comfy-ui.io presents itself as ComfyUI, the popular node-based interface for building Stable Diffusion and other visual AI pipelines. Its page title, "ComfyUI — Node Control for Visual AI Workflows", is written to pass for the real project in search results and shared links. It targets AI artists, hobbyists and developers looking for the software. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-09-28. As of 2026-10-19 the domain still responded, but its page content was no longer resolving.
How the scam works
ComfyUI is free, open-source software, so anyone searching for it expects a download page. That expectation is what lookalike domains like this exploit. Such pages typically offer a fake installer, a bundled "portable" build or a model pack. The download can carry an infostealer that harvests browser passwords, session cookies and crypto wallet files. Other variants ask visitors to sign in or pay for a premium tier that does not exist. Either way, the victim loses account access, stored credentials or money, and gets none of the real software.
Evidence
On 2026-10-03, seven of 91 VirusTotal engines classified the domain as malicious: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, Seclookup, SOCRadar and URLQuery. That is a modest count, but it comes from vendors working independently of one another. The domain also appears in four AlienVault OTX threat pulses, so other researchers have tracked it as well. It is listed on the PhishDestroy blocklist.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Spaceship, Inc. on 2026-06-17, roughly three months before PhishDestroy caught it. That gap leaves time to rank in search results or circulate in AI communities before anyone reports it. The site sits behind Cloudflare, with the address geolocated to Canada. This setup hides the actual origin server from view.
What to do
If you downloaded anything from comfy-ui.io, do not run it again and delete it. Scan the machine with an up-to-date security tool, and treat any browser-saved passwords and active sessions as compromised. Change those passwords from a separate clean device, and turn on two-factor authentication. If crypto wallets were on that computer, move the funds to a new wallet created on a clean system. Get ComfyUI only from the project's official repository. Defenders should block the domain, check proxy and endpoint logs for connections or downloads tied to it, and watch for further typo variants of the ComfyUI name.
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026年10月9日score 88/1008 brand signals
Submitted URLhttp://comfy-ui.io/
Favicon Hash
Observed page title
ComfyUI — Node Control for Visual AI Workflows | comfy-ui.io
Automated brand references
AcrossBaseCompoundDiscordSignalTensorYouTubeZoom
TLS証明書
発行者 WE1
Network & certificates
Stored technical evidence
Network & DNS
Shared CDN edge
Resolved IP
188.114.96.3
Network ASN
AS13335
Organization
CloudFlare, Inc.
Observed location
Toronto, CA
Server header
cloudflare
Edge-IP の評判はこのドメインに起因しません。
ネームサーバー 2
dawn.ns.cloudflare.com
gabriel.ns.cloudflare.com
Location describes the IP network.
TLS証明書
Issuer
WE1
Collection time
2026-10-20 13:02:14 UTC
Collection source
PhishDestroy collector
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Primary outcomeDNS 非アクティブreason: DNS NXDOMAIN80% confidence
Attributionsource: Dns Cache
Evidence layersAvailability: DNS inactiveContent: UnreachableDNS: NXDOMAINRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observation不明Probe Inconclusive20%2026-10-20 10:06:55 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-01 10:18:10 UTClast content: 2026-10-01 10:18:10 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-10-01 16:16:25 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-10-01 10:18:10 UTC → 2026-10-01 16:16:25 UTC · 5.97hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-10-01 13:17:17 UTC · precision high · basis bounded
Availability, content, DNS and registration are independent evidence layers. NXDOMAIN, an unreachable origin or missing content alone does not prove registrar action. A registrar or provider is credited only when a direct technical marker identifies that actor. Report causality is shown separately.
Recorded subdomains1
Hostnames retained in the domain record or Certificate Transparency cache. A hostname alone does not establish current availability or malicious activity.
www.comfy-ui.ioDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services.
Keep original emails, receipts, messages and screenshots in a secure place. A factual timeline helps the receiving authority understand what happened. IC3 evidence guidance ↗
Payment records — if you paid, save the receipt, amount, date, payment provider and recipient details.
Your bank or payment provider — contact its fraud team promptly through official contact details if money or card information was exposed.
地元の警察 — たとえ直ちに行動を起こせなくても、公式な記録が残される
A report is not a guarantee of recovery or investigation, but prompt, accurate transaction data can help authorities and service providers trace the incident.
詐欺による金銭の返還を装った詐欺 — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
About this reportSources, observation dates and corrections
This report combines saved page captures, registration and network records, scanner results and PhishDestroy reporting history. Each source keeps its own observation date. Open a source report to inspect the original result.
The AI-assisted analysis was written on . It describes the evidence available at that time; later source checks can change.
A capture documents what was shown. A scanner result records that provider’s assessment at the time of its check. Neither a valid certificate nor a zero-detection result is a guarantee of safety.
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