Is apkports.com safe?
http://apkports.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (57 of 92 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
APKPorts is a 75-day-old fan-port hub that sends every download to third-party hosts it explicitly refuses to vouch for
APKPorts is an unofficial catalogue of fan-made Android ports of console and PC games. The site says outright that it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any original game developer, publisher, or platform holder, and that the download links point to third-party hosting services outside its control. Its own terms state that it is not liable for device damage, data loss, or malware from a third-party download, and that everything is provided "as is" without any warranty that a linked file is safe or works as described. The domain is only 75 days old, ownership is not disclosed, and no established independent reputation was found by the completed research. Technical checks came back clean — no Safe Browsing warning and a valid encrypted connection — so there is no evidence of live malware or phishing, but the operator has deliberately placed all file risk onto the visitor. That combination of a very new, anonymous site and an unvetted off-site download path lands it in the moderate-risk band.
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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 58/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 2 findings pulled the score down; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- ModerateAll download links point to external hosts the site says it does not control or vouch for.-31 pts
- MinorThe registrable domain is only 75 days old, leaving no track record.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the domain.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
- SupportsPhone number listed (21.21.1219).
Points come from the saved evidence ledger: it lowered the score from 89 to 58 and split those 31 points between the findings that show points; the others carry no points in the ledger. Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
APKPorts is an unofficial catalogue of fan-made Android ports of console and PC games. The site says outright that it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any original game developer, publisher, or platform holder, and that the download links point to third-party hosting services outside its control. Its own terms state that it is not liable for device damage, data loss, or malware from a third-party download, and that everything is provided "as is" without any warranty that a linked file is safe or works as described. The domain is only 75 days old, ownership is not disclosed, and no established independent reputation was found by the completed research. Technical checks came back clean — no Safe Browsing warning and a valid encrypted connection — so there is no evidence of live malware or phishing, but the operator has deliberately placed all file risk onto the visitor. That combination of a very new, anonymous site and an unvetted off-site download path lands it in the moderate-risk band.
A catalogue of fan ports whose files live somewhere else
The site describes itself as a listing of fan-made Android ports of console and PC games, with links that lead to third-party download hosts. That description is accompanied by an explicit disclaimer that APKPorts is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any original game developer, publisher, or platform holder.
The download path itself never touches the site's own infrastructure. The terms say the links point to third-party hosting services outside the site's control, that APKPorts does not operate those services, cannot vouch for their content, advertising, or data practices, and is not responsible for anything that happens once a visitor leaves APKPorts.
An undisclosed operator and a blanket refusal of responsibility
The operator is not named anywhere our review reviewed. Contact is handled through a free Proton Mail address and a listed phone number, and the registrable domain is only 75 days old, so there is no track record to judge.
The terms push essentially all file risk onto the visitor. The site and every listing are provided "as is" without warranties of any kind, and APKPorts and its operator disclaim liability for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from use of the site or any linked third-party service — including device damage, data loss, or malware from a third-party download. Installers obtained this way run with the permissions users grant them, on devices that hold personal data and often banking apps.
Clean scanner results do not clear an unvetted download chain
The browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the domain, and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. Those are narrow, point-in-time signals about the site's own pages, not about the files it links to.
Because the actual installers sit on third-party hosts, any file-level scanner result for apkports.com says nothing about what a visitor ends up downloading. The site's own terms concede that it cannot vouch for those hosts' content or data practices.
The only cross-domain link observed in the commercial graph is a reference in the terms to an AliCoinsDDP Telegram bot that the site promotes for AliExpress price alerts and price history. It is a side promotion rather than the core product, but it shows the site is willing to route visitors to off-site services.
Why the score is 58
All download links point to external hosts the site says it does not control or vouch for. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 92
No detectionsSaved analysis from September 27, 2026 - stale
No detections across 57 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 35 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 92
All 92 engine results
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Unrated
- 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 - Unrated
- 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 - Unrated
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Gridinsoft - 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
- 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
- Googlegaming
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
APK PORTS v2.4.1 stable
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
APK PORTS v2.4.1 stable
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
APKPorts — Console & PC Games Ported to Android
- Meta description
Download premium console and PC games ports directly to your Android device. Play now with fully optimized controls and HD graphics.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- Terms/legal/termsRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
APKPorts — Console & PC Games Ported to Android
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 57 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
1 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Content
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The registrable domain is only 75 days old, leaving no track record.
- 02All download links point to external hosts the site says it does not control or vouch for.
- 03The terms reference an AliCoinsDDP Telegram bot for AliExpress price alerts, an off-domain promotion.
Web research findings
Independent findings for apkports.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 apkports.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.
- Domainapkports.com
- Redirects toapkports.com
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencesgoogletagmanager.com · static.cloudflareinsights.com
Domain Timeline
- Aug 8, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 75 days old when this review was saved.
- Oct 22, 2026Saved security review — Rated Moderate Risk
The evidence in this saved scan is mixed or incomplete; the completed checks are detailed above.
apkports.com was registered very recently when this review was saved. Freshly-registered domains are disproportionately used for scams, so a young domain whose evidence is mixed or incomplete warrants extra caution.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- Phone number listed (21.21.1219).
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
A certificate issued weeks or days before the scan on a domain registered recently is common on short-lived sites, though new legitimate sites look the same.
Certificate issued for apkports.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 Tag Manager
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
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://apkports.com/
- 2200https://apkports.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
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
All download links point to external hosts the site says it does not control or vouch for. · The registrable domain is only 75 days old, leaving no track record.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 92 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Sep 27, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 22, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 22, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 22, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 22, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Sep 27, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 22, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 22, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 22, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 22, 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.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
APKPorts is a 75-day-old fan-port hub that sends every download to third-party hosts it explicitly refuses to vouch for
APKPorts is an unofficial catalogue of fan-made Android ports of console and PC games. The site says outright that it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any original game developer, publisher, or platform holder, and that the download links point to third-party hosting services outside its control. Its own terms state that it is not liable for device damage, data loss, or malware from a third-party download, and that everything is provided "as is" without any warranty that a linked file is safe or works as described. The domain is only 75 days old, ownership is not disclosed, and no established independent reputation was found by the completed research. Technical checks came back clean — no Safe Browsing warning and a valid encrypted connection — so there is no evidence of live malware or phishing, but the operator has deliberately placed all file risk onto the visitor. That combination of a very new, anonymous site and an unvetted off-site download path lands it in the moderate-risk band.
09 · Community
Community
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