updated": "2026-10-06T22:43:06Z",
            "expires": "2027-10-01T22:42:07Z",
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            ]
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                "x-powered-by": "PleskLin"
            }
        }
    }
}
```