chocolatey.org
104.18.21.76AS13335 · USpage delivers an executable (https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1)
- Browser Analysissuspicious
- Delivered filesuspicious
- Content Inspectionclean
- Threat Intelligenceclean
- Network & Hostingclean
- Related Infrastructureclean
- Domain Intelligenceunknown
- TLS Fingerprintunknown
What happened
Step by step, from what the scanner recorded.Be careful — warning signs found
AutomatedIts form submits what you type to a different website than the one you are on. This site shows signs commonly seen in scams or impersonation, but we could not confirm it for certain. It may be a real threat, or it may be a legitimate site that simply looks unusual to our automated checks.
What to do
Avoid entering passwords or payment details until you are sure it is genuine. Open the company directly from its known website or app instead of this link. Check the evidence below and escalate to your analyst if unsure.
"Suspicious" is a caution, not a confirmation — it can be a false alarm. The evidence below explains why it was flagged.
Findings
Strongest firstWe analysed the file this page delivered — it is Suspicious.
Success
SHA-256 44e045ed5350758616d664c5af631e7f2cd10165f5bf2bd82cbf3a0bb8f63462
The page presents itself as a document but its button downloads a program to run, not a document to read.
Analyst noteConfirm what the download actually serves. A document workflow that delivers an installer is the tell; the file itself may be signed and clean.
File
Stored by the engineWhat you download may be live malware. Open it only in an isolated environment, and do not double-click it.
The ZIP is encrypted. Password:infected
Inside the ZIP the file carries a name the engine generated, not the one the page used.
Delivered fileCleaninstall.ps1
SHA-25644e045ed5350758616d664c5af631e7f2cd10165f5bf2bd82cbf3a0bb8f63462
Fromhxxps://community[.]chocolatey[.]org/install[.]ps1
Infrastructure
- IP
- 104.18.21.76CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US · AS13335US
- TLS
- CN=WE1, O=Google Trust Services, C=US · expires Oct 26, 2026
WHOIS
- Registrar
- GoDaddy.com, LLC
- Created
- May 20, 2011
- Expires
- May 20, 2027
- Nameservers
- hope.ns.cloudflare.comowen.ns.cloudflare.com
Hashes & fingerprints
Page capture
LiveTitle “Chocolatey Software | Installing Chocolatey”
Engines
8 · time to verdictPage
- HTTP
- 200 · Completed
- Title
- Chocolatey Software | Installing Chocolatey
- Load
- 1.45 s · 34 requests