Critical risk detected
Clone of malware-linked cracked apps site ftuapps.dev requesting push notifications and hosting pirated portable software. Our security stack flagged multiple threat indicators on this website. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.
Is ftuapps.farlad.com legit or a scam?
Clone of malware-linked cracked apps site ftuapps.dev requesting push notifications and hosting pirated portable software.
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
MT Intelligence
The page offers pre-activated cracked apps and torrents, a category frequently tied to malware. Our research found multiple reports of FTUApps distributing malware, leading to its removal from piracy megathreads and blocks on prior domains. This specific subdomain is explicitly identified as a clone of ftuapps.dev after earlier mirrors were blocked. The site also triggers push-notification spam detection, a common tactic for unwanted ads or further malware. While the domain is 585 days old and the hosting IP shows no abuse reports, these factors do not outweigh the confirmed malware associations.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for ftuapps.farlad.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain ftuapps.farlad.com hosts FTUApps.com site offering pre-activated, cracked, nulled, portable apps and torrents
- farlad.com listed in uBlockOrigin badware filter due to FTUApps malware distribution
- Multiple sources note FTUApps removed from piracy megathreads for malware
- Gridinsoft flags related domains with 14-25/100 trust scores and malware blacklists
- Site uses push-notification elements per provided detection; redirects from ftuapps.dev
- Domain age ~585 days; no brand impersonation of major companies detected
- Reddit r/Piracyopen
"PSA: FTUApps removed from Megathread for distributing malware"
- uBlockOrigin GitHubopen
"FTUApps distributes malware , and seems like they've made another domain since ftuapps.io and ftuapps.dev got blocked in #26058"
- Gridinsoftopen
"Multiple security vendors blacklist Ftuapps.dev , and our checks show a 25/100 trust score. Avoid entering personal or payment data."
- Reddit r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAHopen
"FTUApps - Caught with malware"
- Reddit r/Piracyopen
"I checked their website and everything looks... legit (as far as piracy goes)"
New domain after previous ftuapps.io and ftuapps.dev blocks; redirects and mirrors FTUApps content
Our research found four scam reports and five complaints across Reddit communities and security sites. Reddit threads in r/Piracy and r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH note FTUApps removal from trusted lists due to malware. uBlockOrigin discussions mention repeated domain changes after blocks. Gridinsoft reports low trust scores for related domains. One older Reddit post viewed the site as appearing legitimate for piracy purposes.
Scam Network Intelligence
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 postal address visible on the page.
- Page requests browser push-notification permission — common malvertising vector.
- Scam family match: Push-Notification Spam.
- Phone number listed (22.40.1495).
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://ftuapps.farlad.com/
- 2200https://ftuapps.farlad.com/
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
2 scam-type patterns detected
0 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.
- AI analyst tagged this as malware / drive-by / cracked app.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
0 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.
- AI analyst tagged this as malware / drive-by / cracked app.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
Malware distribution detected
Signals suggest this page may deliver malicious files or exploit the browser.
- Do not interact with ftuapps.farlad.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 from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.
- Our automated security review flags ftuapps.farlad.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — ftuapps.farlad.com scored 25/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. ftuapps.farlad.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 46 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- ftuapps.farlad.com is 1.6 years old, registered on 10/24/2024 through Tucows Domains Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- No. ftuapps.farlad.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- ftuapps.farlad.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.
- We cache results for 24 hours. Signed-in MalwareTips members can trigger a manual rescan at any time using the "Rescan" button on the report page, which re-runs every check from scratch and refreshes this page.
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