Is www.kowel.com safe?

The scan of www.kowel.com on 21 Aug 2026 reached no verdict either way (score 0). Too little was captured to judge it, which is an unknown rather than a pass.

What malware is associated with www.kowel.com?

4 analysed samples communicate with this URL, including Phishing.

How was www.kowel.com checked?

A static pass resolved DNS, captured TLS and headers and followed the redirect chain, and where the fast tier allows, a headless browser rendered the page and recorded every request. Egress is SSRF-locked. Signatures that matched only page text are weighted far below one that matched a served file, because a page documenting malware matches the same rules.

www.kowel.com - URL scan, 21 Aug 2026

MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble scanned www.kowel.com and returned a unknown verdict (score 0). The page resolved to 221.161.197.55 on Korea Telecom in KR. The domain was registered 9949 days ago through Gabia, Inc.. 1 domain and 1 IP were contacted. 4 malware samples communicate with this URL (Phishing). The request followed 1 redirect before landing. This is a point-in-time observation from 21 Aug 2026; the page may have changed since.

Scan result

Verdict: unknown (score 0) · Confidence 0%
Scanned URL: http://www.kowel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1630613516.pdf
Domain: www.kowel.com · IP: 221.161.197.55 · AS4766 · KR
Server: openresty
Page title: 404 Not Found
HTTP status: 404 · text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
Registrar: Gabia, Inc. · domain age 9949 days · created 1999-05-26
Scan tier: fast · observed 2026-08-21 17:46:10 UTC

Redirect chain

http://www.kowel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1630613516.pdf
https://www.kowel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1630613516.pdf

Malware communicating with this URL (4)

These samples were observed contacting or being served from www.kowel.com. Each links to its full analysis.

Phishing - referenced · 5381f1b72acc5f9b0304849ec281a7b6 · first seen 2026-08-17
Phishing - referenced · 36f24a37a7fba0a7cb6853b17d32b331 · first seen 2026-08-14
Phishing - referenced · 299809eb85a846728609b2eb492357fc · first seen 2026-08-13
Phishing - referenced · 766082e24568f6b852ed737b5c23b378 · first seen 2026-08-13

Antivirus & YARA (0 of 47 engines)

No engine flagged this page's content.

Contacted infrastructure

221.161.197.55 - AS4766 Korea Telecom (Korea, Republic of)

Observed indicators

www.kowel.com
221.161.197.55
https://www.kowel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1630613516.pdf

Other scans of www.kowel.com (4)

This host has been scanned before. Each scan is a separate observation, so a verdict here does not carry over to the others.

21 Aug 2026 - unknown
17 Aug 2026 - unknown · https://www.kowel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1630633916.pdf
17 Aug 2026 - unknown · https://www.kowel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1630633916.pdf
17 Aug 2026 - unknown · https://www.kowel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1630633916.pdf

Questions about www.kowel.com

Is www.kowel.com safe?: The scan of www.kowel.com on 21 Aug 2026 reached no verdict either way (score 0). Too little was captured to judge it, which is an unknown rather than a pass.
What malware is associated with www.kowel.com?: 4 analysed samples communicate with this URL, including Phishing.
How was www.kowel.com checked?: A static pass resolved DNS, captured TLS and headers and followed the redirect chain, and where the fast tier allows, a headless browser rendered the page and recorded every request. Egress is SSRF-locked. Signatures that matched only page text are weighted far below one that matched a served file, because a page documenting malware matches the same rules.

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