Warning signs detected
Unauthorized sports streaming site with gambling redirects and a history of malware exposure.
Is firstrow.co legit or a scam?
Unauthorized sports streaming site with gambling redirects and a history of malware exposure.
This is an unauthorized sports streaming site that links to copyrighted content and redirects users to gambling platforms. The domain shows no business registration and carries a documented history of aggressive advertising and malware exposure. Avoid entering payment details or clicking through to third-party links.
Score breakdown
See the live page ↓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
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. Marker positions are approximate. See full visual analysis →
Visual analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
This site exhibits characteristics of a high-risk sports streaming aggregator, utilizing urgency tactics and potentially hosting unauthorized or malicious third-party content.
What our vision model saw
4 signalsSite uses a countdown timer to create artificial urgency for content updates
Unprofessional, dated web design typical of high-risk streaming aggregators
Aggressive promotion of third-party sports streaming links
Lack of clear ownership or legitimate contact information
Intelligence
The site presents itself as a free sports streaming portal offering live links to football, basketball, and other events. One independent security report explicitly warns that the site exposes visitors to aggressive advertising, scams, and occasional malware. The page lacks any verifiable business registration or contact details, which is typical for unauthorized streaming operations. The domain belongs to a long-standing network of FirstRow-branded sites that have repeatedly changed URLs after seizures. External domains loaded on the page include gambling sites, confirming the redirect pattern described in the evidence. These factors together place the site in the suspicious category rather than outright malicious, because the primary harm is copyright infringement and ad-driven risk rather than direct credential theft.
Web Research Findings
Independent findings for firstrow.co, 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.
- Firstrow.co is a sports streaming portal that provides links to live broadcasts of various sporting events.
- The site is widely categorized as an unauthorized or 'illegal' streaming service, as it hosts or links to copyrighted content without authorization.
- Security reports indicate that the site frequently exposes users to aggressive advertising, potential scams, and in some cases, malware.
- The site has been observed redirecting users to third-party gambling platforms (e.g., 22bet.com) as a condition for accessing content.
- The domain is part of a larger, fragmented network of similar sites (e.g., firstrowsports.eu, firstrows.net) that have historically been subject to domain seizures and frequent URL changes.
- tarnkappe.infoopen
"Nicht nur die Werbung ist teilweise so nervig, dass man es nicht aushält. Dort wartet manches Mal auch Abzocke und in Einzelfällen sogar Schadsoftware auf die Besucher."
A single report from tarnkappe.info states that the site delivers aggressive advertising and, in some cases, leads to scams or malware. No positive reviews, business registrations, or additional complaints were located in the evidence package.
Threat Detection
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Technical Details
domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referencedThe 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.
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.
- Links to 10 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://firstrow.co/
- 2200https://firstrow.co/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
What to do
Proceed with caution
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Treat firstrow.co as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- Verify the business through independent channels
Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.
- Never use irreversible payment methods
Crypto, gift cards, wire transfers, and cash apps offer zero buyer protection. Use a credit card or PayPal if you must pay.
- OpenShare your experience
If you have additional context, drop a comment below or post on the MalwareTips forum.
Final Verdict
This is an unauthorized sports streaming site that links to copyrighted content and redirects users to gambling platforms. The domain shows no business registration and carries a documented history of aggressive advertising and malware exposure. Avoid entering payment details or clicking through to third-party links.
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- firstrow.co looks like a likely scam site — avoid interacting with it. Our review tagged it for gambling. It may not be an outright scam, but the risk is high enough that you should verify it independently before trusting it with money or data.
- Proceed with caution — firstrow.co scores 57/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend verifying it through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- If you've already paid or handed over details on firstrow.co, act quickly. 1) Contact your bank or card issuer immediately and ask to dispute the charge or open a chargeback — the sooner you act, the better your odds. 2) Report the site to the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov or the FBI's IC3 at ic3.gov, and in the UK to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. 3) If you entered a password, change it on firstrow.co and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. 4) Watch your bank and email for follow-up fraud, and keep screenshots as evidence.
- Often yes, if you act fast. Payments made by credit or debit card can frequently be reversed through a chargeback or dispute — contact your bank right away and explain it was a fraudulent site. Bank transfers and gift-card or voucher payments are much harder to recover, but you should still report them to your bank and to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) or Action Fraud (actionfraud.police.uk). Avoid any "refund" or "recovery" service that contacts you first — it's usually a follow-up scam.
- Just viewing a scam page is usually low-risk on an up-to-date browser — the real danger is what it asks you to DO (enter details, download a file, send money). If you downloaded anything, run a full antivirus scan and treat the file as untrusted. If you entered a password or card number, change the password everywhere you reused it and contact your bank.
- You can report firstrow.co through several official channels: the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at ic3.gov, and — in the UK — Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. You can also flag it to Google Safe Browsing (safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish) so other browsers warn about it, and report it to the company being impersonated if there is one. Reporting helps get scam sites taken down faster.
- Modern scams are built to look convincing. A valid SSL padlock, a polished template, stock photos, fake reviews, and a trust badge can all be added in minutes and prove nothing about who runs the site. Scammers buy cheap domains, clone real designs, and copy legal pages wholesale. That's exactly why an automated review that checks the domain's age, hosting, blacklists, and behaviour — rather than just how the page looks — is more reliable than a first impression.
- No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report firstrow.co as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
- No — firstrow.co is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
- Yes — firstrow.co presents a valid TLSv1.2 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YE1, valid for another 34 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
- firstrow.co resolves to an IP operated by FIBER TELECOM s.r.o. in CZ (Fixed Line ISP). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
- This report is a record of the scan run on July 24, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about firstrow.co has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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