Is apkcube.com safe?
http://apkcube.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: complete · 6 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (61 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
APKCube is a long-running Android APK download catalogue with no confirmed threats, though one antivirus engine flags it
APKCube is a website that offers downloads of Android app files (APKs) outside the official app store. The domain has existed for about nine years. The browser threat feed shows no warning and the connection check found valid encryption. A single antivirus engine out of 93 flagged the site, and no other engine agreed. We found no evidence of phishing, fake downloads or payment tricks. The score stays in Low Risk rather than Safe because one engine raised a flag and because installing app files from outside the official store always carries some risk.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 78/100
Low Risk covers scores 70–84. 1 finding pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Moderate1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe domain is about nine years old.
- SupportsThe browser threat feed shows no warning.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
APKCube is a website that offers downloads of Android app files (APKs) outside the official app store. The domain has existed for about nine years. The browser threat feed shows no warning and the connection check found valid encryption. A single antivirus engine out of 93 flagged the site, and no other engine agreed. We found no evidence of phishing, fake downloads or payment tricks. The score stays in Low Risk rather than Safe because one engine raised a flag and because installing app files from outside the official store always carries some risk.
Technical checks are mostly clean
Of 93 antivirus engines, only one, Gridinsoft, reported an adverse result. No other engine agreed with it, so this is an isolated flag rather than a confirmed threat. The browser threat feed returned no warning, and the site uses a valid encrypted connection.
What visitors see and who runs the site
The homepage invites visitors to download the latest APK of any Android app. Its outside links go only to the site's own Telegram channel and its X account. We saw no commercial redirects or paid offers. The domain is about 3,260 days old, which suggests a long-running operation. However, the operator's identity is not stated on the pages we reviewed.
Why the score is 78
The saved checks found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
1/ 93
detectionsFresh result
1 engine flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 1
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| GridinsoftMalicious | phishing |
All 93 engine results
- Gridinsoft - phishing - Malicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Clean
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Clean
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Orcapot - Unrated
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- BitDefenderparked
- alphaMountain.aiGames
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekergames
- Googledownloads_and_sharing
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
Download the latest APK of any Android app.
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Download the latest APK of any Android app.
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
APKCube - Download APK for Android Apps & Games
- Meta description
Download free APK files for Android apps and games. Latest releases, old versions, XAPK and OBB — every file signature-verified before it goes live.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/aboutRead
- Terms/termsRead
- Contact page/contactRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
APKCube - Download APK for Android Apps & Games
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 61 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
The checks completed, but ownership, business claims, and future site behavior can still change after this snapshot.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Downloader
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01One antivirus engine (Gridinsoft) out of 93 flagged the site.
- 02The domain is about nine years old.
- 03The browser threat feed shows no warning.
Web research findings
Independent findings for apkcube.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for apkcube.com. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domainapkcube.com
- Redirects toapkcube.com
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencespagead2.googlesyndication.com · googletagmanager.com
Domain Timeline
- Nov 25, 2017Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 8 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 30, 2026Saved security review — Rated Low Risk
This saved scan found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier.
apkcube.com has operated for years and this review found no material threat — a long track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (support@apkcube.com).
- Links to 2 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Certificate issued for apkcube.com.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Analytics and ads
- Google AdSense
- Google Tag Manager
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://apkcube.com/
- 2200https://apkcube.com/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruscomplete
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 1 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | Adverse | fresh · analysed Oct 30, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 30, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 30, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 30, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 30, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result1 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 30, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 30, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 30, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 30, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 30, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
Is apkcube.com a scam or is it safe?
Is apkcube.com safe to use?
Has apkcube.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Is apkcube.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
APKCube is a long-running Android APK download catalogue with no confirmed threats, though one antivirus engine flags it
APKCube is a website that offers downloads of Android app files (APKs) outside the official app store. The domain has existed for about nine years. The browser threat feed shows no warning and the connection check found valid encryption. A single antivirus engine out of 93 flagged the site, and no other engine agreed. We found no evidence of phishing, fake downloads or payment tricks. The score stays in Low Risk rather than Safe because one engine raised a flag and because installing app files from outside the official store always carries some risk.
09 · Community
Community
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