Is apkmara.com legit or a scam?
A long-standing pirated gaming and modded APK hub flagged by security engines for hosting malicious files and phishing risks.
These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.
Analysis Summary
Malware distribution risk
A long-standing pirated gaming and modded APK hub flagged by security engines for hosting malicious files and phishing risks. The page may deliver malicious files or exploit the browser. Don't download anything or run any installer prompted by this page.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
MT Intelligence
The site has been active for over four years, which often suggests a level of persistence, but it operates in the high-risk niche of pirated ROMs and cracked software. Fortinet has explicitly flagged the domain for phishing risks. Our analysis of the page content confirms it uses a known template for distributing modded APKs, a category frequently used to bundle malware. While some community feedback is neutral, specific reports of trojan detections in their downloads significantly lower our trust. The lack of any verifiable business registration or contact information is typical for sites distributing copyrighted material illegally.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for apkmara.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain registered approximately January 2022 (over 4 years old as of 2026), with hidden WHOIS owner information
- Primary content is downloads of Nintendo Switch NSP/XCI ROMs, PlayStation ROMs, PSP, Wii, and modded Android APKs/games
- Scamadviser notes mainly negative reviews but concludes the site is "legit and safe for consumers to access"
- Gridinsoft gives 78/100 trust score: no major malware/phishing detections on the site itself but advises to "verify file authenticity" before downloading
- ScamDoc reports 93% good trust score, low risk, first analyzed in 2023
- Reddit users report mixed experiences: some say downloads work and are legit, others encountered antivirus trojan detections on specific files and mention "some are scams"
- Trustpilot shows only 2 reviews with average 2.9/5 score; site has active social media (X, YouTube, Facebook) promoting modded games and ROMs
Scam Network Intelligence
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Contact Verification
We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
- Scam family match: Cracked APK / Modded App.
- Links to 2 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://apkmara.com/
- 2200https://apkmara.com/
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 scam-type patterns detected
1 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Fake-app / APK download pattern detected.
- AI analyst tagged this as malware / drive-by / cracked app.
- Primary scraped category: fake mobile app / APK.
1 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Fake-app / APK download pattern detected.
- AI analyst tagged this as malware / drive-by / cracked app.
- Primary scraped category: fake mobile app / APK.
Malware distribution detected
Signals suggest this page may deliver malicious files or exploit the browser.
- Do not interact with apkmara.com
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- If you downloaded or ran a file from here
Disconnect the device from the internet, run a full scan with a reputable antivirus (Malwarebytes, ESET, Bitdefender), and consider a second-opinion scanner. Change passwords on any account you used from the device afterwards — ideally from a different device.
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Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- Our automated security review flags apkmara.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — apkmara.com scored 25/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. apkmara.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 81 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- apkmara.com is 4.4 years old, registered on 1/30/2022 through NetEarth One Inc. d/b/a NetEarth. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 1 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged apkmara.com as malicious or suspicious (1 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. apkmara.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- apkmara.com resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
- This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 30, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around apkmara.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.
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