Scan report · 26 days agoPublic

104.223.50.181

104.223.50.181AS36352 · US

Suspicious: the page presents itself as Microsoft and asks the visitor for a password

Engine tags
Verdict

What happened

Step by step, from what the scanner recorded.
Load 1.6 s · 1 requests
01 · Visitor opens104.223.50.181
02 · Redirected · 1 hopSame host, another address
03 · Page shown
Windows Update Assistant - Microsoft Supportstyled as Microsoft · high
04 · OutcomeCredential phishingA login page wearing a brand it does not own.

Dangerous — confirmed threat

Automated

It presents itself as Microsoft, but it is served from a raw IP address instead of a domain name. Microsoft does not publish pages that way. It asks for a password in a sign-in box that stays hidden in the page until you click — so the request only appears once you interact with it. It is listed on external threat-intelligence feeds. We found strong evidence that this site is malicious — for example a phishing page, a scam, or hostile code. Treat anything it asked for (passwords, card details, codes) as exposed.

What to do

Do not enter any information or download anything. If you already did, change those passwords now and contact your bank if payment details were involved. Block or report the link to your team.

This reflects the evidence found at the time of the scan. If you believe it is a mistake, you can escalate it for analyst review.

Findings

Strongest first
SupportingBrand impersonation detected
Microsoft · high

The page presents itself as a known brand (brand keywords/branding detected).

Analyst noteHigh confidence: brand keywords AND a password field — classic credential phishing.

InfoSelf-hosted product check: no-fingerprint
no server fingerprint of the brand's own product

The brand fired at high confidence on a credential page, so the page was checked against the brand's self-hosted products (server fingerprint, the product's own credential sink on this host, return address, the organisation's mail records). It did not pass: refused: no server fingerprint of a Microsoft self-hosted product among 2 detected technologies

Analyst noteAn ordinary clone: the brand is on the page but the server is not the brand's product, or the credentials leave for somewhere that is not the product's own endpoint. Read the brand impersonation card below.

File

Stored by the engine

What 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.

Downloaded fileCleanThe engine stored it under a generated name

SHA-2561dd91e9a67f62d9c1f268f0b62c5b0123bb456f6cd075e077d01a6dee2fc5355

Fromhxxp://104[.]223[.]50[.]181/

Infrastructure

IP
104.223.50.181AS-COLOCROSSING - HostPapa, US · AS36352US
Redirects
0 hops · / → /
23 malicious

Hashes & fingerprints

Page capture

Live

Title “Windows Update Assistant - Microsoft Support” · brand shown: Microsoft (high)

Engines

6 · time to verdict

Page

HTTP
200 · Completed
Title
Windows Update Assistant - Microsoft Support
Load
1.56 s · 1 requests
Stack · 2NginxUbuntu